IMPROVEMENTS IN ALTESE on Rummoxa MO CADRERITMO AND FARRICS
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Augustus Huddart, of Brynkir, in the County
of Carnarvon, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
ALTESE on Rummoxa MO CADRERITMO AND FARRICS"
Sealed the 22nd October 1867, and dated the 26th April 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Augustus Huddart
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
26th April 1867.
1, GEORGE AUGUSTUS HUDDART, of Brynkir, in the County of Carnarvon,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BUTTONS, AND IN THE ATTACHMENT OF BUTTONS TO GARMENTS AND FABRICS,"
to be as follows:-
In the attachment of buttons to fabrics by pressure (whether metal, pearl,
or covered buttons) no provision has yet been made for regulating their
position axially, for the simple reason that hitherto it has not been contemplated
to adopt the principle specially to "regulation buttons," or buttons carrying a
symbolical, initial, or other significant device, and requiring to be fixed with
the device upright. I now however propose to give to the shank of such buttons,
a U shape, making the legs of the U project through the back of the button.
In applying the button to a garment I first insert two metal eyelets in the
fabric at suitable distances apart to receive the legs of the shank, and having
entered the legs in the eyelet holes I either turn down or expand the ends of
the legs and thus form a secure fastening after the manner of my Patent of

page_text: Oct. 25th, 1865, No. 2753. By thus constructing and securing the
buttons I not only ensure its taking the right axial position when being
affixed, but I also effectually prevent it from turning and thereby losing its
Oct. 25th, 1865, No. 2753. By thus constructing and securing the
buttons I not only ensure its taking the right axial position when being
affixed, but I also effectually prevent it from turning and thereby losing its
due position with respect to the device which it bears.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Augustus Huddart in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 26th October 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
AUGUSTUS HUDDART, of Brynkir, in the County of Carnarvon, Gentleman, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said George Augustus Huddart, Her special licence that I, the said
George Augustus Huddart, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said George Augustus Huddart, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTONS, AND IN THE ATTACHMENT OF BUTTONS TO
GARMENTS AND FABRICS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said George Augustus Huddart, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Augustus Huddart, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-
In attaching to fabrics that class of buttons which is made fast by the
application of pressure in lieu of sewing, and which includes metal, pearl, and

page_text: covered buttons, no provision has yet been made for regulating the axial
position of the button on the fabric for the simple reason that hitherto it
has not been contemplated to adapt the principle of expanding or spreading
the shank specially to "regulation buttons," or buttons carrying a symbolical,
initial, or other significant device requiring to be fixed in an upright positon. I
now however propose to give to the shank of such buttons a U shape, making
the prongs of the U project through the back of the button in order that they
may enter holes carefully prepared in the garment or fabric for their reception,
and thus (the relative position of the shank and device of all the buttons used
being uniform) to ensure the fixing of the button with its device in a vertical
position.
In the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 is a section of a metal button
constructed according to this Invention and carrying a device, say that of the
naval regulation button; and Fig. 2 shews in plan a portion of fabric prepared
to receive the button; Fig. 3 is a section of the button and fabric, shewing the
same connected together.
The shank a of the button is by preference made loose in the metal shell b
to allow of its yielding to the pressure put upon the garments when packed for
shipment or receding into the shell, but it may be rigidly secured to the shell
if thought desirable.
In applying buttons of this construction to a garment I first insert in the
garment at spots where a button is required a pair of metal eyelets c, c, the
eyelets being placed at suitable distances apart corresponding to the span of the
prongs of the shank, and into these eyelets I insert the prongs, taking care that
the top of the device is placed uppermost; I then turn over the prongs of the
shank, as shewn at Fig. 3, or they may be expanded after the manner of a rivet
head or otherwise to prevent their withdrawal from the eyelets. In this way I
form a secure fastening after the manner of my Patent of October Twenty-filth,
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, No. 2753. I may also remark
that by thus constructing and securing the button I not only ensure its taking
the right axial position when being affixed (the properly placed eyelets being
the guide for attaching the button), but I also effectually prevent the button
from turning (which is liable to happen to buttons as heretofore constructed
for attachment without the use of sewing), and I thereby (after attachment)
prevent the button from losing its due position on the garment as respects
the device which it bears.
Having now set forth the nature of my Invention of "Improvements in
Buttons and in the Attachment of Buttons to Garments and Fabrics," and
baving explained the manner of carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be

page_text: understood that under the above in part recited Letters Patent I claim;
ensuring the fixing in their proper vertical position of regulation and other
buttons carrying a significant, device upon garments and fabrics by the means
above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Augustus Huddart, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Twenty-fourth day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
GEO. A. HUDDART. (L.S.)