Improvements in Fastening Devices.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 6th May, 1898-Accepted, 11th June, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastening Devices.
I, BASIL JOHN FISHER, residing at Ashboro, County of Randolph, and State
of North Carolina, United States of America, Gentleman, 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:-
This invention relates to fastening devices, for cords or laces, and the object
thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is particularly adapted
for use for holding the ends of shoe laces.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which;-
Fig. 1, is a perspective view of a shoe and showing the application and operation
of my improved fastening device;
Fig. 2, a side view; and,
Fig. 3, a front view of one of said devices.
In the drawing forming part of this specification the separate parts of my
improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the
views, and in said drawing I have shown at 5 any ordinary shoe which is provided
with the usual lace 6, the ends of which are shown at 7, and in the practice of my
invention I provide a fastening device 8 for the purpose herein specified, said
device consisting of a strip of spring metal folded near the middle thereof as
shown at 9 to form a back 10, and a front 11. The front end of said device is
preferably slightly shorter than the back thereof, and the sides thereof
are preferably cut away as shown at 12, and said folded end is bent
inwardly so as to press upon the back portion of the fastening device and the
extreme end thereof is bent outwardly as shown at 13.
In the practice of my invention as shown in the drawing, this device is attached
to the upper edge of the ankle of the shoe by passing the same into the loop
thereof, and is held in connection with the ankle of the shoe by the spring action
of the material of which it is composed, and when the shoe has been laced in the
usual manner, the ends of the shoe lace are passed upwardly between the ankle
of the shoe and the front of the fastening device as shown in Fig. 1, and are held
therein by the spring action of the fastening device as will be readily understood.
This device is simple in construction and operation, and perfectly adapted
to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and is also comparatively
inexpensive.
It will also be apparent that my improved fastening device may be used for
other purposes as well as for fastening the ends of shoe laces.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A fastening device for the purpose herein described, said device being com-
posed of a piece of spring metal bent at or adjacent to the middle thereof to

page_text: form a front and a back, the front being bent inwardly so as to press upon
the back, and the end thereof bent outwardly, substantially as shown and
described.
2. A fastening device for shoe laces consisting of a strip of spring metal bent at
or near the middle thereof to form a loop and also a front and back, the
front part thereof being bent inwardly so as to press upon the back, and the extreme
end of the front being bent outwardly, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 6th day of May 1898.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.