Year: 1888

page_text: ZACHARY HARRIS KINGDON, of 30, Victoria Road, Old Charlton, Kent, (Civil
Engineer,) do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in constructing hooks and eyes and other fastenings with
pin points or with holes or loops for the insertion of ordinary pins whereby they are
more readily attached to or fixed in fabrics or other materials.
In one modification the hook or eye is constructed wholly of wire bent into the
required form and having the ends pointed, as shown in figs. 1. to 4 of the accom-
panying drawings; or it may be constructed entirely of sheet metal or of a combination
of wire and sheet metal.
In another modification the hook or eye is provided with holes or loops for the inser-
tion of ordinary pins by which means it is attached to the fabric or other material. One
form of hook constructed according to this modification is shown in figs. 5 & 6.
I do not limit myself to the particular forms and configurations herein illustrated
or described or to any particular materials or modes of construction as my invention
includes all modes of constructing hooks and eyes with pin points, either connected or
separate, for the purpose of affixing them in position for, use; and my invention is also
applicable to buttons.

page_text: Improvements in Dress and like Fastenings.
ZACHARY HARRIS KINGDON, of 30, Victoria Road, Old Charlton, Kent, (Civil
Engineer,) 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 :-
This Invention consists in constructing hooks and eyes and other fastenings with
pin points, either attached or separate, or with holes or loops for the insertion of
ordinary pins, whereby they are more readily attached to or fixed in fabrics or other
materials.
In one modification the hook or eye is constructed wholly of wire bent into the
required form and having the ends pointed, as shown in figs. 1 to 4 of the drawings
left the provisional specification. The central stem of the hook may be opened out
into a bow form similar to that of the eye so that the pointed legs press on the sides of
the bow, or the legs may be made sinuous instead of straight; by which or similar
means the hook is held more firmly in its place in the fabric.
In another modification the hook or eye is inade entirely of sheet metal having
holes or loops for the insertion of ordinary pins by which it is attached to the fabric.
One form of hook constructed according to this modification is shown in figs. 5 and 6
of the drawings left with the provisional specification. Instead of ordinary pins,
special ones, made in the form of a staple with both legs pointed, may be used, there
being holes or loops provided in the hook or eye in suitable positions to receive both
legs of the staple. The holes or loops may be so arranged that the pins or staples lie
across the hook (as in figs. 5 & 6) or lengthwise with it, and in the latter case loops
may be conveniently arranged so as to hide and protect the points of the pins or
staples.
In further modifications the hook or eye is made partly of wire and partly of sheet
metal, the pointed legs being generally of wire and attached to the other portions
made of sheet metal by folding the latter over them, or in any other suitable manner.
There may also be catches formed out of, or attached to, the back of the hook or eye
into which the points of the legs are sprung after the manner of an ordinary safety pin.
A convenient way of carrying out this modification is to make the two legs of one piece.
of wire in the form of a staple and the remainder of the hook out of one piece of sheet
metal which is attached to the middle part of the staple by folding or otherwise and
has punched out of it in suitable positions small tongues to form the catches for the
points. In another form I attach an ordinary safety pin to the back of the hook.
This invention is also applicable to buttons and other fasteners, pin points being
attached to the backs thereof as described for hooks, or loops provided for the insertion
of ordinary pins.
I do not limit myself to the particular forms and configurations herein illustrated
or described or to any particular materials or modes of construction in carrying
into effect this invention, as it includes all modes of constructing hooks and eyes
and similar fastenings with pin points, either connected or separate, for the purpose
of affixing them in position for use.

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 Į
claim is :
1. The construction of hooks and eyes and similar fastenings with pin points, either
connected or separate, for the purpose of affixing them in position for use.
2. The particular form of hook and eye constructed wholly of wire as illustrated in
figs. 1 to 4, of the drawings left with the provisional specification, and the modifications
in the configuration thereof as hereinbefore described.
3. The construction of hooks and eyes from sheet metal with holes or loops whereby
the same may be affixed in position for use by ordinary pins or by pins of special
construction as hereinbefore described.
4. The construction of hooks and eyes with pin points attached and with safety
catches for protecting the same and maintaining the hook or eye in its place as herein-
before described.