A Safe and Secure Fastening to Buttons, Brooches, Ornaments, and other Attachments of Male and Female Attire.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 27th Aug., 1839-Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Safe and Secure Fastening to Buttons, Brooches, Ornaments, and
other Attachments of Male and Female Attire.
JOHN SKIDMORE of South-Bank, Brierley Hill, Gentleman and JAMES RICHARD
WINDMILL of Church Street, Brierley Hill, Commercial traveller both in the
County of Stafford do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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Our invention has reference to a safe and secure fastening to Buttons, Brooches,
ornaments and other attachments of Male and Femalo attire, and consists of a metal
blank of round or other suitable shape with two cars or projections cut and forced
downwards from the centre and underneath the face of the button or other article and
then forming two pegs upon which a spring tongue plate of thin steel is placed and
the pegs put through two holes in the plate pierced for that purpose and then
pressed or stamped down and securely fixing the spring tongue attachment in its
proper place.
The spring tongue is made as follows-We take a piece of thin steel and pierce
out two holes in the plate to fit on the pegs and then form a sharp pointed pin by
rounding it on a press and bevelling it to its sharp point, and curve it over and form
it into a spring pin and the other end is notched out and curved over to receive the
end of the sharp pointed pin and by this means we form a holder and pin point
protector when the pin is pushed into it.
The plate of the spring pin is then fixed firm on the button or ornament by pressing
or stamping home the pegs aforesaid, and which then form and act as rivets through
the plate of the spring pin and the article is ready for use and attachment to
materials.
The button and its attachment are then in one piece and will force its own headway
into the material by gentle pressure and the springing of the point of the pin into its
receptacle makes the button as firmly fixed in the material as though it had been
sown on.
When the pin point is sprung into its place it is under absolute protection and
cannot come undone as the pressure on buttoning or from the brace is in the
direction of the pin and longitudinally with it therefore the tighter the pressure
the more firm is the pin and fastening altogether. Our method of making self
fastening buttons and attaching them on articles of wearing apparel and taking
them off again when required, together with the cost of production is simplicity
itself, requiring but few tools and obviates the trouble and cost of sewing them
on, and can be securely carried about the person for use at any time when necessity
requires.
Dated the fith day of Angust. 1889.
JOHN SKIDMORE.
JAMES RICHARD WINDMILL.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Safe and Secure Fastening to Buttons, Brooches, Ornaments, and
other Attachments of Male and Female Attire.
We JOHN SKIDMORE of South Bank Brierley Hill Staffordshire Gentleman and
JAMES RICHARD WINDMILL of South Street Brierley Hill Staffordshire Commercial
Traveller 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 :-
Our invention has reference to a safe and secure fastening to Buttons Brooches

page_text: Ornaments and other attachments of Male and Female attire and consists of a metal
blank marked a in the Drawing sent herewith, of round or other suitable shape with
two ears or projections 6 cut and forced downwards from the centre and underneath
the face of the button or other article and then forming two pegs upon which a
spring tonguo plate of thin steel c is placed and the pegs put through two holes d
in the plate pierced for that purpose and then pressed or stamped down and securely
fixing the spring tongue attachment in its proper place.
The spring tongue is made as follows:-
:-
We take a piece of thin steel c and pierce out two holes d in the plate to fit on the
pegs b and then form a sharp pointed pine by rounding it on a press and bevelling
it to its sharp point and curve it over and form it into a spring pin and the other
ond is notched out f and curved over to receive the end of the sharp pointed pin e
and by this means we form a holder and pin point protector when the pin is pushed
into it. The plate of the spring pin c is then fixed firmly on the button or ornament a
by pressing or stamping home the pegs baforesaid and which then form and act as
rivets through the plate c of the spring pin e and the article is ready for use and
attachment to materials. The button and its attachment are then in one piece and
will force its own headway into the material by gentle pressure and the springing of
the point of the pin e into its receptacle ƒ makes the button as firmly fixed in the
material as though it had been sewn on.
When the pin point e is sprung into its place fit is under absolute protection and
cannot come undone as the pressure on buttoning or from the brace is in the direction
of the pin and longitudinally with it therefore the tighter the pressure the more
firm is the pin and fastening altogether. Our method of making self fastening
buttons and attaching them on articles of wearing apparel and taking them off again
when required together with the cost of production is simplicity itself requiring but
few tools and obviates the trouble and cost of sewing them on and can be securely
carried about the person for use at any time when necessity requires.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that
what we claim is―
The novelty of the invention and application of a fastening for Buttons Brooches
and other personal ornaments in one piece and self attachable as above described
which avoids any stitching or sewing on, and which runs into the material and when
fixed the pin is secure reliable and out of harms way and the button or ornament
cannot move out of position.
We also claim the cutting or stamping out of the pegs or ears bout of the same
piece of plate which forms the head of the button brooche or ornament and the
application of a fastening c in one piece to fix on to the said pegs or ears b
such fastening making its own headway into the material and being self attachable.
DLL acth lay of August 1889.
JOHN SKIDMORE.
JAMES RICHARD WINDMILL.