Year: 1897

page_text: being date of first Foreign Application (in 24th Feb., 1897
United States of America),
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 1st May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 1st May, 1897-Accepted, 19th June, 1897 -
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 1st May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 1st May, 1897-Accepted, 19th June, 1897 -
I, ELEAZER KEMPSHALL, of Newton, in the County of Middlesex, State of
Massachusetts, United States of America, Gentleman, 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 the production of a novel lacing hook, and
consists in the novel features of construction and relative arrangement of parts.
hereinafter fully described in the specification, clearly illustrated in the drawings,.
and particularly pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying one sheet of drawing, forming a.
part of this application, in which like characters indicate like parts, wherever they
occur.
In the drawings-
Figures 1 and 2 represent sectional views of a lacing hook embodying my
invention.
Referring to the drawings, in the embodiment of my invention therein shown.
and selected by me for the purpose of illustrating the same, A in Figures 1 and 2,
represents a lacing hook comprising a base a having an inner face a¹, formed to.
bear upon the outer surface of the article to which the device is to be attached,.
and a hook comprising a neck a 2, a head a 3, formed upon the base a, the said
base, neck, and head being molded from celluloid, or other equivalent material,.
which is rendered plastic by heat, and formed in a single integral structure.
The outer surface of the base a constitutes the under side of the lace-receiving
recess a 4 of the hook, the inner and the upper side of said recess being formed by
the neck and head respectively.
6 represents a fastening, or anchoring device, projecting from the inner face a¹
of the hook, and by which the latter is secured in place. In the form here shown,
this device 6 is tubular, and adapted to be upset, or spread out at its front end in
the usual way. Other forms of fastening devices however, may be employed, if
desired.
In Figure 1, I show the fastening device b, made integral with the base and
hook, all being molded from celluloid, or other like material.
In Figure 2, the fastening device is shown as composed of metal, or some
substance different from the material composing the hook, and provided with a
flange or means 6¹ by which it is secured to the base.

page_text: 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 lacing-hook composed or formed of celluloid, or other plastic material.
2. A lacing-hook composed or formed of celluloid or other plastic material,
having a member formed to bear on the article to which the hook is to be attached,
and means for attaching the hook to said article.
Dated this 30th day of March 1907 nt Bonton M
ELEAZER KEMPSHALL.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.