An Improved Holder or Fastener for Gowns, Jackets, and other Garments.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 20th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Holder or Fastener for Gowns, Jackets, and other
Garments.
I JOHN GUSTAVUS CLEGG, of the Firm of Jerrard Darby and Clegg, of
124 Wood Street in the City of London, Warehousemen, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide an improved holder or fastener of
simple construction for gowns jackets and the like adapted to be readily attached
to and detached from the garment; and consists essentially of a double hook
whose points. face each other, one of the said points preferably being arranged
similarly to the point of a safety pin or other similar fastening. The safety pin
or one point is inserted into one part of a garment and the other part is hooked
onto the other point the tension keeping it in position and preventing from
becoming detached.
In one form the device is formed of an ornamental bar, having at one end a
projecting stud in which a pin or needle pointing inwards is secured and at the
other end a safety pin point or equivalent device with its retaining clasp. The
safety pin device prevents the article from being accidentally detached from
the garment and lost.
The device may be constructed of any suitable material.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Holder or Fastener for Gowns, Jackets, and other
Garments.
I JOHN GUSTAVUS CLEGG, of the Firm of Jerrard Darby and Clegg, of
124 Wood Street, in the City of London, Warehousemen, 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 for its object to provide an improved holder or fastener of
simple construction for gowns jackets and the like adapted to be readily attached
to and detached from the garment, and consists essentially of a double hook
whose points face each other one of the said points being arranged similarly to
the point of a safety pin or other similar fastening. The safety pin or one point
is inserted into one part of a garment and the other part is hooked onto the other
point the tension keeping it in position and preventing it from becoming detached.
In one form the device is formed of an ornamental bar having at one end a pin
or needle pointing inwards and to which is secured at the other end a safety pin
point or equivalent device with its retaining clasp. The safety pin device
prevents the article from being accidentally detached from the garment and lost.
The device may be constructed of any suitable material.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings:-
:-
Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of my improved holder or fastener, and
Fig. 2 is a plan of the same

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Fig. 3 shows the device applied to a lady's dress to secure a jacket at the waist,
Fig. 4 shows the same applied for gathering up a gown.
A bar a is provided with one fixed pin & facing inwards and with a pin c which
is, as shown, hinged at d similar to an ordinary safety or brooch pin so that when
inserted in the dress it is held in position by the loop e.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A holder or fastener for gowns jackets and other garments comprising a bar a
and pins b and c substantially as described.
2. A holder or fastener for gowns jackets and other garments arranged and
constructed substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 19th day of September 1894.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.