An Improvement in Buttons or Fastenings for Wearing Apparel.
Year: 1895

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Date of Application, 25th Sept., 1895
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Buttons or Fastenings for Wearing Apparel.
I, HENRY NICOLL of 45 Warwick Street Golden Square in the County of
London Outfitter do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to a button or fastening which can be used for garments
that are required to be worn either open or closed.
According to my said invention I fix to the underside of an ordinary shaped
button between the shank and the rim a stud having a doll's head. To the under-
side of another similar button I pivot a flat strap of metal with a hole and slot cut
in it. This strap of metal is pivotted in such a position near the rim of the button
that when not in use it can be pushed back and is invisible from the front. To
fasten the two buttons together the metal strap is pushed forward from behind the
one button and the hole and slot are engaged in the stud of the opposite button
fastening them securely together.
Dated this Twenty-fifth day of September 1895.
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I, HENRY NICOLL, of 45, Warwick Street, Golden Square, in the County of
London, Outfitter, 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 relates to a fastening for use with articles of wearing apparel and
the like, the said fastening being, however, more particularly adapted for use with
such articles as are worn either open or closed.
According to my invention provide the underside of an ordinary button.
designed to be attached to one part of the article to be fastened with a beaded.
stud or hook at a point between the shank and the rim of the same. To the
underside of a similar button, designed to be attached to the other part of the.
article to be fastened, I attach a slotted flat strip or strap of metal or other suitable
material in such a manner that when not being used it can be pushed back behind
the button so as to be invisible from the front."
To fasten the two buttons together the flat strip of metal is pushed from behind
the underside of the button and the slot in the same caused to engage with the stud
on the other button.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference to
the accompanying drawing, in which:
:-
Figure 1 is an underside view of a button provided with the stud:
Figure 2 is an elevation of the same :
Figure 3 is an underside view of a button provided with the flat strip:
Figure 4 is an elevation of the same:
Figure 5 is an underside view of the two buttous fastened together:

page_text: Figures 6 to 9 are views similar to Figures 1 to 4 of a modification:
Figure 10 is a sectional elevation of the button shewn in Figure 8 the section
being on the line 10-10:
Figure 11 is a view, similar to Figure 5, of the modification.
Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the drawing.
a, al are the two buttons designed to be attached to the two parts of the art.cle
to be fastened together. is the stud on the button a, the said stud being placed
between the shank c and rim d of the button.
e is the flat strip which, in the arrangement shewn in Figures 1 to 5, is piv
at to the underside of the button a¹. 9 is a stop on the button to limit the
movement of the strip e as shewn in Figure 5, and h is a pin onto which the strip
is sprung to keep it in position behind the button as shewn in Figure 3. i is the
hole or slot in the free end of the strip e, which hole engages with the stud b on
the button a as shewn in Figure 5 for the purpose of fastening together the two
parts of the article of wearing apparel.
In the modification shewn in Figures 6 to 11, the stud b is replaced by the
hook and the strip e, instead of being pivoted to the underside of the button a',
is provided with a slot j through which the shank c¹ of the button passes, the
said shank being slightly undercut to retain the strip against the button, as shewn
in Figure 10. In this case to fasten the two buttons together the strip e is pushed
forward until the rear end of the slot j strikes against the shank c when the
hook 6 can be passed through the hole in the strip e thus fastening the buttons
together.
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 for wearing apparel, such fastening consisting of two
buttons one of which is provided with a stud or hook and the other with a strip
or strap having a hole adapted to engage with the said stud or hook, the strip or
strap being so arranged that it can be placed behind the button so as to be
invisible from the front, substantially as described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved fastening for wearing apparel
herein before described and illustrated in Figures 1 to 5 of the accompanying
drawing.
3. The manufacture and use of the improved fastening for wearing apparel
herein before described and illustrated in Figures 6 to 11 of the accompanying
drawing.
Dated the 3rd day of January 1896.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.