Improved Method of and Appliances for Securing Fronts and other Parts of Garments, also Wraps and Travelling Rugs.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Jan, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 1st June, 1894-Accepted, 7th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Method of and Appliances for Securing Fronts and other
Parts of Garments, also Wraps and Travelling Rugs.
I, JOHN DOUST, of 22 Edmund Place, Aldersgate Street, City of London,
Manufacturers' Agent, do bereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to enable lappels, fronts, bands, and other closing
parts of garments to be secured in an easy and expeditious manner, and to obviate
the use of hooks and eyes in some cases, and buttons and button holes in other
cases.
According to my invention, I employ a combination of links and a brequet or
swivel catch as the fastener.
The appliances above named may be in part with buttons or perforated plates,
or with eyelet clips, or other devices for attachment to the garment, the links and
catch hanging loose to be readily lifted and snapped together.
For lady's ulsters, jackets, and other like garments, the invention is specially
applicable as the usual button holes may be worked only and buttons be fitted for
ornament, the fastening being by the links and catch which can be artistically
arranged.
For petticoat bands, the plate or eyelet attachments can be fastened on, the
loose links and catch being readily caught hold of and snapped together for
security.
For gentlemen's heavy clothing, also for wraps, travelling rugs, and the like, the
swivel catch and the links can be so fixed that when the garment is overlapped as
with the front of a coat, the parts can be easily secured, with wraps or travelling
rugs, the appliances may be so arranged to suit, whether it be in wear or
rolled up.
The brequet or swivel catch is an appliance composed of a ring to engage over
one of the links, said ring being swivelled on a pin forming an extension of a
hollow cone, in which cone is a spring and a jointed lip piece with a chamfered end
to bear against a fixed and rigid claw hook which projects from the cone, the
combined hook and lip serving as a fastener.
Instead of a single claw hook, there may be two of them so jointed that the ends
may overlap side by side, and these may be governed by a sliding ferrule to open
and close them, or a screw ferrule can be fitted to operate the claw or claws,
or lip.
Dated this 5th day of Januar
.660.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John Doust.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Method of and Appliances for Securing Fronts and other
Parts of Garments, also Wraps and Travelling Rugs.
I, JOHN DOUST, of 22 Edmund Place, Aldersgate Street, City of London,
Manufacturers' Agent, 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 :-
The object of this invention, is to enable lappels, fronts, bands, and other closing
parts of garments to be secured in an easy and expeditious manner and to obviate
the use of hooks and eyes in some cases, and buttons and button holes in other
cases.
According to my invention I employ a combination of links and a brequet or
swivel catch as the fastener.
The appliances above named may be in part with buttons or perforated plates,
or with eyelet clips, or other devices for attachment to the garment, the links and
catch hanging loose to be readily lifted and snapped together.
For lady's ulsters, jackets, and other like garments, the invention is specially
applicable, as the usual button holes may be worked only, and buttons be fitted for
ornament, the fastening being by the links and catch which can be artistically
arranged.
My invention will be clearly understood by reference to the annexed drawings
in which at Figure 1 I show the appliance in a loose or unfastened condition,
Figure 2 representing it closed or attached as in wear on a lady's open fronted
jacket.
Figures 4 and 5 indicate a slight modification of the spring attachment.
A, A, are two shauked buttons to which the links B, B, are affixed and have
freedom to adjust themselves to the direction of strain. The outer or end link
of one button has a swivel "brequet" C consisting of a loop hook D and a spring
lip E to close the catch into contact with D at the angled line F, or according to
the modification the spring actioned bolt E of the ring D. By the first or brequet
appliance, the spring lip E has to be pressed in by the link G to pass into the loop
hook D but by the latter arrangement, the spring bolt E is pushed circularwise
by the small knob H for the link G to be passed into the loop of the ring D.
The buttons for the purposes of my invention are preferably of large size,
and of bright steel like court dress buttons, or pearl, ivory, bone, or metal buttons
suitably engraved can be fitted to the garment, and instead of sewing them on to
the garment, or making long button holes, small round holes can be worked for the
button shanks to be passed through, and be held by split rings. Thus, the buttons
can be changed, where several sets are in the possession of a person, for any
particular set to be worn on special occasions, one set being easily substituted
for another. For instance, at the meet of the Four-in-hand club, at Henley
regatta, or at ruce meetings, at cycle meetings, and others, the engravings on the
buttons may be appropriate to the event, the buttons being employed to meet the
prevailing style of costume.
The invention is applicable for petticoat bands, the plate or eyelet attachments
can be fastened on, the loose links and catch being readily caught hold of and
snapped together for security.
For gentlemen's heavy clothing, also for wraps, travelling rugs, and the like, the
swivel catch and the links can be so fixed that when the garment is overlapped as
with the front of a coat, the parts can be easily secured. With wraps, or
travelling rugs, the appliances may be so arranged to suit whether it be in wear, or
rolled up.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven--
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination of buttons and links in pairs, and a spring catch to one
button link for securing to link of opposite button, substantially as represented in
the annexed drawings, and as described.
2. The means or appliances hereinbefore set forth and shown by which two
lappels, fronts, bands, or other close fitting, or open parts of garments can be
connected and held, as described.
M
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John Doust.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John Doust.