Improvements in the Construction of Buttons and in the Means of Attaching same to Garments and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 21st May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 21st Feb., 1896-Accepted, 21st Mar., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Buttons and in the Means of
Attaching same to Garments and the like.
I, HENRY PRATT of 1, Doveridge Place, Walsall, in the County of
Staffordshire, Clothier's Manager do hereby declare the nature of this invention to.
be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of buttons and in
the means of attaching same to garments and the like such as trousers, books,.
gloves, and other articles.
In accordance with this invention the blank forming the button is made with a.
central aperture therein through which, from the front of the button, is passed a
metal or other suitable stud for affixing same to the garment or the like. This.
stud is formed with a flat base at one end and a small knob at the other. The flat
base of the stud fits upon the front of the blank and prevents the stud falling
through the central aperture aforesaid. To attach the button to a garment the
blank is placed in its desired position the stud is then passed through the aperture
in the centre thereof, and is caused to pierce the material to which it is desired to.
affix the button. To maintain same in its place I have a washer at the back of the
material and behind the button consisting of a disc of metal or other suitable.
substance or material in which is formed an orifice slightly smaller than the knob
of the piercing stud aforesaid. The knob of the stud is then sprung in the washer
and to permit this I have a slit or slits extending outwards from the central orifice.
of the washer to, or near to, the outer circumference of said washer.
Dated this 21st day of May 1895.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in the Construction of Buttons and in the Means of
Attaching same to Garments and the like.
I HENRY PRATT of 1 Doveridge Place Walsall in the County of
Staffordshire Clothiers Manager 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 improvements in the construction of buttons.
and in the means of attaching same to garments and the like such as trousers
boots, gloves and other articles.
In accordance with this invention the blank forming the button head is made
with a central aperture therein through which from the front or back, is passed a
metal or other suitable stud or shank for affixing same to the garment or the like..
The stud is forned with a flat base at one end and an enlargement or knob at the
other end. The flat base of the stud shank fits upon the front of the blank of

page_text: the head of the stud and prevents the stud from falling through the central
aperture aforesaid.
In combination with the shank and button bead as stated there is employed a
metal washer or disc having a central piercing and a cut or cuts radiating or "going
therefrom so that a certain spring like grasp will be made by the said disc
when the shank has been passed therethrough.
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To attach the button to a garment one blank is placed in its desired position the
stud or shank is then passed through the aperture of the head and through the
material and through the slotted aperture of the back washer. The orifice in this
back washer is slightly smaller than the shank end.
The slotted orifice of the washer will allow of the same springing upon and
clipping the shank when same is passed therethrough.
In the drawings annexed hereto
Fig. 1 represents the parts of the button viz. the shank and back, the perforated
head and pierced and slotted washer.
Fig. 2 shows the button applied to the fabric.
a is the head or blank with central aperture a¹; b, is the stud or shank with
back 63, and enlarged head bl.
c, is the back or attachment washer with central opening c¹, and slotted
extension c², therefrom. Two forms of this is indicated and may be varied;
for instance, the slots may be made to cross each other. In Fig. 2, d indicates
the material to which the button has been applied.
This method of fastening for buttons can be applied either with the movable
front or with a movable attachable back.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. The improvements in the construction of buttons and in the means of
attaching same to garments and the like substantially as and for the purpose
herein set forth and shown by the drawings.
Secondly. In a stud or button the slitted washer in combination with a shank
of the head or back as and for the purpose specified.
Dated 21st February 1896.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
For the Applicant.