Improvements in Fastenings for Boots, Gaiters, Gloves, Corsets, and other articles of Personal Wear.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastenings for Boots, Gaiters, Gloves, Corsets,
and other articles of Personal Wear.
I, CHASKEL CHRISTIAN EISENBERG of 2 Langebruckstrasse and 13 Breiter-
strasse, Stettin, in the Province of Pomerania and Kingdom of Prussia, Manufacturer,
lo 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 fastenings for various articles of dress and personal wear,
such as boots shoes gaiters gloves corsets and the like, and its object is to secure
ease of manipulation and simplicity of action.
The fastening constructed according to this invention may be modified in a great
variety of ways, but in every modification it consists of light connecting pieces or
clips fitted with claws or the like which fit upon or engage with guide cords or
guide strips secured upon the opposite sides of the part to be fastened. The clips
are capable of sliding along the guides and are pulled in one direction and
distributed over the length of the guides in the act of fastening, and are pulled in
the opposite direction and collected at one end of the guide cords in the act of
unfastening. The movement of the connecting pieces or clips along the guides is
effected through the agency of suitable bands and the like as will be hereinafter
fully described.
The accompanying drawings illustrate some of the more important modifications
and applications of the fastenings constructed according to my invention which
I will now proceed to more particularly describe with reference to the various figures
thereon.
Figure 1 shews one form of the fastening as applied to a lady's boot.
Figure 2 is an end view of one of the clips or connecting pieces forming part of
the fastening shewn in Figure 1.
Figure 3 shews another form of the fastening as applied to a lady's glove, the
glove being completely fastened.
Figure 4 is an end view of the clip shewn in Figure 3, and plan of the draft cord
respectively.
Figure 5 represents a modification of the fastening as applied to corsets.
Figure 6 is a cross section through the lower part of the fastening Figure 5.
Figure 7 shews a modification of the fastening applied to a lady's boot, the boot
being open.
Figure
represents the same fastening as in Figure 7, but applied to the
side instead of to the front of the boot, and with the boot fastened or closed.
Figure 9 is a plan of the draft band used with the fastening shewn in Figures 7
and 8.
Figure 10 shews details of the clips used with the draft band Figure 9.
Figure 11 shews a further modification of the fastening also as applied to a lady's
boot, the fastening being open.
Figure 12 is a side view, and Figure 13 a plan of the fastening shewn in
Figure 11, and Figures 14 to 18 inclusive are details of that fastening.
The clip a, used in the fastening represented in Figure 1, is shewn by Figure 2,
and consists of a hollow body having the two lateral curved extensions b, which fit
and can slide upon the guide cords c. These cords are fitted upon each side of the
opening of the boot as shewn by the Figure 1. The draft band d increases in
width at regular intervals which are divided by the joints or cross straps d¹.
These are tapered at each end from the narrower preceding part of the band to the
broader succeeding part, and each succeeding joint or cross strap is consequently

page_text: of a greater length than the preceding one. The holes through the clips a, are
made with successively increasing widths, the top clip having the shortest opening,
and the bottom clip the broadest. The number of clips corresponds with that of
the cross straps on the draft band, and the first clip fits upon the first joint cross
strap, the second upon the second, and so on to the last clip; which fits upon the
last cross strap. The upper end of the draft band has a tab d² or other device
attached to its upper end by means of which it may be pulled upwards, and a
similar device may be attached to its lower end for pulling it downward. To fasten
the boot, it is necessary only to pull up the draft band, when the successive joints
or cross straps thereon will engage with the successive clips which will be drawn
up upon the guide cords and distributed at regular intervals as shewn in Figure 8,
the boot being thereby securely fastened: In Figure 1, the draft band is drawn
partly up, and has carried with it the first second and third clips. In Figure 7,
the draft band has been pulled entirely down, and the boot is completely unfastened.
The tab or device d2 at the top of the draft band should not be capable of passing
through the hole in the first clip; consequently, when the band is pulled down, the
tab engages with the upper clip and draws down it into contact with the second clip
which is then pulled down into contact with the third clip, and so on until all the
clips are collected at the bottom as in Figure 7. In order to give additional
elasticity to the upper part A, of the boot, an indiarubber web insertion B may be
let in, and may have any convenient and suitable form.
Instead of the draft band having successive increases in its width, it may consist of
a cord, Figure 4, having fixed thereon beads balls or the like, of successively
larger diameters, the smallest being at the top. In this case, the clips a, have
round holes of successively larger diameters, so that the first bead will pass through
all the clips except the first, the second ball through all the clips except the first
and second, and so on throughout the fastening. A fastening with such a draft
cord beads and clips is shewn by Figure 3 as applied to a glove, the fastening
being closed. The fastening is opened and closed as already herein before described
with reference to Figure 1.
The draft band and clips shewn by Figure 1 are represented in a slightly modified
form by Figure 5, as applied to a corset. The draft band is the same, but the
clips and cords differ. The clips a, instead of having the curved extensions, have
T-pieces projecting therefrom which engage in corresponding recesses formed in
the guides which are employed in substitution for the guide cords c. To enable
the wearer to entirely open the corset, provision may be made for disengaging the
clips from one of the guides, as shewn in cross section by Figure 6.
The outer
part of one of the guides i, at the lower end of the guide ¹, is hinged at m, so that
it may be turned back at will, when the clips may be readily removed from '. A
light projection n on the back of the hinged part i, is pressed upon by the spring o,
and serves to hold it in either the open or the closed positions. If required,
additional elasticity may be given to the corset by indiarubber web insertion, or by
the strips r, of indiarubber or elastic web.
In the modification represented by Figures 7 and 8, the clips consist of the
body, having the lateral curved extensions bb, and an opening for the passage of
the draft band as described with reference to Figure 1. On the back of each of
the clips, there is fastened a flat spring Figure 10, which carries a small
plunger k. This plunger passes through an opening in the back of the clip and
penetrates nearly to the front. The spring is made with such an amount of
elasticity as to permit the draft band to pass under the plunger, and to aid this, the
plunger may be bevelled on one side, m, as indicated. Each of the plungers has a
different form, and the draft band d has corresponding holes formed in it at suitable
distances apart for the reception of the plungers. The holes are strengthened by
metal plates in which the holes are also formed as indicated by Figures 9, where
the dotted lines shew the outlines of the metal plates around the several holes l.
The shapes of the holes and plungers are such that plunger a' fits only into hole 1,
a into , a into and so on through the series.

page_text: The draft bands may be constructed of leather or other suitable material and
may be ornamented at will. In place of the tabs or the like, for handling them,
they may be provided with rosettes or ribbons for the same purpose.
In the modification represented by Figures 11 to 18 inclusive, the draft band
consists of a series of links hinged together. These links are shewn separately by
Figure 18 where it will be seen that two long links s s alternate with a short link t,
the whole being hinged together in such a manner that the two links ss can be
turned at vand be brought about parallel with each other with the link t at the
bottom. As each of the links ss also turns at n upon the link t, it follows that
when all the links s s are folded, the links t will be at the bottom as represented
The band in the
diagrammatically by Figure 17, and as shewn by Figure 11.
position it occupies when the fastening is closed, is represented by Figures 12
and 13 in side view and plan respectively. The clips Figures 14 and 15 may be
specially constructed as shewn. The lateral extensions bare connected together
by a spring p which may be surrounded and protected by the covering a.
By this
means the lateral extensions which seize and slide upon the guides c, are capable
of separating and closing together to some extent, and of thus imparting a certain
amount of elasticity to the fastening. Each of the links t, is fixed to one of the
clips and the lowest link is firmly secured to the bottom of the opening in the boot.
The upper end of the link draft band is provided with a tug z, or an equivalent by
means of which it may be pulled up and down in the acts of fastening and
unfastening. When the boot is unfastened, the several links are folded and collected
together bellows-like, at the lower end, as shewn by Figure 11.
An exactly equivalent result to that shewn by Figures 11 to 18 might be obtained
by attaching the clips to the under side of a leather strip or of a tape at the proper
distances apart. When such a fastening is opened, the lengths of tape or strip
would fold up into loops very much as shewn by Figure 11, whilst they would lie
straight as in Figure 13 when the fastening is closed.
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 :-
1. A fastening for boots shoes gaiters gloves corsets and other similar articles of
dress, consisting of a draft band cord or the like by means of which clips engaging
with suitable guides secured upon the edges of the parts to be fastened can be
pulled along and distributed, the clips drawing together the parts to be fastened
and bolding them, substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
2. In a fastening of the type herein before described for boots and shoes, a draft
band with successive increases in its width and provided at each point of increase
in width with a cross strap or joint, adapted to engage with its appropriate clip,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth and as illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
3. In a fastening of the type hereinbefore described for gloves and similar articles
of dress, a draft cord having a graduated series of beads or the like thereon adapted
to engage with a series of perforated clips through which the draft cord passes, the
perforations being of different sizes to engage with successive beads, substantially as
set forth and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
4. In a fastening of the type herein before described for corsets, a draft band
having successive increases in width and provided at each increase with a cross
strap or joint, clips having T-shaped extensions engaging in guides and adapted to
be successively engaged by the draft band, and a hinged part to one of the guides,
constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth and as
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
5. In a fastening of the type herein before described for use with boots and other
articles of dress, a draft band having a series of differently shaped holes therein, in
combination with a series of clips having differently shaped spring plungers

page_text: respectively adapted to engage with corresponding holes in the draft band, con-
structed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth and as
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
6. In a fastening of the type herein before described for boots and the like, a
draft band consisting of a series of links hinged together to certain of which links
clips are attached, substantially as and for the purpose set forth and as illustrated
by the accompanying drawings.
7. In a fastening of the type hereinhefore described for articles of dress, a draft
band consisting of a strip of leather or tape to which clips are secured, substantially
as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth and as illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
8. The fastenings for boots shoes gaiters gloves corsets and the like articles of
dress hereinbefore described, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 27th day of September A.D. 1892.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.