Improvements in Hooks, chiefly designed to be Attached to Garments, for Supporting Eye-glasses.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 3rd Nov.,
1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hooks, chiefly designed to be Attached to
Garments, for Supporting Eye-glasses.
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1, HIPPOLYTE ANTOINE DERAISMES, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
of America, 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 relates generally to hooks of the kind that are used for removably
securing one article to another, and are at the same time constructed to be readily
detachable from the article carrying the same.
In the drawings accompanying this description, I show my invention as embodied
in an eye-glass hook, that is, a hook adapted to be temporarily secured to a garment
in convenient position and adapted to removably engage and support the eye-glasses
of the wearer when not in use. It is to be understood, however, that I do not
confine myself to such use of a hook embodying my invention. The hook itself,
the part to be removably secured to a garment or other article, may carry any
suitable device by which any desired article may be removably fastened or secured,
or it may have permanently attached thereto any article or device to be displayed
or supported by the hook.
The object of the invention is to produce a detachable hook of such construction
and arrangement of parts that it can be readily attached to and detached from a
fabric or similar article and can also be securely held in place against accidental
displacement or disarrangement; and it is especially the object of the invention to
provide such a construction and arrangement of parts that the body or shank of
the book, when the same is properly secured in position, will lie substantially
parallel to the face of the fabric to which the hook is secured.
The invention consists generally of a divided or forked shank carrying two
opposed hooks whose points are inclined towards each other and towards the head
of the fork and are in a different but preferably parallel plane to the bows of the
hooks and to the shank, whereby the fabric to be engaged can be freely forced
between the points when the hook is moved onto the fabric in one direction, and will
engage the fabric when moved in the opposite direction, or when the fabric is
correspondingly moved.
In the drawings,
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Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the rear or point side of one form of my hook;
Fig. 2 shows the same in position on a piece of fabric, when placed to engage the
same and before the points are forced into the fabric; and
Fig. 3 shows a plan view of the front of the hook after the points of the same
are inserted in the fabric.
Referring to these views in detail, A represents the main shank of the hook, to
which may be attached any desired piece or device to which other articles may be
secured or united. In the present case, the shank carries a holder B, which is of
construction and shape adapted to receive, the spring or bow of a pair of eye-
glasses. Projecting from the main shank are two branches, C, C, which separate
from each other as shown, to form á fork and leave a space D between them, which
space is in breadth approximately that of the thickness of a fold of common
garment fabric. The ends of the forked branches C, C, are formed into small
opposed hooks the branches diverging equally at a short distance from the main
shank to form the hook bows E, and the extreme ends of the branches being formed
into the hook points F which are bent back along the same inclines that the bows
have, but in a different and preferably parallel plane to that of the bows and the

page_text: forked branches C, C. The length of the forked space D, extending from a
point opposite the extreme points of the hooks FF to the head of the fork, is
approximately equal to the length of each of the hooks, which enables this space
to operate to gauge the amount of folded fabric which can be disposed of in the
spaces between the points and the bows of the hooks without wrinkling when the
folded fabric is straightened into a single thickness. The main shank A is
preferably provided with a spur pin G which is curved parallel to the holder B
and at a little distance therefrom and extends to the lower part of the same.
To fasten the hook to a fabric, as to a coat, vest or bosom of a dress, the
operator will first pinch or gather up the fabric into a fold, as seen in Fig. 2; then
seizing the hook by the holder B, he will force the hook points astride or on either
side of the fold until the edge of the fold enters between the forked branches to
their junction, and by pressing the disengaged end of the hook down upon the
fabric and slightly moving it in the direction in which the spur pin G points, he
will cause its point to engage with the fabric as seen in Fig. 2. The operator will
now pull the fabric flat or to its normal position, which will force it upon the hook
points F, causing them to pass through the same, and the fabric to enter the hook
spaces between the bows E and the points F, so that when the fabric resumes its
original position only the shank or body of the hook with any attaching devices
thereon will show on the outer surface as seen in Fig. 3. When the fabric is thus
flattened out, it is also forced upon the spur pin G and drawn up to the shank of
the hook.
It is specially noted that, in the construction described and shown in the
drawings, when the fabric, after it has been engaged in the space D, is pulled flat
or to its normal position, the shank or body of the hook will take a position
substantially parallel to the face or surface of the fabric to which it is secured, and
will do this naturally or by the mere flattening out of the folded fabric and without
the use of any other force or means.
It will also be seen that the hook when secured in place as above described,
will be held securely at three different points against any tendency to displace it
or to move the holder end thereof away from or laterally on the fabric.
It will also be seen that the spur pin G may be dispensed with, as it does not
affect the action of the hook points F, nor is it necessary to cause the body or
shank of the hook to assume a position parallel to the surface of the fabric when
secured in place. Its main purpose is to secure the lower end of the device when
used as an eye-glass holder or for similar purposes from swinging outwardly from
the fabric by changes of position of the body of the wearer.
To remove the hook all that is needed is to seize the holder end and push
upwardly, which will disengage the hook points F, F and G. Preferably, however,
the fabric should be pinched up so as to form a fold, similar to that formed when
applying the hook, and the hook be then pushed off the fold.
I have shown the hook points F as practically touching, but they may be spaced
to any desired extent, the essential feature being that these points are opposed or
point toward each other and are also inclined each toward the fork of the shank
and away from the fabric as they are being forced on the same, and that they lie in
a different plane from their bows so as to leave a space between the points and the
bows for the disposal of the fabric. Attention is also called to the fact that the
part of the hook constituting the shank is forked or divided to an extent and in a
manner that adapts it to serve to measure or gauge the extent necessary for the
hook points to be forced on the fold of the fabric.
The shank wires may be elastic or not as may be desired. If they come very
close together then it is preferred that they or the hook points have some capacity
of yielding, but if they are slightly separated, then such elasticity will not be
necessary. I have shown the hook of wire, but obviously it may be made of other
suitable material.
It is observed that a valuable feature of my invention consists in the arrangement
of the book points F in relation to their bows E, the points being in a different but

page_text: preferably parallel plane to the bows, so that there is a space between each point
and its bow in which the fabric is disposed, and which permits the body or shank
of the hook naturally or without forcing it, to assume a position substantially
parallel to the surface of the fabric to which it is attached. This is important not
only when the hook is used for an eye-glass holder, but in many other uses to which
it is applicable, for instance, in securing together parts of garments whose edges
are in substantially the same plane and which are frequently secured by ordinary
hooks and eyes.
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 detachable hook consisting of a forked shank carrying opposed hooks
whose points are in a different plane from their bows and are inclined towards each
other and towards the head of the fork of the shank, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
2. The combination, in a detachable hook, of forked shank branches C C,
opposed hooks having their points F F, in a different plane from their bows E E,
and inclined towards each other and towards the head of the fork of the shank,
and a spur pin G, substantially as and for the purposes described.
3. A detachable hook consisting of a forked shank carrying opposed hooks,
whose points are in a different plane from their bows and are inclined towards each
other and towards the head of the fork of the shank, and a securing device
attached to the main shank, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
4. The combination, in a detachable hook, of forked shank branches CC,
opposed hooks having their points F F in a different plane from their bows E E
and inclined towards each other and towards the head of the fork of the shank,
and a securing device B, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
D: 5th day of Santambar 1804
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.