Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1886.
Complete Left, 28th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 1st Mar., 1887.
WILLIAM EDWARD SPARLING, of 66, Long Lane, West Smithfield, London, Butcher's
Clothier, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved construction of button, and is intended to
dispense with the usual sewing so necessary according to the old fashioned method of
connecting a button to the garment.
According to my invention, I dispense with the well-known shank and eye.
I prepare a small plate which can connect with the front of the button by means of
a male and female screws attached to the said plate and button, either to either, for
the purpose of forming a connection of the button to the cloth without sewing.
I may add a second plate which, with the first mentioned plate will grip the cloth on
both sides.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I WILLIAM EDWARD SPARLING, 66, Long Lano, Smithfield, London, Butchers'
Clothier, 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 an improved construction of button and is intended to
dispense with the usual sewing so necessary according to the old fashioned method of
_connecting a button to the garment, and consists in replacing the well-known eyed
shank and perforations in the button itself by a small plate and a pair of screws male
and female upon said plate and the back of the button front respectively, either upon
either. A button made according to my invention is attached to the garment by
making a small hole, pushing the female screw through, and screwing the other one up.
I may add a second plate between which and the plate above mentioned the cloth may
be held.
The advantage of my invention is this, that the loss of an ordinary sewn-on button
can be at once made good without needle or thread, under any circumstances of
weather, no matter how coll, for the process of attaching a button made according to
my invention is so simple and easy that no one need suffer five minutes inconvenience
from the loss of a button unless he chooses to do so.
In order that my invention and the means by which the same may be carried into
practical effect may be thoroughly understood I will now describe the same in detail
referring in so doing to the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as part of
this specification and read therewith.
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation illustrating the application of my invention to a bone
coat button. The material of the button front being non-metallic and in so far not
suitable for the formation of male or female screws capable of withstanding rough
wear, I form a central perforation in the button front a and form a head b¹ upon the
female screw b. The male screw e and plate c¹ may be made in one piece.
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation illustrating the application of my invention to a metal
button. The femalo screw is here shewn as made in one piece with the back of the
button.
Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation shewing the addition of the second plate & to the
screw.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the underside of the button front of Fig. 2.
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the female screw of Fig. 1.
Fig. 6 is a plan of the second plate of Fig. 3 when made separate from the screw.
Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the underside of the button as illustrated in Fig. 3.
Fig.8 is a perspective view of the plate e and screw of Figs. 12 and 3.

page_text: Figs. 9, 10 and 11 are respective plan of the face perspective view of the plate c'
and screw 3 and of the underside of the face of a trouser button constructed according
to my invention.
1 wish it to be distinctly understood that my invention is not confined to combining
the female screw with the button front and the male screw with the plate for theso
relative positions may be reversed.
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. The combination with a button front of a pair of screws male and female con-
nected to said button front and to a plate respectively, either to either, between which
button front and plate the cloth of the garment is gripped when the two screws are
screwed up, substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination with the screw, male or female, projecting from the back of a
button front, of a plate between which and a corresponding plate which can be
approached thereto by screwing, the material of a garment can be held, substantially
as described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Patent Agents,
22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.