IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES APPLICABLE ALSO TO OTHER LIKE PURPOSES "
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Johnson Martin of 101 and 102 Wood Street
Cheapside in the City of London for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES APPLICABLE ALSO TO OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Johnson Martin
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th March 1883.
FREDERICK JOHNSON MARTIN of 101 and 102 Wood Street Cheapside in the
City of London, "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES APPLICABLE ALSO
TO OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
"3
This invention relates to an improved fastening for gloves boots shoes purses
bags and various other articles and consists of an inverted hook being hinged
jointed or pivoted at one end to the projecting sides of the lower portion or base of
the hook.
The hook or upper portion of the fastening is bent over on its underside in such
a manner as to form a spring when in contact with the flat surface of the lower
portion or base of the fastening and is adjusted in such a manner that when
pressed over its end will project beyond the axis of the joint so that the fastening
will remain closed.
.
The lower portion or base of the hook consits of a flat piece of metal having
two short projecting arms at one end to receive the joint or pivot of the upper
part of the fastening and is attached to one side of the glove or material of the
article to be connected by means of an eyelet hole staple or by other means.
To fasten the glove or other article the hook of the fastening should be pressed
back and passed through an eyelet button hole or other part of the article to be
connected then brought again into position; and pressed down in which position it
will remain. .
To open or unfasten the glove or other article the hook is to be pressed upwards
when the spring hook coming into action releases the eyelet hole or other
connection

page_text: The disconnected end of the spring hook is curved in such a manner that it lifts
the eyelet over the arms or projecting sides of the lower portion or base of the
fastening when being opened or unfastened.
The hook is advantageously attached to the glove or other article by means of
an eyelet stamped out of the base plate of the fastening or it may be attached by
means of a metal staple or by sewing or other suitable means.
The spring may be attached by rivetting to the upper portion of the hook instead
of being formed in one piece and bent over.
Or the hooked part of the spring can be attached to the extreme end of base by
its being turned up to receive it.

page_text: Figure 1 shows a side view of a glove fastening (when closed) Figure 2 is a
similar view (when open) Figure 3 is a plan and Figure 4 a back view of the same
(when closed) constructed in accordance with my invention.
The hooked arm or upper portion a of the fastening is bent over on its under
side at a in such a manner as to form a spring when in contact with the flat
surface b of the lower portion or base of the fastening and is adjusted in such a
manner that when pressed over its end a³ will project beyond the axis c of the
joint so that the fastening will remain closed.
The base of the fastening consists of a flat piece of metal b having two short
projecting arms 61 at one end to receive the joint or pivot of the upper part a of
the fastening and is attached to one side of the glove (or material of the article to
be connected) by means of an eyelet hole 62, staple or by other means.
To fasten the glove or other article the spring hook a of the fastening should.be
pressed back and passed through an eyelet button hole or other part of the article
to be connected then brought again into position and pressed down upon the base
plate b in which position it will remain.
To open or unfasten the glove or other article the spring hook or arm a is to be
pressed upwards when the spring hook a¹ coming into action releases the eyelet
hole or other connection.
The disconnected end of the spring hook or arm a is curved in such a manner
that it lifts the eyelet of the glove over the arms or projecting sides 61 of the lower
portion or base 6 of the fastening when being opened or unfastened.
The spring hook or arm a, is advantageously attached to the glove or other
article by means of an eyelet 62 stamped out of the base plate b of the fastening
or it may be attached by means of a metal staple or by sewing or other suitable
means.
Having thus described the nature of my invention and the manner of performing
or carrying the same into practice I would remark that I am aware that fastenings
of a similar character have been constructed but the details of their construction
have differed in certain essential particulars to that herein before described and
represented by the Drawings annexed I therefore make no claim thereto nor to
any of the parts separately which are well known and in common use But what I
claim is :-
The improved construction of fastenings for gloves boots shoes purses bags and

page_text: various other articles to which the same are applicable formed with a spring
hook or arm a and capable of being fixed by an eyelet be formed in the base
plate b substantially in the manner hereinbefore described and represented in the
Drawings hereto annexed.
In witness whereof I the said Frederick Johnson Martin have hereunto set
my hand and seal this Twenty seventh day of September in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
T T MARTIN