Cloth and other Materials.
Year: 1888

page_text: Cloth and other Materials.
I, WILLIAM JAMES LECKIE Jr. of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, State of
Massachusetts, one of the 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 more especially to means for securing the button to the
garment with which it is worn; and it consists in certain novel features, as hereinafter
fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a stronger, more durable,
effective and otherwise desirable article of this character than is now in ordinary use.
The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all
conversant with such matters from the following explanation:
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is an enlarged bottom view of my improved button represented as in use.
Figure 2 a vertical longitudinal section of the same.
Figure 3 a side elevation of the wrench.
Figure 4 views of the punch; and
Figure 5 views of the truck.
Like letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different
figures of the drawing.
A represents the body, and B the shank of the button.
The shank is screw threaded at its outer end and provided with a shoulder on
which rests a washer (.
A disc D, having a centrally disposed screw-threaded hole for receiving the outer
end of the shank B, is employed for securing the button proper to the garment.
This disc is flat on its inner side or face and preferably oval on its outer side, as shown
in Figure 2 and is provided with sockets m for receiving the studs v, of the wrench E, by
which the disc is turned on or off the shank in attaching or detaching the button.
A shallow circular socket f, is formed partially in the shank B, and partially in the
disc D, for receiving a circular truck N, composed of lead or similar material.
The socket is counter-bored or under-cut to render it of greater diameter at the

page_text: bottom or inner end than it is at the top or outer end, as shown at 2, in Figure 2, and
also by the dotted lines », in figure 1.
The object of the truck N is to prevent the disc D, from becoming accidentally
unscrewed or detached from the shank B, the said. truck.serving as a lock to keep the
disc engaged with the said shank, and in proper position thereon.
In attaching the button to the garment, a hole is made in the cloth or leather M, for
receiving the shank B. The washer is then placed on the shoulder, and the shank
passed from the front through the hole in the cloth, after which the disc D, is turned
onto the shank by means of the wrench E, or in any other convenient manner,
thereby firmly securing the button to the garment in a manner that will readily be
understood by all conversant with such matters without a more explicit description.
After the disc has been turned onto the shank as described, the truck N, is
placed in the socket f, and expanded to prevent its escape therefrom by means of a
prick-punch H, the said punch forcing the lower portion of the truck outward into the
enlarged portion, of the socket and thereby locking the truck in position.
The socket, being formed partially in the shank B, and partially in the disc D, it
will be obvious that when the truck N, is in said socket that the disc D cannot acci-
dentally become loosened or unscrewed from the shank B, and thereby permit the loss
of the button.
It is however, sometimes desirable to remove the button from the garment after it
has been attached thereto, and the disc D locked with the truck N, as described, and
to accomplish this it is necessary to apply sufficient force to the said disc in unscrewing
it to overcome or destroy the truck.
To weaken the truck and render it easily destroyed and still have it retain sufficient
strength to perform its functions properly, I partially bi-seet it on the line between
the disc and the shank. This may be accomplished by means of the cutters b, on the
punch H, said cutters being arranged radially at the opposite sides of the punch
propert, and so disposed that they will partially sever the truck immediately over the
dividing line between the same and the shank B, as shown at ii, in figure 1, when the
point or punch proper is driven into the outer face of the truck to expand it and
form the indentation d; the cuts i i, and indentations d, weakening the truck to such an
extent as to enable the dise to be readily detached by the exertion of a small amount
of force thereon.
The washer C, may be formed integral with the shank B, if desired, and the sockets
omitted in the disc D, said disc, in that case, being turned on and off the shank B,
without the aid of the wrench E.
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 :-
First: A button comprising a body: provided with an exteriorly screw-threaded
shank, a washer disposed on said shank, and a disc having a screw-threaded hole
adapted to receive the said shank, substantially as set forth.
Second. In a button. the combination of the body A, having the screw-threaded
shank B the washer C, disposed on said shank the dise D, having a centrally
disposed screw-threaded hole for the reception of the shank B and the locking
truck N, secured in a socket formed partially in said disc and. partially in the shank
substantially as described.
Third. A button comprising a body provided with an exteriorly screw-threaded
shank ; a washer disposed on said shank; a disc having a screw-threaded hole adapted
to receive the said shank; and means for detachably locking the disc to the shank,
substantially as set forth.
Fourth. In a button of the character described, the shank B, and disc D, provided
with the socket, having the enlargement in combination with the metallic truck N;
expanded in said socket, substantially as set forth.
Fifth. In a button of the character described, the metallic truck N, disposed in
the socket, said truck being expanded in said socket, and provided with the
indentation d, substantially as specified.

page_text: Sixth. In a button of the character described, the combination of the body A,
shank B, washer C, disc D, and truck N, said truck being secured in a socket formed
in said disc and shank, and partially bi-sected, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
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Seventh. In a button of the character described, the combination of the body A,
shank B, washer C, disc D, and truck N, said shank and disc being provided with the
socket, having the enlarged portion =, and the said truck secured by being expanded
in said socket and provided with the cut i, for weakening the same, substantially
as set forth.
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L 1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.