Improvements in or connected with Shirt Collar and other Studs.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 11th July, 1896-Accepted, 22nd Aug., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Shirt Collar and other Studs.
I, JOSEPH WHITFIELD, of Cromer Terrace, Leeds, in the County of York,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of iny invention is to construct a stud, which is reversible and free to
oscillate when used as a collar stud, whilst at the same time the said stud may also
be used as a cuff stud when desired.
According to my invention I employ a disc, constructed of any suitable material,
and having a hole through its centre which is countersunk on both sides. A shank
having an enlarged end is inserted in the hole in the disc, and a similar enlargement
is attached or formed on the other end of the said shank. The enlargements on the
ends of the shank are of a sinooth form suitable for the front of a stud, and they are
of such a shape that they are enabled to rest in the countersunk recesses in the disc,
and thus leave the surface flush or smooth.
Studs constructed according to my invention may be readily reversed in position,
and the discomfort occasioned by studs at present in use is entirely obvinted, as the
shank of the above described stud is free to rock within the disc.
By passing the enlarged ends of the shank through the cuff, and leaving the disc
part of same between the inner sides of same, the above described stud may suitably
be employed as a cuff link.
D. 1905
1, JOSEPH WHITFIELD, of Cromer Terrace, Leeds, in the County of York,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what inanner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
The object of my invention is to construct a stud, which is reversible and free to
oscillate when used as a collar stud, whilst at the same time the said stud may also
be employed as a cuff-link when desired.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I will proceed to describe
same with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which similar letters refer to
like parts in all the figures.
Fig. is a sectional elevation of a stud constructed according to my invention,
and Figs. 2 and 3 are elevations of the same, all drawn to an enlarged scale.
Figs. 4 and 5 shew the stud employed as a collar stud and as a cuff-link
respectively.
According to my invention 1 employ a disc A, constructed of any suitable material
and having a bole B through its centre, countersunk recesses being formed on
each side of same. A sbank D having an enlarged end E is passed through the

page_text: hole B in the disc A, and a similar enlargement E is attached or formed on the other
end of the said shank D. The surface of the enlargements E, E on the shank D
are of a smooth or other form suitable to a collar stud, and the said enlargements
are of such a size and shape as to rest within the countersunk recesses C in the
dise A, so as to leave the disc surface flush and smooth. Fig. 4 shews the applica-
tion of the stud to a shirt collar F, in which case one of the enlargements E rests
within the disc A for forming the base, whilst the opposite enlargement E form
the head of the sturl proper; by employing the above arrangement, the discomfort
ocensioned by studs at present in n-e, is entirely obviated, as the shank D is free
to ruck within the disc A. In employing the stud as a cuff-link, the dise A is placed
at about the centre of the shank D, an the enlargement, E, E at each end of the
shank are passed respectively through the openings in the cuff Gas seen at Fig. 5.
It will be readily understood that the above described stud is adaptable in
whatever position it is picked up, by reason of its double ended sliding shank, which
in conjunction with the free oscillating movement of the said shank, renders it
particularly applicable for the purposes above set forth, as it can be applied with
facility and is efficient when in use.
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 shank D having culargements E on its ends, in combination with a loose
dise A, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. The disc A having the hole B and countersunk recesses C, in combination
with the shank D having enlargements E, substantially as and for the purposts sof
forth.
Dated this 10th day of Jule A D 1900
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicnut.