in buttons or like fastenings
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Oct., 1.91—4ccepted, 7th Nov., 1391
following statement :—
This invention has for its object improvements in buttons or like fastenings.
The improved buttons or fastenings consist of two discs or parts and a connecting
stem or shank which is freely jointed to one or both of the parts. One of the discs
or parts is provided with prongs cut from its substance and these are adapted to
penetrate the fabric and then to be folded down and clenched to form a firm
attachment The other disc or part constitutes the head of the button or fastening
either alone or in conjunction with an ornamental or other covering.
The connecting stem or shank may be fixed to the head and freely jointed to the
part attached to the fabric or it may be freely jointed to both of these parts.
The joint may be made to permit of longitudinal play or otherwise as may be
preferred.
I sometimes make the stem or shank tubular.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a button or fastening constructed according to my
invention. Figure 2 is a plan. Figure 3 is an underside view of the same and
Figure 4 is a section.
Figures 5 and 6 show a modification. Figure 5 is a side elevation and Figure 6
is an underside view
Figures 7 and 8 are sections and show other modifications.
In the Figures 1 to 4 A is a disc of metal and A' are prongs cut out of the
substance of the disc A.
The part A is to be fixed to the fabric by thrusting the prongs A' through it
and folding them inwards. The prongs being on the outer edge of the blank give
a very firm attached spread over a considerable area.
B is a second disc, it is intended to be passed through the button hole and may
be used either alone or in conjunction with an ornamental covering or head C
attached to it.
The part B as represented in the drawings is domed or stem like in the middle
to keep the periphery at a convenient distance from the part A. D is a stem or
shank connecting the parts A and B, it has a head at each end and passes through
a countersunk hole in the centre of each of the parts.
When the connection is made in this way the part B of the button or fastening
is as freely movable as a button sewn to a fabric in the ordinary way.
In Figures 5 and 6 the part of the button or fastening to be fixed to the fabric
is represented in another form; the prongs in this case before they are folded
down, radiate outwards from the centre as shown in Figure 5ª.
In Figure 7 the lower part A is shown of the form last described, but this may
be varied; the part B and the stem or shank are formed in one piece, the stem or
shank is tubular and it has a neck which enters a hole in the part A and is
expanded so as to form a secure but freely moving attachment. The joint however
is so made that the shank or stem cannot move endwise through the hole in the
part A. Figure 8 differs from Figure 7 in that the stem or shank is not necked
and a certain amount of longitudinal movement through the part A is permitted.
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A button or fastening consisting of a disc of metal having cut out of its
substance prongs which are turned downwards and serve to attach the button by
being passed through the material to which it is to be fixed and being clenched on
the other side and a second disc with or without an upper part of ordinary materials
and construction attached to it, the two discs being connected together at their
centres by a solid or tubular stem or shank, freely jointed to the two discs or fixed
to or formed with one of the discs and jointed to the other, substantially as
described.
2. Buttons or fastenings substantially as described and shown in the drawings.
Dated this 1st day of October 1891.
G. H. JACKSON.