A NEW SPRING LOOP FASTENER FOR HARNESS to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: I, GEORGE KNIGHTLEY of 195 Bethnal Green Road, London in the County
of Middlesex Harness Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention for "A NEW SPRING LOOP FASTENER FOR HARNESS to be as follows:-
"
The Object of this Invention is to provido an efficient and simple means of
securing straps and various parts of harness which shall supersede the buckles,
leather loops and pipes now in use and thus dispense with the labor which is
entailed in the stitching of such buckles, loops and pipes.
With this object I provide a metal box or case (which may be of Steel, German
Silver, Silver or Brass as may be desired). Working in this Box is a Clip which
is kept in position by a Spring placed upon the top. I place two slots in the sides
of the box and have buttons working therein in connection with the Clip aforesaid.
By pushing these buttons forward the clip is drawn up and the strap allowed to
pass. To secure same in position I draw the buttons backwards when the Clip
falls down and securely holds the Strap.
This "fastener" may be used in connection with any part of the harness where
a buckle or loop is now used and owing to its extreme simplicity it can be produced
at a very small cost.
HORN & SON,
Patent Agents,
172, Strand, W.C.
"
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, GEORGE KNIGHTLEY, of 195 Bethnal Green Road, London, in the County
of Middlesex, Harness Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention for A NEW SPRING LOOP FASTENER FOR HARNESS;" and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, that is to say :-
The object of this invention is to provide an efficient, and simple means of
securing straps, and various parts of harness, which means shall supercede the
buckles, leather loops, and pipes now in use; and thus dispense with the labor
which is entailed in the stitching of such buckles, loops, and pipes.

page_text: This my spring loop fastener may be used in connection with any part of the
harness where a buckle, or loop is now used; and, owing to its extreme simplicity,
it can be produced at a very small cost.
With this object I provide a metal box or case, in which box or case works a
clip, such clip being kept in position by a spring placed on top of aforesaid box or
case. This box or case is contained in an ornamental casing of silver, german silver,
steel, brass, or other suitable metal, or material, as desired.
The action of said clip is hereinafter described, and will be more fully understood
by reference to the accompanying drawings, similar letters of reference, referring
to like parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a plan of my spring loop fastener, fixed to straps as in use.
Figure 2 is a side view of same.
Said
Figure 3 is a sectional elevation of my " fastener " (to an enlarged scale); and
Figure is a plan with outer ornamental casing removed (also to a larger scale).
The clip a is formed with a tooth b (particularly shewn in Figure 3) for taking
into one of the apertures in the strap which it is desired to fasten or attach.
clip a forms a lever and has its fulcrum at c on top of case or box d. A spring e is
attached at lower end to the top of case or box d, the upper end of saine being
placed beneath the end ƒ of clip a. By pressing upon the end f of clip a the
tooth bis raised and the strap may be passed through as far as desired, and upon
releasing the pressure on f, the spring e forces the clip a back in position and holds
the tooth b securely in the aperture of strap. The box or case a is enclosed in an
ornamental casing as shewn in Figure 1. The whole has then a neat, and elegant
appearance.
Or, the action of clip may be as follows:-
In the sides of case or box in which the clip works, are slots in which work
buttons in connection with the clip aforesaid. By pushing these buttons forward
the clip is drawn up, and the strap allowed to pass. To secure same in position I
draw the buttons backwards, when the clip falls down and securely holds the strap.
But I prefer the action as hereinbefore described, and illustrated by the accom-
panying drawings.
.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
First, The construction of loop fasteners for harness with lever clip a and spring e
as herein before set forth and described.
Second, The general construction, and arrangement of spring loop fasteners
for harness, Bubstantially as, and for the purposes herein before set forth and
described.