Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 7th Sept., 1895
I, KATHARINE STEPHENS BORT, of Holland Hotel, Lake Avenue and
53rd Street, Chicago, in the County of Cook and State of Illinois, United States
of America, Lady, 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 :-
Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like reference letters indicate
like parts,
Fig. 1 is my improved hook and eye.
Figs. 2 and 3 are modifications of the same.
Fig. 4 is the same showing the manner of attaching the same to the garment.
Fig. 5 shows the effect of an ordinary hook and eye in actual use.
It is well known to all those skilled in the art that garments usually secured by
hooks and eyes are subjected to a constant or varying strain at those points which
soon causes the thread securing the books and eyes to the garments to become
loosened. The cloth is also pulled out of shape as shown in Figure 5. The
meeting edges of the garment are thus separated or pulled apart and the cloth is
wrinkled. This is very annoying to the wearer as it ruins the appearance of the
garment and notes the end of the term it can be worn with any satisfaction. It is
then necessary either to cast aside the garment entirely or turn it over to a
skilled person for repairs, which are both difficult and expensive. The benefit of
such repairs is but temporary and in a very short time the appearance of the
garment is as bad as before, necessitating more repairs or, as is usual with those
able to procure new garments, an entire abandonment of the article.
The object of my invention is to obviate those difficulties.
For this purpose my invention consists in so constructing the hook, and if
desired, the eye also, that it may be firmly secured to the garment at several points
remote from one another, in such a manner that the pull and strain is evenly
distributed over a comparatively large section of the fabric, and at the same time, by
reason of the peculiar construction of the hook, the thread will not work loose
and allow the hook to slip out of its original position and thus disarrange the
garment.
I prefer to construct my hook out of a single piece of wire bent into the proper
form as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, but a cut hook having the same general form
would be within the scope of my invention.
In the drawings, A, A represents the loops by means of which such hooks and
eyes are usually attached to the garment. B is the body of the hook and eye. Cis
the lip of the hook, and D, D are my improved extensions by means of which the
hook or eye is additionally secured to the garment.
The manner of attaching to the garment is plainly shown in Figure 4, the thread
being passed through the fabric under the extension and thence up over the
extension as shown. This is very easily done even when steels or bones are used to
stiffen the edge of the garment.
As thus secured, the constant pulling of the garment fails to loosen the thread or
to allow it to slip upon the extension. The consequence is the garment retains its
original neat appearance and condition and lasts much longer with entire satisfaction
in this respect.

page_text: The results from using the old form of hook, and eye are shown in Fig. 5, in
which material extending forward from each is wrinkled back, allowing the ends of
the hook and eye to protrude, and the necting-edges of the garment to sepirate.
This difficulty is impossible in using my improved hook and eye as shown in
Fig. 4.
It is obvious my invention can be applied to the hook alone, to the eye alone,
or to both as preferred, and I consequently do not limit myself to its use with
either or with both.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, declare that what 1
claim is :-
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1. The herein described hook or eye consisting of a single piece of metal of the
proper form, having loops at the rear part for attachment to the garment, and
having near the front part lateral T-shaped arms extending substantially at right
angles from the body of the hook or eye so that the thread may be passed through
the fabric and over said arms in such manner as to firmly bind them to the
garment and prevent any movement of the device upon the fabric, substantially as
and for the purposes set forth.
2. The herein described hook or eye, consisting of a single piece of metal of the
proper form, having loops at the rear part for attaching to the garment, and having
near the front part arms extending from the body of the hook or eye in a forwardly
bending curve, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. The herein described hook or eye consisting of a piece of metal of proper
form provided with means at the rear end for attaching to the garment, and having
near the front part arms extending from the body of the hook or eye so that the
thread may be passed through the fabric and over said arms in such a manner as
to firmly bind them to the garment and prevent any movement of the device upon
the fabric.
Dated this 6th day of August 1895.
FELL & WILDING,
Agents for the Applicant.