New or Improved Dress Fastener.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 11th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 17th Oct.. 1896
New or Improved Dress Fastener.
I, WILLIAM HENRY BECK, of 115 Cannon Street, in the City of London,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates more especially to fasteners for ladies' dresses for the
purpose of fastening the skirt round the waist of the wearer, and for fastening the
blouse or bodice to the skirt; but it may be used for fastening other articles of
wearing apparel whether worn by men or women.
The new or improved fastener consists of two plates of metal or other suitable
material adapted to be locked together by a kind of bayonet joint. One of these
plates, which may be called the lower plate, is provided with one or more studs or
hooks standing out from its surface, and the other, which may be called the upper
plate, with holes and slots adapted to take over and interlock with the studs or hooks
on the lower plate. Both plates are provided with holes by means of which they can
be sewn to the dress; and preferably grooves are formed in the material of the
plates between the said holes for the sewing-on thread to lie in to prevent its being
cut by the plates or otherwise. One of the plates is also provided at its upper
edge with one or more slots intended to receive hooks fastened on one of the
garments, or parts of a garment it is desired to attach to the other or to the
fastener.
Assuming that the fastener is to be used for fastening a lady's skirt round the
waist, and a blouse or bodice to the skirt, the parts of the fastener are applied in
the following manner:-The lower plate is sewn on to the top or band of the skirt
at that side of the opening of the latter which will come under the other side of
the opening when the skirt is fastened; and the upper plate is sewn on to the top or
band of the skirt at that side of the opening of the latter which will come over the
other side of the opening. When the skirt is put on it is readily fastened round
the waist by simply passing the studs or hooks on the lower plate through the holes
and into the slots in the upper plate. Then to connect the blouse or bodice to
the fastener and thereby to the skirt, ordinary hooks are sewn on to the lower part
or waistband of the said blouse or bodice, and when the latter is put on the said
hooks are hooked into the slot or slots at the upper edge of one of the plates
composing the fastener. By these means not only is the skirt fastened round the
waist, but the blouse or bodice is attached to the skirt and prevented from rising,
and the skirt from dropping.
The fastering may be covered over and hidden by a waist-belt or by. other means,
or it may be made more or less ornamental and arranged so that it need not be
hidden from sight.
The plates may be provided with suitable finger or thumb pieces to facilitate
he manipulation of the fastener.
Dated this 11th day of December 1895

page_text: I, WILLIAM HENRY BECK, of 115 Cannon Street, in the City of London,
Chartered Patent Agent, 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 more especially to fasteners for ladies' dresses for the
purpose of fastening the skirt round the waist of the wearer, and for fastening the
blouse or bodice to the skirt; but it may be used for fastening other articles of
wearing apparel whether worn by men or women.
The new or improved fastener is illustrated in the accompanying sheet of
drawings in which Figures 1 and 2 are respectively an elevation and a plan of one
part of the fastener, and Figures 3 and 4 respectively an elevation and a plan of
another part of the fastener.
The fastener consists of two plates A and B of metal or other suitable material
adapted to be locked together by a kind of bayonet joint. One of these plates A,
which may be called the lower plate, is provided with one or more studs or
hooks CC standing out from its surface, and the other plate B, which may be,
called the upper plate, with holes D D and slots E E adapted to take over and
interlock with the studs or hooks C C on the lower plate A. Both plates are
provided with holes F by means of which they can be sewn to the dress; and
preferably grooves G are formed in the material of the plates between the said
holes F for the sewing-on thread to lie in to prevent its being cut by the plates or
otherwise. One of the plates, say the lower one A for example, is or may be also
provided at its upper edge with one or more slots H, H intended to receive hooks
fastened on one of the garments, or parts of a garment it is desired to attach to the
other or to the fastener.
Assuming that the fastener is to be used for fastening a lady's skirt round the
waist, and a blouse or bodice to the skirt, the parts of the fastener are applied in
the following manner :-
The lower plate A is sewn on to the top or band of the skirt at that side of the
opening of the latter which will come under the other side of the opening when
the skirt is fastened; and the upper plate B is sewn on to the top or band of the
skirt at that side of the opening of the latter which will come over the other side
of the opening. When the skirt is put on it is readily fastened round the waist by
simply passing the studs or hooks CC on the lower plate A through the holes DD
and into the slots E E in the upper plate B. Then to connect the blouse, bodice
or other similar part of a dress to the fastener and thereby to the skirt, ordinary,
books, or a plate provided with books as in Figure 5, are or is sewn on to the
lower part or waist band of the said blouse or bodice and when the latter is put on,
the said hooks are hooked into the slot or slots H H at the upper edge of the
plate A, or of the plate B if such slots are made therein instead of in the plate A.
By these means not only is the skirt fastened round the waist with great ease, but
the blouse or bodice is attached to the skirt, and prevented from rising, and the
skirt from dropping.
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The fastening may be covered over and hidden by a waist-belt or by other means,
or it may be made more or less ornamental and arranged so that it need not be
hidden from sight.
The plates may be provided with suitable finger or thumb pieces, such as that
shown at J in Figures 1 and 2 for example, to facilitate the manipulation of the
fastener.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The new or improved dress fastener which consists of a plate A provided with
studs or hooks C, and with holes F by which the said plate A can be sewn to one
part of the dress; and of a plate B provided with holes D and slots E adapted to
take over and interlock with the studs or hooks C on the plate A, and with holes F
by which the said plate B can be sewn to another part of the dress; one of the said
plates A or B being also provided, or not as may be required, with slots H, adapted
to receive hooks attached to a blouse, bodice, or other similar part of a dress,
substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 11th day of September 1896.
W. H. BECK,
115 Cannon Street, London, Applicant.