IMPROVEMENTS IN SOLITAIRES OR FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Duncan Anderson Cooper, of the City of
Worcester, Goldsmith, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SOLITAIRES OR FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS."
Sealed the 9th-October 1868, and dated the 19th May 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Duncan Anderson
Cooper at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 19th May 1868.
I, DUNCAN ANDERSON COOPER, of the City of Worcester, Goldsmith,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SOLITAIRES OR FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESE," to
be as follows:
My Invention consists of the improvements herein-after described in
solitaires or fastenings to be secured to the buttons and button holes of
gloves for the purpose of fastening the said gloves, which improvements
may also be used for fastening other articles of dress provided with
buttons and button holes.

page_text: I will describe my Invention as applied to a glove solitaire or
fastening. The said solitaire or fastening consists of a hollow or flat
body or shell made by preference of sheet metal and having any
required ornamental shape. At the back of the said body or shell and
The
at one end thereof a projecting stud or head is situated, and at the
opposite end of the said body or shell two projecting plates or ears (og
one projecting plate forming two ears) are situated, the said ears being
separated from one another by a taper slot or opening. The said stud
and projecting ears are situated nearly in the same plane.
projecting ears are made by turning over the edges of the metal body,
or shell into a plane parallel with the said body or shell, or making
them separately and soldering them to the back of the body, and the
projecting stud is made by fixing the stem or shank which carries it to
the inner side of the shell or body.
The solitaire or fastening thus constructed is applied to the glove in
the following manner:-The stud or head is passed through the button
hole of the glove and the solitaire is thus secured or attached to the
said glove. When it is wished to fasten the glove the two edges of the
glove are brought together, and the button of the glove is passed under
the projecting ears of the solitaire by a sliding motion, the shank of
the button occupying the opening or slot between the projecting ears;
the glove is thereby fastened. In order to unfasten the glove it is
only necessary to slide the button of the glove from under the project-
ing ears when the two edges of the glove are liberated, the solitaire
still being secured to the glove by the stud being engaged with the
button hole of the glove. The solitaires or glove fastenings are made
right, and left handed to suit the gloves with which they are to be
used. Instead of making the body of the solitaire or fastening of a
single shell or disk two shells or disks closed upon one another may
be used. In this case a hole and slot are made in the back shell,
through which hole the button of the glove is passed and engaged
under the back shell, the stud or head to be engaged with the button
hole of the glove being soldered to the said back shell. Instead of
making the stud or head stationary it may be fixed to a spring
sliding bar so that the solitaire or fastening may be made to adjust
itself to the thickness of the wrist; the stud or head may also be made
to screw or turn round.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Duncan Anderson Cooper in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 10th November 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, DUNCAN
ANDERSON COOPER, of the City of Worcester, Goldsmith, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-first
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Duncan Anderson Cooper, Her special licence
that I, the said Duncan Anderson Cooper, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Duncan Anderson Cooper,
my executors, administrators, and 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
Treland, the Channel Islands, aud Isle of Man, an Invention for "In-
PROVEMENTS IN SOLITAIRES OR FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF
DRESS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the. said Duncan
Anderson Cooper, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe 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 Duncan Anderson Cooper, 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 following statement thereof, that is to say:—
My Invention consists of the improvements herein-after described in
solitaires or fastenings to be secured to the buttons and button holes
of gloves for the purpose of fastening the said gloves, which improve-
ments may also he used for fastening other articles of dress provided
with buttons and button holes.
.
I will describe my Invention as applied to a glove solitaire or
fastening. The said solitaire or fastening consists of a hollow or

page_text: flat body or shell made by preference of sheet metal and having any
required ornamental shape. At the back of the said body or shell
and at one end thereof a projecting stud or head is situated, and
at the opposite end of the said body or shell two projecting plates
or ears (or one projecting plate-forming two cars) are situated,
the said ears being separated from one another by a taper slot or
opening. The said stud and projecting cars are situated nearly in
the same plane.
The projecting ears are made by turning over the
edges of the metal body or shell into a plane parallel with the said
body or shell, or making them separately and soldering them to the
back of the body, and the projecting stud is made by fixing the stem
or shank which carries it to the inner side of the shell or body.
.
The solitaire or fastening thus constructed is applied to the glove in
the following manner: The stud or head is passed through the button
hole of the glove and the solitaire is thus secured or attached to the
said glove.
When it is wished to fasten the glove the two edges of
the glove are brought together, and the button of the glove is passed
under the projecting ears of the solitaire by a sliding motion, the shank
of the button occupying the opening or slot between the projecting
ears; the glove is thereby fastened. In order to unfasten the glove
it is only necessary to slide the button of the glove from under the
projecting ears when the two edges of the glove are liberated, the
solitaire still being secured to the glove by the stud being engaged
with the button hole of the glove. Instead of making the body of the
solitaire or fastening of a single shell or disk two shells or disks closed
or fastened upon one another may be used. In this case a hole and
slot are made in the back shell, through which hole the button of the
glove is passed and engaged under the back shell, the stud or head to
be engaged with the button hole of the glove being soldered to the said
back shell. Instead of making the stud or head stationary it may be
fixed to a spring sliding bar so that the solitaire or fastening may
be made to adjust itself to the thickness of the wrist; the stud or
head may also be made to screw or turn round.
Having explained the nature of my Invention I will proceed to
describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing the manner in
which the same is to be performed.
.
Figure 1 represents a plan of the under side of a glove solitaire or
fastening constructed according to my Invention; Figure 2 is an

page_text: elevation, and Figure 3 a vertical section of the same.
The same
letters of reference are employed to indicate the same parts in each
Figure of the Drawing.
:
The
a is the body or shell of the solitaire made of sheet metal. At the
back of the said body is a projecting stud or head b, and at the opposite
end or side of the said body is a projecting plate constituting two
cars c, c, between which ears is a taper slot or opening d.
said ears c, c, are situated nearly parallel with the body a (see the
The cars c, c, are represented as made from one
piece of metal soldered to and covering part of the back of the shell
or body a, but the said ears may be made from two pieces of metal,
or the said ears may be made by the turning over the edges of the
body or shell a into a plane nearly parallel with the said body.
section, Figure 3).
Figure 4 represents in plan of under side, and Figure 5 in vertical
section a. glove solitaire or fastening constructed according to my
Invention, in which in place of the projecting ears described a continuous
bottom shell or .flange marked c is soldered to or closed upon. the
front shell or body a. In this solitaire an opening e and slot däre
made in the said bottom shell c, and the stud or head b is soldered
to the said bottom shell or flange instead of to the front shell or body.
solitaire con-
The fastening
Figure 6 illustrates in section the manner in which a
structed according to my Invention is applied to a glove.
of a glove by my improved solitaire is effected as follows:-The stud
or head b is passed through the button hole f of the glove 9 and
the solitaire is thus attached thereto. To fasten the two edges g³, g³,
of the glove g together, the button of the glove is passed under
the projecting ears c, c, (Figures 1, 2, and 3) or flange c (Figures 4
and 5) of the solitaire by a sliding motion, the shank of the button h
occupying the opening or slot d between the ears or in the said flange.
The glove is thus fastened, as illustrated in Figure 6. To unfasten the
glove the button h is moved from under the ears or flange c when
the two edges of the glove are liberated, the solitaire still being con-
nected with the glove by the stud b engaging with the button hole f.
In order to prevent the button of the glove from being accidentally
removed from under the ears or flange of the solitaire a spring may
be employed to hold the said button securely in its place.

page_text: I do not limit myself to any particular construction of spring to effect
the object described, but a spring of the kind shown in connection
with the solitaire represented in plan of under side in Figure 7, horizontal
section in Figure S, vertical section in Figure 9, and elevation in
Figure 10 answers satisfactorily. The said spring is marked i and
consists of a piece of wire bent into a nearly circular figure, its ends
being unconnected. The said spring i is soldered or otherwise con-
nected at to the body or shell of the solitaire and its free ends
are bent inwards so as to form a spring clip 2³. In engaging the
button of the glove under the ears or flange c of the solitaire the
shank of the button expands or opens out the spring clip 3, which
clip after the button has occupied its proper place closes and prevents
the return of the said button excepting by the application of considerable
force. The accidental withdrawal of the button of the glove from the
solitaire and the unfastening of the glove is thus prevented. The.stud
or head of the solitaire or fastening may in some cases be made
capable of a sliding motion so as to adjust itself to. the thickness of
the wrist. This may be effected by fixing the stud or head b to a
spring sliding bar working in the body. of the solitaire, or by other
equivalent arrangement.
My improved solitaires or fastenings may be made of any desired
ornamental shape and either of metal or of non-metallic material.
Although I have only described and represented my Invention as
applied to a glove solitaire or fastening, yet my Invention is equally
applicable to solitaires or fastenings for other articles of dress provided
with buttons and button holes.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood
that I do not limit myself to the precise details herein described and
illustrated, as the same may be varied without departing from the
nature of my Invention; but I claim as my Invention, the improve-
ments in solitaires or fastenings for gloves and other articles, of, dress
herein-before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing,
that is to say, the combination of a stud or head to be engaged with
the button hole of the glove or article of dress to be fastened with
a projecting plate or flange or ears under which the button of the

page_text: and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Duncan Anderson Cooper, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of November,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.
Witness,
HENRY JOHN GREEN,
5, Chesnut Street,
Worcester.
DUNCAN ANDERSON COOPER. (L.S.)