Improvements in Studs and Solitaires and other similar Articles.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 13th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 13th Apr., 1889
RESERVE C
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Studs and Solitaires and other similar Articles.
GEORGE RODNEY MCDONALD Manufacturer 15 Hanover Street Peckham S.E. do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A Stud or Solitaire having between the shank and the top or head of the Stud or
Solitaire another shank or piece of Bone Ivory Metal or other suitable substance
which may be in the form of a crescent so that when the head of the stud or Solitaire
is pushed through the buttonhole or studhole the head by a slight twist draws the centre
piece or upper shank also through the buttonhole or studhole so that the Linen or
other fabric is held between the upper and lower shanks. The stud or solitaire is
then fixed and cannot drop out.

page_text: Improvements in Studs and Solitaires and other similar Articles.
GEORGE RODNEY MCDONALD of 15 Hanover Street Peckham in the County of
Surrey Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
My invention for improvements in studs and solitaires and other similar articles has
for its object to firmly fix the stud or solitaire in position in the button hole or stud
hole so that it cannot drop out and be lost; and consists in forming on the shank
between the top or head and the bottom or base piece a projection or projections which
may be in the form of a crescent or other suitable shape so that, when the head of
the stud or solitaire is forced through the button hole or stud hole in the under-
neath part of the fabric to be united by it and the outer end of the said projection
pointed through the said hole, by giving the head a slight turn or twist in the propor
direction, the projection is also drawn through the hole and the fabric in which the
hole is made is firmly held between the projection and the bottom or base piece. The
head of the stud or solitaire is then forced through the corresponding hole in the
upper part of the fabric to be united by it and the projection is thus hidden from view.
The drawing is a perspective view of a stud constructed according to my
invention.
The stud or solitaire is formed with a head a and base piece b united by a shank c
in the ordinary manner. On the shank c and between the head a and base b is formed,
in any suitable manner according to the material of which the stud or solitaire is
constructed, a projection d which is shaped as shewn so that when one outer point is
inserted partly through the hole in the fabric by giving the stud or solitaire a partial
turn or twist in the proper direction the projection is drawn through the said hole.
The projection when the stud is inserted in position is hidden by the upper fold of
the fabric.
It will be evident that the form or shape of the projection may be modified in
various ways without departing from the nature of my said invention.
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
a
1. Forming on the shank of a stud or solitaire between the head and the base,
projection or projections by means of which when the stud or solitaires is in position
the fabric is held between the said projection and the base piece and consequently the
stud fixed in position without fear of its getting lost.
The construction of a stud or solitaire substantially as described with reference to
the drawing.
Dated thin 12th dose of Mouch 1000
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
156, Strand, London, W.C.,
Agents.