Improvements in connection with Buttons, Studs, and the like."
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Nov., 1897-Accepted, 24th Dec., 1897
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Buttons, Studs, and the like."
I, HENRY ROTHWELL TRIGG, Borer, C/o. Miss Morgan, 2, Manchester Road,
Broadheath, Manchester, 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 improvements in connection with buttons, studs, and the
like, and the object is to render them more easily attached to or released from the
article or articles with which they are used. My improved stud, button or the like
consists essentially of two parts, and in carrying it into effect, I proceed in or in
about the following manner, making reference to the accompanying sheet of
drawings in which. Fig. 1, is a vertical section of the complete button or the like,
and Fig. 2, a plan of the top. Fig. 3, being a vertical section of a modification,
and Fig. 4, a plan of the modified top. Similar letters refer to the same parts
wherever they occur. The base a carries the shank or stem b having the "dished" collar c
above which is the small neck d surmounted by the head e preferably round
bottomed or more or less so. The top of the button or like is provided with a
hole y and a slot extending from y to somewhat beyond the centre of f. The
hole g is sufficiently large to admit e, and the slot h is sufficiently wide to admit d.
The centre off is bowl shaped as at i to accommodate the underside of e
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or
In use assuming to be off, it is placed on 6 by inserting e through g, sliding d
" dished
along and allowing e to sink into i. If desired may be covered by a
other cover indicated by dotted lines. In the modifications shown in Figs. 3 and 4,
a is the base, b the stem, reduced in diameter at ¹, the reduced part being followed
by the enlarged part 2 and the head e. In the top fare two holes g and g', connected
by the slot h. is of proper size to admit e and g¹ to admit d², g being therefore
of greater diameter than g¹. In use e is put through g; d' is slid along h, and d²
allowed to drop into g¹; e finally resting in the bowl shaped centre i. As in the
former case f may if desired be covered by a "dished" or other cover j, indicated by
dotted lines. In the form shown by Figs. 1 and 2, the space between the top of c
and the bottom of e, and in the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the length of d¹ must
be somewhat greater than the distance from the top off to the bottom of i.
The button, stud or the like may be made of metal, bone, or any other suitable
material or combination of materials.
The invention is applicable to buttons, studs, solitaires or any other like articles.
I do not restrict myself to the precise shapes configurations, relative proportions or
disposition of parts, as shown on the drawings or described in the above specification,
as any or all of them may be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of
my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improvements in connection with buttons, studs or the like, the said
improvement consisting essentially in constructing the button or like in two parts

page_text: one of which consists of a hase bearing a stem or shank having near its upper end a
collar followed by a neck of reduced diameter and surmounted by a preferably round
bottomed head, the said head being destined to be passed through a hole in the top or
second part of the button or like, the neck passing along a slot issuing from the hole
and extending to and somewhat beyond the centre of the said top, the head of
the stem finally resting in the bowl shaped centre of the already mentioned top,
which may or may not be suitably covered, the whole substantially as described in
the above specification and exemplified in Figs. 1 and 2, of the accompanying
drawings.
2. The improvements in connection with buttons, studs and the like, the said
improvement consisting essentially in constructing the button or like in two parts,
one of which consists of a base bearing a stem or shank having near its upper end a
reduced part, followed by an enlarged part surmounted by a preferably round
bottomed head, the head being destined to be passed through a hole in the second
part or top of the button or the like, the said reduced part passing along a slot
issuing from the said hole and extending to and entering another hole in the bowl
shaped centre of the top, in which hole the enlarged part enters so as to permit the
head to rest in the said bowl shaped centre, substantially as described in the above
specification, and exemplified in Figs. 3 and 4, of the accompanying sheet of
drawings.
3. The improvements in connection with buttons, studs and the like, the said
improvements being provided for substantially as described in the above specification,
and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
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Navambor 1907
HUGHES & YOUNG
23, Coleman Street, London. E.C. Agents for Applicant.