US1137789A - Button. - Google Patents

Description

E. 0. PRESBY.

BUTTON.

APPLICATION man MAYI, 1914.

161a! ""m nnm Patented May 4, 191 5.

EDWIN o. PRESBY, our NEW YORKQN. Y.

BUTTON.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN PRnsBY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inventlon, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to buttons especially for use with lacings, and has for its purpose to provide a button of that type having a rigid stud or shank and whlch may be readily attached to the ordinary lacing eyelet openings to receive the lacing, and which will hold the same in an effective manner and readily allow of unlacing.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a button substitute for eyelet lacings to the end that shoes having the latter style of fastening may be readily changed to the other and with very little trouble and ense. With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel details of construction and combinations of parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and in which similar reference symbols indicate corresponding parts in the several views: F igure 1 illustrates the application of the invention to a shoe. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view of the button and showing its several parts and manner of assembly. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the several members of the button in disassembled relation. Fig. 4: is a modified construction of one of the parts.

Referring to the construction in further detail, the button consists of a tubular member 1 having a flange 2 and a reduced portion 3 at its respective ends. A base member 4 having a base piece 5 and a tubular shank 6 passes through the tubular member 1, as in the manner shown in Fig. 2, and said tubular shank 6 is constructed with a reduced portion 7 forming an annular shoulder 8, and said portion 7 is spllt, as at 9, whereby to give the necessary resiliency for passing through the reduced end 3 of the member 1 and forming a close fit therewith. The tubular member 1 and base member 4 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May4,1915.

Application filed May 7, 1914. Serial No. 838,971.

tightly fit within the opening of the eyelet 10 that is secured to the shoe upper 11, through the medium of flanged edges 12 or in any other approved manner. The annular shoulder 8 of the member 4: engages with the inner end 13 of the member 1, and serves to hold said members 1 and 1 in proper relative axial relation, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

The button per se comprises a rounded head 14; having an integrally formed and rigid shank 15 that has an enlarged and split end 16. The shank 15 is adapted to pass through the tubular shank of the base member t and be secured thereto byupsetting the end 16, as will be obvious. To upset said end a block or mandrel 16 is provided, and is formed with a cavity or recess 17 to receive the shank end 16 and cause the latter to be blunted or upset in the manner of riveting. The head 14 fits over and completely incloses the flanged end 2 of the tubular member 1; and the shank 15 has a relatively close fit with the shank portion 7 and together with the reduced portion 3 of the tubular member 1, the several parts afford a substantial and rigid shank for the button, and hold the same in a position well suited to receive the shoe lacing A and with the ordinary tension to which the latter is subjected.

In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, the base piece 5 is elongated and of less width than the corresponding part 5 in the other structure, but in all other respects this part of the button is the same as that above described. The object in having the base piece elongated (viz. 5 is to provide an elongated supporting surface for the button shank in order to avoid liability of tilting of the shank when the laces are drawn.

The button as disclosed herein, while adapted for use in most any form of eyelet where lacing is used, is especially adapted for use on shoes, as illustrated in Fig. 1. As previously set forth this arrangement allows of an outside lacing to be applied to. shoes which are constructed with eyelets.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to such features except as may be required by the claims.

I claim:

1. A lacing button for shoes comprising atubular member, a base member having a tubular shank and an annular shoulder, adapted to pass through said tubular member, and to engage said tubular 'member;

and a head having a rigid shank adapted to pass through said tubular shankand to be secured thereto by upsetting, substantially as described.

- 2. A lacing button for shoes comprising a tubular member; a base member having a tubular shank adapted to pass through said tubular member; and a head having a rigid shank adapted to pass through saidtubular" shank, said shank having an enlarged and split head adapted to be upset against said base member whereby to secure the several parts, substantially as described. I

3. A lacing button for shoes comprising a r tubular member having a reduced end portion; a base member having a tubular shank,

said shank having a reduced portion adapted 'to pass through and to form a close fit With said reduced tubular portion; and a head having a reduced end portion; a 'base mem' tubular member formed With a flange and.

ber having a tubular shank, said shank hav' ing a reduced portion adapted to pass through and to'form a close fit with said reduced tubular portion; and a head having a rigid shank adapted to pass through and. to form a close fit with said tubularshan'k 1 and .tobe secured thereto by upsetting, and

said head being adaptedto engage the flange of said base member, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

v EDWIN O. PRESBY. Witnesses EDWARD E. BAKER,

'B. M. 'PRESBY. 7

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

Washington, D. '0.

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