Improved Metallic Button Fastener for Boots or other Articles of Wearing Apparel.
Year: 1885

page_text: Improved Metallic Button Fastener for Boots or other Articles
of Wearing Apparel.
JAMES JOHN PERKINS 32 Hanbury Street Commercial Street Spitalfields Boot
& Shoe Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVED
METALLIC BUTTON FASTERNER FOR BOOTS OR OTHER ARTICLES OF WEARING
APPAREL to be as follows:-
I take suitable metal, which may be, flat, round, or other shape, of sufficient
thickness I form, what is known as a Link, On each of the longer sides of the
said Link, I form a Loop, of the same metal as the Link, the said Loop, being in
hight according to the thickness of material the Button is to be fastened to,
These Loops may be formed at the ends of the said Link, or both be on one side
thereof, The said Link is not joined, a space being left to admit the shank of
Button, The said Link may be substituted by a forin resembling the letter S, or
other suitable shape, To use the said Fastener, holes are made in the material,
the Buttons are to be fastened to, distant from each other, equal to the space
between the Loops on the Fastener, The shanks of the two Buttons are inserted
in the said holes, on the outer side, until they project on the inner, The Buttons
and material is inverted, One end of Fastener is passed into shank of Button
allowed to follow the course of its angles untill the Loop is midway in the shank
of the Button, Then the Fastener is turned, and the other shank fastened in the
same way.
Both Buttons are then forced back, the Loops taking the places the shanks had
been in, They are securely fastened, and free to turn, to any angle, required by
Button boles.
This Fastener can be attached, and detached, readily and rapidly, the process
taking only only a fraction of a minute to securly fasten two Buttons.
This Fastener not being injured, in its application as sun, can be used
repeatedly.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Metallic Button Fastener for Boots or other Articles
of Wearing Apparel.
JAMES JOHN PERKINS 32 Hanbury Street Commercial Street Spitalfields London
Boot & Shoe Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVED METALLIC BUTTON FASTNERS FOR BOOTS OR OTHER ARTICLES OF
WEARING APPAREL and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
I take suitable metal which may be flat round or other shape of sufficient
thickness I form what is known as a Link On each of the longer sides of the
said Link I form a Loop of the same metal as the Link the said Loop being in
hight according to the thickness of material the Button is to be fastned to
These Loops may be formed at the ends of the said Link or both be on one side
thereof The said link is not joined a space being left to admit the shank of
Button The said Link may be substituted by a form resembling the letter S or
other suitable shape To use the said Fastner holes are made in the material
the Buttons are to be fastened to distant from each other equal to the space
between the Loops on the Fastener The shanks of two Buttons are inserted in
the said holes on the outer side untill they project on the inner The Buttons and
material is inverted One end of Fastner is passed into shank of Button allowed
to follow the course of its angles untill the Loop is midway in the Shank of the
Button then the Fastner is turned and the other shank fastned in the same way.
Both Buttons are then forced back the Loops taking the places the shanks had
been in They are securely fastned and free to turn to any angle required by
Button holes.
This Fastner can be attached and detached readily and rapidly the process
taking only a fraction of a minute to securly fasten two Buttons.
This Fastner not being injured in its application as sum, can be used
repeatedly.
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 fully setforth and described herin
A Looped, or cranked, Double Button Fastner.