Improvements in the Method of Attaching and Securing Shank Buttons to Boots, Shoes, Leggings, and other Articles of Dress, which Improvements are also applicable for similar Purposes of Attachment.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June. 1894
Complete Specification Left, 25th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 27th Apr., 1855
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of Attaching and Securing Shank
Buttons to Boots, Shoes, Leggings, and other Articles of Dress,
which Improvements are also applicable for similar Purposes of
Attachment.
.
I, CHARLES NICHOLLS of 331 Soho Road Handsworth in the County of
Stafford, Boot Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object improved means for attaching and securely
fastening shank buttons to the above named or other articles and it consists in
forming a fastener of a short piece of round steel wire (preferably) or of other
suitable metal, which is so bent that a loop is made in the centre of same, the two
ends projecting at right angles thereto.
Any suitable means may be adopted for bending and forming the fastener to
the required shape and this having been done (in the case of steel wire) it is
then hardened and tempered so that it cannot be bent out of shape by strain
also a certain amount of extra spring is given which is important for my purpose.
METHOD OF ATTACHMENT.
The button shank having been passed through the material to which it is to be
attached, one end of the wire fastener is threaded through the shank the loop of
which is received by the loop of the fastener and by reason of the two ends of the
latter being close together at the shoulder of its loop it is sprung into position and
then turned round either to the right or the left thereby securely attaching the
button which cannot become released in wear the two ends lying flat against and
firmly impinging the under side of the material.
When required to remove a button by turning the fastener round the reverse
way it is disconnected.
By my improved arrangement a very simple and effective method is provided
whereby shank buttons can be securely and readily attached, and detached,
at will
Dated this 23rd day of June A.D. 1894.
EDWD. J. PAYNE & SON,
104, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in the Method of Attaching and Securing Shank
Buttons to Boots, Shoes, Leggings, and other Articles of Dress,
which Improvements are also applicable for similar Purposes of
Attachment.
CHARLES NICHOLLS of 331 Soho Road, Handsworth, in the County of Stafford,
Boot Maker, 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 has for its object improved means for attaching, & securely
fastening shank buttons to the above named or other articles, & consists in forming
a fastener of a short piece of round steel wire (preferably) or of any other suitable
metal which is so bent that a loop is made in the centre of same, the two ends being
crossed, & projecting at right angles thereto. Any suitable means may be adopted,
for bending, & forming the fastener, to the required shape & this having been done
(in case of steel wire) it is then hardened & tempered so that it cannot be bent out of
shape by strain, also certain amount of extra spring is given-which is important
for my purpose.
METHOD OF ATTACHMENT.
The button shank, having been passed through the material to which it is to be
nttached, one end of the wire fastener is threaded through the shank, the loop of
which is received by the loop of the fastener, & by reason of the two ends, of the
Intter, being close together, & crossed at the shoulder of its loop-it is sprung into
position & then turned round either to the right, or left, theruby securely attaching
the button, which cannot become released in wear-the two ends lying flat or
curved against & firmly impinging the under side of the material, also iipon the
ends may carry a cap to cover them.
When required to remove a button, by turning the fastener round, the reversed
way,
it is disconnected.
By my improved arrangement a very simple & effective method is provided,
whereby shank buttons can be securely & readily attached, or detached at will.
I will describe my invention, in the accompanying drawing.
Fig. 1. The wire loop-with its crossed ends at shoulder.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, & in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I
claim is-
A. wire loop button fastener, as set forth described & illustrated in the accom-
panying drawing.
Dated this 23rd day of March 1895.
JOHN BENNETT,
4, Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.