US1141162A - Detachable button and safety-pin. - Google Patents

Description

F. E. WILLIAMS.

DETACHABLE BuTToN AND SAFETY PIN.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 2?, 1910.

Patented June 1, 1915.

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DETACI-IIBLE BUTTON AND SAFETY-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 1, 1915.

Application led October 27, 1910. Serial No. 589,463.

T0 all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK EVERETT WIL- LrAMs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alhambra, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Detachable Button and Safety-Pin, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is applicable to buttons, brooches, scarf pins, safety pins and like devices for fastening fabrics, and the object is to provide a cheap, simple and easily manufactured device of this character which can be secured in place to the fabric with maximum ease and convenience and which is not liable to become accidentally detached, and in which the body of the pin will lie flat and snug against the cloth or other material to which the pin is attached.

The invention may be carried out in various forms.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention in some of the forms in which I have embodied it.

Figure 1 is aperspective view of a button or safety pin constructed in accordance with this invention in one of its forms. The pin is shown open in solid lines and closed in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line m2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on line 003, Fig. 1, showing in solid lines at (b) the device with pin open and inserted in but not fastened to a fabric. Dotted lines indicate the position (a) upon starting to insert the pin. and the position (c) when fastened. 'In this View an ornamental cap incloses the body shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view of a blank corresponding in character to those from which the bodies shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 5 may be bent up. Fig. 5 is a view of a narrow form especially adapted for safety pins, beauty pins and the like.

In carrying out this invention l employ a pin formed with a smooth U-shaped loop and having a head directly at one end of the U and a point at the other end, and a body to which the pin is movably connected in such a manner that the pin when adjusted in one position will project beyond the edge of the body so that the loop may be hooked into the fabric to which the button is to be fastened, and then by relative movement between the body and pin the point of the pin may be brought adjacent the body so that the body forms a stop or a practical closure for the pin to prevent removal of the fabric from the pin and consequently the pin from the fabric.

Referring to the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 the body 1 is formed with a slot 2 extending from one edge of the body toward the other edge; and in this slot the looped pin 3 is mounted to slide; there being a way 4 within the body adjacent the slot to chamber the head 5 of the pin, and the slot and way being of sufficient length to allow the head to move sufficiently far away from the edge to bring the point into the slot so that the body may practically close all the space between the ends of the loop. The shank of the pin is directly at the extreme edge of the head toward the open end of the slot so that when the head is at the open end of the slot the entire length of the pin will substantially project from the slot in order that the pin may be inserted with i maximum ease through the article to be fastened. Retaining means are provided to prevent accidental displacement of the pin from its closed and also from its open position. Such means may be variously formed and in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 5 are made by swaging portions of the body as at 6 and 7 to form stops to engage the head with slight resilient force when in the closed and open positions respectively. The body 1 is formed of a single blank shown in Fig. 4 havingat one end a projecting tang 8 and at the other end two projecting tangs 9 and at its edges extended recesses 10 which have a combined width practically equal to the diameter of the pin 3. In manufacture the blank is bent longitudinally along lines 12 to forni the front plate of the body in the form of wings that respectively overlap the back 13 between said lines so as to bring the projecting edges 14 of the wings together thus forming the slot 2 by means of the extended recesses. This construction provides a body for the device which can be produced at minimum cost and in which the pin may be easily and securely mounted. Before the wings are bent they are swaged to form the retaining means 6, 7 at the. edges of the recesses 10 and before the wings are fully bent over toward the back, the head 5 of the pin will be positioned on the back, so that when the wings are bent home the head of the pin will be between the wings and the back; or, if desired the wings may be first bent and then the pin inserted into the slot with itshead in the way. After the pin has thus been accommodated in the body, the tangs 8, 9, will be bent over upon the wings thus to complete the body and hold the wings and pin in lace.

Y j n the form shown in Fig. 5 the construc- Vtion and manner of manufacture 1s practically the same as that just described, the blank being narrower so that the safety pin there shown differs from the device shown in Fig. l merely in width of the body.

An ornamental cap l5 may be applied to these forms as indicated in Fig. 3.

rIhe point of the pin in the closed position in all the forms is brought adjacent the body, and the retainers prevent the pin from working too loosely relative to the body.

' It is understood that the size and proportions of the parts may bevaried as desired for the various purposes to which the iny vention may be applied. In the drawings thesize of the Ydevices is exaggerated for clearness of illustration, beyond that in which they will ordinarily be made.

In the form shown, the body forms a handle rigid with the pin so that by grasping the body the extended smooth circular loop of the pin-may be most readily inserted in the fabric, being turned as in Fig. 3, and then by sliding the body along the pin the fastening is effected.

The safety pin and button may be employed as afbrooch, scarf pin, trousers button or badge, or for fastening two edges of fabricstogether'and the form of the body maybe such as desired for the use in view.

The shank 34 of the smooth regular loop of the pin is preferably arranged at one side of the head, so thatV the shank may be brought 'close to the edge of the body so that the pin may be thus opened to its fullestextent.

By providing inthe pin a smooth practicallyregular U-shaped loop extending from point to head, the facility with which the button or brooch may be attached and de- Copies of this patent may' be obtained for tached is increased, and when attached, the body of the button or brooch may be fiat against the material through which the pin has been inserted, thus giving a neater appearance and increasing the security against being torn off. When the pin is extended the entire loop thereof is open from point to head and when the pin is retracted the body forms a closure extending across the loop from shank to point, so that the facility with which the pin may be inserted when extended is maximized and the brooch rests flat against the material when the pin is retracted.

I claim 1. The combination with a looped pin having a head and a point, of a body formed of a back and two wings; said wings being provided with recesses and folded over the back to form a slot, and said pin being arranged with its head between the wings and the back and adapted to slide in the slot to open and close the pin; and means forming a stop to resiliently engage the head.

2. A device of the class set forth comprising a looped pin having a head and a point, and a body composed of a plate having a back, wings provided with recesses and bent over the back to cover the head and to form a slot for the pin, and tangs bent over the wings to hold them in place.

3. A device of the class set forth comprising a looped pin having a head and a point, and a body composed of a plate having a back, wings provided with recesses and bent over the back to cover the head and to form a slot for the pin and tangs bent over the wings to hold them in place, said rccesses being bent to form resilient means to prevent too free movement of the pin.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 20th day of October, 1910.

FRANK E. WILLIAMS.

In presence of JAMES R. TowNsEND, OLIVE DIFFENDERFER.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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