Improvements in Links or Buttons for Cufts.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 9th May, 1899-Accepted, 17th June, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Links or Buttons for Cufts.
I, JAMES EDWIN HILLS, of 278, Clifton Place, New York City, Borough of
Brooklyn, County of Kings, State of New York, U.S.A., Manufacturing Jeweler,
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 cuff button or link of the type consisting of two
heads and a connecting member. Heretofore cuff buttons of this description
have had the connecting member formed either as a bar rigidly connected to both
heads, or as a link loosely connected to both heads.
My improved cuff button combines in the connecting member the features of
both forms. In that, a bar is rigidly connected to one head at its outer edge and
loosely connected to the other head through a link, or other form of loose con-
nection. The connecting member is therefore formed of a bar and a link, or its
equivalent.
The object of this arrangement is to obtain the advantages of a bar, to assist in
introducing the heads into the buttonholes of a cuff, and that of a link in the
adaptability of the cuff button to the shape of the cuff when on the wearer.
The accompanying drawing will serve to illustrate my invention, and in which
similar letters of reference indicate like parts.
Figure 1 is a back view of a cuff button containing my improvement.
Figure 2 is a side view.
Figures 3, 4 and
show modifications.
Figure 6 is a back view, and also shows a modification.
In the drawings, 5, 5, represent the heads, which may be of any suitable
design. The connecting member for the heads in Figures 1 and 2 is composed
of the bar 6 having the eye 7, and fixed eye 8. The bar is connected at one
end to the outer edge of the head 5", as shown clearly at 9, Figure 2.
The eye 8, Figures 1 and 2, projects upward or outward from the rear of the
head. Whereas in Figure 6, the eye S projects in a line with the head, that is,
horizontally. The eye 7, in Figure 6, is correspondingly altered to meet the
changed position of the eye 8. The eyes 7 and 8, Figures 1, 2 and 6, are
connected.
In Figure 3 the bar 6 is provided with an extension 10, of smaller diameter,
which is turned through the two holes, 11, 11, in the plate 12 of the head 5.
In Figure 4, the bar 6 is turned back on itself and fastened to the head 5 by the
strap 13. In Figure 5, the bar 6 is provided with a T end 14, the opposite sides
of the top of which take under the projections 15 of a plate located on the under
side of the head 5. The arrangement in Figures 3, 4 and 5 also provide a loose
hinged connection.
When it is desired to introduce any of the forms of buttons shown, in a cuff,
the shank 6 is grasped between the thumb and finger of the right hand and the
head 5 introduced through the buttonholes.

page_text: I do not wish to limit myself to the specific forms of cuff buttons embodying
the bar and loose connection shown in the several figures in the accompanying
drawing, except in so far as relates to the attachment of the bar at one end to
the outer edge of one head, as many changes can be made without departing from
the intent of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. In a cuff button, the combination with the heads, of a connecting member
rigidly attached to the outer edge of one head and loosely attached to the other
head.
2. In a cuff button, the combination with the heads, of a connecting member
comprising a bar rigidly attached to the outer edge of one head by one end and
attached to the other head.
3. In a cuff button, the combination with the heads, of a connecting member
comprising a bar rigidly attached to the outer edge of one head by one end and
loosely attached to the other head by the other end by means of an eye on said
end and an eye on said head.
4. In a cuff button, the combination with the heads, of a connecting member
rigidly attached to the outer edge of one head and projecting at right angles
therefrom, and loosely connected to the other head.
5. In a cuff button, the combination with the heads, of a connecting member
comprising a bar 6 rigidly attached to the outer edge of one head at one end
and provided with an eye 7 at the other end, an eye 8 rigidly attached to the
other head and communicating with the eye 7.
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HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.