Improvements in Clasps or Fastenings for Garments and other Articles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 6th Oct., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Clasps or Fastenings for Garments and other
Articles.
I, SOLOMON SCHWARZ, a citizen of the United States of America, of
No. 290 Church Street, in the City, County, and State of New York, one of the
United States of America, Merchant, 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 garment clasps adapted to be used for fastening the
waist-band of pantaloons or trousers, but equally well useful in connection with
other devices or garments wherever found applicable.
The object of the invention is to provide an invisible fastening of the class
which may be readily connected or disconnected, which will not become detached
accidentally.
With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of the construction
and arrangement of the several parts together with their equivalents which will be
more fully hereinafter described and claimed.
In the drawings-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a clasp embodying the invention, shown applied
to the waist-band or belt of trousers or pantaloons;
Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section of the clasp on an enlarged scale;
Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of a modified form of the clasp.
Figure 4 is a central longitudinal section of the clasp shown by Figure 3.
Similar letters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the
several views.
Referring to the drawing, the letter A designates one portion of the waist-band
or belt of the trousers or pantaloons, and B the opposite portion of the same.
Secured to the portion A, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, is a metallic plate D
which has therein a key-hole slot E with an enlarged portion F at one end, and
in the body of the said plate is an inward bend to form an outward oblique wall J
for the ready entrance into and withdrawal from the said plate of a stud I carried
by the portion B of the waist-belt. The plate D, as shown in Figures 1 and 2 is
secured to the fabric of the waist belt or band by edge stitches G and the enlarged
portion F of the key-hole slot at the rear is provided with a tapering wall H to
avoid obstruction in withdrawing the stud I from the key-hole slot. In this form
of device, the stud I is caused to enter the enlarged portion of the key-hole slot
and into the body of the said slot to connect the two parts of the waistband or
belt, and it will be seen that the said stud enters the key-hole slot at the rear
of the plate so as to make the fastening invisible when the two parts are joined.
In Figure 3 a double form of the plate is shown consisting of an outer portion K
and a rear portion L continuous of each other and united by a bend at one end,
the outer portion K being doubled over the inner portion L. At the bend con-
necting the two parts of the plate in this form of device, is an opening P, to form
the upper and lower stitch bars, and in the body of the outer plate K is formed
a key-hole slot M having an enlarged portion N similar in all respects to the
constructions set forth in connection with the device shown in Figures 1 and 2.
The outer plate K is also formed with a preliminary bend in an outward oblique
plane, the same as in the device shown in Figures 1 and 2, and in which the
enlarged portion N of the key-bole slot is located and also provided with a
secondary bend adjacent to the outer end of the key-hole slot and extending
near the inner plate L of the device. The inner plate L is also provided with a

page_text: slot 7 to form upper and lower stitch bars, and the free end of the outer plate K
is bent at an angle, as at Q and provided with prongs R which are inserted
through slots S in the rear plate L and into the fabric to hold the device in
applied position. In this form of device, a stud is inserted in the enlarged
portion N of the key-hole slot M and is operated similarly to the form heretofore
described. In all the forms of the device, the rear end of the plate is deflected
towards the front when in applied position, to thereby prevent the head of the stud
from catching and interlocking at the rear edge of the clasp. It is apparent that
many minor changes in the construction and arrangement of the several parts
might be made and substitutes for those shown and described without in the least
departing from the nature or spirit of the invention.
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The improved clasp is adapted to be applied to gloves, corsets, belts, harness, or
may be used for other purposes wherever it is found applicable and desirable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a clasp, the combination of a plate secured at its edges and having a slot
with an enlarged portion at its end to thereby form a receiving pocket and a
headed stud or post adapted to engage the said plate and be held within the said
pocket, substantially as described.
2. In a clasp, the combination of a plate having a slot therein with an
enlargement at one end thereof and a deflection at the inner end of the same,
and a headed stud or post adapted to engage the said slot, substantially as
described.
3. In a clasp, the combination of a plate having a slot therein with an
enlargement thereof at one end of the same and a contraction of said slot
adjacent to said enlargement, said plate being deflected or bent downwardly at
its rear end, and secured around its edge to form a receiving pocket, and a
headed stud or post adapted to engage the said slot, substantially as and for the
purposes described.
4. In a garment clasp, the combination of a plate forming a keeper comprising
an inner bent portion having a key-hole slot therein, an inner preliminary bend
at an outward angle adjacent to the enlarged end of said key-hole slot and an
outer secondary bend slightly in advance of the termination of said slot, and a
headed stud adapted to engage the said slot, substantially as described.
5. In a garment clasp, the combination of a keeper having a key-hole slot
therein and formed of a double plate, the bend of said double plate having a slot
therein to remove the metal for the purposes specified, and a stud adapted to
engage the said key-hole slot, substantially as described.
Dated this 14th day of August 1894.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.