Improvements in Buttons for Boots and Shoes and like Articles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in Buttons for Boots and Shoes and like Articles.
I, ARTHUR LINE, Tailor, of Chislehurst, Kent, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in buttons for boots and shoes, and has
for its object to provide a simple and effective method of securing the buttons to
the material.
For this purpose the button is provided with a central pin extending from the
button and screw threaded.
A small plate of metal or other suitable material, having a central hole tapped
with a screw thread corresponding to the thread on the pin, is placed on the inside,
or between the thicknesses of the flap of the uppers, and preferably fixed thereto.
and the pin of the button is inserted through a hole in the material and screwed
into the screw threaded hole in the metal plate.
A small washer of rubber or other resilient material may be employed to prevent
the button from working out owing to the action of the feet.
Any other suitable means may be used to prevent the button from working loose.
Dated this 7th day of August 1896.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Appliant.
I, ARTHUR LINE, of Chislehurst, Kent, Merchant Tailor, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performe l, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in means for attaching buttons to boots,
slmes, leggings, gloves, and the like, and has for its object to provide a quick and
asy method of securing the buttons to the material of which the boot or other
article is made.
According to my invention the button is provided with the usual metal loop and
this loop retains the eye of a split pin, the straight portions or arms of which are
threaded so that when pressed together they form a screw shank.
This screw shank is adapted to enter a hollow internally threaded projection or
socket on a suitable metal base the thread of which corresponds to the thread on
the screw, and which is inserted into the material, to which the button is to be
attached.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood reference is had to

page_text: the accompanying sheet of drawings in which Figs. 1 and 2 are elevations, at right
angles to each other, showing the button, split pin and the socket.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the socket and Fig. 4 is an elevation showing the parts con-
nected together as in use, the material to which the button is applied by broken
lines.
The button A is provided with the metal loop a engaging with the eye of the split
pin B or the pin 13 may be fixed direct to the button and the straight portions or
arms of this pin are screwthreaded and engage in the hollow projection or
socket.C,. on the base c, tapped with a thread, corresponding to the thread on the
pin.
The two arms of the split pin may be curved slightly to form a spring so
that on being screwed into the hollow projection they press outwards and prevents
the parts from becoming detached.
The extreme.ends of these. arms, may be opened out, after being screwed through
the projection to assist in preventing the parts from working loose and separating,
in which case the base plate is formed with a hole opposite the socket to permit of
bending out the ends of the arms.
In use the projection or socket is passed in to a suitable hole in the material to
which the button is to be applied and the base plate, 'thereof bearing against the
inside of said material secures the socket in position.
The split pin attached to the button is then screwed into the socket and is thereby
secured, the base of the socket being on the inside of the boot for example while
the button is on the outside ready to engage with the outer flap of the uppers in the
"usual manner.
The projection may pass through the whole thickness of the material, of which
the inner flap of the uppers is composed, or the socket may be placed between the
thicknesses so that it passes through a portion only of them, being placed there
before the material is stitched.
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) In means for attaching buttons to boots, shoes, leggings, gloves and the like,
the combination of a button having a pin attached thereto and a socket into which
said pin screws substantially as described.
Dated this 20th day of May 1897
GEO. H. RAYNER,
27, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Application.