Improvements in Hooks for the Hook and Eye Fastenings of Garments.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 29th June, 1897-Accepted, 14th Aug.,. 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hooks for the Hook and Eye Fastenings of
Garments.
I, FRANCES HENDRICKS GORRELL, of Newton, County of Jasper, Iowa, U.S.A.,
Housekeeper, 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 the hook member of a hook and eye fastening for
garments, said hook being provided with means for holding the outer flap of a
dress or other garment down close to the inner flap and thus preventing the
unsightly gaping of the two parts which is frequently observable.
In the accompanying drawing Fig. I is a plan view of the two meeting edges of
a garment with the upper flap turned down at the upper corner to shew the
manner of securing the hook of this invention in place. Fig. 2 is a sectional view
of the fabric, and shewing the hook engaged in an eye. Fig. 3 is a perspective
view of the hook.
A single piece of suitable wire is used to form the hook and one end of the wire
is bent to form the attachment eye 1. The wire is then continued forward to
from the bill 2, then back to form the side eye 3: From this point the wire is
bent upward over one of the strands to form a curve or hump 4. to prevent the eye
from becoming accidentally detached, and from thence the wire extends between
the two strands forming the shank and is curved upward and forward a sufficient
distance to form the extension 5 which terminates in a lateral projection 6 having
a terminal point 7 turning toward the hook 2.
To attach the hook to the fabric, the point is inserted within the hem, the hook
pushed forward until the lateral extension Glies close to the inside of the doubled
portion of the hem, and then the two loops or eyes 1 and 3 are stitched in place.
In this way the extension 5 and the lateral projection 6 hold the upper flaps down
closely and are concealed, while the hook is only required to be stitched at two
points.
Any ordinary eye member may be used with the improved hook.
It will be seen that the hook is provided with three different points of attach-
ment in different planes within the length of the hook, only two of which are
required to be fastened by stitches, and the third by passing the end of the pointed
projection within the hem of the garment to lie between the several thicknesses
of the hem to hold the flaps in contiguity.
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. A garment hook formed from a single piece of wire having at one end a
fastening eye or loop, at its opposite end a penetrating point, a hook intermediate
of said eye and point, an eye at the side of the hook, and one strand of wire
crossing under the bill of the hook to prevent the eye from becoming accidentally
detached, substantially as described and shewn.

page_text: 2. A hook having a fastening loop at one end, a lateral projection at the opposite
end, an intermediate hook and a fastening loop at the side of the hook, said
fastening loops and projection being located at three different points within the
length of the hook, substantially as described and shown.
3. A hook member of a hook and eye fastening having a forwardly projecting
extension, a lateral projection from said extension, and a penetrating point on the
Interal projection, substantially as described and shewn.
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4. A hook comprising the eyes 1 and 3 the extensions 5 having a point 7 the
hook 2 and the curved bend 4, substantially as described and shewn.
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THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane London, WC, Agent for the Applicant.