US1081977A - Corset-stay fastener. - Google Patents

Description

I. M. MITCHELL.

COR$ET STAY FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED 81221217, 1912.

Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

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IDA M. MITCHELL, DE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

CORSET-STAY FASTENER.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, Ina H. MITCHELL, citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angelcs and State of California, have invented certain new. and useful Improvements in Corset-Stay Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvei'nents in corset stay fasteners and the object in view is the provision of means for effectively retaining the stay against creeping within the garment while at the same time assuring protection to the surrounding fabric.

\Vith this and other objects in view, as will in part hereinafter be set forth and in part become apparent, the invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts as herein specified and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing: Figin-e 1 is a top plan view of the fastener embodying the features of the present invention and illustrated as applied to a garment. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same detached and in its extended condition, the serrations outstanding edgewise as in the blank before being bent at right angles. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal, vertical, central section taken on the plane indicated by 2-2 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on the plane indicated by line 4l-1 of Fig. 3. Figs. 5 and 6 are plan views of the respective sections of a slightly modified embodiment, the serrations outstanding as in the blank before being bent at right angles to the body.

leferring to the drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a body consisting preferably of a strip of relatively thin material, preferably flexible, non-rusting metal. The body 1 is shaped and dimensioned to conform to the particular stay which it is adapted to engage, ordinarily assuming the form of an elongated strip of sufficient length to be bent approximately midway of its length for forming a pocket-like clip adapted to inclose the end portion of a stay. Along each of its longitudinal edges, the strip or body 1 is serrated to form teeth 2, 2. The teeth 2 along the edge of the strip 1 from its middle line to one end are spaced relative to the corresponding teeth for the remaining portion of the strip so that the former teeth may be accommodated in the spaces between the latter, whereby when the strip is folded into the form of a pocket, those teeth 2 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 17, 1912.

Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

Serial No. 720,876.

along the edges of one half or one section of the fastener may be passed between the teeth 2 along the edges of the other half or section of the fastener, and all the teeth may therefore be bent: between the body 1 for locking the edges of the body to the stay when the body is folded. the teeth 2 being set at a slight inward incline to the flat faces of the body and in operation. being caused to penetrate the material of the garn'ient in which the engaged stay is disposed. After the strip or body 1 has been bent and applied, the teeth 2 are forced through the fabric and past the edges of the inclosed stay, the penetrating ends of the points striking the inner face of the opposite section of body 1 and being bent inwardly thereby to a position elasping the stay. Body 1 is of a slightly greater width than the interposed stay, so that the teeth, owing to their inclination. readily strike the inner face of the opposing section of the body when the teeth are forced through the fabric and past the stay. which may be accomolished by hammering or otherwise sub jecting the parts to sntlicicnt pressure. Thus it will be noted that the fastener is afforded an effective purchase in the surrounding fabric, while a smooth, even surface of the fastener is exposed. and no protruding points are left in evidence.

Each end of strip 1 is serrated to form teeth 3 which, before the strip is applied, are disposed at substantially right angles to the body of the strip and which on application penetrate the fabric until the points contact with the material of the inclosed stay whereupon the teeth 3 are struck over by a blow delivered to the respective ends of the strip. Each tooth 3, as clearly seen in Fig. 3, while extending substantially at right angles to the body 1 is preferably very slightly inclined toward the center of the body so as to insure bending of the teeth toward the body when the teeth engage the surface of the inclosed stay.

At various points in the length of the body 1, teeth 1, 1 are preferably struck from the material of the body, each of the teeth 4: being struck up su'iliciently to extend substantially at right angles to the body 1 and preferably given a very slight incline away from the aperture left in the material by the striking out of the tooth so as to insure each of the teeth 1 bending away from its respective aperture when coming into contact with the inclosed stay. It is to be noted that eeth 2, 3 and a outstand from the body 1 prior to its application to the garment and during the course of application, the teeth 3 and at penetrate contiguous port-ions of the garment until they contact with the inclosed stay and. are turned in the direction of their inclination until flattened between the body 1 and the stay whereby the material of the garment covering the stay is bound or compressed between the teeth 3 and 4 and the body 1. Thus the fastener is efi'ectively retained against play relative to the garment and as effectively retains the inclosed stay.

1 preferably employ a fastener at each end of each stay, and frequently it is desirable to employ one or more fasteners at intermediate points of a given stay. To facili tate application of the fastener at an intermediate point, 1 preferably divide the body, producing two cooperative sections each of the form seen in Figs. l and 5 at 1. Each section 1 has its edges provided with teeth 2 similar in construction and operation to the teeth 2 and has its ends formed with teeth 3. In applying the fastener at an intermediate point, the respective sections 1 are disposed on opposite sides of the garment with the inclosed stay between the sections, and the sections are forced toward each other until the teeth 2 lap the stay, and may be clamped after the manner described with respect to teeth 2. The teeth 3 are forced to their final position in eX- actly the same manner as teeth 3,

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A stay fastener comprising sections of sheet material adapted to be disposed on opposits sides of a stay and outside of ,he fabric surrounding the stay, each of said sections being formed with penetrating teeth at its edges, and with a pair of teeth struck up within its body and spaced from each other, one of the teeth of said pair having its point directed for causing the tooth when applied to extend longitudinally of the section in one direction, and the other of the last named teeth being oppositely directed.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IDA M. MITCHELL.

lVitnesses lilABEL H. MOKEEN, l/V. S. EWING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

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