IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTON FASTENERS
Year: 1884

page_text: We, OLIVER GRIFFITHS GOODMAN, Pin and Needle manufacturer, of 82 Caroline
Street, Birmingham, and THOMAS WESTWOOD Stamper and Peircer of back of
25 Ludgate Hill, Birmingham do hereby declare the nature of our invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTON FASTENERS to be as follows:-
Our invention consists in a plate to receive easily and fasten .or hold securely
the shank of a button, in the material to which it is required, to be attached.
In the plate we peirce a hole and at one end or side of the plate is a tongue
which we fold over the back of the plate so that it slightly overlaps the hole.
The shank of the button is, placed in the hole opposite the tongue and by
pressing the button the tongue is raised sufficiently to allow of the shank passing
through-thereon the tongue springs back inside the shank overlapping the hole
and fastens or holds securely, the shank of the button.

page_text: We, OLIVER GRIFFITHS GOODMAN of Caroline Street, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Pin and Needle Manufacturer and THOMAS WESTWOOD of Birmingham
aforesaid Stamper and Piercer do hereby declare the nature of said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTON-FASTENERS," and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
Our invention bas reference to fasteners for securing buttons to boots and shoes
and other articles of dress; and consists of a pierced plate or disc provided with a
cross bar to which the shank of a button is attached on connecting the said button
to an article of dress-The button is easily connected to the said fastener, and
when so connected, is efficiently and securely attached.
In carrying out' our invention,' we take a plate or disc having a piercing or hole
within its middle; crossed by a bar or tongue in the direction of its diameter-A
ledge or support is provided on the one side of the piercing upon which the
terminal end of the bar or tongue is supported, on strain or pressure being applied.
to the button.
In attaching a button to an article of dress by the fastener,' the shank of the
button is passed through the piercing and the spring tongue pressed outwards,
which allows it to spring into the loop of the button shank, when the button is
*securely and efficiently connected or attached to an article of dress without sewing..
We will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings,
*the manner in which our invention is to be performed.
Figure 1 is a plan of the upper or 'top side of the fastener' made from a 'single
piece of metal in the shape of a dish or plate and constructed according to our
invention Figure 2 is a plan of the underside of figure '1, showing the holding
button tongue or bar, crossing the opening-Figure 3 is a cross section of figure 1
on the dotted lines A B-Figure 4 is also a cross section, the same as figure 3,-
with the button in the act of being connected to the fastener, the tongue or cross
bar being shown pressed downwards, on the passage of the shank of the button
through the piercing-Figure 5 is the fastener with the button attached, the shank
lying within the cross groove or channel in the tongue or bar; the end of the said
tongue resting upon the ledge raised from the metal of the fastener-Figure 6 is an
underside view of figure 5-Figure 7 is a modification, in which the tongue is
made separate from the fastener, and attached thereto, by rivetting or closing over
the ends of the tongue, as represented in figure 8-Figure 9 is a plan of the body
of the fastener figure 7.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of
the Drawings.
a is the body of the fastener and of the form or conformation of a dish or
plate b is a spring tongue or cross bar, folded or doubled upon the back, and
made from the metal of the fastener c is a ledge or support, for the terminal end
of the spring tongue to rest against; so that the end of the spring tongue overlaps
the support and prevents it being drawn or pulled through the piercing or hole d
of the fastener,on extreme pressure being applied to the button to which the said

page_text: fastener is connected-e is a second support or abuttment for preventing the said
cross bar from being distorted in shape or from changing its proper relative
position with respect to the piercing in the middle of the fastener-6 is the cross
trough-or groove in which the shank f for the button g rests, when the button is
secured to an article of dress by the said fastener, and h is the material or article
of dress.
To connect the button g to an article of dress, pass the shank f through the
material h, and press the tongue g downwards; and on the shank of the button
being fully pushed home the tongue b snaps into the loop of the shank f, as
represented in figures 5 and 6, when the button is securely and efficiently attached
to a garment or other article.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
The improvements in button fasteners hereinbefore described and illustrated
in figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the accompanying Drawing, consisting of a pierced
metal disc or dished plate, with a spring or yielding bar or tongue crossing its
opening and overlapping the edges; and with which said bar, the loop of the.
shank of the button engages, the bar being supported across the opening by ledges
or abuttments fashioned out of the metal of the shell, the fastener being con-
structed, arranged and used in the way and for the purpose as described and
illustrated; also the modification figure 7.