Improvements in Buttons and Buttonholes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 11th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 16th Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buttons and Buttonholes.
IBRAHIM THOMES KHEIRALLAH 19 Torrington Square London W.C. do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object an improved fastening and unfastening for buttons
of any kind in which I am enable to attach such buttons to the meterial in a most
secure and without damage to the meterial to which they are attached.
My fasteners are also particularly applicable where interchangeable buttons are
used by reason of the facility with which they can be attached and detached to or
from the article upon which they are required to be used, this button requires no
sewing and can be removed from the fabric at any time, and consist of three parts
(1) the elevation of the button (2) the shank with a screw in the lower part of it
for the fastener (3) the fastener which will be attached to the shank with the
meaning of the screw.
The button hole consists of an improved method for preventing such of tearing
or breaking through, by introducing eyelets made of brass copper steel or any other
meterial (or nontextile substance).
Dated this 16th day of December 1891.
IBRAHIM THOMES KHEIRALLAH.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buttons and Buttonholes.
IBRAHIM THOMES KHEIRALLAH 19 Torrington Square London W.C.
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:-
My invention No. 21995 of the 16 December 1891 has for its object an improve-
ment in buttons and in fastening and unfastening them this improvement I claim to
be enabled to attach such buttons to clothing of any kind without damage to the
material of such clothing-by forming an orifice in such material in which orifice
an eyelet shall be inserted through which the shank of the button shall pass.
There are already in existence many styles or patterns of buttons which are
fastened without the use of thread or sewing or stitching of any kind but they are
objectionable in so far as they fail to meet the requirements of practical use.
The improved button which forms the subject of my present invention does not
require the use of any tool for fastening or unfastening it and any person can easily
fix or remove the button without special tools or skill. In order that my invention
may be more clearly understood and more easily carried out I submit the following
drawings.
(A) the button (E) the hole in the button to admit the screw (F) of the
shank (B).
(B) the shank (F) the screw (G) the butt.
(C) the fastener showing (1) the hole (H) in the fastener containing a female
screw to receive the screw (F) in the shank (B) (2) it shows the serrated edges
and the two notches for facilitating the fixing of the fastener.
(D) the side view of the fastener showing (i) the position of the female screw.
Fig. (2). The complete bution is as follows, with the exception of the butt (G)
the whole of the shank (B) will pass through the orifice (E) in the button (A) and
will be fixed to the fastener (C) by means of the screw (F) which will be inserted

page_text: into the screw (H) fastener. The butt (G) in the shank (B) will cover the
orifice (E) in the button (A) so that the button (A) will be movable in the orifice
in the material but will not be removable unless the fastener is unscrewed from the
shank (B).
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
A button with a shank and a fastener combined, and the placing of an eyelet in
the material to which the button is to be affixed.
11th February 1892.
IBRAHIM THOMES KHEIRALLAH.