A New or Improved Hook and Eye Fastener for Wearing Apparel.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 16th July, 1897-Accepted, 11th Sept., 1897
A New or Improved Hook and Eye Fastener for Wearing Apparel.
I, JOSEPH BOYD of Kingstown, County of Dublin, Ireland, Medical Doctor, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved hook and eye fastener for use in
connection with wearing apparel which may readily be attached without the
necessity of sewing, and as readily removed thus rendering the use of this well
known device a matter of ease and simplicity while not imparing its efficiency as a
means of connecting and disconnecting different parts of garments or wearing
apparel.
In carrying out my invention I take a suitable length of steel wire or other
suitable material pointed at one end and bulbous or slightly doubled back at the
other end.
This length of steel wire is then folded transversely near both ends so that the
pointed end will meet and partly overlap the other end.
As thus prepared the device is applied by threading the pointed end through the
fabric to which it is to be secured, then tilting over the heel and pressing home
until the fabric is gripped between the main portion and the bulbous end.
The pointed or hooking end is then presented for use in the direction in which it
was first threaded and the device cannot be disturbed by any reasonable lateral
strain. By reversing the operation just described the device may be as readily
removed.
The part of my invention constituting the eye is arranged on a similar principle,
and is applied in a somewhat similar manner, with the difference that the pointed
eud instead of being folded over in the same plane as the bulbous end is curved
round at right angles thereto so as to form the eye for engagement with the pointed
or hooked end of the first part of my invention.
It is obvious from this description that we have a hook and eye fastener, each
part of which can be readily and conveniently utilized without the aid of sewing
thus saving time and inconvenience and affecting a more satisfactory result than
similar devices hitherto in use.

page_text: A New or improved Hook and Eye Fastener for wearing Apparel.
I, JOSEPH BOYD of Kingstown, County of Dublin, Ireland, Medical Doctor 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 a new or improved hook and eye fastener for use in
connection with wearing apparel, and for other purposes, which may readily be
attached without the necessity of sewing, and as readily removed, thus rendering
the use of this well known device a matter of ease and simplicity while improving
its efficiency as a means of connecting and disconnecting different parts of garments
or other material.
In carrying out my Invention I first form the hook thus, I take a suitable length
of steel wire, or other suitable material convex on one side and flat on the other
side, and pointed at one end and bulbous or slightly doubled back at the other end.
This length of wire is then folded transversely near both ends so that the pointed
end will approach and overlap the other end.
As thus prepared the device is applied by threading the pointed end through the
fabric to which it is to be secured, then tilting over the heel, and pressing home
until the fabric is gripped between the main portion and the bulbous end.
The pointed or hooking end is then presented for use in the proper direction and
the device cannot be disturbed by any reasonable strain.
By reversing the operation just described the hook may be as readily removed.
The part of my invention constituting the eye is arranged on a similar principle
and is applied in a somewhat similar manner, with the difference that the pointed
end instead of being folded over the bulbous end is curved round at right angles
thereto, so as to form the eye for engagement with the hooked end of the first part
of my Invention.
The accompanying Drawings will enable my said Invention to be more readily
understood and applied in practice.
Fig. 1. is a plan, and Fig. 2. a side view of the hook or first part of my Invention.
Fig. 3. plan, and Fig. 4, a side view of the eye or second part of my Invention,
and,
Fig. illustrates its application.
As above described the piece of wire used in forming the hook is bent in the
form shewn in Fig. 2.
It will be observed that the bulb or bend on the inuer end will assist in
preventing the accidental escape of the eye portion as presently described.
The top of the bend forming the eye is flattened at right angles to its plane
which flattening renders it necessary to bring the two portions forming the fastener
at right angles to each other, or nearly so, when the flat part of the eye slips readily
underneath the free end of the hook and cannot be disengaged without the parts
being again brought as described into a position at right angles to each other.
It is obvious from the foregoing description that we have a hook and eye
fastener, each part of which can be readily and conveniently utilized without the
aid of sewing, thus saving time and inconvenience and effecting a more satisfactory
result than similar devices hitherto in use.
It is also obvious that my Invention or an essential part thereof may be used
for various other purposes as well as wearing apparel, for example it may be
conveniently used for hanging curtains, attaching valances, or for attaching buttons
in connection with which latter use, the button may be permanently joined to

page_text: bulbous portion of the hook whereby the button can be attached or detached
instantly in the manner above described which would be of considerable utility.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would have it understood
that what I claim is :-
The use and application of a hook and eye fastener, constructed, arranged, and
operating in the manner substantially as herein described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawings.
J. K. FAHIE & SON,
9 Westland Row, Dublin, Agents for Applicant.