Improvements in Garment Fasteners.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Dec., 1892-4ccepted, 4th Feb., 1893
Improvements in Garment Fasteners.
I, FRANCIS EDWARD BENNETT, of No. 1030 Spruce Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. United States of America Inventor, 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:-
The invention consists of a garment fastener having one part or member formed
of a shank and a spring on each side of one end of said shank, for attachment of
the opposite headed-member.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 represents a plan view of a garment fastener embodying the invention,
the members thereof being separated.
Fig. 2 represents a plan view thereof, the members being connected.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.
A and B designate the members of a garment fastener embodying the invention.
The member A consists of the two-part shank C, the eyes D at the rear end
thereof for attachment to a garment or the like the necks E intermediate of the
eyes, whereby the rear of the space between the shank is normally closed, and the
coils F, F, at the front end of the shank, said coils being on the outside of the
shank and joined by the cross bar G, it being noticed that said parts C, D, E, F,
and G, are formed of a continuous piece of wire.
The member B consists of the shank H, the head J, and attaching eyes K, said
head and eyes being at opposite ends of said shank.
The operation is as follows:-The shank H is presented to the place between
the necks F, and pressed thereinto, whereby said necks separate and permit the
shank to enter the space back of the necks. The head J then reaches the cross
bar G, and as it is bent downward or rearward it contacts with the same, whereby
it is controlled and prevented from further outward motion, it being noticed that
the head is wider than the transverse space of the shank in front of said cross bar,
and thus the members are reliably connected, and the garment accordingly fastened.
Meanwhile, the necks E close, thus preventing improper disconnection of the head
from the member A, it being noticed that the two coils F increase the resiliency
of the shank C, and the head J bears against the same by contact with the cross
bar G, so that the thrust of the head against the front end of the member A is
eased, owing to the elastic nature of said end, due to the coils F, F.
When it is desired to unfasten the garment, the shank H is pressed against the
closed necks E, or vice versa, whereby the necks separate and permit the passage of
said shank therethrough, the head J thus being entirely disengaged from the
shank C, and the members disconnected.
The eyes of the member B are formed by bending the wire or material into
S-shape, thus producing two eyes which provide broad and durable means for
attachment of the member to the garment or other place of service.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A garment fastener having an eye member constructed of an elastic shank
with attaching eyes, and an elastic cross bar at the front end, substantially as
described.
2. A garment fastener formed of a member constructed of a shank having
springs at the end thereof, and a cross bar connecting said springs, substantially as
described.

page_text: 3. A garment fastener having an elastic shank with attaching eyes at one end,
springs at the other end, and a cross bar joining said springs, said parts being
combined substantially as described.
4. A garment fastener having the eye member constituting a two-part elastic
shank provided with securing eyes at one end, and a cross bar near the other end,
and a hook member with a head wider than the transverse space of the shank of
eye member at the cross bar thereof, substantially as described.
the
5. In a garment fastener, a member having attaching eyes of S-shape, sub-
stantially as described.
Dated thin 10th day of December 1899
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.