An Improved Button for Use with Garment Supporters.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Nov., 1896-Accepted, 24th Dec., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Button for Use with Garment Supporters.
I, EDWARD SPENCER SMITH, of Waterbury, New Haven County, State of
Connecticut, United States of America, Manufacturer, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in buttons, particularly for use in connection
a "key-hole "
with a garment supporter in which there is provided a loop having
opening adapted to hold a bight in the garment to be supported over the head
of the said button, said button and loop being carried by the tape of the said
supporter.
My invention consists in the novel construction of the button hereinafter fully
set forth and described.
The object of my invention is to provide, in connection with a garment supporter,
a button to be used with a loop having a "key-hole" opening, said button being
of such a construction that it will not wear or tear the garment to be supported,
and, because of its novel construction, will perfectly perform the function for which
it is intended.
My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawing in which
Fig. 1 is a plan view of my invention.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device illustrated in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section through the center of the button taken on
line - Fig. 1.
Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are vertical sectional views of the several details of my
invention, and
Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a modification, partly in section.
Similar letters refer to similar parts.
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A is a suitable base having by preference a centrally located opening, the
surrounding wall of the perforation being flanged upwardly, said flange being
designated by the reference letter B. C is a thimble adapted to rest upon the
base A and around said perforation, performing the function of a strut to hold
apart the base A and a rubber ring D. E is a tubular rivet or bolt provided
with a flange F toward its upper end. The thimble C is, by preference, also
provided with a flange G toward its upper end. The ring D is, by preference,
formed of rubber, leather, or some analogous yielding material, and is provided
with an inwardly projecting flange or web H forming a small perforation centrally
located with respect to the ring.
In uniting the parts above described, the thimble C is placed upon the base A
around the perforation therein; the rubber ring is placed upon the upper end
of the thimble; the tubular rivet is passed through the perforation in the center
of the ring D and continued down through the thimble and the perforation in
the base A. The said rivet is then forced down until it draws the flange or
web H of the rubber ring D downward and grips it tightly between the inner
wall of the thimble and the outer wall of the said rivet, as clearly indicated
in Fig. 3. The lower edge of said rivet is then expanded or spun around
the lower side of the base A, as indicated in Fig. 3, securely holding the parts
together.

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It is obvious that the flange B of the base plate may be dispensed with, and
the thimble C merely placed around the said perforation in the base.
advantage of providing the flange B, however, is apparent, in that it is not necessary
that the lower edge of the rivet E should extend below the lower surface of the
base A, as would be the case if the said flange B were omitted. If desirable, also,
the sides of the thimble which form the shank of the button when the parts are
all assembled, may be cylindrical, as shown in the modification illustrated in Fig. 8,
in which said thimble is desiguated by the reference letter C. In this modification,
it is obviously desirable that the shape of the tubular rivet E' should correspond
substantially to the said thimble. It is apparent that the opening in the base A
through which the rivet E passes may be located in any desired position in the
base A, but it is by preference formed substantially in the center of the same, as
above indicated.
Practical experience has demonstrated that when the button head is formed of
smooth material, it is possible for the garment to slip out of engagement with the
supporter, whereas the yielding substance constituting the head of this invention
affords a frictional engagement between said garment and the button which makes
it impossible for the said garment to be accidentally disengaged therefrom.
Furthermore it cannot wear, tear, or injure the garment in any way.
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. A garment supporter comprising a base supporting a non-elastic shank, a ring
formed of suitable yielding material, said ring being of larger diameter than the
diameter of the shank and forming the periphery of the button head, a rivet passing
through said shank and holding the ring between itself and said shank, substantially
as described.
2. As a new article of manufacture, a button comprising a base supporting a
thimble, in turn supporting a ring of rubber or analogous yielding substance
having an inwardly projecting web and a rivet adapted to draw said web into
engagement between the outer wall of said rivet and the inner wall of the thimble,
said rivet being secured to the base in any desired manner, substantially as
described.
3. A garment supporter button or stud comprising a base supporting a non-
elastic shank, a yielding ring of larger diameter than the diameter of said shank, a
tubular rivet adapted to pass through said shank and base and engage and securely
hold said yielding ring, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
4. In a garment supporter a button comprising a base having a perforation sur-
rounded by an upwardly projecting dange, a thimble adapted to be supported by
said base, an outwardly projecting flange toward the upper end of said thimble, a
tubular rivet expanded towards its upper end to form a flange F, and a ring D of
yielding substance, having an inwardly extending web H adapted to be held
securely between said rivet and thimble when the parts are assembled.
Dated this 23rd day of November 1896.
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.