Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1886
Complete Left, 16th Sept., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 18th Oct., 1887
I WILLIAM BURT, of Lime Grove, Cheadle in the County of Cheshire, Shoemaker,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to produce a button which can be easily and quickly
attached to and removed from garments, and which will not wear or damage the
same.
The first part of this invention relates to a button having a central shank, and
consists principally in the combination of a button head fitted loosely to a base formed
with two or more pointed fangs or prongs.
The head and base of the button are so formed as to form a central shank of a length
sufficient to suit the different requirements.
This may be done by forming a cup on the underside of the button head with a
hole and the upper side of the base with a shank to pass through the hole in the
button head, the end of this shank, which projects into the said cup, being formed
into a head so as to permit the button head to revolve freely around the shank of
the said base.
The button is attached to the garment by pressing the pointed fangs or prongs into
the material until the base from which the pointed fangs or prongs, spring, rests
firmly on the material.
The pointed fangs or prongs are made of such a length as to project a little
through the material and are afterwards bent over and pressed into the material by a
suitable punch or hammer either inwardly or outwardly over a washer or ring placed
inside or outside the pointed fangs or prongs respectively.

page_text: This washer however, in some cases may be dispensed with.
The second part of this invention relates to a button stamped out in one piece and
having a shank formed on the edges of & between the button head and base the latter
being also provided with two or more pointed fangs or prongs.
The button head and base I make in this case preferably of an oval shape; the
attachment of the button to the garment taking place in the same manner as described
in the first part of this invention.

page_text: I, WILLIAM BURT, of Lime Grove, Cheadle, in the County of Cheshire Shoemaker
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:-
The object of this invention is to produce a button which can be easily and quickly
attached to and removed from garments, and which will not wear or damage the
same.
And in order that my invention may be better understood I have caused to be
appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference indicating
like parts in the various figures.
Figs. 1, 4, 5, 12 & 14 are side views. Figs. 2, 6, 8 & 13, plans, and Figs. 3.
7, 9, 10 & 11 cross sections, of my improved button.
The first part of this invention relates to a button having a central shank a see
Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 & 9, and consists principally in the combination of a button
head A fitted loosely to a base B formed with two or more pointed fangs or
prongs a¹.
The head A and base B of the button are so arranged as to form a central shank a
of a length sufficient to suit the different requirements.
This may be done by forming a cup a see Figs. 3 & 7, on the underside of the
button head, with a hole, and the upper side of the base B with a shank a to pass
through the hole in the button head A, the end of this shank, which projects into the
cup a, being formed with a head so as to permit the button head A to revolve freely
around the shank a of the base B.
This cup a² may be in depth as shown in Figs. 1, 3, 45 and 7 so as to rest on the
base B, or the same may be much less in depth, as shown in Fig. 9.
The button is attached to the garment by pressing the pointed fangs or prongs a¹
into the material until the base B from which the pointed fangs or prongs a¹ depend,
rests firmly on the material C.
The pointed fangs or prongs a¹ are made of such a length as to project a little
through the material and are afterwards bent over and pressed into the material C,
by hand or a suitable punch or a hammer, see Figs. 5, 6 & 7, either inwardly or
outwardly, over a washer or ring placed inside or outside the pointed fangs or
prongs a respectively.
The washer or ring b, however, in some cases may be dispensed with.
When it is desired not to let the shank a pass through the button head, an annular
groove d, see Figs. 10 and 11, is cut on its underside at an angle, so as to form a die,
the end of the shank a is then put into the groove d and the head fastened thereto by

page_text: giving it a slight touch with a hammer so as to cause the top of the stud a to bend
outwards and embed itself into the groove d.
The second part of this invention, see Figs. 10 & 11 relates to a button stamped out
in one piece and having a shank a formed on the edges of and between the button
head A and base B, the latter being also provided with two or more pointed fangs
or prongs a¹.
The button head A and base B I make in this case preferably of an oval shape, the
attachment of the button to the garment taking place in the same manner as described
in the first part of this invention.
Figs. 12, 13 & 14 are some modifications of my invention and show how a base, and
certain distance between the latter and the underside of the button head, and free
movement of the latter may be obtained without arranging the button head to revolve
on the shank.
To this end the button A, see Fig. 12 is as usual provided with a loop or as shown
in Fig. 14, the underside of the button head is formed with two slots through which
is passed a piece of metal, flat, half-round, or round, in section and bent in such a
manner that the middle thereof forms a small loop or shank a and the extremities,
two fangs or prongs a¹, the latter depending from the base B which is between, and
at right angles to, the fangs or prongs and the shank a..
In order to give the fangs or prongs a¹ a good hold in the material, a small metal
plate see Figs. 13 & 14 preferably of an oval shape and having two slots and a small
hole is employed, the fangs or prongs a being passed through the said slots and bent
outwardly, or inwardly through the said hole into the material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be porformed I declare that what I claim is :-
1st. In buttons, the combination of a base B formed with three or more pointed
fangs or prongs a', with a button head A in such a manner that a short space between
base B and button head A is formed, and the latter is permitted to revolve or move
freely on the stud a, of the base B, and the base B will firmly rest on the material C
for the purpose specified, substantially as set forth.
2nd. A button stamped out in one piece showing a base B formed with three or
more pointed fangs or prongs a depending from the underside, and a side shank a
rising from the upper side of the base B and terminating in a head at a suitable
distance above the base B as set forth.
3rd. The manner of securing the head A to the shank of a button substantially as
described and shown in Figs. 10 & 11.
Dated this 15th day of September 1887.