A Fastening for Loose Ends of Boot Laces and other Cords.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Feb., 1896
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Fastening for Loose Ends of Boot Laces and other Cords.
We, BRADFORD LESLIE K.C.I.E. of 6 Florence Terrace, Falmouth, in the
County of Cornwall, Civil Engineer, and ARTHUR ROBERT PHILLIPS, Licentiate
of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
Our invention relates to a simple fastening for holding the loose ends of boot-
laces and other cords, such for instance as blind cords.
For this purpose, we cut or punch a piece of sheet metal such as steel or brass
in a form presenting two side wings and an end wing. We turn up the two side
wings and turn inwards their edges so that they stand up as two round topped
cheeks with a space between them. We bend the end wing round so as to form
an eye.
In this eye we pivot the two turned in ends of a wire bent to U form with its
side limbs pressed inwards so that throughout part of their length they can pass
between the two side cheeks above mentioned.
A part of the limbs is a little wider so that it cannot pass between the ends of
the side cheeks which are farthest from the eye without somewhat springing them
apart.
A fastener made as above described being fixed by stitching or otherwise to the
upper part of a lace up boot, the ends of the laces, after lacing, are laid over the
two cheeks and then the U wire is pressed down over them pushing a bend of
the laces into the space between the cheeks, and being itself held by the spring
pressure at the end of the cheeks. In order to increase the grip on the laces, the
plate may be made with a central ridge projecting upwards between the two limbs
of the U wire. The laces are thus firmly held until the U wire is raised so as to
release them. The fastener may be cut or punched in the first instance with
projecting tongues which can be bent down, passed through slits of the leather and
turned over on the other side so as to fix it without requiring any stitching. When
the fastener is used for holding cords such as those of a blind it can be screwed to
he window frame or other object where it is applied.
Dated this 22nd day of February 1896.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.
We, BRADFORD LESLIE, K.C.I.E. of 6 Florence Terrace, Falmouth, in the
County of Cornwall, Civil Engineer, and ARTHUR ROBERT PHILLIPS, Licentiate
of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
[Price 8d.]

page_text: performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
Our invention relates to a simple fastening for holding the loose ends of boot
laces, and other cords, such for instance as blind cords. For this purpose we cut
or punch a piece of sheet metal such as steel or brass and bend it as we shall
describe referring to the accompanying drawings, Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive shewing
the formation of one form and Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive shewing the formation of a
modified form.
As shewn in Figs. 1 and 5 the metal is stamped in a form presenting two side
wings a and an end wing or pair of wings b. As shewn in Figs. 2 and 6 we turn
up the two side wings a and turn inwards their edges or parts thereof so that they
.stand up as two round topped cheeks with a space between them. We bend the
end wing or wings round so as to form an eye or pair of eyes e: In this eye we
: pivot the two turned in or out ends d of a wire f bent to a looped U form with its
side limbs pressed inwards so that throughout part of their length they can pass
between the two side cheeks c.
A part of the U near the bend is a little wider than the rest so that it cannot
pass between the ends of the side cheeks e which are farthest from the eye or eyes e
without somewhat springing the cheeks apart.
A fastener made as above described, shewn complete in Figs. 4 and 8, being
fixed by stitching or otherwise to the upper part of a lace up boot, the ends of the
laces after lacing, are laid over the two cheeks c and then the U wire fis
pressed down over them pushing a bend of the laces into the space between the
cheeks c and being itself held by the spring pressure at the end of the cheeks.
In order to increase the. grip on the laces the plate may be made with a central
ridge projecting upwards between the two limbs of the wires f.
The laces are thus firmly held until the wire f is raised so as to release them.
The fastener may be cut or punched in the first instance with projecting tongues,
shewn in dotted lines t, which can be bent down, passed through slits of the
leather and turned over on the other side so as to fix it without requiring any
stitching..
When the fastener is used for holding cords such as those of a blind it can be
screwed to the window frame or other object where it is applied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. A fastener for loose ends of boot laces and other cords constructed and
operating substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
2. In a fastener such as is above referred to the combination of a piece of sheet
metal having two turned up and round topped sides and an eye or pair of eyes at
the end with a wire bent to a looped U shape having its ends bent at right angles
and pivotted in the eye or eyes, substantially as described.
Dated this 23rd day of November 1896.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.