Improvements in Buttons for Garments and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 11th June, 1897-Accepted, 31st July, 1897
[Communicated from abroad by ALFREDO LEBLANC, of 42 Boulevard Bonne-
Nouvelle, Paris, in the Republic of France.]
Improvements in Buttons for Garments and the like.
I. HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The present invention relates to certain improvements in buttons of the kind
described in the specification of former Letters Patent dated the 23rd July 1895,
No. 14037.
As in the aforesaid previous patent, the button consists of a head and neck
forming one piece with a rigid base, and the said button furnished with the spring
is fixed upon one of the parts of the fabric or the like which it is desired to connect.
Upon the other part is fixed a hook or catch having a cap of any form which is
desired to fit upon the head of the button.
This hook possesses a circular opening having on one side an inclined plane
placed in the interior, and on the other side a projection.
The fitting of the hook upon the button is effected by placing the opening of the
hook upon the head of the button and pressing, by this means the spring is com-
pressed and the button is introduced into the hook.
For removing the hook it is taken hold of with a finger, pressing laterally with
another finger upon the tail-piece forming one piece with a plate arranged on
the opposite side of the fabric to the base of the button, which plate serves to fix
the button upon the fabric. By bringing the fingers nearer together I cause at the
same time the parts of the fabric connected together to approach each other;
the head of the button will encounter the inclined plane which drives the button to
the outside. If the plate is broader than the hook the tail piece becomes useless.
In a modified form the inclined plane is formed upon the button in lieu of being
arranged on the hook; the operation is however the same.
In a further modification the principle is not changed, but the construction is
different. In this model the hook or catch in the form of an eye carries the spring.
This hook has a central opening with inclined edges and a narrower groove con-
necting with said opening.
In order to connect the button and hook I introduce the button into the opening,
by compressing the spring, and I let the tail piece of the button pass into the
groove. It will be readily understood that this button cannot become disconnected
of itself, because its head will butt against a raised edge of the hook..
For taking out the button I press upon the hook in order to compress the spring
and raise the head above the edge of the hook, I cause the button to approach so
as to bring it into the opening and I release the whole; the spring immediately
causes the button to leave the hook, without any difficulty, because the head is
Guided by the inclined plane of the hook.

page_text: it is evident that this latter device may be an eye with a covered cap as in
the form first herein described.
In like manner the springs may have any form and consist of any flexible
material.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buttons for Garments and the like.
اند.
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1, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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:-
The
present invention relates to certain improvements in buttons of the kind
describeil in the specification of former Letters Patent dated the 23rd July 1895,
No. 140:37.
In order, that the nature of these improvements may be properly understood
I have represented the same in the accompanying drawing, in which
Figure represents my improved button and its hook, which are separated-from-
each other.
Figure 2 represents the same button united with its hook or catch.
Figure 3 shows a modification of the improved button.
Figure 4 represents a plan and a section of a button with a spring eye constitut-
ing another modification.
As in the aforesaid prior patent, the button Figures 1 and 2 consists of a head A
and neck B forming one piece with a rigid base 1), and the said button furnished
with the spring e is fixed upon one of the parts of the fabric or the like M which
it i desired to connect.
Upon the other part N is fixed a hook or catch P of any desired form which is
designed to fit upon the head A of the button.
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This hook or catch P' is provided with a circular opening having on one side an
inclined plane arranged in the interior, and on the other side a projection S.
The fitting of the hook or catch upon the button is effected by placing the opening
of the said hook P upon the head A of the button and pressing, by this means the
springe is compressed and the button is introduced into the hook or catch as
shown in Figure 2.
For removing the hook or catch P it is taken hold of with a finger, pressing:
laterally with another finger upon the tail-piece forming one piece with a plate T
which late serves to fix the button upon the fabric M. By bringing the finger:
nearer together I cause at the same time the parts M and N to approach in the
direction of the arrows in Figure 2; the head A of the button will encounter the
inclined plane which forces the button to the outside. If the plate T is broader
than the hook or catch P the tail piece t becomes useless.
In the modified form of the button shown in Figure 3 the inclined plane f¹ is
formed upon the button in lieu of being arranged in the hook or catch, the
operation is however the same.
In a further modification shown in
But the construction is different. In
form of an eye P carries the spring el.
with inclined edges and a narrower groove
Figure 4 the same principle is maintained,
this construction the hook or catch in the
This hook or catch has a central opening V
connecting with the said opening..

page_text: In order to connect the button and hook or catch I introduce the button into
the opening V, as shown in dotted lines, by compressing the spring e, and I allow
the neck or shank B' of the button to pass into the groove v. It will be readily
understood that this button cannot become disconnected of itself, because its
head A will butt against the raised edge of the hook or catch P¹.
For disconnecting the button I press upon the hook or catch Pl in order to compress
the spring e, and raise the head above the edge of the hook, I then cause the button
and hook or catch to move in the direction of the arrows so as to bring the button
into the opening V and I release the whole; the spring e immediately causes the
button to leave the hook, without any difficulty, because the head A' is guided
by the inclined plane of the hook or catch Pl,
It is evident that this latter device may be an eye with a covered cap as in
Figure 1.
In like manner the springs e e' may have any form and consist of any suitable
flexible material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is:-
1 A button having a bottom piece T which is furnished with a tail piece or
tang for enabling it to be easily operated.
2. In a button as above described, a hook or catch with lower opening, furnished
with a projection S for holding the head of the button and an inclined plane > for
disengaging the button.
3. A button provided with an inclined plane on the head thereof instead of an
inclined plane on the hook or catch.
4. A hook or catch provided with a spring in lieu of a spring arranged on the
bottom, the said hook or catch having an inclined surface for enabling the button
to be easily disengaged.
Dated 1: 1141
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.