Improvements in Fasteners or Holders for Securing Laces or Cords, applicable for Shoes, Gloves, Parcel Holders, and other uses.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 1st June, 1895
CODE LEID DIUITIATION.
Improvements in Fasteners or Holders for Securing Laces or Cords,
applicable for Shoes, Gloves, Parcel Holders, and other uses.
I, GEORGE GATTON MELHUISH HARDINGHAM, of 191, Fleet Street, in the-
City of London, Civil Engineer and Chartered Patent Ageut, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention (a communication to me from abroad from Julius.
Strassburger, of the City and County of Allegheny, in the State of Pennsylvania,
United States of America, Dry Goods Merchant,) 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 fasteners employed in holding and securing the laces or
cords used in shoes, gloves, parcel holders, and other articles.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a fastener
constructed in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 being a side view thereof.
a is the hollow shank of the fastener to which is secured the head or button b.
Within this hollow shank is seated a coiled spring c, one end of which is formed as
a spring-finger d and projects laterally through a slot in the shank; this part being
curved upwardly towards, or against, and projecting outwardly beyond, the base
of the button b, and being preferably provided at its extremity with a knob e..
The fastener may be secured to the fabric for article in connection with which it.
is used, by means of the disks g and h, or in any other suitable manner.
In using the improved fastener, the lace or cord is first passed around the
shank a, between the spring-finger d and the disk g, two turns usually sufficing..
It is then passed between the head or button b and the spring-finger d; the lace
being thus effectually secured against displacement.
Fasteners constructed as herein described possess many advantages over those
hitherto proposed. The spring is so secured in the fastener as to exert a positive-
spring pressure, it is covered by the shank, it is out of the way, and it is not liable to
become broken or displaced.
The shape or form of the fastener, of the spring and of the finger, may be
modified to suit the purpose for which the fastener is intended.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven--
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I claim
1. A lace-fastener or holder having a hollow shank, and a spring-finger, the
body of the finger being coiled in the hollow of the shank, substantially as herein.
described.
2. A lace-fastener or holder consisting of a hollow shank, furnished with a.
button, a spring coiled in the hollow of the shank, and a finger extending laterally
from the coil towards the periphery of the button, substantially as herein.
described.
3. A lace-fastener or holder having a hollow slotted shank and a spring-finger
whereof one end is fixed in the hollow shank whilst the other end projects through.
the slot therein, substantially as herein described.
Dated the 16th day of April 1895.
G. G. M. HARDINGHAM.