Improvements in Fastening Devices for Buttons and the like."
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 18th Dec., 1897
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastening Devices for Buttons and the like."
I, JOHN ERIK PLATON, of 15 Nygatan, Jönköping, in the Kingdom of Sweden,
Teacher, 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 an arrangement by means of which buttons, either
eye-buttons or buttons having holes passing through them, or suspenders and like
articles can be fastened to clothing and the like.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 shows to an enlarged scale the fastening-arrangement as applied to an
eye-button, the cloth or article of clothing to which the button is fastened being
represented by dotted lines.
Figure 2 shows the fastening arrangement as applied to a button provided with
holes passing through it.
Figure 3 shows an arrangement for use with heavier cloth as employed in top-
coats, and the like and
Figure 4 shows the fastening arrangement as applied to a metallic chain
serving as a hanger or suspending device for articles of clothing.
After the
The improved fastening-device consists of a staple or stirrup 1 which is inserted
through the eye of the button as shown in Figure 1, or the prongs of which are
inserted through the holes of the button as shown in Figure 2.
threaded ends of the prongs of the staple have been passed through the cloth or
article of clothing to which the button is to be secured, a couple of small knobs
or buttons 2 provided with tapped holes are screwed on and serve to fasten the
staple to the cloth.
In order to facilitate the passing of the staple through heavier cloth as in
top-coats or the like, the arrangement shown in Figure 3, which has been
previously used in other fastening-devices, may be employed, said arrangement
consisting of separate sharp points 3 provided with longitudinal holes, and said
points being attached to the prongs of the staple, for instance by being screwed
on, after the staple has been passed through the button. These points can be
easily pushed through the cloth and being at their thick end wider than the
prongs of the staple the latter can easily follow through the holes formed by the
points. When the prongs have been passed through the cloth in the manner
referred to, the points are unscrewed and removed, whereupon the buttons 2
are screwed on. In order to avoid screwing the buttons 2 so far on to the prongs
of the staple as to cause the latter to penetrate the said buttons 2 and cause incon-
venience the diameter of the bore or hole is made decreasing outward toward the
end that is turned away from the staple as shown in Figure 1, or the bore may be
made so as not to run clear through the knobs or buttons Figure 2, or, finally,
the threading at the ends of the prongs may be shorter than the holes in the
uttons 2. By these means, the buttons 2 may be screwed on hard enough to
event their becoming loose and falling off.
When the fastening-device is used with, for instance, a hanger or suspending

page_text: device consisting of a chain as shown in Figure 4, the staples are inserted through
the extreme links of the chain and fastened to the article of clothing in the
manner stated. The shape of the staple or stirrup is modified to suit different
buttons.
By using the fastening arrangement above described the inconvenience accom-
panying the use of the ordinary method of fastening on buttons by thread is
avoided, said inconvenience consisting in the thread getting worn or rapidly
torn off leaving loose threads hanging around the button or causing the latter,
to fall off. By the fastening-arrangement in question the button, and the like
can be easily and securely fastened or easily moved, if required, without marks or
holes appearing in the cloth.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is: -
1. A fastening device for securing buttons, hangers or suspenders for clothes
and the like consisting of one or two staples or stirrups 1 having its prongs
threaded, and if desired pointed at the ends, the said staple being inserted through
the buttom or the like, and its [rongs passed through the cloth or article of
clothing on which the button or the like is to be secured, and buttons or knobs 2
provided with tapped holes and adapted to be attached to the ends of the prongs
for fastening the staple to the cloth or article of clothing.
2. In a fastening device as specified in claim 1 the arrangement by which the
bore of the buttons or knobs 2 does not run quite through the latter, or that
the diameter of the bore decreases toward the end which is turned away from the
staple, or that the thread of the staple prongs is made shorter than the said bore,
all for the purpose of preventing the buttons or knobs 2 from being screwed so
far on to the prongs as to cause the ends of the latter to penetrate to the outside
of the buttons or knobs 2 and enabling the screwing up of the latter hard enough
to keep them from becoming loose.
Dated this 17th dov of Navon ber 1897
HASELTINE LAKE & CO.
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C. Agents for the Applicant.