. Attachable Linen Button-holes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 2nd June, 1899-Accepted, 16th Sept.,
1899
THOMAS KENNARD ALDOUS, 140, St. John's Road, Brockley, S.E., Refreshment
Caterer and Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The invention is a button hole made in various thicknessess of linen & of
such shape and size as may be necessary.
It is machine. stitched along the edge, and with tabs of thin linen, for attach-
ing to a collar, cuff, shirt front, collar band or any other garment as may be
required.
Attachable Linen Button-holes.
THOMAS KENNARD ALDOUS, 140, St. John's Road, Brockley, S.E., Refreshment
Caterer and Contractor, 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 consists in an attachable button-hole, that is a button-hole
formed in an independent piece of textile fabric which can be readily attached
to a garment or other material.
Throughout this specification the term "attachable button-hole" will be con-
sidered to include the button hole proper and the piece of material in which
it is formed in carrying out this invention.
The main object of the invention is to enable worn out button holes io be
readily and neatly replaced although the invention is also applicable to new
articles.
In carrying out the invention I form a button-hole, either hand or machine
stitched in any usual manner, in a piece of material formed with a double pły
or two thicknesses of a textile fabric similar to that of the garment or material
to which it is to be attached. This double ply may be obtained by using two
pieces of material, or one piece may be doubled on itself; it is shaped according
to the particular use to which the button-hole is to be applied, and is of a
size to leave a sufficient margin round the hole proper. The edges of each
ply are folded in and the two plies are preferably stitched together more or

page_text: less round the edges, but one or more sides are left unstitched or stitched so
as to leave a wide margin. To secure the attachable button-hole to the gar-
ment, the latter is cut to receive the prepared button-hole, a margin being
left which is placed between its unstitched edges, and the two are then sewn
together.
The attachable button-hole may if desired be strengthened by inserting one
or more thicknesses of canvas or other material between the double plies.
In the accompany drawings three forms of an "attachable button-hole" are
shown constructed according to this invention suitable for the collar and neck
band of a shirt.
Figures 1 and 2 show the two plies of material used for an "attachable
button-hole for a collar such as is shown in Figure 3, and
Figure 4 shows such a button-hole attached to a collar.
Figure 5 is an "attachable button-hole" for the front, and
Figure 6 one for the back of a neck band.
Figure 7 shows a piece of material which is folded together to form the
button-hole shown in Figure 6.
Like letters indicate like parts in all figures.
A complete attachable button-hole for a collar, detached and attached, is illus-
trated in Figures 3 and 4 respectively. The two pieces of linen A, A¹ with :
turned over edges are placed face to face, and stitched round the three
edges A2 A3 A4; the button hole proper B is then made in any usual manner.
The collar is attached by placing the margin of the band, cut to the proper
shape, between the edges A of the button hole and stitching them together.
Figure 5 is a suitable shape for the front of a neck band. In this case two
edges A A³ are left for attachment to the garment.
Figure 6 illustrates a form suitable for the back of a neck band. In this
case preferably the adjustable button-hole is formed from a single piece of
material bent on itself at the dotted line A6, and although stitched on three
sides A7 A8 A9 the stitching is placed back from the edge to enable the garment
to be inserted between the two thicknesses of these three edges.
If reinforcing pieces be employed these are preferably placed beneath the
turned over edges of the outer plies. Such a reinforcing piece of canvas is shown
at A in Figure 5, or the reinforcing piece may be confined to the central
portion of the "attachable button-hole," and omitted from under the turned
over edges.
It is evident that the details of construction may be varied without departing
from the spirit of the invention.
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 4
I claim is:-
1. An attachable button hole" substantially as described.
2. An attachable button hole, consisting of a button hole formed in a piece
of material having a double ply or two thicknesses and one or more free edges
between which the fabric is inserted to which the "attachable button hole
to be secured,
is 4
3. The "attachable button hole" substantially as described or illustrated in
Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, or in Figure 5, or in Figures 6 and 7 of the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated thin 51
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B T .
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.