IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENING GLOVES, BOOTS AND SHOES, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER of Buckingham Street, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENING GLOVES, BOOTS AND SHOES, AND OTHER ARTICLES
OF DRESS" to be as follows:-
My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in fastenings
for gloves, boots and shoes and other articles of dress, my said invention being
especially applicable to gloves, the overlapping parts of which are connected
together around the wrist of the wearer in a simple and efficient manner.
I will describe my invention as applied to a glove fastener.
My invention consists essentially of a yielding headed stem carried by a spring
tongue of one part of the fastener, the head of the stem of which engages in a
necked or contracted ended piercing or opening on the underside of a box-like case,
which constitutes the other part of the fastener. The shell of the piercing or
opening has a transverse rise or mound upon its inner side, which retains the head
of the stem in the contracted part when the fastener is in use.
According to my improvements the two parts of the fastener are constructed as
follows-The one part consists of a headed stem carried by a spring tongue pierced
from a rectangular curved plate, forming a frame which is attached by sewing or
otherwise to the one part of the glove, so that the knob of the stem is presented
on the outer side-A fork-like protection plate is affixed under the head of the
stem on the outer side of the glove to protect the parts of wear, and to limit
the downward movement of the stem; this forms the one part of the fastener
The other part of the fastener consists essentially of a box or shell having a
piercing through the metal of its underside-The said piercing is bulbous or
enlarged at its offside and contracted or necked at its front side, the bulbous or
enlarged part being suitable for the head of the stem to pass through, while the
other or contracted part is narrower than the head-A swell or rise on the iniddle
of the inner side of the pierced plate, passes transversely from the piercing to the
circumference The front part of the shell is connected to the pierced back part
by prongs made out of the metal of the blank or shell, effected by first bending.

page_text: or doubling up arms or strips backward and then forward, or upon itself, so as
to bring the arms constituting the prongs vertical and nearer to the centre of
the shell, the ends of these prongs when turned over, connect the upper to the
lower shell.
In using a glove fastener constructed according to my invention, it is only i
nscessary to pass the head of the yielding stem on the one part of the glove
through the enlarged part of the piercing on the other part of the glove and then
draw the head over the transverse swell crossing the plate with its stem in the
neck or contracted part of the piercing. The head then snaps over the bridge or
rise, and remains secured on the other side, until again removed by longitudinal 1
pressure for unfastening.
By providing gloves, with fasteners as described, there is no liability of the
parts becoming detached when fastened, as the yielding headed stem is retained
by the bridge or rise, over which it has passed.
The rise or mound described may be made yielding by slitting the metal of
the pierced plate carrying the rise, so as to constitute a spring tongue carrying
transverse ribs or rises. In this case the headed stem is made rigid.
Dated this 5-1 d... & Desemba 1001

page_text: Improvements in Fastening Gloves, Boots and Shoes, and other
Articles of Dress.
I, FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER, of Buckingham Street, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENING GLOVES, BOOTS AND SHOES, AND OTHER ARTICLES
OF DRESS" and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in fastenings
for gloves, boots and shoes and other articles of dress, my said invention being
especially applicable to gloves, the overlapping parts of which are connected
togeth around the wrist of the wearer, in a simple and efficient manner.
I will describe my invention as applied to a glove fastener.
My invention consists essentially of. a yielding headed stem carried by a spring
tongue of one part of the fastener, the head of the stem of which engages in a
necked or contracted ended piercing or opening on the underside of a box like
case, which constitutes the other part of the fastener-The shell of the piercing
or opening has a transverse rise or mound upon its inner side, which retains
the head of the stem in the contracted part, when the fastener is in use.
According to my improvements the two parts of the fastener are constructed as
follows The one part consists of a headed stem carried by a spring tongue pierced
from a rectangular curved plate, forming a frame which is attached by sewing or
otherwise to the one part of the glove, so that the knob of the stem is presented
on the outer side-A fork like protection plate is affixed under the head of the
stem on the outer side of the glove to protect the parts of wear, and to limit the
downward movement of the stem; this forms the one part of the fastener→
The other part of the fastener consists essentially of a box or shell having a
piercing through the metal of its underside-The said piercing is bulbous or
enlarged at its offside and contracted or necked at its front side, the bulbous
or enlarged part being suitable for the head of the stem to pass through, while
the other or contracted part is narrower than the head-A swell or rise on the
middle of the inner side of the pierced plate, passes transversely from the piercing
to the circumference-The front part of the shell is connected to the pierced back
part by prongs made out of the metal of the blank or shell affected by first bending
or doubling up arms or strips backward and then forward, or upon itself, so as to
bring the arms constituting the prongs vertical and nearer to the centre of the
shell, the ends of these prongs when turned over, connect the upper to the lower
shell.
In using a glove fastener constructed according to my invention, it is only
necessary to pass the head of the yielding stem on the one part of the glove
through the enlarged part of the piercing on the other part of the glove and then
draw the head over the transverse swell crossing the plate with its stem in the
neck or contracted part of the piercing. The head then snaps over the bridge or

page_text: rise, and remains secured on the other side, until again removed by longitudinal
pressure for unfastening.
By providing gloves, with fasteners as described, there is no liability of the parts
becoming detached when fastened, as the yielding headed stem is retained by the
bridge or rise over which it has passed.
The rise or mound described may be made yielding by slitting the metal of the
pierced plate carrying the rise so as to constitute a spring tongue carrying.
transverse ribs or rises. In this case the headed stem is made rigid.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing tho
manner in which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents a glove provided with a fastener constructed according to
my invention; the parts of the fastener being disconnected or unfastened. Figure 2
is a portion of a glove showing the same fastened. Figure 3 is an enlarged view
of the fastener, with the glove cuff on one side turned down, in order to exhibit
the slot in the back of the one part of the fastener. Figure 4 is a longitudinal
vertical section upon an enlarged scale with the parts unfastened or disconnected
one from each other. Figure 5 shows the same fastened. Figure 6 is a front and
side elevation of the box part of the fastener. Figure 7 is an underside view of
the slotted plate wherein the necked stud passes on the fastening of the parts
together Figure 8 is a side elevation of the yielding stud parts of the fastener,
and figure 9 is a plan of the same. Figure 10 is the plate and spring tongue
carrying the headed stud. Figure 11 is the top plato separately and figure 12
the staple for connecting the plates figures 10 and 11, and also the material of the
glove together.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the Drawing.
The one part of the fastener consists of a headed stem or stud a, carried by a
spring tongue 62 pierced or cut from the rectangular slightly curved plate b.
c is an upper plate having a fork like front c³, which embraces the neck a² of the
headed stud a. This plate c is placed immediately above the plate b, with the
material of the glove passing between them, as best seen in the enlarged sections
figures 4 and 5, and this plate c protects the parts from wear and also limits the
downward movement of the stem so that on the fastening of a glove, the head is
capable of yielding in consequence of being attached to the spring tongue-³ is a
staple for connecting the parts together and to the glove.
The other part of the fastener consists essentially of a box or shell & having
upon its underside a plate e with a piercing e². The said piercing is bulbous or
enlarged at one end and contracted or necked at the other. The plate e is attached
to the material of the glove by ears or prongs d² d which pass through piercings e³.
A swell or rise of crosses the diameter of the under plate e; that is, the swell or
rise is disposed or passes from the two edges of the piercing into the middle
of the plate This rise or swell keeps the glove in its fastened position on the
necked stud having passed the swell or rise.
In fastening a glove, pass the head of the yielding stem on the one part of the.
glove, through the enlarged or bulbous part of the piercing on the underside of
the box or shell, which is on the other part of the glove; and then by drawing
the head a transversely from the enlarged to the narrowed part of the alot, the
underside of the head encounters the rise or swell ³, which causes the tongue
carrying the head of the stem to be drawn upwards, and the intermediate parts
compressed The head then snaps over the bridge or rise, and remains secured on
the other side by the expansion of the spring tongue and parts above it, as best
seen in figure 5.
To unfasten the glove, press forcibly back the stud part of the fastener, when
the head of the yielding stud or stem is forcibly pressed over the bridge or rise,
so that on the head coming opposite the enlarged part in the piercing the glove
becomes unfastened as represented in figure 4..

page_text: 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
The improvements in the construction of fasteners for gloves, boots and shoes
and other like articles of dress, that is to say, a fastener in two parts, the one
part having a headed stud which is carried by a spring or spring tongue, pierced
from an attachment plate-The spring allows the stud to yield on the fastening
of a glove or other article-A yielding protection plate also lies above the spring,
and embraces the neck of the stud-The other part of the fastening consists of a
shell provided with a plate upon its underside, which is pierced with a varying
sized slot hole, through which the head of the stud on the other part passes-
A rise or swell for retaining the two parts of the fastening together extends from
the two edges of the piercing in the direction of the shell's diameter-The parts
being constructed, arranged and working in the manner and for the purpose
substantially as described and illustrated.