An Improved Fastener, suitable for Boots and other Articles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Apr.. 1895
Complete Specification Left. 1st Jan. 1896-Accepted. 1st Feb.. 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastener, suitable for Boots and other Articles.
I, FEWSTER PLAYER of Ystalyfera Swansea Valley in the County of
Glamorgan, Tinplate. Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to a simple and inexpensive construction of
fastener suitable for boots and other articles for fastening the ends of laces and
the like.
My fastener comprises two-dished or saucer shaped discs or pieces of thin sheet
metal secured back to back and adapted to be readily secured to boots or other
articles with which they are to be used. The discs or equivalent may advan-
tageously be made of tempered steel, corrugated concentrically with their axes..
Conveniently the said discs or pieces of metal may be connected together by a
device resembling a paper fastener, that serves also as a convenient means for
attaching them to a boot or other article. A piece of metal or other material
being placed between the turned over ends of the device and the said article.
For thick laces it is advisable that that disc which is the outer or upper one
when the fastener is in place, should be slit radially.
For securing the end of a boot lace without tying, the fastener is attached to
one of the side flaps of the boot near the topmost eyelet or book, and the lace
end is simply drawn in between the discs and given a partial or complete turn,
whereupon it will be found to be securely held in place.
Fasteners such as described can also be used for fastening corset, dress and
glove laces.
An Improved Fastener, suitable for Boots and other Articles.
I, FEWSTER PLAYER, of Ystalyfera, Swansea Valley, in the County of
Glamorgan, Tinplate Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has reference to a simple and inexpensive construction of
fastener suitable for boots and other articles for fastening the ends of laces and
the like.
My fastener comprises two dished or saucer-shaped discs or pieces of thin sheet
metal secured back to back and adapted to be readily secured to a boot or other
article with which they are to be used. The discs or equivalents may advan-
tageously be made of tempered steel, corrugated concentrically with their axes.
Conveniently the said discs or pieces of metal may be connected together by &
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page_text: -device resembling a paper-fastener, that serves also as a convenient means for
attaching them to a boot or other article, a piece of metal or other material being
placed between the turned-over ends of the device and the said article.
For thick laces it is advisable that that disc which is the outer or upper one
when the fastener is in place, should be slit radially.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figs. 12 and 3 show respectively a fastener according to this invention attached
to a boot and in use for securing the end of a lace, a cross-section thereof, and a
face view of an outer disc suitable for thick laces, Figs. 2 and 3 being drawn to a
larger scale than Fig. 1.
1 and 1 are two similar saucer-shaped discs of tempered steel each of which is
made with an annular corrugation 2 having its centre in the axis of the disc these
corrugations, when the discs are in position (see Fig. 2) permitting of a lace being
readily inserted between and held by the discs. 3 is a device resembling a paper-
fastener and comprising a head and divided shank, for connecting together the
discs 1 and 1 and also for attaching them to one or both of the side flaps 4 of a
boot, and 5 is a metallic washer inserted between the said flap 4 and the bent over
ends 3* of the divided shank of the device 3. 6 (Fig. 3) are radial slits made in the
outer disc 1 for the purpose of increasing its elasticity, when the fastening device
is intended to be used for thick laces.
For securing the ends of a boot lace without tying, the improved fastener is
attached to each of the side flaps of the boot near the top eyelet or hook as shown
in Fig. 1, and the lace end is simply drawn in between the discs and there given
a partial or complete turn, whereupon it will be found to be securely held in
place.
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Fasteners such as described can also be used for fastening. corset, dress, and
glove laces.
Having now particularly, described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. The herein described improved fastener comprising two dished or saucer-
shaped dises or pieces of sheet metal secured back to back and provided with
means for connecting them together and for readily attaching them to a boot or
other article so as to enable the end of a lace or the like to be secured between
them, substantially as described and shown.
2. The improved fastener shown in and described with reference to the drawings
-annexed, whether or not the outer disc be slit.
Dated this 1st day of January 1896.
FEWSTER PLAYER.
W. Lloyd Wise,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.