Improvements in Fasteners for Gloves and other Articles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June,
1907
Complete Specification Left, 1st Mar., 1898-Accepted, 20th May, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 1st Mar., 1898-Accepted, 20th May, 1898
[Communicated from abroad by WARREN BENJAMIN PAGE, of No. 5, Court Street,
Boston, in the County of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, United States
of America, Architect.]
Improvements in Fasteners for Gloves and other Articles.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
of 45, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to separable fasteners of the ball-and-socket type, each
comprising a socket member having provisions for attachment to one part of the
glove or other article to be fastened, and a complemental ball or stud member
having provisions for attachment to another part of the glove. The invention
has particular reference to the socket member of a fastening of this character,
and has for its object to provide a socket member adapted to be readily connected
with and disengaged from the complemental ball member, and to effectually
resist the strain or pressure to which the members are subjected when in use, by
the tension of the connected pieces, thus preventing the separation of the members
by such strain. The invention consists in the improvements which I will now
proceed to describe.
A fastening member embodying my invention comprises a dome or body portion,
which is made from sheet metal and has suitable provisions, as hereinafter des-
cribed, for attachment to one part of a glove or other article, and a flange which
is formed on said body portion and is integral therewith, the body portion and
its flange being struck up from a single piece of suitably tempered sheet metal.
The body may be of any suitable shape, such as elliptical or circular, the latter
being preferred. The flange conforms to the shape of the margin of the body
portion, and is distinguished by being made of practically Ụ shape. That is
to say, the said flange extends continuously around the margin of the dome or
body portion, excepting between the two points where it is interrupted or cut away,
forming an opening, which may be a narrow slit or saw-cut, or may be of con-
siderable width. The term "U-shaped" is intended to convey the meaning that
the flange has two ends separated by an opening, but the flange may be practically
circular, its ends normally abutting against each other while being separable.
The end portions of the U-shaped flange may be substantially parallel, or they
may be out of parallelism.
It will be seen that by giving the flange a U-shaped form, as described, I make
the end portions of the flange resilient, so that they can spring freely out and in,
while the curved central portion of the flange which connects said end portions
forms a practically rigid abutment for the complemental ball or stud fastening
member. The body portion is to be securely attached to the glove or other article
in such position that the strain exerted on the two members by the tension on
the pieces connected by said members will press the stud member against the

page_text: curved central portion or rigid abutment of the flange, so that the flange cannot
yield and permit the accidental separation of the members in the direction of the
strain which said members are intended to support. The flange is curved inwardly
in cross-section, so that its outer edge forms a contracted mouth engaging the
stud member in such manner as to prevent free separation of one member from
the other, such as would be produced by relative movements of the two members
in other directions, both the side portions and the curved central portion of the
flange hooking over the stud member, the side portions also yieldingly engaging
said member, while the central portion is practically rigid, as already stated.
The opening between the end portions of the flange may be of sufficient width
to receive the stud member, so that the latter slips freely into the socket member,
between the end portions of the flange. The two members may be engaged,
however, by pressing the socket member onto the stud member when the latter.
bears upon the edges of the flanges at points between the opening and the curved
central portion of the flange, the elasticity of the side portions of the flange en-
abling them to yield to receive the stud member and afterward to close upon
said member.
When the opening between the ends of the flange is not of sufficient width to
receive the stud member, the engagement of the two members is due to the resili-
ence of the end portions of the flange.
The term "U-shaped" as here used is intended to describe a flange having a
curved central portion forming an unyielding abutment, and end portions separated
from each other and therefore having resilient extremities, said end portions
extending continuously from the curved central portion to the opening between
the resilient extremities of said end portions. The Ushape exists, whether the
said end portions be practically straight, or curved.
The socket member may be attached to the glove or other article, by means of
a tubular shank formed as an eyelet, which passes through the glove part and
through an orifice in the body portion, said eyelet being spread or upset on the
outer side of the body portion, and provided with a head between which and the
socket member the glove is clamped. Any other suitable means may be employed,
however, to secure the socket member. For example, the body portion of said
socket member may be of annular form, surrounding the U-shaped flange, the latter
being formed on the inner edge of the annular body. In this case, the body is
or may be rolled to form an annular cavity which is adapted to receive and
spread the outer end of a tubular or eyelet-shaped fastening device.
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The head of the tubular shank is covered by a cap having a flange which is bent
inwardly over the margin of the head. To prepare the head for engagement
with the cap, I form on the head an annular depression, the outer side of which
constitutes an outwardly inclined flange or seat against which the flange is pressed,
the latter being thus inwardly inclined and interlocked with the flange. The
flange and the annular depression together form a marginal bead surrounding
cavity or recess which conforms approximately to the dome portion of the socket
member. It will be seen that the annular depression, which can be formed at
one operation, reduces the expense of making the said marginal bead, it being
necessary, for the completion of said bead, only to bend the flange slightly inward,
this requiring but one operation. Heretofore, the marginal bead has been formed
wholly by the flange or margin of the cap, said margin being rolled inwardly by
several successive operations, over the margin of the head.
ST 1007
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant,

page_text: each other. The end portions of the U-shaped flange are shown in Figure 1 as
substantially parallel, while in Figure 4 they are shown as curved, and converging
toward the opening 10.
It will be seen that by giving the flange a U-shaped form, as described and
shown, I make the end portions of the flange resilient, so that they can spring
freely out and in, while the curved central portion of the flange which connects
said end portions forms a practically rigid abutment for the complemental ball
or stud fastening member c represented in dotted lines in Figures 1, 2, and 3. The
member a is to be securely attached to the glove or other article in such position
that the strain exerted on the two members by the tension on the pieces con-
nected by said members will press the stud member c against the curved central
portion or rigid abutment of the flange, so that the flange cannot yield and permit
the accidental separation of the members in the direction of the strain which
said members are intended to support. The flange is curved inwardly under the
marginal portion of the dome, so that its outer edge forms a contracted mouth
engaging the stud member c, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, in such manner as to
prevent free separation of one member from the other, such as would be produced
by relative movements of the two members in other directions, both the side
portions and the curved central portion of the flange hooking over the stud mem-
ber c, the side portions also yieldingly engaging said member, while the central
portion is practically rigid, as already stated.
In the form shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3, the opening 10 between the end por-
tions of the flange is preferably of sufficient width to receive the member c, 80
that the latter slips freely into the socket member, between the end portions of the
flange. The two members may be engaged, however, by pressing the socket mem-
ber a onto the member c, when the latter bears upon the edges of the flanges at
points between the opening 10 and the curved central portion of the flange, the
elasticity of the side portions of the flange enabling them to yield to receive the
member and afterward to close upon said member, as indicated in Figure 3.
In the construction shown in Figure 4, the opening 10 is not of sufficient width
to receive the member c, the engagement being therefore due to the resilience of
the end portions of the flange.
C,
The socket member a may be attached to the part 6 by means of a tubular
shank d, formed as an eyelet, which passes through the part b and through an
orifice 12 in the dome or body portion, said eyelet being spread or upset on the
outer side of the dome or body portion, and provided with a head between
which and the member a the part 6 is clamped. Any other suitable means may
be employed, however, to secure the socket member.
In Figures 7 to 11, inclusive, I show a clasp in which the body portion a¹0 is
of annular form, surrounding the U-shaped flange a¹, the flange being formed
on the inner edge of the annular body a¹0 and being made resilient by cutting
one or more slots a12 extending from its inner edges outwardly to the body a¹º
The resilient flange all is formed so that its cross-section is inclined relatively
to the plane of the annulus, to form a cavity 60 which is larger than the opening 70
surrounded by the inner edge of the flange all. The annular body a¹o is formed
integral with the flange a¹¹, and is rolled to form an annular cavity 80, which is
adapted to receive and spread the outer end of a tubular anchoring device d¹º,
formed as an eyelet having an open end adapted to enter the annular socket 80,
and a suitable cap at its outer end. Said cap is formed by a flange du integral
with the eyelet do, and a disk d¹ having a lip №¹³ which is interlocked with the
margin of the flange d".
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is;
1. A socket fastening member comprising a dome or body portion formed to
bear upon the flap or piece to which the member is secured, a U-shaped flange

page_text: integral with said dome and having resilient end portions and a practically rigid
central portion continuous therewith, and a fastening device formed to engage said
dome and attach the same positively to the said piece to prevent it from rotating,
said resilient and rigid portions forming a ball-receiving chamber which un-
yieldingly supports the ball member in the direction required to resist the strain
exerted on the two members by the tension of the connected pieces and yieldingly
grasps said member to prevent accidental displacement of the ball member in
other directions.
2. In a fastening device of the character specified, a socket member comprising
an annular sheet-metal body having an annular socket provided with an out-
wardly-inclined inner wall to receive and turn the end of an attaching-evelet,
said body also having a resilient inwardly-projecting flange integral with said
body and extending in a direction opposite to the opening or entrance to the annu-
lar socket and formed to engage a stud member.
3. In a fastening device of the character specified, a member comprising, first,
a sheet-metal annular body having an annular socket and a divided or slotted
resilient inwardly-projecting flange integral with the body and extending in a
direction opposite to the opening or entrance to the annular socket, and secondly,
an eyelet having a head or cap at its outer end, its inner end being adapted to
enter and be spread in said annular socket.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.