Improvements in Dress and like Fastenings.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dress and like Fastenings.
I, LETITIA CLARK, of Saint Michael's House, Basinghall Street, in the City of
London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
With the hook and eye as ordinarily made difficulty is frequently found in
so placing and adjusting them that their outer edges will be invisible when in
use on a garment, and this is particularly the case with regard to the outer end
of the hook, the portion of the garment beyond which has more or less frequently
a tendency to open out or turn back.
According to this invention it is proposed that the hook should carry a supple-
mental frame extending out beyond the hook proper, such frame being secured
to the garment either by sewing or by means of safety or other pin-like part.
Although such improved hook may be used with an eye of ordinary construction
still it will generally be preferable to employ in lieu thereof a comparatively
straight metal band or wire provided with eyelets by which it may be attached
to the garment.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agent,
For the Applicant,
Improvements in Dress and like Fastenings.
I, LETITIA CLARK, of Saint Michael's House, Basinghall Street, in the City of
London (of no occupation), 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in dress and like fastenings of the class
known as hooks and eyes.
With the hook and eye as ordinarily made difficulty is frequently found in
so placing and adjusting them that their outer edges will be invisible when in
use on a garment and this is particularly the case with regard to the outer end
of the hook, the portion of the garment beyond which has more or less frequently
a tendency to open out or turn back.
According to this invention it is proposed that the hook should carry a supple-
mental frame extending out beyond the hook proper over which the edge of the
material is folded such edge being kept down by the nose portion of the hook
which is held rigid with the frame by a pivoted pin like part or in other ways.
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page_text: Although such improved hook may be used with an eye of ordinary construction
still it will generally be preferable to employ in lieu thereof a comparatively
straight metal band or wire provided with eyelets by which it may be attached
to the garment.
In the accompanying drawing I have shown by way of illustration two forms
of hooks constructed according to my invention though many modifications are
capable of being made thereon without departing from my invention.
In Figs. 1 and 2 the hook a is stamped from metal or suitable material which
is stiffened by being bent into U shape at the hook portion proper, the rear end
being bent over a wire or stamped metal frame b which projects beyond the nose
of the hook and has its forward end preferably bent up in the direction of the
hook as shewn in Fig. 2. The hook also carries a pin or latch e pivoted to it
and adapted to engage with the frame b on the rear side of same.
In use the hook is first turned away from the frame b and the forward end
of the latter is placed under the turned over and basted edge at the back of the
material d. The hook is then turned down so that the nose grips the material
onto the frame the pin or latch is then turned at right angles to such hook
so that it engages with the under side of the frame thus holding the material
closely to the nose of the hook and the frame is then stitched down to the material
at about the points e c. The turned in edge of the frame serves to keep the
material well down so that the hook is not visible from the front of the material.
In another form of my invention as shewn in Figs. 3 and 4 I form the hook
and frame entirely of wire and preferably from a single piece. In this form the
convolutions of the wire commence at say a make a loop a² pass forward from
the rear part of hook a are bent downwardly and outwardly to form a
shoulder a then form the nose or hook proper next a second shoulder a³ then
a further loon a² and then they pass forward to form the frame and finally end
at the point 1 behind which the starting point a is tucked.
In use the shoulders a³ are brought from the outside of the
side into the position shewn by springing open the frame
holds the material down onto the frame.
frame to the rear
so that the hook
Instead of being made in one piece the frame may be made from one piece of
wire and the hook of another which is hung to the first so as to turn, a locking
device being formed as by shoulders such as a which may be sprung behind
the frame. Or the frame and hook may be made or kept rigid the material
being forced between the two.
The eye I prefer to employ is preferably that shewn in Fig. 5 and consists of
a band or piece of wire f having loops at either end for stitching to the material.
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 hook provided with a supplemental frame extending beyond same over
which and between it and the hook the material is folded and held substantially
as described.
2. A hook constructed substantially as described and illustrated in Figs. 1
and 2 of the drawings.
3. A hook constructed substantially as described. and illustrated in Figs. 3
and 4 of the drawings.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE.
Chartered Patent Agent. 55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
For the Applicant,