IMPROVE- MENTS IN FASTENINGS POR DRESS AND. OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Henry Johnson, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields,
in the County of Middlesex, and of 166, Buchanan Street, in the City
of Glasgow, North Britain, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN FASTENINGS POR DRESS AND. OTHER PURPOSES."-A communication
from Hunolito Mario of Paris in the Empire of France.
Scaled the 7th August 1857, and dated the 24th February 1857.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Henry Johnson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
24th February 1857.
I, JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, and of 166, Buchanan Street, in the City of Glasgow, North
Britain, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR DRESS AND OTHER PURPOSES," a com-
munication from Hypolite Marie, of Paris, in the Empire of France, to
be as follows:
This Invention relates to an improved construction and arrangement of
fastening, suitable for garments, or for pocket-books, cigar cases, and other
similar purposes, and consists in the employment of a hooked plate attached-
by an elastic or non-elastic band to the article to be secured or fastened; this
hook takes into a corresponding holding plate, which if applied to a pocket-

page_text: book may bo sewed to the back thereof by means of two tongue pieces, which
are inserted through the back, and turned down on the inside. An incline is
formed on the back edge of this plate for the facility of sliding up the hook
in connecting the fastening. A small botton or recess is fitted to or formed
in the hook, whereby it is easily fastened or unfastened. One or more holding
plates may be used at certain distances asunder, whereby the garment or pocket-
book may be taken in to any desired extent.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Henry Johnson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
22nd August 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
HENRY JOHNBON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of Middlesex,
and of 166, Buchanan Street, in the City of Glasgow, North Britain, Gentlö-
man, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twentieth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, tho said John Henry Johnson, Her special license that I, the said
John Henry Johnson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said John Henry Johnson, my executors, administrators, or assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
-times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR DRESS AND OTHER PURPOSES," a com-
munication from Hypolite Marie, of Paris, in the Empire of France, upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Henry Johnson, by an
instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describo
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Henry Johnson,. do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and .ascertained in and by the

page_text: following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, and
to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
The said Invention relates to an improved construction and arrangement of
fastening suitable for garments, but more particularly applicable to pocket-
books, purses, cigar cases, travelling bags, and other similar articles. This
fastening consists of a hooked plate, attached by an elastic or non-clastic band
to the article to be secured or fastened; this hook takes into a corresponding
holding plate, which if applied to a pocket-book may be secured to the back
thereof by means of two tongue pieces, which are inserted through the back;
and turned down on the inside. An incline is formed on the back edge of
this plate to facilitate the hook sliding up it when the fastening is connected.
A small button or a recess is fitted to or formed in the hook, whereby it is
easily fastened or unfastened. One or more holding plates may be used at
certain distances apart, whereby the garment or pocket-book may be taken
in to any desired extent.
:
And in order that the said Invention may be fully understood I shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose I shall
refer to the several Figures on the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed, the
same letters of reference indicating corresponding parts throughout all the
corresponding Figures.
Figure 1 of the Drawings represents the improved fastening as applied to
a pocket memorandum book. Figure 2 is a section of the book and fasten-
ing; and Figures 3, 4, and 5 are details of the same.
To the flap E of the memorandum book is attached the hooked plate A,
either by means of a number of rivets, or by an elastic or non-elastic band D.
I am aware that hooks have previously been used for this purpose, but they
differed materially in form from this one, the essential features of which arc,
that it is quite flat on the surface, and has its extreme edge turned under, so as
to form a hook. In fact, by this arrangement the necessity of fixing a button,
stud, or other projection on the fastening, so objectionable when the article is to
be carried in the pocket, is entirely obviated. A small button a may be
attached to the fastening, as shewn in the Drawing, but this button is not
required to be of the size usually seen in ordinary fastenings, as it is not
required for securing or holding the fastening, but simply to push it into its
place; or a recess may be made in the fastening for the purpose of pushing
it into or out of its place. The holder B is not attached by rivets, but is of
he shape shewn in Figure 3 of my Drawing; two small claws or tongue
pieces c, c', being passed through the material, and then turned back, so as to
give it a firm hold thereon.

page_text: This arrangement is represented at Figures 3 and 5, in sectional detail
and plan, of the under side respectively. The upper portion 6 (Figures !
and 2), which is presented to the hooked plate A, (shown in detail plan of tho
under side at. Figure 4;) is inclined, so that the hook, in place of abutting
against the side of the holder,.slides freely up and over it, until it catches in
the recess 'at.z.
In some cases it will be found convenient to place a number of holders B.
at different distances from the hooked plate A, as shewn in Figure 1, where
two holders B and C are represented as attached to the back of a book. This
arrangement will enable a pocket-book to contain a greater or less number of
papers and still always remain tight and compact.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of the said.
Invention, and the manner in which the same is, or may be used or carried into
effect, I would observe; in conclusion, that I do not confine, or restrict myself
to the precise details or arrangements which I have had occasion to describe
or refer to, as many variations may be made therefrom without deviating from.
the principles or main features of tho said Invention; but what I consider to
bo novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by
the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent, is, the peculiar construction
and arrangement of fastening suitable for articles of dress, pocket-books,
account-books, and other similar articles, as herein-before described, and
illustrated by the Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Henry Johnson, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Nineteenth day of August, One thousand
eight hundred and fifty-seven.
J. HENRY JOHNSON. (L.B.)