An Improved Combined Fastener and Holder for Lady's Dresses.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 10th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 10th Nov., 1894
An Improved Combined Fastener and Holder for Lady's Dresses.
I, GORDON MCDONALD, of 27 Milton Street, City of London, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved combined fastener and holder for lady's
dresses.
For the purpose of my invention, I mount on or affix to the back or sides of a
plate, strip, or other form of metal, a couple of safety pins or brooch fasteners
with the curled or pigtail clipping devices, said fasteners having their pins looking
with their points towards each other.
One of the pins can be attached to a dress skirt, the other pin being utilized for
the lower part of the skirt to be looped into and held without fear of becoming
loose or unfastened from the varying changes of position the wearer may place
herself in or of the ever varying movements of the wearer.
The plate, or it may be a bar, can be of any form for ornamental effect.
Dated this 26th day of Containham 1001
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Gordon. M°Donald.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combined Fastener and Holder for Lady's Dresses.
I, GORDON MCDONALD, of 27 Milton Street, City of London, Manufacturer,
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 an improved combined fastener and holder for lady's
dresses.
For the purpose of my invention, I mount on or affix to the back or sides of a
plate, strip, or other form of metal a couple of safety pins or brooch fasteners with
the curled or pigtail clipping devices, said fasteners having their pins looking with
their points towards each other.
One of the pins can for example be attached to a dress skirt, the other pin being
utilized for the lower part of the skirt to be looped into and held without fear of
becoming loose or unfastened from the varying changes of position the wearer may
place herself in, or of the ever varying movements of the wearer.
The plate or it may be a bar can be of any form for ornamental effect.
My invention will be clearly understood by reference to the annexed drawings
in which at Figure 1 I show the back plate A with a couple of safety pins attached
at C, C, the tongues or points D; D, looking towards each other and springy
from the curls E, E, the safety pins being secured to the plate A by solder, rivets,
or any other manner. The tongues or points D, D, are shown open in full lines
and closed in dotted lines, said points being capable of looping under the caps G, G,
at C, C. The pins are shown in this figure as being that on the back plate A but
they may be secured so as to be at right angles thereto.
Figure 2 represents back and side elevations of a back plate A with brooch
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page_text: pins D, D, jointed by cross pins H to shoulders J, J. The points engage under
pigtails K, K, either from the same side edge of the plate A, or from opposite side
edges thereof, or one point may engage under a pigtail and the other under a cap
or both points may be secured under a cap K' which forms a pocket to protect the
points and hold them securely yet temporarily.
Figure 3 shows a couple of safety pins with the necks L, L, secured in a curl M
of the back plate A, another curl N of said back plate serving to receive the
points D, D.
Figure 4 represents a couple of safety pins D, D, formed from a single length
of wire, the neck L having a back plate A attached by a curl, or it may be by
rivet pins, particularly if the neck be flattened and holes be punched or drilled
in it.
Figure 5 is another example of a couple of safety pins formed from a single
length of wire, the bends P, P, serving as an extension from which the catch curl
is made. This double pin single wire appliance may be affixed to a back plate if
desired, or the wire alone can be utilized without a back plate.
Figure 6 is a modification of Figure 5, the points D, D, opening from opposite
side edges of the back plate A.
Figure 7 is an elevation of a brooch pin fastener, there being two tongues D, D,
on one joint and only one tongue D on the other. The base for the two or more
pins may be widened out to any extent desired.
Figure 8 represents two pieces of wire bent to form a spring pin, one end of each
being secured to the base plate A by rivets, solder, or otherwise, the free ends
being capable of engaging under a separate catch plate also attached to the base
plate A. The invention is not limited to dress skirts but is applicable generally
for connecting parts of garments.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The construction of dress and like holders or loopers, as hereinbefore described
and substantially as shown at Figures 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, and 8 of the annexed drawings,
the essential feature being, the affixture of duplicate safety pins or brooch pins on
and to the same back plate, as set forth.
2. Forming two safety pins from a single strip or length of wire, with or without
a back plate, or by so bending the wire as to form a back plate, as described with
reference to Figures 4 and 5 of the annexed drawings.
The 10th dex of October 1901
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Gordon McDonald.