Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 12th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 19th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 24th Aug, 1888
I, GFORCF HAMPTON COURSEN, of No 1017 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, State
of Mary land, United States of America, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows
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This Invention relates to fastenings particularly suitable for gloves, and it consists
in the combination of a locking plate secured to one edge of the glove opening and
having an arched body and an inwardly turned litch and an outwardly projecting
tongue and of a slotted keeper secured to the other edge of the wrist opening of the
glove and adapted to receive sud litch and tongue
The locking plate consists preferably of single piece of metal bent upon itself,
pressed, struck up, or otherwise manipulated, to form a semi-cylindrical or arched
body, an apertured horizontal end member at right angles to the body by which it is
attached to the glove, and a hatch at the opposite end of the said body which latch
extending horizontally beneath the body is also carried in parallel lines ontward, to
produce the projecting tongue
The keeper consists of a rectangular body more or less U-shaped in cross-section
and provided with apertured flanges extending outward at 11ght angles to the hody
whereby the said keeper is secured to the glove A slot in the upper surface of the
keeper extends from side to side, the side walls of this slot being inclined from the
outer edge inward or in direction of the wrist opening when attached to a glove and
sud slot being adapted to receive the latch of the locking plate
In fastening the glove the latch is introduced in the slot of the keeper the inclined
walls of which slot guide it down to the full locked position The tongue renders it
impossible for the locking plate to become detached from the keeper except when the
latter assumes an inclined position and this position the locking plate can never
assume automatically if the glove is at all well fitting, on account of the tension of the

page_text: latter at the wrist The device is not affected by any horizontal play of the loching
plate when the parts are clasped as the tongue will slide under the outer top surf ice
of the body of the keeper, the length of the slot being so calculated and the litch being
of such size that when the tongue thus engages the keeper, the former will project
beneath the body at each end of the slot, completely closing the same
In a modified form of locking plate, the plate is so bent that the tongue is entirely
concealed by the body, the advantage of this form being that when the locking plate
is made to engage the keeper the slot in the sud heeper will be effectually concealed
Dated this 12th day of June 1888
GH COURSEN
By AM & Wm Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents

page_text: 1, GEORGF HAMPTON COURSEN, of No 1017, North Calvert Street, Baltimore, State
of Maryland, United States of America, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in whit manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and iscert uned in and by the following statement
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My Invention iolates to a simple, durable, and effective fastening device specially
adapted for gloves
The Invention consists in the construction and combination of the several parts
hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the clums
Reference is to be hid to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specifi-
cation in which figure 1 illustrates the application of the device to a glove Figure 2
is a longitudinal section on line - of figure 1 Figure 3 is perspective view of
the keeper Figure 4 is perspective view of the locking plate Figure 5 is
longitudinal section through the keep and locking plate when in position for
diseng igement, and figure 6 is a modified form of the locking plite Similar
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures
A represents glove provided it one side of the wrist opening a with an attached
locking plate B and at the opposite side of sud opening with keeper D adapted to
receive the locking plato, as best shown in figure The locking plate B consists
preferably of a single piece of metal bent upon itself, pressed, struck up, or otherwise
minipulated, to form a semi-cylindrical or irched body b, in apertured horizontal end
member at right angles to the body by which it is attached to the glove, and a
latch at the opposite end of the said body which latch extending horizontally
bane ith the body is also carried in parallel lines outward to produce the projecting
tongue &, as best shown in figure 4 The keeper D consists of a rectangular body d
more or less U-shaped in cross-section and provided with apertured flanges d¹
extending outward at right angles to the body whereby the sud keeper is secured to
the glove
In the upper surface of the hceper, slot d² is produced extending
from side to side the side wall d³ of which slot are inclined from the outer edge
inward or in direction of the wrist opening a when attached to glove, as best
shewn in figure 3, the sud slot being adapted to receive the latch b² of the locking
plate
In fastening the glove, the latch is introduced in the slot of the keeper, the
inclined walls of which slot guide it down to the full locked position, illustrated in
figure 2 The tongue renders it impossible for the locking plate to become
detached from the keeper except when the latter assumes the inclined position illus-
trated in figure 5 ind this position the locking plate can never assume automatically
if the glove is it all well fitting, on account of the tension of the latter at the wrist
Neither is the device affected by any horizont il play of the locking plate when the
pirts ire clasped as the tongue will slide under the outer top surface of the body of
the keeper, the length of the slot being so calculated and the latch being of such size

page_text: that when the tongue thus engages the keeper, the former will project beneath the
body at each end of the slot, completely closing the same
To disconnect the keeper and latch, is shewn in figure 5, it is simply necessary to
cause the locking plate to assume an upwardly and outwardly inclined position
In figure 6, a form of locking plate is illustrated which I ordinarily prefer to use
It will be observed that the tongue 63 is entirely concealed by the body The
advintage obtained by this form is that when the locking plate is made to engage the
keeper, the overhanging surface of the former it the engaging end will effectually
conceal the slot in the said keeper
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
1 The herein-described glove fastener, consisting of a locking plate provided with
an arched body and an inwardly curved latch integral with one end having an
outwardly projecting horizontal tongue and keeper provided with a slot in its
upper surface adapted to receive suď latch and tongue, substantially is shewn and
described
2 The herein described glove fastener, consisting of a locking plate provided with
an arched body and an inwardly curved litch integril with one end having an
outwardly projecting horizontal tongue and a keeper provided with a slot in the upper
surf ice extending from side to side and having inclined side walls, substantially as
shewn and described
3 The herein described glove fastener, consisting of a locking plate provided with
an arched body and an inwardly curved latch integral with one end having an
outwardly projecting horizontal tongue and a keeper essentially U-shaped in cross-
section provided with a slot upon the upper face extending from side to side and
having inclined side walls, substantially is shewn and described
Dated thus 19th day of July 1888