IMPROVED IN ADJUSTABLE CLIP HOOK OR EYE
Year: 1885

page_text: FRANCIS HENRY WHITE 45 Coleridge street Kensington Liverpool in the County
of Lancaster Whitesmith HENRY CHANTLER 41 Paddington Liverpool in the
County of Lancaster Clogger do hereby declare the nature of our invention for
IMPROVED IN ADJUSTABLE CLIP HOOK OR EYE, to be as follows:-
To provide an adjustable clip with hook or eye or ring or the point of hook may
be cut or sharpened for insertion, the clip hook can be instantly and firmly attached
to any article of trade requiring suspension for exhibition, or for use such as a
curtain dress or drapery suspender or subsistute for buttons for trousers or any
article of dress, or as tie holder cloak hook and eye or letter clip.
First. We will describe our invention as applied to trouser's or pants, the clip
hook eye or button is formed of two seperate pieces of metal connected by eye or
clip, through which the hook or button for connecting to brace or suspender moves
freely, thereby allowing the band or top of Trouser's to be readily inserted between
the two plates and held in position by one hand while the hook or button is drawn
through the eye or clip, & there retained by rack or teeth formed in the one plate,
and pall formed in the other plate, the neck or stem of hook or button being wedge
shape by drawing through clip bind's both plates together forming a ready
substitute for lost buttons, without damaging the cloth by piercing or cutting.
In like manner the clip hook or eye can be attached to show cards tickets papers
drapery or any article requiring suspension."
Second. We make stamp cast or cut or otherwise form a plate of any suitable
metal having raised edges, to any desired shape size or pattern, having pin or pins
in or at one end of plate also having eye or clip formed verticaly from the opposite
end of plate with lip or locking pall to engage in teeth or rack formed in neck or
stem of the other part.
Third. We make stamp cast or cut or otherwise form a plate of any suitable
metal having raised edge's to correspond with the former plate but having hook or
eye or ring or any device whereby it may be attached for suspension, the neck or
stem of hook or eye is formed like a wedge or thicker towards clip plate with
teeth or rack to to engage locking pall.
Fourth. The two plates as described above being arranged together by the
insertion or drawing the neck or stem of hook or eye of the latter plate, through
eye or clip of the former plate completes the clip hook.
Fifth. We claim an adjustable clip hook or eye as substantialy described above.
As wittnes our hands. Dated this 13th day of April 1885.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Adjustable Clip Hook or Eye.
I FRANCIS HENRY WHITE of 45 Coleridge street Kensington Liverpool in the
.county of Lancaster Whitesmith I HENRY CHANTLER of 41 Paddington Liverpool
in the county of Lancaster Clogger do hereby declare the nature of our invention'
for IMPROVED ADJUSTABLE CLIP HOOK OR EYE and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
To provide an adjustable clip with hook eye or ring or the point of hook may
be cut or sharpened for insertion, the clip hook can be instantly and firmly attached
to any article of trade requiring suspension for exhibition or for use such as a
curtain dress or drapery suspender or substitute for buttons for Trouser's or any
article of dress or as tie holder cloak hook and eye or letter clip.
Index of the the accompaning drawings.
Figs 1 & 2 show front and back plan of adjustable or Bachelors button.
Fig. 2 showing pall & rack or teeth in position.
Fig 3 & 4 plan of curtain hook showing front and back A being the clip or
eye B pall C rack or teeth.
Figs 5 & 6 section showing the wedge design & formation of clip.
Fig 5 show's the hook closed or as it would be when attached to any article.
Fig 6 shows the hook open.
First. We will describe our invention as applied to trouser's or pants the clip
hook eye or button is formed of two seperate pieces of metal connected by eye
or clip through which the hook or button for connecting to brace or suspender
moves freely thereby allowing the band or top of trouser's to be readily inserted
between the two plates and held in position by one hand while the hook or button
is drawn through the eye or clip and there retained by rack or teeth formed in
the one plate and pall formed in the other plate the neck or stem of hook or button
being wedge shape by drawing through clip binds both plates together forming a
ready substitute for lost buttons without damaging the cloth by cutting or
piercing in like manner the clip hook or eye can be attached to show cards tickets
papers drapery or any article requiring suspension.
Second. We make stamp cast or cut or otherwise form a plate of any suitable
metal having raised edges to any desired shape size or pattern having pin or pins
in or at one end of plate also having eye or clip formed verticaly from the other
end of plate with lip or locking pall to engage in teeth or rack formed in neck or
stem of the other part.
Third. We make stamp cast or cut or otherwise form a plate of any suitable
metal having raised edges to correspond with the former plate but having hook
or eye or ring or any device whereby it may be attached for suspension the neck
or stem of book or eye is formed like a wedge or thicker toward's clip plate with
teeth or rack to engage locking pall.

page_text: Fourth. We wish it to be understood that we do not confine ourselves to any
particular shape size or design, nor to any one particular use to which our invention
can and may be applied to, but we distinctly claim the wedge locking or binding
movement.
Fifth. The adjustable clip hook or eye, consisting of two seperate & distinct
pieces of metal, stamped or formed so as to attain the wedge binding and locking
arrangement, and combination of parts hereinbefore described & illustrated in
Fige 1 to 6 of the accompanying drawings.
FRANCIS HENRY WHITE.
HENRY CHANTLER.