IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jane Cross, of the City of Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR
"
Sealed the 28th January 1862, and dated the 3rd August 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jane Cross at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with her Petition, on the 3rd August
1861.
I, JANE CROSS, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FASTENINGS FOR WEARING APPAREL, AND IN THE APPLICATION THEREOF," to be
as follows:-
This Invention consists of using an elastic or other band with an ornamental
clasp, for the purpose of tieing up children's sleeves, so that by putting the
band inside the sleeves of the under clothes, and bringing it outside the
sleeves of the outer clothes, and clasping or otherwise uniting the ends, tho
clothes will be kept together without danger of any of them slipping untidily
above or below the short sleeve usually worn by children; and if the clasp is a
neat design, it will make a pretty and useful ornament to the sleeve. This

page_text: elastic or other fastener may have an ornamental clasp at each end, one end
with a hook or projection, and the other with a slot or hole for the hook or
projection to fit into; or the elastic or other band may be made of two or
more folds, as an endless band, and thus hook on the projecting piece or pieces
of the clasp; or a single band may be used folded at the end, thus forming a
hook or catch; or an eyelet-hole may be made in the band itself. It is evident
the connection may be accomplished many different ways, but I prefer a
double ornamental clasp made of any suitable metal or material. This
fastener is also applicable to belts, brooches, pins, bracelets, and all similar
articles.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Jane Cross in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 3rd
February-1-862...
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JANE
CROSS, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Jane Cross, Her special licence that I, the said Jane Cross,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Jane Cross, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FASTENINGS FOR WEARING APPAREL, AND IN THE APPLICATION THEREOF," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Jane Cross, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Jane Cross, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say):-
This Invention consists of using an elastic or other band with an ornamental
clasp or fastening, for the purpose of tieing up children's sleeves, so that by
putting the band inside the sleeves of the under clothes, and bringing it outside
the sleeves of the outer clothes, and clasping or otherwise uniting the ends, the
sleeves will be kept together, and thereby prevent any of them slipping untidily
below or above the short sleeve usually worn by children; and if the clasp or
fastener is a neat or elegant design, it will make in addition to its utility a
pretty ornament to the sleeve. This elastic or other fastener may have an
ornamental clasp at each end, one part with a hook or projection, and the
other part with a slot or hole for the hooked part to fit into; or the elastic'
or other band may be made of two or more folds, as an endless band,
and thus be enabled to hook on the projecting piece or pieces of the clasp; or
a single band may be folded at the end, and thus form a loop or catch; or an
eyelet may be made in the band itself. It is evident the connection may be
accomplished in many different ways, and that this improved fastener is also
applicable to belts, brooches, pins, bracelets, and all similar articles.
This Invention will be clearly understood by referring to the figures
and letters on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, representing two
different arrangements of my improved fastener for wearing apparel and other
articles.
In Figs. 1 and 2, a represents the band; it is formed either single or double,
and has at one end an eyelet b, and at the other end the ornamental piece of
metal or other material c, having a hook or projection d, which acts as a clasp
when the aforesaid eyelet is placed upon it. In Figs. 3 and 4 the band is
shewn at e; it is double, and has at one end a clasp f, having a hook or pro-
jection g, and at the other end the band is stitched, so as to form a loop or
catch h for the hook or projection to fit into. The clasps, either single or
double, are made of any suitable material, and ornamented in any desired
manner, and the bands are made either single or double, elastic or rigid, and
any suitable material.
of
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be understood that I claim
as my Invention the improvements in fastenings for wearing apparel, and the

page_text: application thereof, as herein described and illustrated in the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings.
In witness, whereof; I, the said Jane Cross, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this First day of February, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
Signed, sealed, and delivered. by the
within-named Jane Cross, in the
presence of
E. J. HUGHES,
JANE CROSS. (L.S.)
Patent Agent,
Manchester.