Improvements in or relating to Fastenings for Articles of Dress.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Jan., 1899-Accepted, 11th Mar.,
1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Fastenings for Articles of Dress.
We, GUSTAV KLEINSCHMIDT, Tailor, of 6, Auguststrasse, Muhlhausen, Thuringia,
and LUDWIG KREUDER, Engineer, of 45, Karlstrasse, Muhlhausen, Thuringia, both
in the Empire of Germany, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in fastenings for articles of dress and is
especially applicable to waist-bands, which at present suffer from the drawback that
at the least motion of the body the front closing edges separate, disclosing the
dress underneath or the lining etc. and after a time become loose fitting, and
useless.
The object of the present invention is to remedy these drawbacks by causing the
pull on the fastening caused by the movements of the body to act to keep the
edges securely closed, without overlapping.
In the accompanying, drawing one example of carrying out the invention is
represented,
Fig. 1 being a partial front view,
Fig. 2 a cross section of the fastener when closed, and
Fig. 3 a cross section of the same, when open.
As seen from the drawings, the two stiff strips a and b are arranged at each side
of the band or the like, there being arranged between the pockets containing these
strips an intermediate piece of fabric f which forms a fold f¹ when the device is
closed.
Hooks and eyes are arranged on either side, the hooks h being secured to
the band r connected to or containing the strip 6 while the eyes are fixed to the part
containing the strip a, hooks and eyes alternating on each side, the hook of the
outer strips b engaging with the eyes of the inner strips a.
The effect of this arrangement is that when the outer edges r separate in the
direction of the arrow (Fig. 2) the inner edges s are drawn together without, how-
ever overlapping, since the hooks h on moving outwardly draw the eyes o-and
with them the strips a-which will readily move toward each other owing to the
folds f¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
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1. A fastening for articles of dress characterised by an arrangement, in each of
the two parts to be fastened of two stiff bands having an intermediate piece of
fabric between, which becomes folded when the article of dress is fastened a series
of hooks being attached to the material along one of the strips and a series of
eyes being attached along the other strip, on each side in such manner that when
the fastener is closed the hooks (or eyes) on the outer strip engage with the eyes
(or hooks) on the inner strip on the other side, substantially as described.

page_text: 2. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete fastening
for articles of dress, substantially as described or illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicants.