Improvements in and relating to Dress Fasteners.
Year: 1895

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Dress Fasteners.
I, GEORGE HENRY GLEDHILL of Trinity Works, Trinity Street, Halifax,
Manufacturer, 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 improvements in and relating to dressfasteners and
refers more particularly to that class of dress fasteners in which a hook or hooks
and a corresponding eye or eyes are employed for the purpose of fastening two
parts of a dress or the like together, and the objects of my invention are to make
ressfasteners which, when compared with dressfasteners of the hitherto usual
construction, will possess the following advantages, viz. :-
(1) The hooks which are employed will more readily engage with their
counterpart being guided into their seatings.
(2). The counterpart referred to with which the hooks engage will be capable of
being reversibly used thereby obviating any inconvenience by the said part being
sewn on upside down.
(3) The material to which said counterpart is sewn or otherwise attached will
be kept flat and free from wrinkles or puckers, without forming my improved
dress fastener with special extensions.
(4) The whole fastener will be cheaper to manufacture.
In order that my invention may be readily understood reference is made to the
accompanying drawings in which :-
Fig. 1 shows a dressfastener constructed according to my invention but only
adapted to be used with a single hook.
Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 represent four different shapes of my improved dressfasteners
cach being adapted to be used with three hooks.
Fig. 6 represents a modification hereinafter referred to.
Figs. 7, 8 and 9 represent three alternative edge views of my improved
dressfasteners.
Figs. 10 and 11 represent a plan and edge view respectively of another form of
my improved dressfasteners.
Figs. 12, 13 and 14 represent details hereinafter referred to.
My improved dressfastener consists of a supporting bar formed or provided with
one or more seatings and one or more hooks adapted to engage with said supporting
bar said hook or hooks resting each in its relative seating on the supporting bar.
In carrying out my invention I make use of a supporting bar A (Fig. 2) which
consists of a strip of sheet metal or other suitable material having three com-
paratively large apertures B. Said supporting bar bereinafter called the bar, is
also provided with apertures C or equivalents by means of which said bar
may be
readily sewn on to the dress material.
The portions D are seatings any one of which (according to the position in which
the bar is sewn on to the material) is adapted to receive or have hocked on it a
hook E. The apertures B are of such a shape that the edges or guides F on the
bar A slope towards the seating D so that if a hook be engaged with or hooked on
any part of either sloping guides F said hook will be guided on to its seating D.
If the said bar A be sewn on the belt of a lady's dress and the three hooks be
sewn on to the back portion of the skirt band all that will be necessary, will be to
put, the belt against the waist band so that the three hooks enter the three
apertures B and then litt or pull the belt upward when each hook will be guided
into its seating. This obviates a very great difficulty and annoyance in this class

page_text: of fasteners in which it has been hitherto necessary to exactly and separately place
each hook or eye on its corresponding eye or hook. On account of both edges of
the bar A being of similar shape it will be evident that the said bar A cannot be
sewn on upside down. Another shape of the bar A is shown in Fig. 3 where the
seatings D are at about the centre of the said bar instead of at the edges. An
advantage about this shape is that on account of the recesses B being similar in
shape to the extending parts F¹, a series of this shaped bar can be cut out from a
strip of sheet metal without much waste as the recesses B of one bar from the
extensions F¹ of the next. This bar A is also reversible and by means of the
sloping guides F the hooks are also guided into their seatings. Fig. 4 shows a
similar bar A to that shown in Fig. 2, except that the parts G in the latter are
punched or otherwise cut out with the parts B so that the whole portion which is
cut out and shown in Fig. 6 may be used as another bar A adapted for two hooks.
Fig. 5 shows another shape of bar A which need not be further referred to and
Fig. 1 shows a bar A adapted to be used with one hook.
The
Any of the bars A referred to may be flat as shown in Fig. 7 or may be corru-
gated as shown in Figs. 8 or 9 or shaped in any other suitable manner.
advantage of corrugating the bars is that the seatings D will be held a sufficient
distance off the belt so as to allow plenty of space for the hooks. Another
shape of bar A which is shown in Fig. 10 consists of a strip of metal having
slits cut in it as shown the said bar being bent or corrugated for example as
shown in Fig. 11 so that the seatings D will be held a sufficient distance from
the parts B to enable hooks to be hooked thereon: the parts B₁ serving also
to protect the belt from injury or wear by the hooks.
The seatings D may be flush with the ends of the guides F as shown in the figs.
already referred to or they may be recessed as shown in Fig. 12 by means of
which the hooks will be better kept in place. I may also use spring hooks such
as shown in Fig. 14 in which event I prefer the seatings D to be as shown in
Fig. 13 so that said spring hooks will grip into the sides of said seatings.
I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to any particular shape
of bar A as the guides F may, if desired, be at a different angle than that
shown also any kind of hooks E may be used and said hooks may be separate
or they may be formed on or be attached to a metal plate.
My improved dress fastener is especially well adapted to be used for attaching
the belt, blouse, or bodice of a lady's dress to the skirt for preventing said skirt
drooping or sagging, but I wish it to be understood that I do not confine the use
cf my invention to that indicated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare what my
claim is :-
(1.) A dressfastener consisting in combination of a supporting bar adapted to be
reversibly used and plain or spring hooks said hooks being either separate or
attached to or formed with a strip of metal, for the purpose and substantially as
set forth.
(2.) In a dressfastener a supporting bar having guides F and seatings D for the
purposes and substantially as described and illustrated.
(3.) In a dressfastener a supporting bar A having guides F and seatings D said
supporting bar being adapted to be reversibly used for the purpose and substantially
in the manner described and illustrated.
(4.) A dresefastener constructed, arranged and operating for the purposes and
substantially in the manner described and illustrated.
Dated this 4th day of February 1895.
GEORGE HENRY GLEDHILL.