An Improved Hook and Eye for use on Wearing Apparel.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Aug., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 5th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 5th Mar., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Hook and Eye for use on Wearing Apparel.
Generally.
I, ADA LUND of 1 Church Walk Southport Dressmaker, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to obviate the unsightly appearance inseparable
from the use of ordinary hooks and eyes, on ladies' dresses and other apparel. I
construct the hook of any suitable material with a loop or loops formed at one end
and also a similar loop or loops in any part of the shank, but preferably where the
article is bent over to form the gripping part of the hook. The apparel can then
be drawn closer together, the connection when fastened hiding completely the hook
and eyc. the latter portion of the device being formed in the shape of a loop to corre-
spond. The articles can be made of any size & thickness.
Dated this 8th day of August 1891.
GRAHAM & GRAHAM,
Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Hook and Eye for use on Wearing Apparel
Generally.
I, ADA LUND of 1 Church Walk Southport Dressmaker 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 :-
My invention relates to hooks and eyes for use on dresses and wearing apparel
generally, and its object is mainly, to obviate the somewhat unsightly appearance
inseparable from the use of hooks and eyes of the forms now in general use. For
the carrying out of this object, I construct the hook of any suitable metal or other
material and of any required dimensions. On the back or shank of the hook, loops
preferably four in number, are formed in any suitable manner. The portion
extending beyond the loops, or any part thereof, is bent over to form the hook.
The eye may be of the usual form, if desired but should preferably, be constructed
with loops corresponding with those formed on the shank of the hook as above
described.
That my invention may be the better understood, I have hereunto annexed a
sheet of illustrative drawings in which :—
Fig. 1. is a plan view of a hook and eye, constructed according to my invention,*
and,
Fig. 2. an edge view of the hook.
Fig. 3. represents two portions of a garment, having a hook and eye affixed
thereto; and,
Fig. 4 an edge view of a piece of cloth or other material with the hook attached
thereto.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
In Fig. 1 the hook is shown, constructed of a continuous length of metal wire a
bent to the required form, but I wish it to be understood, that I do not limit myself
to this form of construction as I may stamp them out of sheet metal or other suitable
material, if preferred, or make them in any ornamental design without departing
from the nature of my said invention.
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page_text: The wire a is bent or curved by any suitable means, to form the two pairs of
loops b, b, &,, the former at the extremity of the shank and the latter in any
convenient position in its length.
The part c is curved or bent over until it is parallel, or approximately parallel to
the part a its form being better shown in Fig. 2. The eye is constructed in a similar
manner, of a continuous wire forming the loops e, e, and el, e', or if preferred, eyes
of any of the ordinary patterns may be used with my hooks.
eye is
In Figs. 3, & 4, the method of affixing my hooks and eyes is clearly shown.
Fig. 3 represents the under side of two pieces of cloth, or other material, to the
former of which (/) a hook and to the latter (1) an eye is attached. The position
of the hook is more clearly depicted in the edge view of same as seen in Fig. 4.
It will be observed that the greater part of the hook, and the whole of the
hidden beneath the material of which the garment is made, and when the two parts f
and are hooked together, the upper part of the hook c, is covered by the over-
lapping edge g of the portion of the garment it will thus be seen, that both hook
and eye are entirely hidden from view when actually in use.
The advantages gained by the use of hooks and eyes constructed according to my
invention are as follows:-The fastenings are entirely hidden from view when
actually in use and also, a much firmer hold is obtained on the material, as the two
pairs of loops b, b, and b', ', on the hook, and e, e, and e', e', on the eye respectively
enable them to be fastened in four places instead of in two only, as in the forms
hitherto in general use.
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
A hook and eye constructed substantially as herein specified and of the form
shown in the accompanying drawings for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 5th day of February 1892.
GRAHAM & GRAHAM,
Agents for Applicant.