Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Sept., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 8th June, 1898-Accepted, 8th Sept., 1898
We, WILLIAM GAUNT and JANE ANN GAUNT, of 26, Scarisbrook Avenue, Southport,
in the County of Lancaster, Dress Cutters, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows
This invention relates to improvements in the shape of hooks and eyes so that they
may be more readily attached to garments or parts of garments.
The object of this invention is to provide a hook and eye so shaped that the heel
or shank which is now turned for sewing through is turned up at right angles to the
hook or eye with the points sharpened so as to be more conveniently and quickly
attached to the garments upon which they are to be used.
The said improvements consist of the piece of wire which forins the shank of the
hook or eye as now used is bent in an horizontal direction at right angles to the main
body of the hook or eye. The wires are again bent at right angles nearer the end
in a perpendicular direction the ends being sharpened or pointed for piercing through
the material prior to being clinched and when clinched securely fastening the hook
and eye on to the material without sewing.
The piece of wire between the two bends is so prepared with sharp projections that
when the piece of wire from the end to the first angle is clinched upon it the pro-
jections are embedded in the material thus securely fastening the hook or eye.
For additional security we may use a small perforated disk or bar of metal or other
suitable material.
Dated the Seventh day of September 1897.
WILLIAM GAUNT,
JANE ANN GAUNT.
We, WILLIAM GAUNT and JANE ANN GAUNT, of Scarisbrook Avenue, Southport, in
the County of Lancaster, Dress Cutters, do hereby declare the nature of this inven
tion 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 improvements in the shape of hooks and eyes so that they
may be more readily attached to garments or parts of a garment without sewing
rivetting or eyeletting as heretofore.
The object of this invention is to provide a hook and eye sa shaped that the heel
or shank which is now turned round for sewing through is turned at right angles to
the main body of the hook and eye with the points sharpenel sɔ as to be more

page_text: conveniently and quickly attached to the garments or parts of a garment upon which
they are to be used.
The said improvements consist of the piece of which forms the shank of the hook
and eye as now used is bent in an horizontal direction at right angles to the main
body of the hook and eye. The wires are again bent at right angles nearer the ends
in a perpendicular direction with sharpened or pointed ends for piercing through the
material prior to being clinched, and thus saving the sewing on, rivetting, or
eyeletting as heretofore and when clinched securely fastening the hook and eye on to
the lining or prepared band and also forming a pivot or hinge for the main body of
the hook and eye to work upon so that they may be raised for the more convenient
and more quickly fixing on of the outer material.
The piece of wire between the two bends is prepared with sharp projections that
when the piece of wire from the end or points to the first angles are clinched the
projections are embedded in the lining or prepared bands and thus securely fastening
the hook and eye, or for additional security we may use a small perforated disc or bar
of metal or other suitable material. Fig. 1 hook. Fig. 2 eye. AAAA first bend.
BBBB second bend. CCCC sharpened end. DDDD sharp projections.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of the said invention, we declare
that what we claim is :-
(1) A hook with sharpened or pointed ends for dresses or parts of dresses as
substantially described.
(2) An eye with sharpened or pointed ends for dresses or parts of dresses as
substantially described.
(3) A hook with spiked heel or shank which when clinched upon a prepared band
or the lining of the dress forms a pivot or hinge upon which the main body of the
hook is raised and thus expediting the fixing on of the outer material of the dress as
substantially described.
(4) An eye with spiked heel or shank which when clinched upon a prepared band
or the lining of the dress forms a pivot or hinge upon which the main body of the
eye is raised and thus expediting the fixing on of the outer material of the dress
as substantially described.
Dated this Seventh day of June 1898.