An Improved Fastener, Clip, or Clasp for Securing and Holding Flowers or other Objects to Coats, Jackets, or Garments.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 5th Feb., 1898
An Improved Fastener, Clip, or Clasp for Securing and Holding
Flowers or other Objects to Coats, Jackets, or Garments.
WILLIAM EDGAR PLUMMER, of Olive Grove, Fairweather Green, Bradford, York-
shire, Engineer, and SAMUEL KENYON, of 61, Netherhall Road, Doncaster, Yorkshire,
Engineer, 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:-
This invention is fully shown and described on the accompanying sheet of
drawings, whereon similar letters refer to the same parts.
Figure I is a plan and Figure II is an elevation of the device.
It will be seen that this fastener consists of two parts A & B, which may be
made of sheet brass, aluminium or any suitable material. The part A is made
with a lug or projection C C¹ on each side, at a convenient point, each projection
being bent at right angles and each being arranged with a suitable hole for
trunnion D'. One end of the part A is bent over in hook form as shown at F,
to serve as a spring for keeping the part B in the desired position. The part B
is arranged with trunnion or pivot arms D D' at a convenient point on each side,
and these arms fit freely into the holes prepared in the lugs of part A. The
part B is constructed on the principle of a bell crank lever, being able to rotate on
the trunnion and having a short bent arm which impinges against the spring
formed at F on the part A. It will therefore be seen that when the spring presses
firmly against the short arm of the lever B, the long arm will be tightly in the
position shown in the drawing, thus holding securely whatever objects may be
embraced between the parts A & B. As will readily be seen from the drawing,
the objects may be released by opening the clasp, the power used on the lever B
overcoming the resistance of the spring. The part A is preferably made flat so
that it can be readily secured to any garment by stitching or other means, and for
this purpose it may be provided with notches E E as shown, or with suitable holes.
The part A may if preferred, be made with a safety pin fastening of well known
type so as to secure the device to a garment without stitching. The part A may
also be made in two parts, the bent spring at F constituting one part which may
be made of a different metal to the flat portion of part A, but both parts, would
then be well secured by rivetting, soldering or other suitable means.
It must be clearly understood that we do not confine ourselves to the exact
details shown in the drawings, as slight modifications may be made without depart-
ing from the principle and general arrangement of the invention.
Having now particularly ascertained and described the nature of our said

page_text: invention, and in what manner the same may be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
In a clasp or fastener, the combination and arrangement of the several parts,
substantially as herein shown and described.
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W. E. PLUMMER.
SAMUEL KENYON.