Improvements in and connected with Spring Buttons.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 27th Jan., 1894
Improvements in and connected with Spring Buttons.
A communication from abroad by THE COLUMBIAN BUTTON AND FASTENER
COMPANY, INCORPORATED, of 23 Greene Street, New York, United States.
of America.
1. PHILIP MIDDLETON JUSTICE of 55 and 56 Chancery Lane in the County
of Middlesex, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, 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 button fasteners for use with gloves, shoes and other
articles of wearing apparel, and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive,.
durable and highly effective spring button.
The accompanying drawings forming part of this Specification show enlarged
views of various constructions in which the invention has been embodied.
Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the improved spring button_with
downwardly projecting prongs whereby it may be clamped to the article of
apparel.
Figure 2 is a plan view showing the spring button with holes in its base whereby
it may be sewed to the article of apparel.
Figure 3 is a section of Figure 2 on the line :-.
Figure is a perspective view of a plate that may be used to clamp the button-
to the article of apparel, and
Figure 5 is a sectional view showing the said clamp and button in place and
clamped to the article of apparel.
Figure 6 is a plan view showing a modification of the form of the spring
button.
The spring button comprises a base plate a, and a bead struck up in one piece
therewith and the head is slitted or divided into two parts with a slight opening
between the parts by the slit e extending entirely through the head both in a
vertical and transverse direction, and the base a is also provided with cuts or
slits d communicating with the slit in the head, the button head being between
these slits in the base plate so that two spring jaws or arms are formed each
carrying a portion of the divided head. By this construction a long and effective
spring is provided for each section of the divided head, and thus the two parts of
the head may be readily sprung into and out of the usual eyelet or pocket formed
in or secured to the part of the article of apparel that is to be fastened to the
part carrying the spring button. The eyelet or other part of the fastener is not
shown herein since it is well known in the art and any usual form may be employed.
In the modification shown in Figure 6 the head is divided by two slits e¹, c',
communicating with slits in the base plate and thus four spring jaws or arms are
provided.
The preferred device for holding the button fastener in place is the plate y
shown separately in Figure 4 and having two ears or lugs h, h, struck up from it.
which ears or lugs are when in use caused to penetrate the article of apparel and
to enter the slits in the base plate a of the spring button and are forced over upon
said base plate in the manner illustrated in Figure 5. By this construction the
button fastener is permanently held in place, and the material of the article of
apparel forms a soft and yielding bed for the spring arms or jaws that carry the
parts of the button head. The plate y also presents a satisfactory appearance on

page_text: the reverse side of the material although it may of course be covered and
concealed by a suitable lining or otherwise. Other forms of securing devices that
may be employed are the prongs e, shown in Figure 1 and adapted to penetrate
the material of the article of apparel and be bent over; or the base a may be
perforated as shown in Figure 2 and united to the article of apparel by sewing.
The construction of the button fastener may be modified in several particulars
without departing from the invention. The claims are not therefore limited to the
specific constructions shown in the drawings.
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 spring button fastener comprising a base plate having apertures or slits
therein terminating inside the perimeter thereof and a head struck up therefrom
between said apertures or slits and of itself provided with a slit or slits extending
entirely therethrough both in a vertical and a transverse direction and communi-
cating with the said apertures or slits in the base plate, substantially as set forth.
2. A spring button fasteuer in one piece comprising a base plate and spring head
said spring head being divided by one or more vertical slits and the sections of said
spring head being carried on spring arms, said arms being in the same plane with
the base plate and formed or divided therefrom by appropriate slits or cuts
communicating with the slits in the head, substantially as set forth.
3. The combination of a spring button fastener in one piece comprising a base
plate and a spring head, said spring head being divided by one or more vertical
slits and the sections of said spring head being carried on spring arms said arms
being in the same plane with the base plate and formed or divided therefrom by
appropriate slits or cuts communicating with the slits in the head, and a securing
plate having prejections penetrating the article of apparel and entering the slits
in the base plate and bent over upon the rigid parts of the base plate, substantially
as set forth.
Dated the 27th day of December 1893
PHILIP M. JUSTICE..