Improvements in Brooch Fastenings, Safety Pins, Dress Fastenings, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 12th Nov., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brooch Fastenings, Safety Pins, Dress Fastenings,
and the like.
I, ALFRED ROGERS CONNOP, of London Road, St. Albans, Herts, late Bank
Clerk and Election Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention for improvements in brooch fastenings, safety pins, dress fasten-
ings and the like, relates to that class of fastening in which a pin is employed
pivoted at one end and received in a catch at the other end, and has for its object
an improved construction of the catch whereby the pin of the said fastening is
more securely held and the liability of becoming undone is reduced and consists
essentially in constructing the catch with a small curved spring so arranged
that the pin can be forced past it and then during the slight return movement
when pressure is removed from it, follow the spring round sufficiently far that
there is no possibilty of its coming undone until the pin is moved similarly to
disengage it. This fastening device moreover requires no special manipulation,
it is only necessary to press the pin in place in the same manner as with the
present arrangement.
This invention can also be applied for many and varied purposes such as brooch
fastenings, safety pins, holders for medals, dress ornaments and fastenings and
in all cases where this kind of fastening is employed.
In order that this invention may be more readily understood, reference is had
to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings in which Fig. 1 is a back
view of a brooch fitted with this invention, Fig. 2 is an end view of the same
and Fig. 3 is a perspective view.
The brooch A, shaped and ornamented as desired is fitted with the pin B, hinged
to it at C and at the other end is fitted a (J) shaped catch D within which the
point of the pin B is received. To one of the members d d of this U shaped
catch D is attached a small spring E curved substantially as shown.
When it is desired to fasten the brooch the point of the pin B is pressed within
the catch D past the spring E and, as in the case of the ordinary fastening, tends
to spring outwards again slightly, and follows the spring E round until it is
received within it. It will therefore be seen that the pin B is held in a more
secure manner and the liability for coming undone is reduced as it is almost
impossible for the pin to work its way round the spring again.
To unfasten, the pin B is moved round the spring E which it pushes to one
side sufficiently to allow it to pass. The spring E is preferably curved in such
manner as most readily to permit of the pin B acting as above described.
No special manipulation of the fastening is necessary as the method both of
astening and unfastening is almost identical with that necessary for the ordinary
astening.
This arrangement can be readily applied to safety pins, dress ornaments and
astenings, medal holders and in all cases where this kind of fastening is employed.

page_text: 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:-
(1) An improved fastening of the class in which a pin pivoted at one end
and received at the other in a catch, is employed, having a curved spring fitted
to the catch in such manner that the pin can be forced past it and then tends to
follow the spring round until it is received within it, the pin being similarly
moved to disengage it substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
(2) Improvements in brooch fastenings, safety pins, dress fastenings and the
like, substantially as described with reference to the drawings and for the pur-
poses specified.
Dated this 19th day of October 1898
"GEO. H. 'RAYNER,
Agent for Applicant, 37, Chancery Lane.