US1050380A - Detachable button. - Google Patents

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J. W; NlLssoN. DETAGHABLB BUTTON. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 4,1910.

Patented Ja1.l1-4,1913.

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JOHN W. NILSSON, OF BALFOUR, NORTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO N. B. ANDERSON, 0F BALFOUR, NORTH DAKOTA.

detachable buttons, and has for one of .its

objects to improve the construction'andjm crease the efliciency and utility of devices lo'f this character.

Another object of the invention is to providea simply co-nstructed device which may be readily coupled to. and uncoupled from the garment without disfiguring the garment and without .destroying any of the parts of the improved' button.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then` specificallyi pointed out in the claim; and, in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a view of the improved button viewed from the outer side, Fig. 2 is a view of the improved button viewed from the inner side, Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the innei` plate, detached, Fig. 5 is a pernary manner.

spective view of the locking member, detached.

The improved device comprises an outer shell or casing 10 and an inner shell 11, the two shell portions being united by crimping the edge of the outer shell over the edgeV of the inner shell, as shown at 12 in the Ordi- Located between the shell members 1011 and preferably4 bearing against the outer face of the ,outer shell 10 is an inner plate 13, the plate b'eing secured in any suitable manner to the shells, by being engaged between the crimping edges of the shells, as shown in Fig. 3.

The plate^13 is formed with spaced clefts/ extending inwardly from its edges whereby spaced tongues 14-15 are produced which are bent laterally at right angles to the plate and perforated, as showtat `17-18. The in- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled August 4, 1910. Serial No. 575,458.

Patented J an. 14,1913.

ner shell 11 is provided with elongated aperture or slot 19 through which the catch device is inserted.

The three members 10-11-13 constitute the button proper, whichI is located externally of the garment, and the fastening device whereby the button is detachably coupled to the garment is preferably formed from a single piece of wire and is illustrated in Fig. 5. The fastening device is formed from a single piece of wire bent intermediate its ends into two loops 20-21 and with the remaining portion of the wii'eextended into spacedarmsh 22-23, the arms being flattened at the outer endand formed with inwardly directed barbs 24e- 25. The fasten-ing member is formed from resilient Wire with t-he barbs 24-25 normally spaced in relatively close-relations;

To couple the button structure to a gar ment the pointed and barbed portions 24- 25 are forced through the material of the gai'- ment from the inside. the material being represented conventionally at 26 and the barbed terminals forced through the slot 19 and over the outer faces of the tongues 111-15 'until the barbs engage in the apertures 17-18, which operation will automatically `couple the fastening device to the button and firmly lock the button to the garment.. The loop 20--21A being extended in opposite directions from a support which bears against the inner faces of the garment material, and prevents the but-t0n being withdrawn. rl`hel fastening member shown in Fig. 5 will be as heavy as possible epnsistent with the size of the button proper, so that when coupled to the garmentA the button will resist any strains to which it will be subjected.

The button may be readily detached as required by inserting a suitable implmentbetween the portions of the arms 22-23 which are located between the button and the garment material, until the barbs 24-25 are detached from the tongues 111-15.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured and of any suitable material and of any desired ornamental design.

It will also plainly be seen that upon any outward pulling upon the button the rear wall 11 of the same will bear upon the di vergingr arms or tines 22 und 23 for positirelyiholding` the hooksv 2-1 and 25 in engagement with the ears 14 and 15.

VVhui. is claimed is:-

The Combination with a hollow hut-ton having' :in outwardly bowed rear wall :ind :1 flat front will, of spaced perforated ears projecting imvardly of the button from the front wall thereof, (he said rear Wall being provided with a central elongated slot at. right angles lo said ears, a fastener formed from n single strand of relatively stiff wire und bent toprovide a baise and forwardly dverging tines, Vhook ends formed on the said tines for engagement in the perforated ears, the said tines being inserted through the slot for engaging the hook ends in the perforated ears and on outward pulling upon the hut-ton the rear Wall of the same y'ill bear against the diverging tines for positively holding the hook ends in engagement with the ears.

In testimony whereof, I atx my signature, in presence of t-wo witnesses.

JOHN W. NILSSON. Witnesses: O. P. HILSETH C. B. F REDRiKsEN.

Copies of this patent nay be obtained for five cents each, 'ny addressing the Washington, D. C.

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