Improvements in Buttons for Gloves, Boots, Shoes, Leggings, Corsets, Purses, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 31st May, 1895-Accepted, 6th July, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buttons for Gloves, Boots, Shoes, Leggings,
Corsets, Purses, and the like.
JOHN GLAISTER PATERSON 7 Australian Avenue Barbican, London, Merchant.
I do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of an improvement in push buttons for gloves boots shoes
leggings corsets purses and the like. By push buttons I refer to that class of
fastening wherein a cap of metal or other material is pressed over the head of a
spherical or partly spherical button, so as to form a hold on the flange of same, and
produce a securely fixed button, clasping the flaps of the material together.
The push or spring buttons for their upper portion have metal or vegetable
ivory cap piece or dome with or without a metal guide therein, which pressed over
a separate eyelet, after being pushed through the leather or material clinches it all
together & holds fast.
The push or spring buttons for their lower portion have various kinds of
spherical or partly spherical knobs fixed to the leather or material by eyeletting,
sewing or clinching by metal clips, or otherwise. Now by my invention I form the
upper portion of push buttons by the following combination
A metal cap piece of dome shape or any required shape with or without a metal
guide therein:
A casing or layer of celluloid or similar material such as xylonite, placed to
adhere to the top of the metal cap piece, and as much round its edge or under, as is
required:
A metal eyelet.
This combination upper portion of push button may contain a spring device, or it
may be in the spherical knob of the lower portion of the push button.
As an alternative method I make the upper portion of celluloid or similar
material such as xylonite in dome shaped cap, with an inner groove round it, into
which a metal eyelet can be clinched, being guided into position by the groove in
a similar way that vegetable ivory tops are formed.
My invention has the great advantage, that the tops are less brittle than
vegetable ivory. Mens lace up boots can now have a uniform appearance of
buttons all the way up instead of a row of eyelets at the bottom and a row of
curled eyeletted tops, for the laces to catch round, at the top.
Metal tops, even if well japanned, would get much worn if on boots, and would
show up metal, which has an ugly appearance, but this is obviated by the coating
of xylonite material on the cap piece.
The public will much appreciate the push button in this form applied to boots,
as they can expeditiously close and undo their boots without the bother of button
hooks, or the trouble attached to lacing and tying up.
A spiral spring inserted in the spherical lower portion of push buttons gives
extra strength, and makes it strong enough for the rough usage that boots get.
Dated this 22nd day of September 1894.

page_text: Improvements in Buttons for Gloves, Boots, Shoes, Leggings,
Corsets, Purses, and the like.
I, JOHN GLAISTER PATERSON, of 7 Australian Avenue, Barbican, London,
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 consists of an improvement in push buttons for gloves, boots,
shoes, leggings, corsets, purses and the like. By push buttons I refer to that class
of fastening wherein a cap of metal or other material is pressed over the head of a
spherical or partly spherical button, so as to form a hold on the flange of same,
and produce a securely fixed button, clasping the flaps of the material together.
The push or spring buttons for their upper portion have metal or vegetable
ivory cap pieces or domes with or without a metal guide therein, which pressed
over a separate eyelet after being pushed through the leather or material clinches
it all together and holds fast.
The push or spring buttons for their lower portion have various kinds of
spherical or partly spherical knobs fixed to the leather or material by eyeletting,
sewing or clinching by metal clips or otherwise. Now by my invention I form the
upper portion of push buttons by the following combination: A cap piece of
dome shape or any required shape with or without a metal guide therein: a
casing or layer of celluloid or similar material such as xylonite, placed to adhere
to the top of the metal cap piece and as much round its edge or under as is
required.
In the case of metal eyelets, the combination upper portion of push buttons may
contain a spring device or it may be in the spherical knob of the lower portion of
the push button.
As an alternative method I make the upper portion of celluloid or similar
material such as xylonite in a dome shaped cap, with an inner groove round it, into
which a metal eyelet can be clinched being guided into position by the groove in a
similar way that vegetable ivory tops are formed.
My invention will be better understood and more readily carried into effect by
referring to the accompanying drawing in which :-
Figure 1 is a sectional view of the upper portion of a push button with my
improved outer dome or casing.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.
Figures 3 and 4 are sectional and side elevations respectively of the lower
portion of a fastening of the push button type such as would be inserted into a cap
fitted with my improved outer dome.
Figures 5 and 6 are alternative designs to those illustrated in Figures 1 and 2.
In these figures the top dome consists entirely of xylonite or celluloid there being
no inner metal dome as shown in Figure 1.
a is the outer dome of xylonite or celluloid. is the inner dome of metal which
in existing top caps forms the outer dome. c is the diagonal recess round the
alternative design Figure 5; d is the eyelet which upon being pressed into the
recess c clinches the material e.
The metal dome 6 (Figure 1) can if desirable be covered with an adhesive
coating to give the xylonite or celluloid cap a better bold.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be distinctly

page_text: understood that I do not claim the push button per se with or without a spring, but
what I do claim is
1. In push buttons for the fastening of gloves, boots, corsets and the like articles,
the combination of an external dome of xylonite or celluloid with the upper metal
portion of the said push button, substantially as described and illustrated in the
drawing annexed.
2. In push buttons for the fastening of gloves, boots, corsets and the like
articles, domes constructed entirely of celluloid or xylonite, as described with
reference to Figures 5 and of the drawing annexed.
Dated this 31st day of May 1895.
JOHN P. O'DONNELL, Fel. Chart. Inst. P.A.,
Agent for the said Applicant.