Improvements in or relating to Fastening or Closing Devices for Ladies' Garments.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 24th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 6th Jan., 1900
Improvements in or relating to Fastening or Closing Devices for
Ladies' Garments.
A communication from LA SOCIÉTÉ GUIMBERT AND BESSON, Merchants, of Rue
Saint Honoré, Paris, in France.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111, Hatton Garden, in the County of London,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:―
This invention relates to an arrangement of what is called an invisible dress
closer, which is connected to the inner side of a lady's garment near the opening
with a view of securely closing the same and of being at the same time invisible
itself.
The closing device consists of a piece, or strip of silk, cotton, wool, or of
mixtures of these, of linen or even of leather or rubber material. This band is
folded upon itself, in such a manner for instance that one part is superposed on
the other. On the one half is fixed or attached, at preferably equal distances
apart, a series of hooks; and exactly corresponding with them, is fixed or formed
on the other half of the ribbon a corresponding series of eyes or holes.
To adjust the closing device to the article of dress it is sufficient to sew or to
connect one half of said ribbon to the inner side of, and flush with, the opening
of the dress, and to fit or sew or connect the other part of the band, to the
inner side of the corresponding other part of the opening, in such a manner, that
the two parts when the opening is closed, are superposed on each other, the hooks
and eyes interlocking and keeping the edges of the garment in close contact.
The band, preferably twice the length of the opening, is so attached to the
dress that its ends are directed towards the top of the garment.
Dated this 24th day of January 1899
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Fastening-or-Closing Devices for
Ladies' Garments.
A communication from LA SOCIÉTÉ GUIMBERT AND BESSON, Merchants, of Rue
Saint Honoré, Paris, in France.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111, Hatton Garden, in the County of London,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
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page_text: what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement: ---
This invention relates to an arrangement of what is called an invisible dress
closer, which is connected to the inner side of a lady's garment near the opening
or placket with a view of securely closing the same and of being at the same time
invisible itself.
The closing device consists of a piece, or strip of silk, cotton, wool, or of mixtures
of these, of linen, or even of leather, or rubber material. This band is folded in
the middle in such a manner for instance that one part is superposed on the other.
On the one half are fixed or attached, at preferably equal distances apart a
number of hooks or male fasteners; and exactly corresponding with them are
fixed or formed on the other half of the ribbon a corresponding number of eyes,
holes, or female fasteners.
The invisible closing band intended for connecting and closing the opening
of any kind of dress, corsage, or cycling skirt, pocket, and the like is made chiefly
of two similar bands or a single folded strip of any kind of fabric, linen, leather,
indiarubber or even of celluloid. The bands may be of the same or of different
width, one being provided with holes or eyes, while the other is provided with
studs, buttons or hooks, the latter exactly corresponding, as regards distance
from each other with the former, in such a manner that when the two parts of
each fastening are brought together, the opening will be securely closed, without
folds or creases being formed in the bands. The length of these closing bands
and the distance between the fastening devices may vary according to require-
ments.
The accompanying drawing shows the application of the band for closing the
opening of a skirt, and the general arrangement of a folded band which can be
applied to any kind of dress opening.
Figure 1 represents part of a skirt, the placket a of which is closed by the
device or means in question provided with buttons or studs, or hooks and eyes or
equivalent might be employed.
Figure 2 represents the same part of a skirt, with the parts forming the opening
shown in a line for the purpose of illustrating how the closing band is arranged,
the band, in this case being twice the length of the skirt opening.
Figure 3 shows the closing band in section.
Figure 4 represents an endless, closing band, the ends being shown open for
the purpose of exhibiting the arrangement and fitting up of the two superposed
portions of the band.
The band a a¹ of a length, equal to, or double the length of the opening to be
closed (Figure 2 and 3), or a pair of bands a a¹ (Figure 4) of any length, is
provided at suitable intervals with closing buttons, studs, hooks and eyes or
equivalent.
In the case of the band a a¹ such as shown in Figures 2 and 3 one half a of
it is provided with buttons studs or hooks b', while the other half a is provided
with holes sockets el or eves in such a manner, that when the two halves a a¹ are
superposed, the buttons or hooks, will exactly fit in the holes or eyes c¹ the
buttons or hooks and the holes or eyes are fastened to or made in the band a a¹ by
means of plates b and c respectively.
:
In the case of a band a a¹ of indefinite length, Figure 4, the buttons or
hooks are attached to the band a, for instance, and the holes or eyes care
made in or attached to the other hand a¹, care being taken to space them so that
the hooks and eyes will exactly fit into each other when the band is fixed in place.
To adjust the closing device to the article of dress it is sufficient to sew or
to connect one half of the band to the inner side of, and flush with, the
opening a of the skirt, and to fit sew or connect the other part of the hand,
to the inner side of the corresponding other part of the opening, in such a
manner that the two parts a a¹, when the opening is closed, are superposed on

page_text: each other, the hooks and eyes or fastener parts interlocking and keeping the
edges of the garment in close contact.
In the case of a band a a¹ having twice the length of the opening, it is attached
to the skirt in such manner that its ends are at the top and the fold at the
bottom.
It should be understood that this dress-closing device is intended to close not
only the opening or placket in skirts, but also the openings in corsages, cycling
skirts, pockets and the like, or any other slit or opening in garments that may
require a device for keeping it closed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said
invention, (as communicated to me by my foreign correspondents) and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is;-
1. A skirt placket or like closing device comprising a band or strip adapted
to be folded so as to form two parts of equal length, which are to be superposed,
or two bands of undefined length, which are also intended to be superposed, one
of the halves of the hand or one of the two bands, being provided at suitable
distances apart with buttons, hooks or studs, while the other half, or second
band is provided with corresponding holes, eyes or sockets in such a manner,
that when the halves, or two bands, are superposed, the fastening device of the
one will exactly engage with the corresponding devices of the other without
causing folds in the band, these closing bands being secured in any suitable
manner, close to the edges of the opening intended to be closed.
2. A skirt placket or like closing device substantially as described or illustrated
in Figures 1, 2 and 3 or in Figure 4 of the accompanying drawing.
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1000
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.