Improved Clasp for Cyclists' Garments and like purposes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 5th May, 1898-Accepted, 9th July, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Clasp for Cyclists' Garments and like purposes.
1, ERNEST PAUL LEHMANN, of 6, Plauerstrasse, Brandenburg, on the Havel,
Prussia, in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement;-
My invention relates to an improved clasp particularly designed for the use
of cyclists to tighten up the folds of the lower ends of trousers in cycling; but
equally applicable for tucking up the folds of women's garments, to replace
the safety pins usually employed, and for other purposes of the kind.
The said clasp, essentially, consists of a pin having both its ends pointed and
bent towards each other. To facilitate the management of the clasp in apply-
ing it to the garment, the said double pointed pin is secured to a shield or plate,
which may readily be seized for securing and for removing the clasp.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a plan of one form of construction of the improved clasp of my
invention;
Figure 2 is a side view of the same;
Figure 3 is an underneath view; and
Figure 4, a longitudinal section of a modification in the construction of the
improved garment clasp;
Figure 5 is a plan; and
Figure 6, a side view, drawn to an enlarged scale, of the pin proper forming
part of the clasp as represented in Figures 3 and 4;
Figure 7 is a side elevation of a box containing a clasp of the kind described;
Figure 8 is a plan of the said box in an open state and containing a pair of
clasps; and
Figure 9 is a longitudinal section of the said box in a closed state.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2, A is a shield or plate of any suitable shape and
preferably of sheet metal, to one face of the said shield or plate A, two pointed
pins B are secured by soldering or by any other suitable means, the said points B
are placed opposite to and directed towards each other, and they may be separate
or form one piece, the intermediate portion of which is secured to the said
shield A. The said shield (one or both surfaces of which may be polished, or
nickel plated, silver or gold plated) may conveniently be seized by two fingers
of one hand and the clasp be applied to the garment by first thrusting one point of
it into the fabric and then forcing the other point into the fabric or folds
of the garment in the opposite direction. Thus the clasp will hold fast and is
not liable to be loosened accidentally.
The other modification, represented by Figures 3 and 4, consists in securing
the pin proper B to the shield A without any soldering. As shown in Figures 5
and 6, the intermediate portion of the pin wire between the two points is bent
at right angles to the plane between the two points of the pin, and the said bent
portion may be shaped angular or curved and form a crank or cranks extending
to one side or to both sides of the wire, as shown in Figure 5.

page_text: The shield or plate A of the clasp is placed on the flat or horizontal portion
of the pin, and the two points of the pin B are put through slits or apertures in
the said plate A, as clearly shown in Figures and 4. The bent or flattened
portion of the pin then is conveniently secured to the shield A, and the pin
thereby prevented turning round its longitudinal axis which would be the case
if the crank or cranks had not been formed at right angles in the intermediate
portion of the pin between its points. The mode of securing the said pin to the
shield A, conveniently, consists in covering the back of said shield A. by another
shield or plate C, as clearly shown in Figure 4, the second shield C overlapping
the shield A all around or with small lugs c bent to. overlap the edge of shield A.
Or the shield A might overlap the edge of shield C. The pin, thus clamped be-
tween the two shields A and C, is prevented from turning and shifting. If one
of the points should break, the pin may be easily replaced by a new one by simply
separating the two shields A and C, withdrawing the pin and placing another pin
in its stead, no soldering or other work being required, which could not be
performed by unskilled hands.
To conveniently carry the clasp or a pair of clasps of the kind described in
the pocket or as a watch trinket, I have provided a suitable box or casing, for
receiving the clasp or clasps and holding the same in a manner to prevent their
falling from the box, as also their injuring the pocket.
The said box consists of two halves D D hinged to each other, as at d, and
having a suitable clasp, .consisting, for instance, of springy lugs e formed on a
projecting lug f of one half box to receive the corresponding lug f¹, of the other
half of the box, as shown in Figures 7 and 9. To the inner edges of the box D,
lugs are formed which are bent inwards to overlap.and hold the clasp or shield A
introduced between the said lugs g in such a manner as to allow of an easy removal
of the clasp or clasps, while still the said clasp or clasps are prevented from
falling from the box, and the points of pin B are prevented from hurting the
pocket as long as the box is closed. Instead of the lugs g, to overlap the shield
or shields A of the clasps, other convenient means may be employed for the
purpose before stated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is.
1. A garment clasp having two points directed towards each other, substan-
ually as and for the purpose described.
2. A garment clasp having two points directed towards each other and secured
to a shield or plate, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. A garment clasp having two points directed towards each other, said points
being the bent nds of a pin, the intermediate portion of which is bent at right
angles to the plane between the two points, substantially as and for the purpose
described.
4. A box for holding garment clasps consisting of two halves hinged to each
other and each half box forming a receptacle for holding a clasp, substantially
as and for the purpose described.
Dated thia 141
5 1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.