Improvements in Rubber Buttons.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 25th Mar., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rubber Buttons.
I, DE VER HOWARD WARNER, of Seaside Park, in the City of Bridgeport, County
of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, 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 follow-
ing statement; —
My invention relates to that class of buttons for garment supporters in which
the stem carries a head having a rigid metallic support and an elastic or flexible
material at the periphery, and the invention consists in constructing the parts
as fully set forth hereinafter and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings,
in which:-
Figures 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 are sectional elevations of buttons embodying my im-
provement; Figure 4 is a plan of Figure 3; Figure 7 is a perspective view of
a part of a garment supporter provided with my improved button; and Figure 8
is a sectional view showing one form of rubber bearing detached from the other
parts constituting the head of the stud.
The button has a base, a head, and a stem, and the head has at the periphery
a material of a yielding character to which the fabric which is carried over the
button or stud will adhere, as for instance rubber or felt, thereby preventing the
slipping of the fabric while avoiding the wearing or puncturing of the same.
In order to properly support the yielding peripheral section of the head of the
stud, construct the head of two clamping disks between which the washer or
ring of flexible material, is placed and clamped, and I support the lower disk upon
the stem, which is tubular and which is connected with the base, and I connect the
stem, disk and ring together by means of a rivet, extending downward from the
head, through the tubular stem and upset or enlarged below the base. By this
means the various parts may be drawn and clamped together under any desired
tension to secure the necessary amount of rigidity.
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is con-
The different parts may be constructed differently. In Figs. 1, 5 and 6, the
disk c is in one piece with the tubular stem, but in Figs. 2 and 3, there is a per-
forated disk e resting on the stem, In Figs. 1, 2 and 5 the rivet
nected to and forms a permanent part of an upper disk b. In Figs. 3 and 6 a
rivet e¹ extends through a perforated upper disk b', and is spread or upset above
the same. In Figs. 1, 2 and 5, the stem C is connected to or forms a part
of a base A. In Fig. 1, the base A, stem C and lower disk c are formed integral
while in Figs. 2 and 3 the lower disk c¹ is formed separately from the stem.
In Fig. 3 the stem is tubular and extends through a separate piece A¹ constituting
the base and is spread below the latter and secured by soldering or otherwise
while in Fig. 6 the disk el, and stem C, are formed integral and the lower end
of the stem bears upon the upper face of the base A. In Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 6, the
ring a of flexible material is flat and clamped between flat disks, while in
Fig. 5, there is a ring a¹, round in cross-section and clamped between curved
coinciding edges of the two disks.
The base of the different constructions is provided with slots for the passage
of the strip of fabric y, which as usual is connected to a supporting band D), from
which another strip w extends to the usual loop E, as found in certain classes of
stocking supporters.

page_text: In the construction shown in Fig. 5, a ring a¹ of flexible material is substituted
for the flat disks illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 6, the said ring being clamped
between the upper and lower disks as in the other constructions. In Fig. 8, a
ring all is shown which may be substituted for that shown in Fig. 5. This ring
is provided with an extension or cap piece all which is adapted to extend over the
upper disk as indicated by dotted lines Fig. 5. It, of course, will. be obvious
that such a cap-piece may extend over the upper disks Fig. 1, 2, 3 and 6, in
which case the said cap. would be formed integral with the disk a.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A button provided with a base, a stem, a head having two disks, a yielding
material clamped between and projecting beyond the periphery of said disks and
constituting the yielding periphery of the head, and a central rivet connecting the
parts substantially as set forth.
2. A stud for garment supporters provided with a base, a stem, a head having
disks b, c, a ring of suitable yielding material confined between the disks larger
in diameter than the diameter of tlie stem and, forming the periphery of, the head,
the disks; stem and ring riveted together, substantially as set forth.
3. The combination in a stud for garment-supporters, of a base, a hollow stem
projecting therefrom, a disk at the upper end of the stem, a disk b, a ring of
flexible material confined between and projecting beyond the peripheries of the
'disks, and a rivet passing through the stem and confining the parts together,
substantially as set forth."
4. The combination with the base and metallic hollow stem and head portions,
of a yielding material constituting the periphery of the head and extending over
the top thereof, substantially as set forth.
5. The combination of a base-plate, a shank or stem projecting therefrom, an
attaching rivet and a piece of yielding material interposed between the end of
the shank and the head of the rivet and extending laterally therefrom.
6. The combination of a base plate, a shank or stem projecting therefrom and
having a flange on its upper end, a rivet, and a piece of yielding material inter-
posed between the flange of the shank and the head of the rivet and extending
laterally therefrom.
7. The combination of a base plate, a shank or stem projecting therefrom, a
piece of yielding material on the end of the shank and which extends
laterally therefrom, and a headed stud projecting from the end of the shank and
between the head of which and the end of the shank the yielding material is
held.
8. A garment supporter button comprising a base supporting a non-elastic
shank, a ring formed of suitable yielding material, said ring being of larger
diameter than the diameter of the shank and forming the periphery of the button
head, a rivet passing through said shank and holding the ring between itself and
said shank.
9. The combination of a hollow shank having a flange at one end, a headed
stud passing into the shank, and a piece of yielding material interposed between
the said flange and the head of the stud.
Dated the 16th day of February 1890