Fastenings for Gloves, Boots, and other Articles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 11th Aug., 1850-Accepted, 8th Nov. 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Fastenings for Gloves, Boots, and other Articles.
We EDWARD FISHER of 101 Wood Street, City of London Manufacturer and
CHARLES EBENEZER CHALLIS of No. 30 Navarino Road, London N.E. Machinist do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The purpose of this invention is to provide a clasp the opposite sides of which are
brought together and fastened by one operation, the fastening being secure, attractive
in appearance, released instantly, and simple and cheap to manufacture.
The clasp applicable to gloves consists of a suitable plate or loop for attachment to
each side of the glove, from each plate a stem rises obliquely in a somewhat hooked
form and terminates in a small ball or knob. To allow for the "lap" of the glove
upon the wrist and to prevent creasing the plate on the underneath side may be
somewhat longer and pass beneath the plate on the other or upper side, the stem
springing from the middle of the plate instead of from or near the front edge. The
stem of the other or upper side plate springs from the front of the plate and projects
beyond the edge of glove.
In order that the clasp may "snap" together and to prevent accidental release a
slight kink is formed in the plate or stem.
To fasten the clasp the two balls are brought together by the fingers and revolved
upon each other for a half circuit or until the stoms cross or interlock; it is released
by reversing the direction of revolution.
The above described clasp may be modified but no essential variation is necessary
to render it applicable to boots shoes, gaiters &c.
For articles such as purses, pocket books &c. requiring a fastener of considerable
adaptability to allow for expansion and contraction, the clasp as above described inay
be attached to a spring or to india-rubber, or the plate may contain a spring and the
stem work within it, or the stem may be attached to a spring without the plate, or
otherwise, provided that the method of fastening before mentioned is retained.
The purses &c. herein described are not the purses &c. constructed with a metal
frame and sometimes fastened by fixing a ball upon each side of the frame and forcing
them to pass each other.
Dated this 8th day of Now 1000
O. E. CHALLIS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Fastenings for Gloves, Boots, and other Articles.
We, EDWARD FISHER of 101 Wood Street, City of London, Manufacturer and
CHARLES EBENEZER CHALLIS of No. 30 Navarino Road, London, N.E. Machinist, do
hereby declare the nature of said invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of this invention is to provide a clasp, the opposite sides of which, when
brought together, are turned one against the other and fastened, the fastening being
secure, attractive in appearance; released instantly by a reverse turn of the two parts.
It is simple and cheap to manufacture.
The clasp applicable to gloves consists of two plates or loops, one of them being
attached to each side of the glove: from each plate a spirally curled stem rises
obliquely and in a somewhat hooked form and terminates in a small ball or knob.
To allow for the "lap" of the glove upon the wrist and to prevent creasing, the
plate on the underneath side may be somewhat longer and pass beneath the plate on
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page_text: the other or upper side, the stem springing from the middle of the plate instead of
from or near the front edge. The stem of the other or upper side plate springs from
the front of the plate and projects beyond edge of glove.
In order that the clasp may "snap" together and to prevent accidental release a
slight kink is formed in the plate or stem.
To fasten the clasp the two balls or knobs are brought together by the fingers and
revolved upon each other until the stems cross or interlock. It is released by
reversing the direction of revolution.
The above described clasp may be modified but no essential variation is necessary
to render it applicable to boots, shoes, gaiters etc.
For articles such as purses, pocket books, etc. requiring a fastener of considerable
adaptability to allow for expansion and contraction, the clasp as above described may
he attached to a spring or to india rubber, or the plate may contain a spring and the
stem work within it, or the stem may be attached to a spring without the plate, or
otherwise, provided that the method of fastening before mentioned is retained.
The purse fasteners herein described are not constructed with, and as part of, a metal
frame, the knobs of which engage by forcing them to pass each other.
My invention will be understood by the annexed drawings in which at Figures 1
and 2 I show left and right hand glove respectively, with my first described form of
fastener affixed.
Figure 1 showing it in perspective elevation and Figure 2 in plan.
Figure 3 shows a portion of a glove with my second described fastener affixed.
Figure 4 represents a detached fastener of substantially the first described con-
struction but with one of the plates provided as an eyelet and the other with a spring
contained box plate which will give an amount of elasticity such as required for boots,
shoes, pursos, pocket books, and other articles in which expansion and contraction of
the fastening are essential.
Figure 5 shows a fastener specially adapted for securing the flaps of wallets, bill
cases, satchels and other articles requiring a flap.
In every case my method of fastening is effected by bringing the two knobs or
balls together and rotating them one upon the other until the necks cross or
interlock.
Referring to Figures 1,12, 4.and 5, A A are plates or their equivalents provided
with spirally curled stems B, B, and rising upwardly to the balls or knobs C, O, so
that when the knobs or balls are rotated one against the other in the proper direction
the stems B cross and interlock each other and are retained in that position by the
bite of each ball or knob against its neighbour.
With reference to Figure 3 which effects an overlap of the glove slit one of the
knobs or balls C, C, is upon a vertically angled stem and the other upon a spirally
curled uprising stem and these become locked in position by a rotative action of the
two knobs C, C, between the fingers.
The plates A A may be of any shape and may be stitched, rivetted or eyeletted,
into, within or upon a glove or other article.
Instead of the spring box D as shown at Figure 4 the base plate or plates may be
affixed to an elastic tape or web according to the article to which the appliance has to
be affixed.
I am aware that knob or ball fasteners have been used with purses pouches and like
articles but in all those cases the rigidity of the frames to which the fasteners were
attached enabled the fasteners to become secure by simply pressing them together the
frames yielding from the hinge joints to allow the knobs to pass each other, the stems
nover engaging.
According to my construction of fastener which is especially adapted for articles
made of limp material such as leather or articles without frames, it is essential that the
two knobs he brought together and rotated one upon the other and the fastening is
made secure by the combined action of the knobs and of the spirally curled formation
of the stem or stems which cross or interlock each other.
I have referred to knobs or balls on the ends of my spirally curled stems, but any

page_text: other formation of head or protuberance on the spirally curled stems may be arranged
which shall have the effect of locking said spiral stems in a crossed or interlocked
position for the purpose of fastening two adjoining parts of material together.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. The manufacture of fasteners with spirally curled stems between the base plates
and the knobs or balls or their equivalents, securable by a rotative action imparted to
them as set forth and as shown in the several figures on the annexed drawings.
2. The manufacture of fasteners to gloves, boots and other articles in which the
fastening is effected by bringing the two knobs or balls together and rotating them
one upon the other until the necks cross or interlock as set forth.
Dated this 11th day of August 1890.
C. E. CHALLIS.
EDWD. FISHER.