US1091341A - Hook and eye. - Google Patents

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E. J. HUGHES, JR. HOOK AND EYE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 18, 1912.

Patented Mar.24,1914,

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EDWIN J. HUGHES, JH, or ROME, NEW YORK.

HOOK AND Specification of Letters Patent. Patented lIar. 24, 1914.

Application filed December 18, 1912. Serial No. 737,462.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN J. HUGHES, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Home, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hooks and Eyes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment fasteners, and particularly to hooks and eyes; and has for an object to provide interfitting eye and hook elements which will singly present a flat compact mass when the separate portions of the garment are unfastened so as to permit the garment to be pressed without injuring or mutilating the garment; further, the provision of interfitting hook and eye elements which may be conveniently connccted together and held against casual separation; and then further, the provision of companion hook and eye elements that may be each constructed from a single length of wire which will be terminally provided with attaching portions whereby the elements may be secured in place upon the garment with the minimum of labor and with the maximum rapidity.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hook; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the eye; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hook, showing the same attached to a portion of the garment and indicating the present position of the hook; Fig. 4: is an edge View of the hook member; and Fig. 5 is a similar view, showing the hook member connected with the eye member.

With a view to providing a garment fastener which will permit the garment to be laundried or pressed without destroying the locking efliciency of the fastening or the destruction or mutilation of the garment, I employ companion hook and eye elements 1 and 2, respectively, which are adapted for interfitting and interlocking engagement so that both singly and collectively they will present a compact fiat mass upon the garment and thereby eliminate the formation of a bulk in the garment at the point of attachment thereto of the fastening. The hook element 1 is constructed of a single length of resilient wire which is bent on itself to provide an intermediate attaching fastenlng tongue 3 and side arms 4-, the said arms being curved both laterally and in a -vertical direction through their length, and

extended into the side portions 5 of the fas toning tongue 3 through the medium of the connecting bight portions 6. The bight portions 6 are angularly disposed relatively 0r offset from the plane of the arms 4-, whereby the fastening tongue 3 lies slightly beyond the plane of said arms 4 for a purpose to be hereinafter described. The arms 4t are terminally provided with substantially triangular, attaching loops 7, through which a fastening thread may be passed to permit thearticle to be properly fastened on the garment. The attaching loops 7 are preferably disposed inwardly of the outer or closed end of the tongue 3 so that the garment may be adjusted or manipulated to cause the extreme end of the tongue to be arranged at an angle where it may be readily invited into the eye-element 2 of the fastening. The tongue 3 has its side portions 5 bulged outwardly relatively toward the closed end or bight 8 of the tongue, so as to maximize the width of the tongue at such point where it may lie in immediate contact with the body of the wearer, the said side portions of the tongue being curved vertically and in an opposite direction to the curvature of the arms 4. The eye element 2 of the fastening is also constructed of a single length of resilient wire which is terminally provided with substantially triangular, attaching loops 9 and an intermediate connecting bar 10, the latter being substantially of V-configuration and bent outwardly from the plane of the attaching eyes 9 so as to lie at an outward angle fro-m the garment where it will be exposed directly in the attaching path of the tongue 8 of the hook element of the fastening. The sides 5 of the central loop are curved slightly at 11, so as to extend above the curved extremities or surfaces 12 upon the arms 4. In this manner under the inherent elasticity of the legs 4: and 5 it will be apparent that the bar 10 of the eye-member will be securely confined in the receiving space 13 of the member and thereby held against causal separation therefrom.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A garment fastener comprising an eye, a hook, said hook being formed of a single length of wire bent upon itself to form an intermediate tongue having side portions disposed in diverging relation toward the outer end of the tongue and connected with each other by a bight portion, the said side portions being curved vertically throughout their length, and attaching arms curved longitudinally and in a vertical reverse direction to the curvature of the side porends of the arms, the said arms having their opposite ends curved directly into the ad- 5 jacent ends of the said portions of the tongue and defining therewith alined receiving spaces for the reception of the eye of the fastener.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 20 in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN J. HUGHES, JR.

tions of the tongue, the said side portions of the tongue and attaching arms respeo- Witnesses:

tively being of different length so that the SAM. E. WILLIAMS, bight of the tongue extends beyond the free L. M. BARBER.

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