Improvement in Fasteners for Cloaks, Gloves, Shoes, and other Garments.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1899-Accepted, 15th July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Fasteners for Cloaks, Gloves, Shoes, and other
Garments.
I, VALERIA PALMER, of Cleburne, County of Riley, and State of Kansas, 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, reference being had to the accom-
panying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a
part of this specification:-
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This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in fasteners for cloaks,
gloves, shoes, and other garments, and has for its object to provide a simple,
cheap, and effective device which may be readily attached to the meeting edges
of a garment, and when so attached will permit of the securement of said edges
without the necessity of forming buttonholes in the garment or attaching buttons
thereto.
With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction
and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated
by the claims.
In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may
understand how to make and use the same, the construction and operation will
now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawing forming a
part of this specification, in which-
Fig. 1, is a section, showing my improvement applied to the meeting edges
of a garment when the latter are secured together thereby ;
Fig. 2, a plan view of the two sections of the device secured in place upon the
meeting edges of a garment, but separated from each other; and
Fig. 3. a perspective of the same.
In carrying out my invention as here embodied, I provide two disks A and B,
which have formed therewith langs C and D) respectively, of such shape and size
as to be passed through the fabric of the garment and clinched upon the under
side thereof, thereby securing the disks to the garment without the necessity of
stitching.
A staple or housing is secured to the disk A, so as to project slightly above the
upper surface of the disk, and a spring latch tongue F is formed with or secured
to the disk B and projecting over the same, terminates in an under-turned hook G,
as clearly shown, and by means of which the two sections of the device are secured
together.
From this description it will be seen that when the sections of the fastener are
properly secured to the meeting edges of the garment, as above described, it is
only necessary to bring these meeting edges together and overlapping each other.
as shown in Figure 1, to permit the spring tongue F to pass over the staple or
housing until the hooked end thereof is beyond the outer edge of said staple.
when it will spring downward into alignment with the space beneath the staple..
so that thereafter any outward movement of the tongue will engage its hook with
the staple, as clearly shown in Figure 1; and when this has been accomplished..
C

page_text: it is obvious that the meeting edges of the garment will be securely held in
their proper relative positions.
To unfasten the garment, it is only necessary to force the sections of the device
inward sufficiently to cause the hook G to pass the staple and then spring suid
tongue upward so as to carry the hook out of alignment with the space beneath
the staple, when the meeting edges of the garment may be separated.
If found desirable in practice, a cut-away portion H may be formed in the
disk A so as to embrace the base of the spring tongue and by so doing relieve
the outer end of the tongue from undue strain incident to a tendency in the
meeting edges of the garment to move up and down, as will be readily understood.
In the modification shown in Figure . I provide for the sewing on of the
disks instead of clinching them by tangs, and for this purpose, small holes 1 are
formed in these tongues, through which the thread is passed in the process of
sewing,
The cost of manufacturing a fastener of this description is exceedingly small.
since the entire work may be done by automatic machinery, thereby obviating
expensive hand operations, and yet, producing the device in a more necurate
manner than would otherwise be the case.
The outer surface of the fastener may be ornamented to suit the fancy of the
manufacturer or user, thereby giving to the garment a more and attractive
appearance than would be the case were buttons and buttonholes used.
It is obvious that my improvement may be used as a glove or shoe fastener
as well as a fastener, for garments and I therefore do not wish to be limited to
this application.
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
1. A garment fastener, consisting of two disks adapted to he secured to the
meeting edges of cloaks, gloves, shoes, and other garments, one of said disks
having a staple thereon, while the other carries a spring tongue terminating in
a hook. as specified.
2. A garment fastener, consisting of two disks having tangs formed therewith
for securement of the meeting edges of a garment, a staple secured to one of
the disks, a tongue carried by the other disk, and a hook formed with the tongue.
substantially as shown and described.
3. The herein described combination of a disk A, means for securing the same
to one of the meeting edges of a garment, a staple secured to the disk, a disk B.
means for securing the same to the opposite edge of a garment, a spring tongue
carried by this disk, and a hook formed with the spring tongue, substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
J. P. BAYLY.
IS, Fulham Place, Paddington, London, W.,
Agent for Applicant.