A Fastener and Shield for the Placket Hole in Ladies' Dresses and Under Skirts.
Year: 1895

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Date of Application, 22nd Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 9th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 11th Jan., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Fastener and Shield for the Placket Hole in Ladies' Dresses and
Under Skirts.
THOMAS SULLY, Storekeeper and Salesman, No. 1 Eastland Terrace Neath, in
the County Glamorganshire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to produce an easy fastening for ladies dresses,
and at the same time be a shield or cover over the placket hole.
This is accomplished by two flexible steel laths (or spiral springs) attached at
the bottom ends by one rivet, so that a hinge joint is produced. At the upper end
of the steel jaw, thus formed, is on one side rivetted a button head with shank of
smaller diameter, to engage into a brass clip, rivetted onto the other side of the jaw,
with an opening to allow for the head of the button to pass through, and provided
with a slot, corresponding with the size of the shank of the button, above refered
to, so that if greater pressure is put upon the fastener the keener it locks.
This arrangement attached to any placket hole, or other openings when in its
locked position, by bringing the jaw, formed by the steel laths, in an overlaping
condition to interlock with the button, completely closes the placket hole.
The combination is covered with material of the same colour of the dress so that
easy attachment to the dress is secured.
20th August 1895.
THOMAS SULLY.
A Fastener and Shield for the Placket Hole in Ladies' Dresses and
Under Skirts.
I THOMAS SULLY of No. 1 Eastland Terrace Neath Glamorganshire
Store Keeper, 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 produce a positive and easy fastening for ladies
dresses, and at the same time provide a shield or cover over the placket hole, to
prevent the placket hole opening after the dress is fastened.
I accomplish this object in the following manner. Two flexible steel laths,
whalebone, or other suitable material are attached at the bottom ends by one rivet,
so that a hinge joint is produced. A distance piece, or washer is inserted betwixt
the two laths, to prevent a shearing action on the material, to which the combination
is attached.
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At the upper end of one lath-forming the jaw is rivetted a button or stud, with
the shank of smaller diameter than the head. On the other lath, and at the same
radius, (measured from the centre of rivet forming the hinge joint) as that giving
position of the button, is an opening, slightly larger in diameter than the head of
the button, to allow the head of the button to pass through.

page_text: From the opening is a slot into which the shank of button can slide so that
greater the pressure put upon the fastener the keener it locks.
This arrangement attached to any placket hole, when in its locked, or fastened
position, by bringing the laths forming the jaw into an overlaping state, completly
closes the placket hole.
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-
The fastening of ladies dresses by a button or stud, engaging into an opening
with a locking slot, the button rivetted to one side of a flexible jaw, the opening
and locking slot on the other side of jaw, this jaw forming the shield over the
placket hole.
Dated this 7th day of December 1895.
THOMAS SULLY.