Improvements in or relating to Hooks and Eyes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 29th July, 1897-Accepted, 11th Sept.,
1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Hooks and Eyes.
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I, FRANCES ANN CARVETII, wife of George H. Carveth, residing at 327 College
Street, in the City of Toronto, in the County of York, and Province of Ontario,
Physician, 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:-
This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hooks and
eyes, for use on garments and other articles of manufacture. Formerly the
general practice was to provide the body portions of the hooks and eyes with loops,
by means of which they could be sewn to the garment or other article. This
process of sewing was comparatively long and exceedingly tedious, and to over-
come these difficulties numerous alleged improvements have been produced but
the difficulty experienced with a number of these improvements has been that
it is impossible to securely attach the hook and eye to the garment, and in the
case of the remainder of the improvements it has taken approximately as much
time to fasten them to the garment as it took to fasten a common style of hook
and eye.
The object of this invention is, therefore, to make a hook and eye in such a
manner that they can be quickly and easily secured to any desired part of the
garment by any intelligent person, and to so arrange them that they can be as
easily removed and transferred to any other part of the garment; and the invention
consists essentially of the device hereinafter more fully set forth and more par-
ticularly mainted out in the claim
Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the eye.
Figs. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 are similar views of alternative forms of eye.
Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the specification and
drawings.
The hook is made of a continuous wire bent to form the various portions of
the hook. a represents the clasp which is formed at one end of the wire. The
wire after forming the clasp is bent upwards, and then curved to form the hook
portion b. The wire when forming the hook portion 6 is doubled back on itself
to make the hook portion comparatively rigid and to bring the wire into a position
to form the body portion or shank c. The wire after forming the body portion
or shank c is coiled to form a spring d, which terminates in a pin e, the end of
which is adapted to be embraced by the clasp a. In Fig. 1 of the drawings the
shank is shown to be approximately parallel with the length of the hook portion b,
with the spring d in advance of the mouth of the hook portion, and the clasp a
at the head of the hook. The hook portion b between the mouth and the head is

page_text: curved to bring its under side into close proximity with the body portion or
shank c, to diminish the opening between the eye-scat f and the mouth, in order
that when the eye is in its seat f'the ordinary motion of the garment will not
cause its displacement. The mouth of the hook flares outwardly to provide for
the ready admission of the eye into the seat.. The pine of the hook illustrated in
Fig. 1 is parallel with the under side of the body portion or shank c.
Fig. 4 illustrates a hook consisting of a continuous wire bent to form the
clasp a, the shank c, the hook portion and the pin e, the, head of the hook
portion in this case serving as the spring by means of which the pin is placed in
such a position as to be entirely clear of the body portion or shank when
displaced from the clasp, the clasp being at the foot of the shank c.
In Fig. 3 is shown a hook consisting of a continuous wire, the pin c, the hook
portion at the head of the pin, the body portion or shank c contiguous to the
under side of the hook portion b and parallel therewith, and a clasp at the
foot of the body portion or shank c, the wire after forming the clasp being bent
to embrace the shank c, the bend of the wire forming the head of the hook,
serving as a spring to separate the pin from the shank after being displaced from
the clasp.
A.
In Fig. 6 is shown a construction similar to that in Fig. 1, with the exception
that the pin lies diagonally across the shank between the spring d and the clasp
In Fig. 2 the hook consists of a continuous wire bent to form the clasp a arranged
at one side of the hook, and after forming the clasp a is bent to form one part
of the body portion or shank c, and then bent to form the hook portion b, and
afterwards being bent to form the other part of the body portion or shank c,
the spring d and the pin e, the pin e in this case crossing the hook portion bat
right angles.
Fig. 5 illustrates a hook formed of a continuous wire, bent first to form the
pin e, then coiled to form a spring d, the body portion or shauk e having a bend
serving as a clasp a then bent to form the hook portion b, and then a second
body portion or shank having a bend to form a second clasp a, then bent to
form the spring d and a second pin e, the ends of the pins e adapted to be embraced
by the clasps a. The formation of these hooks is such as to allow of the pins
passing through the fabric of the,.garment or other article, and bring the body
portions and hook portions into close proximity with the surface of the garment.
In Fig. 7 is shown one form of an eye. This consists of a continuous wire
bent to form a pin h, a spring i integral with the pin h, a body portion j integral
with the spring i, a loop k integral with the body portion j, and a clasp
embracing the body portion j, and integral with the loop k.
Figs. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 show alternative forms of the eye illustrated in
Fig. 7, formed on the same principle of construction, but of a slight variation in
the shape. In Fig. 7 the pin, it will be noticed, lies parallel with the body
portion, and the clasp is immediately at the side of the body portion between
the loop and the spring. In Fig. 8 the body portion is so shaped as to form the
loop with the assistance of the pin, which crosses the body portion at an angle,
and is embraced by the clasp at the end of the loop. Figs. 9, 10 and 12 are
similar to the construction shown in Fig. 8. In Fig. 11 the body portion is so
bent as to form an eye, similar to the eye shown in Fig. 7, whilst in Fig. 13 the
eye is shown to be formed in the middle of the body portion. By this construction
it is possible to make a cheaply manufactured hook and eye, and one which can
be readily attached to any garment or other article, and when not required for
further use as easily removed or transferred to any other part of the garment or
article, or to any other garment or article.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
-- 1. As an article of manufacture, the herein described garment hook consisting

page_text: of a pin, a spring integrally formed with the pin, a body portion integrally formed
with the spring portion, a hook portion integrally formed with the body portion,
and a clasp integrally formed with the hook portion, substantially as specified.
2. As an article of manufacture, the herein described garment hook consisting
of a pin, a spring integrally formed with the pin, a body portion integrally formed
with the spring portion, a hook portion integrally formed with the body portion,
a clasp integrally formed with the hook portion, the pin portion crossing the body
portion diagonally to bring the body portion into close proximity with the fabric
of the garment to which it is to be attached, substantially as specified.
3. As an article of manufacture the herein described garment hook, consisting
of a pin portion, a hook portion formed integrally with the pin portion, a body
portion formed integrally with the hook portion, and a clasp integrally formed
with the body portion adapted to embrace the end of the pin portion, substantially
as specified.
4. As an article of manufacture, the hereinbefore described garment hook con-
sisting of a pin portion, a hook portion integrally formed with the pin portion
a body portion integrally formed with the hook portion, a clasp integrally formed
with the body portion, and the end of the wire forming the garment hook bent
to embrace the body portion after forming the clasp portion, substantially as
specified.
5. As an article of manufacture, the herein before described garment hook made
from a continuous wire bent to form the pin portion, then a body portion having
a bend to receive the end of the pin portion, then bent to form a hook portion,
and a second body portion having a bend serving as a clasp and then bent to
form a spring, and a second pin portion, the end of which is embraced by the
second clasp portion, substantially as specified.
6. As an article of manufacture, the hereinbefore described eye consisting of
à continuous wire bent to form a pin portion, a spring for the pin portion, a body
portion, and a clasp at the end of the body portion to embrace the end of the pin
portion, substantially as specified.
7. As an article of manufacture, the herein described garment hook consisting
of a pin, a spring integrally formed with the pin, a body portion integrally formed
with the spring portion, a hook portion integrally formed with the body portion,
and a clasp integrally formed with the hook portion in combination with the
herein before described eye consisting of a continuous wire bent to form a pin
portion, a spring for the pin portion, a body portion, and a clasp at the end of
the body portion to embrace the end of the pin portion, substantially as specified.
8. As an article of manufacture, the herein described garment hook consisting
of a pin, a spring integrally formed with the pin, a body portion integrally formed
with the spring portion, a hook portion integrally formed with the body portion,
a clasp integrally formed with the hook portion, the pin portion crossing the body
portion diagonally to bring the body portion into close proximity with the fabric
of the garment to which it is to be attached, in combination with the hereinbefore
described eye consisting of a continuous wire bent to form a pin portion, a spring
for the pin portion, a body portion, and a clasp at the end of the body portion
to embrace the end of the pin portion, substantially as specified.
9. As an article of manufacture the hereindescribed garment hook, consisting of a
pin portion, a hook portion formed integrally with the pin portion, a body portion
formed integrally with the hook portion, and a clasp integrally formed with the
body portion adapted to embrace the end of the pin portion, in combination
with the hereinbefore described eye, consisting of a continuous wire bent to form
a pin portion, a spring for the pin portion, a body portion, and a clasp at the end
of the body portion to embrace the end of the pin portion, substantially as
specified.
10. As an article of manufacture, the hereinbefore described garment hook con-
sisting of a pin portion, a hook portion integrally formed with the pin portion,
a body portion integrally formed with the hook portion, a clasp integrally formed

page_text: with the body portion, and the end of the wire forming the garment hook bent
to embrace the body portion after forming the clasp portion, in combination with
the hereinbefore described eye, consisting of a continuous wire bent to form a pin
portion, a spring for the pin portion, a body portion, and a clasp at the end of
the body portion to embrace the end of the pin portion, substantially as specified.
11. As an article of manufacture, the hereinbefore described garment hook
made from a continuous wire bent to form the pin portion, then a body portion
having a bend to receive the end of the pin portion, then bent to form the hook
portion, a second body portion having a bend serving as a clasp and then bent
to form a spring, and a second pin portion, the end of which is embraced by the
second clasp portion, in combination with the herein before described eye con-
sisting of a continuous wire bent to form a pin portion, a spring for the pin
portion, a body portion, and a clasp at the end of the body portion to embrace the
end of the pin portion, substantially as specified.
12. The garment hooks hereinbefore described and
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
illustrated in
13. The herein before described eyes for garment hooks illustrated in
Figures 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the accompanying drawings.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4 South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.