Year: 1888

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I, THOMAS HUGHES of Gerrard Street Lozells, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Brassfounder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has reference to attachment means, for securing buttons or like
fasteners to garments, boots and shoes and the like; and consists essentially in a combined
nursery pin and button; by means of the former, the button is attachedly secured to
a garment.
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In carrying out my invention, I take an ordinary nursery pin, with the bar thereof,
cranked or bent outwardly or inwardly, about its middle, and to which bent part, a
button carrier plate is jointedly attached.
The button is loosely and swivelly connected to the upper front part of the said
plate; and in order to make the button stand away from the plate, its middle is
bulged inwards, whilst the plate itself surrounding the joint, is bulged outwards.
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In securing the button, open out the tongue or pin, and pass it through the
material of a garment, then secure it by a catch fastener in the ordinary way, when
the button is attachedly secured, and can be used as an ordinary button.
Instead of employing a carrier, the shank or stem, which is at the back of the
button, swivelly and loosely turns within the eye or middle of a loop, formed by
bending the wire of the back of the nursery pin as aforesaid, into a middle
coil.
The carrier as in the first described arrangement, may be made of a flexible material,
such as fabric, leather or the like.
The button may be secured to the carrier or bar, by an eyelet, rivet, or by other
means.
I wish it to be understood, that I do not confine myself, to the exact form of
attachment, as an equivalent to the nursery pin, may be employed.
Dated this Sixth day of July 1888.
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page_text: Buttons or Fasteners to Garments.
I, THOMAS HUGHES of Gerrard Street, Lozells, Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Brassfounder, 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 has reference to attachment means for securing buttons or like
fasteners to garments, boots and shoes and the like; and consists essentially in a
combined nursery pin and button; by means of the former, the button is attachedly
secured to a garment.
In carrying out my invention, I take an ordinary nursery pin, with the bar thereof
cranked or bent outwardly or inwardly about its middle, and to which bent part, a
button carrier plate is jointedly attached.
The button is loosely and swivelly connected to the upper front part of the
said plate; and in order to make the button stand away from the plate, its
middle is bulged inwards whilst the plate itself surrounding the joint, is bulged
outwards.
In securing the button, open out the tongue or pin, and pass it through the material
of a garment, then secure it by a catch fastener, in the ordinary way, when the button
is attachedly secured, and can be used as an ordinary button.
Instead of employing a carrier, the shank or stem which is at the back of
the button, swivelly and loosely turns within the eye or middle of a loop, formed
by bending the wire of the back of the nursery pin as aforesaid into a middle
coil.
The carrier as in the first described arrangement may be made of a flexible material,
such as fabric, leather, or the like.
The button may be secured to the carrier or bar, by an eyelet, rivet, or by other
means.
I wish it to be understood, that I do not confine myself to the exact form of
attachment, as an equivalent to the nursery pin, may be employed.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in front elevation, an attachment
or means for securing brace and other buttons to garments. This said combined
attachment and button is shown in connection with the tab end of a brace, and the top
portion of a pair of trousers.
Figure 2 represents the said button attachment means, and garment as aforesaid,
upon a smaller scale.
Figure 3 is a back elevation (with the stem in section) of the said combined button,
and connection, which latter consists of a nursery pin, with the middle of the bar
coiled into a loop, where-through the shank of the button, which is swivelly connected,
passes.
Figure 4 is a vertical section of figure 1, upon the dotted lines A B.

page_text: Figure 5 represents another form of my invention, with a flexible connection.
Figure 6 represents a modification, in which a hook is substituted for a
button.
a is the bar of a nursery pin, formed into a loop a² about its middle, and through
the eye or hole of which, a stem or shank 62, of a button 6 passes, and is there swivelly
secured, by expanding the end of the said stem.
a³ is the tongue of the nursery pin, and at the catch. The button 6 is preferably
made to loosely swivel or turn upon its shank 62, so as to thereby facilitate
buttoning.
To connect a button to a garment as in figures 1 and 2, relieve the tongue of the
attachment from its catch, then pass the said tongue through the garment c, and
again catch it, when the button will be firmly, and detachably connected to a
garment.
In figure 5, a² is the cranked part of the bar a, of a nursery pin, a³ is the tongue
thereof, at the catch, b is a button, and 62 is a yielding connection between the button
and pin as aforesaid.
In the modification figure 6, a is the bar of a nursery pin, a² a coil disposed
about its middle, and 62 a shank which thus connects the book b, to the nursery
pin a, a², a³.
Instead of a button as represented, other such like fasteners may be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.
First. The combination with a button or fastener, of a nursery or like pin, as set
forth in figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Secondly. A combined nursery pin, button or fastener, swivelly connected together,
as set forth in figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Thirdly. A combined nursery pin and button, with a flexible connection b², as set
forth in figure 5.
Lastly. A combined nursery pin and book; arranged and jointedly connected, as
set forth in figure 6.
Dated this Twentieth day of September 1888.