US1056211A - Clasp. - Google Patents

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C. E. PETER-SUN.

CLASP. v APPLICATION FILED 001218, 1912.

1,05 6,211 Batnted Ma r. 18, 1913.

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Ap lieation filed October 18, 1912. Serial Ito. 726 454.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL E. PETERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of Xew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clasps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it a'ppertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a par-tot this specification.

This invention relates to a buckle which is designed to provide an easy means for placing a strap in the buckle, and is particularly designed for use in overalls and similar garments where the strain on the strap binds the buckle to it, the other end of the buckle being adapted to be attached to a garment in the usual manner. This buckle is in the nature of an improvement- Figure 1 is a front-view of the buckle.

showing a strap in broken lines and the open position of the swinging strand being shown in. dotted outline. Fig. 2 is side view of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a top View of the buckle wit-lithe swingin strand shown in its open position in dotted outline. I

Thedevice is preferably made of one piece of wire which is formed into a loop 10 or any'structure that would be adapted to receive a button or similar fastening means, in fact, it can be "formed into any shape that permits its attachment to a garment, such as to the waist-band or back of a pair of overalls. The wire trom the loop 10 extends up on one side into a first strand 11 which extends upwardly and isprovided with the shoulder..12,'wh1ch shoulder is formed by vbending the wire inward sharply and then upwardly as at 13. The first strand then extend across'the buckle in the form of a u'pward erk on the strap will swinging strand it to its locked or gripping overthe shoulder 12, securelyholds the str strap; any dangling or whippin oi transverse strand .14 which is bent back upon itself at the loop lfiandthen forms a swinging strand 16 which has its end bent to form an L-shaped end 17, the second strand 18 extending up from theloop 10 and being bentaround the transverse strand 1- and forming the eye '19 to act asa fulcrurn to the swinging strand 16'a'nd also to hold the transverse strand 1% in fixed position relative to the rest of the buckle. The dotted position of the swinging strand, as

shown in Figs. 1 and 3, is the normal position of the swingingst'rand 16, that is, it is drawn down and out from the position shown in Fig, 1 in full linesand has the end of the L-shaped end 17 resting against the strand 11, thereby holding'the transverse strand 14 and the swinging'strand l6 somewhat separated.

The buckle when used needs to be fastened to a'strap 20, and in order to fasten the strap it is threadedthrough the buckle as shown in the drawing, that is, with the swinging strand 16 in its normal position shown in dotted outlines in Figsl and 3, the strap 20 is fed from the back of the buckle underneath the swinging strand,

hen over the swinging strand toward the back, and under the transverse-strand 1%,

By a pressure of the thumb on the end of the swinging strand 16 the swinging strand and the transverse strand are placed in substantially parallel relatioinand the L-shaped end 17 of the swinging strand 1(5 snaps over the shoulder 12 and lS llElCl in position by the spring action of the swinging strand,-

this-spring action having a tendency to throw the t.-shaped end downward, and the shoulder acting as a stop. holds the strand in place. 'ln the case of a thin strap, an

sometimes as when agarinenton which the buckle is used: is to be laundried. 7 This buckle, when it is provided With strap and the iSshaped' end 1'? 1S hooked in place and also binds itself to the str L so that it the buckle is on the loose end or the puh the strap will not cause or permit the buckle to fly ed the end 05; the strap.

Having thus describedmy invention What. Iclaim is f- 1. it buckle comprising a securing means at the-bottom and having a first strand er; tending therefrom with a shenlder near its top, the'first strand being bent into a trans verse strand, a second. strand extending from the securing means and embracing the transverse strand to hold it rigid, the trans verse strand being bent beyond the second strand into a swinging strand with an IL- sliaped end, the l..-shaped endbeing adapted to lie against the first strand to hold the transverse strand and swinging strand apart and to also snap onto the shoulder to hold the last-mentioned strands substantially parallel.

2.. A buckle comprising a piece of Wire bent intc a lenp and extending upward on one side into a first strand with a shoulder near its top, the firststrand being bent into a transverse strand, a second strand extending from the loop and formed into an eye embracing the transverse strand to hold it rigid, thetransverse stiand being bent beyond the second strand into a swinging strand with an lL-shaped end, the L-shaped end being adapted to lie against the'first strand to hold the transverse strand and swinging strand apart and to also snap onto the shoulder to hold the last-mentioned strands substantially parallel.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing,

l have. hereunto set my hand this 16th day oit'Oct-ober, 1912.

CARL PETERSON. v

Witnesses:

WM. H. CAMrmLn, M. A. donnsen.

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