Improvements in Buttons.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 3rd Apr., 1897
COME LETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buttons.
We,
JOSEPH NATHAN GARDNER of Tuckerman, County of Jackson, State of
Arkansas U.S.A., Farmer, and LEVI TILLMAN SLAYDEN of the same place.
Physician and Surgeon, 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 :-
In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a view of the button of this invention,
complete, Fig. 2 the same in section, Fig. 3 a perspective view of the base detached,
Fig. 4 a similar view of the head.
The base 1 is formed with a rectangular extension 2 having a screw threaded
opening 3 in its upper end. The extension 2 fits in a correspondingly shaped slot 4
in the head 5, the latter being formed with a flange 6 upon its lower end between
which and the outer edge of the head, a groove 7 is formed. Fitting within the
threaded opening 3 in the rectangular extension 2 of the base is a screw 8 having
a head 9 which fits a recess 10 in the outer surface of the head 5, lying flush with
said head.
In applying the button to trousers or other garments upon which it is adapted
to be used the extension 2 of the base is forced through the garment by inserting a
properly shaped needle, and the head 5 is afterwards placed upon the base 1, the
extension 2 fitting the rectangular slot 4 in said head. The material of which the
garment is made fits between the flange 6 on the lower end of the head 5 and
the broad part of the base 1. The screw 8 is then inserted into the opening 3 in
the extension 2 and the button is securely clamped thereby to the garment.
It will thus be seen that the button of this invention is extremely simple in
construction, can be readily applied and removed when desired, but when in place
cannot be pulled off without tearing or otherwise destroying the material of the
garment in which it is placed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. As an article of manufacture, a button made up of the base having a
rectangular extension thereon, forming a shoulder between it and said extension,
a head having a rectangular opening therein through which said extension projects,
and a screw applied to the upper end of said extension, engaging the outer surface
of said head, whereby the cloth to which said button is applied is tightly gripped
between the lower end of said head and the shoulder forined on said base,
substantially as described and shewn.
2. As au article of manufacture, a button, made up of a base having a rectangular
extension thereon forming a shoulder between it and said extension, a head having
a rectangular opening therein through which said extension projects, and a circular
recess in its upper surface, and a screw whose head fits within said circular recess
and whose shank engages the extension on said base, whereby the cloth to which
said button is applied is tightly gripped between the lower end of said head and the
shoulder formed on said base, substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 13th day of February 1897.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.