Improvements in Studs or the like for Fastening Collars, Shirts, and other Articles of Personal Attire.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Oct., 1895-Accepted, 9th Nov., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Studs or the like for Fastening Collars, Shirts,
and other Articles of Personal Attire.
I, FREDERICK JABEZ CLARK of 22 St. Augustines Parade, Bristol, Watch-
maker, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to construct a stud or the like for the purpose
set out in the above title, so that it retains its position on removing or unfastening
the collar or other article of attire, and which moreover will not fall back to the
head, nor out of the hole as the ordinary stud is liable to do.
It also greatly
reduces the liability of the stud and to break off, and being in one piece has
many advantages over screw studs and those with loose tops which are always
being lost or coming unfastened.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide a stud consisting of a head or top,
stem or shank, and base of or of about the usual forms.
Between the under surface of the head and the upper surface of the base and at
a short distance above the latter I attach or form a second or supplementary
base piece, having a piece of its material removed inwards and from the outer
circumference of the supplementary base-piece above mentioned, and for the
purpose to be hereinafter set forth.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood I refer to the
accompanying sheet of drawings wherein Fig. 1 is a side view, Fig. 2 a plan, and
Fig. 3 a perspective view of a stud made in accordance with my invention.
Similar letters refer to the same parts in each figure.
a is the head, b the stem or shauk, c the ordinary base, d the supplementary base
placed or formed a short distance above c, and having a portion of its surface
removed so as to leave an opening similar more or less to the shape indicated by
the curve efg. The object of the opening efg is that when the stud head has
been put into the collar or other article of dress, in the ordinary manner, the
supplementary base d will be in the position usually occupied by the ordinary base,
but by putting one of the corners e or g, through the stud-hole and giving the stud
a twist the whole of the supplementary base d will be brought through the stud
hole and leave one end of the collar or one edge of the shirt front, between the two
bases which thereupon prevent the stud from falling out or sliding back on the
stem or shank.
The other stud hole in the collar or edge of the shirt front is then put over
the head of the stud in the usual way. In Fig. 1 the end of the collar or part
of shirt front is shown on edge at h.
The stud can be made of any suitable material or combination of materials: and
although I have shewn a stud which fully carries out my invention, I do not
confine myself to the relative proportions, details or conformation of parts as
shewn in the drawings as any or all of them may be varied without departing from
the spirit of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
ion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
laim is :-
In studs or the like for fastening collars shirts and other articles of personal

page_text: attire, the combination with a stud of ordinary construction of a supplementary
base placed or formed a short distance above the ordinary base, and having a part
of its surface removed as and for the purpose described in the above Specification
and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of October 1895.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, London, E.C. Agents for Applicant.