IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES FOR ATTACHING SHANK BUTTONS TO BOOTS, GLOVES, AND ARTICLES OF CLOTHING
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Henry Chase, of 199, Upper Thames Street, in
the City of London, Merchant, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPLIANCES FOR ATTACHING SHANK BUTTONS TO BOOTS, GLOVES, AND
ARTICLES OF CLOTHING." A communication from abroad by Peter Chase,
of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States of America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Henry Chase at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd January 1880.
WILLIAM HENRY CHASE, of 199, Upper Thames Street, in the City of London,
Merchant. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES FOR ATTACHING SHANK BUTTONS
TO BOOTS, GLOVES, AND ARTICLES OF CLOTHING." [A communication from abroad
by Peter Chase, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States of America]
This Invention of improvements in appliances for attaching shank buttons to
boots, gloves, and articles of clothing, relates to the metallic fastenings for attaching
buttons to articles of clothing by a metal tongue passed through the button shank,
the head of the metal tongue being enlarged and so arranged that the tongue
being placed in the shank it prevents the shank pulling the head through the
hole in the article of clothing through which the shank of the button is passed to
be held.
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It consists of a round piece of thin metal about the diameter of 1/4 or ¾ of an
inch; projecting from this disc and forming part of it is a tongue of metal about a
sixteenth of an inch wide, and of a length equal nearly to the diameter of the
disk; this tongue is continued to the centre of the disc, that is, the disc is slit from
the edge of the disc to the centre with two cuts, so that the tongue of the width
named reaches to the centre of the disc; this tongue is then bent up to a slight
curve, within which curve the shank of the button is held; the extreme end of the
tongue is bent down to the level of the edge of the disc. When a button has to
be fastened to a boot, a glove, a gaiter, or other article of clothing, a small hole is
made to receive the shank, which being pushed through the tongue of the fastening
is inserted through the shank; as this requires a little force, the tongue acting as a
spring, it will directly it gets to the curved portion enclose the shank, and springing
back hold the button so that it will not be liable, to get loose or fall out.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Henry Chase in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 2nd
July 1880.
"
WILLIAM HENRY CHASE, of 199, Upper Thames Street, in the City of London,
Merchant. IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES FOR ATTACHING SHANK BUTTONS TO
BOOTS, GLOVES, AND ARTICLES OF CLOTHING." A communication from abroad
by Peter Chase, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States of America.
This Invention of improvements in appliances for attaching shank buttons to
boots, gloves, and articles of clothing, relates to the metallic fastenings for
attaching buttons to articles of clothing by a metal tongue passed through the
button shank, the head of the metal tongue being enlarged and so arranged that
the tongue being placed in the shank it prevents the shank pulling the head
through the hole in the article of clothing through which the shank of the button
is passed to be held.
It consists of a round piece of thin metal about the diameter of 1% or 3, of an
inch, dependent nevertheless upon the size of the button to be held; other articles
of clothing requiring relatively a larger size than this one intended for a boot.
Projecting from this disc and forming part of it is a tongue of metal about a
sixteenth of an inch wide, and of a length equal to or longer than the diameter of
the disc; this tongue is continued to the centre of the disc or short of it, that is,
the disc is slit from the edge of the disc to the centre with two cuts, so that the
tongue of the width named reaches to the centre of the disc, or short of it,
dependent on the kind of button to which it is to be applied; this tongue is then
bent up to a curve or hook, within which curve the shank of the button is held;
the extreme end of the tongue is bent down to the level of the edge of the disk.
When a button has to be fastened to a boot, a glove, a gaiter, or other article of
clothing, a small hole is made in the article of clothing to receive the shank of the
button, which being pushed through the tongue of the fastening is inserted through
the shank; as this requires a little force, the tongue acting as a spring, it will
directly it gets to the curved position enclose the shank, and springing back hold
the button so that it will not be liable to get loose or fall out; it requires a slight
pressure to fix it in the best manner so as to bring the end of the tongue close to
the disc after the shank is inserted.
In reference to the bending of the hook or tongue it is set forth in the Drawings
forming part of and attached to this Specification, the Drawings being twice the
size of the fastening intended for a boot button and slightly exaggerated for
convenience of illustration.
Figure 1 shows the piece of metal punched out with the tongue of metal and the
slits towards the centre.
Figure 2 the section of Figure 1 or side view.
Figure 3 the same as Figure 2, the tongue turned up.
Figure 4, perspective view of the fastener with the tongue bent up, as in Figure 3,
to receive the button shank.
Figure 5, view of Figure 3, the fastener going through the button shank and
bent down to its permanent position, the line of the article of clothing, being
shown a, a.
I am aware that somewhat similar fastenings have been before used and applied
for similar purposes, but I am not aware that they have been applied of the specific
form and pattern, or as to the form and direction of the tongue of metal, or in the

page_text: precise form and direction of the hook formed from the tongue of metal, and I do
not therefore claim generally such fastenings, but what I claim is,―
The precise form and pattern of the described appliances for attaching shank
buttons with the hook made from a tongue of metal projecting from a disc,
substantially as described and set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Henry Chase, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this First day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty.
W. H. CHASE. (L.8.)