AN IMPROVED TAG
Year: 1884

page_text: I, DANIEL WILKINS FESSEY, of Finsbury in the County of Middlesex, Boot and
Shoe Machinery Salesman, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for
AN IMPROVED TAG" to be as follows:-
"
This invention relates to an improved tag, that is to say, a device which is
intended to be attached to a lace, cord, string or the like, and to form the end
thereof.
The device constructed according to this invention is chiefly designed to serve as
an awl or cutting needle to enable the lace, cord or string to which it is attached to
be readily used for securing buttons to leather, clothing or the like, or for other
purposes.
According to the said invention one end of the tag is tubular to enable the lace,
cord or string to be readily attached in the ordinary manner. The other portion
however is solid to give it strength, and prevent it from bending when being
forced through the material.
The end of the solid portion of the tag is preferably provided with a "flat or
leather awl point," but it may be provided with a spear point or a point of any
other suitable shape.
Dated this 7th day of January 1884
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.

page_text: I DANIEL WILKINS FESSEY, of Finsbury, in the County of Middlesex, Boot and
Shoe Machinery Salesman, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
"AN IMPROVED TAG" 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 an improved piercing or cutting tag which is attached,
or designed to be attached, to the end of a lace, cord, string or the like, so as to
provide ready means for securing buttons to leather or other material, or for
similar purposes.
My improved tag is made as follows, that is to say-one end thereof is formed
in any suitable manner to enable it to be attached to one end of the lace, cord or
string. The other end of the said tag is made with a point so that it will serve as
an awl or cutting needle. I prefer to make it flat pointed or leather pointed, that
is to say, with what is known to needle manufacturers as a "flat" or "leather
awl" point, but it may, if desired, be made with a point of any other desired shape,
such as a spear point.
These tags may be conveniently and advantageously made from brass or other
wire by first cutting the said wire into suitable lengths or pieces; then pointing
each of the said pieces at one end, and flattening the other end by a hammer or
other suitable means so that when one end of the lace, cord or string is laid upon
the flattened portion, each side of the latter can be folded over, or around, the
same, so as to hold it firmly between them. The said flattened portion may, if
desired, be formed with a point which can be bent so that it will project into the
said lace, cord or string. I do not, however, limit myself to any special method of
manufacturing my improved tag.
In using this tag attached to a lace, cord, or string only one operation is
required in order to pass the said lace, cord, or string through the material, instead
of the two operations of making the hole in the material and then inserting the
lace, cord, or string as with an awl. Moreover there is no necessity to pass the
lace, cord, or string doubled through the material as with an ordinary needle.
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
The above described improved piercing or cutting tag, attached, or designed
to be attached, to the end of a lace, cord, string or the like for the purposes
specified.
Dated this lith day of October 1894