An Improved Spring Fastening for Gloves, Boots and Shoes, Gaiters, Purses, and similar Articles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 24th Mar.. 1897-Accepted, 8th May, 1897
An Improved Spring Fastening for Gloves, Boots and Shoes, Gaiters,
Purses, and similar Articles.
FREDERICK JOHNSON MARTIN 14 Monkwell Street, City London Merchant
and Manufacturer does hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
;
My improvements relate to fastenings having the appearance of a button and
consisting of two parts, a socket and a spring stud.
By my invention I form a spherical spring stud by bringing the two ends of a
short strip of metal together first stamping the ends into hollow semi-spheres.
I form a base for connecting this to the article to be fastened out of a metal blank
in which two openings are made to allow of the two semi-spheres passing through
it, leaving a bar across its centre, the displaced metal is then pressed over the base
of the stud to keep it in position, prongs are provided upon the base plate for
attaching it to the article.
The socket I form out of a blank of metal stamped into a semi-sphere this I close
over the edges of a circular blank provided with an opening or eyelet hole' for
engaging with the spring stud, this part of the fastening I attach to the glove or
other article to be connected by means of a shell or cup provided with an eyelet
stamped up out of its centre.
Dated this 23rd day of June 1896.
FREDERICK JOHNSON MARTIN.
An Improved Spring Fastening for Gloves, Boots and Shoes, Gaiters,
Purses, and similar Articles.
I, FREDERICK JOHNSON MARTIN of 14 Monkwell Street in the City of London,
Merchant and 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 consists of improvements in fastenings, similar in appearance to
buttons but which consist of two parts a spring stud and a socket, the stud being
attached to one edge of the glove or other article, the socket to the other and is
formed to close with a spring action when pressed over the stud. Its construction
is shown in the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 represents the complete fastening, the spherical spring stud a is formed
by bringing the ends of a short strip of metal together, the ends being stamped
into hollow semi-spheres, the base 6 Fig. 2 is formed from a metal blank in which
two openings c, c, are made to allow the two semi-spheres to pass through it,
leaving the bar d across its centre, after inserting the stud the displaced metal c, c

page_text: is again pressed into its place below the base of the spherical stud thus securing it in
position, the prongs e, e, formed on the base plate are for attaching this portion of
the fastening to the glove or other article to which it is applied.
The socket f Fig. 1 is formed from a blank of metal into a semi-sphere, this
is closed over the edge of the circular blank g Fig. 1 in which an opening or eyelet
hole is formed to engage with the spring stud a, this part of the fastening is
attached to the glove by means of the eyelet h in the cap k, the material or
leather of the glove being securely held between the do.ne.g and the cap k.
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 :-
A fastening having a spring stud connected to a base plate by passing the semi-
spheres of the stud through it, the stud being held by the bar d between the
semi-spheres and kept in its position by the pressure of the replaced metal c, c, of
the base plate b.
A fastening-having a socket.consisting of a semi-sphere or dome fin combination
with an eyelet plate g, secured to the material of the article to which it is attached
by an eyelet in the cap.k.
The combination of the several parts as shown in Figure 1.
Dated this 24th day of March 1897
FREDERICK JOHNSON MARTIN.