An Improved Detachable Button Cover.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 4th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 13th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Detachable Button Cover.
I, NORTZELL RICHARD HAYWARD of 30 Long Acre, London W.C. Button
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to detachable button covers, which are used for temporary
or other purposes, such as at an evening dinner party, or an entertainment or the
like;
and the object of my invention is to improve the method of applying
the same.
The cover for the button is stamped or otherwise manufactured of metal, the
edge being bent backwards and inwards so as to form an internal groove or recess
to receive a small coil of spring wire, extending partly or entirely round the internal
groove. One end of the same wire is carried partly across the diameter of the
button cover, a bend being made therein, to enable the wire to escape the stitching
by which the button is attached to the garment. One part of the wire is thus held
permanently in the groove of the button cover, while the other end of the wire is
free and capable of being placed across the back of the button, whereby the cover
is securely held in position.
Did Tonuary 1801
GEO.
DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.
COMPLETE SIMULTICATION.
An Improved Detachable Button Cover.
I, NORTZELL RICHARD HAYWARD, of 50 Long Acre, London, W.C., Button
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 detachable button covers, which are used for temporary
and other purposes, such as at an evening dinner party, or an entertainment, or
the like; and the object of my invention is to improve the method of applying
the same.
The cover for the button is stamped or otherwise manufactured preferably of
metal, the edge being turned backwards and inwards so as to form an internal
groove or recess to receive a small coil of spring wire, extending partly or entirely
round the internal groove. One end of the same wire is carried partly across the
diameter of the button cover, a bend being preferably made therein, to enable the
wire to escape the stitching by which the button is attached to the garment. One
part of the wire is thus held permanently in the groove of the button cover, while
the other end of the wire is free, and capable of being placed across the back of
the button, whereby the cover is securely held in position.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and
ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings in which
similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

page_text: Fig. 2 is a back view, partly in section and
Fig. 3 is a sectional side view illustrating the method of application to an
ordinary button.
a is the cover, which is bent or turned backwards and inwards as shown to form
an internal groove in which the coil of spring wire b is fitted.
The wire is preferably formed with a bend or loop c in order to receive the
stitches by which the button & is usually secured to the garment.
In Fig. 3 the cover is shown in position the method of application being as
follows: The button d is inserted under the free end of the spring wire b until
the bend c encloses the stitches; the button is,then free to take the position
illustrated, the spring wire crossing the back of the button and forcing the button
into the groove of the button cover thereby securing the same in position.
The button cover may be formed plain or ornamented and may be stamped with
a crest, initial, club monogram and other suitable incription as required.
In some cases I may dispense with the coiled part of the wire and fix one end of
the free part to the cover; also I may form the wire with two or more coils, but
these modifications are not so satisfactory as that described and illustrated.
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 :-
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1. A detachable button cover formed with an internal groove in which a coil or
coils of spring wire is or are fitted, one end of the said wire being free and
extending partly across the diameter of the button cover, substantially as and for
the purposes herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
2. In button covers, the manufacture and use of a coil or coils of spring wire
having one free end extending partly or wholly across the diameter of the button
cover, applied and operated substantially as herein before described and illustrated
by the drawings.
3. The improved detachable button cover, substantially as described.
Dated 30th August 1894.
GEO.
DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.