US1203399A

US1203399A - Extension-button.

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Publication number: US1203399A
Application number: US7284716A
Authority: US
Inventors: Florent Philippe Sr
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1916-01-18
Filing date: 1916-01-18
Publication date: 1916-10-31
Anticipated expiration: 1933-10-31

Description

F. PHILIPPE, Sn.

EXTENSION BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED 11mm. I916.

1,203,399. Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FLORENT PHILIPPE, 83., OF SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

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Application filed January 18, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLoREN'r PHILIPPE, Sr., a citizen of Belgium, residing at South Charleston, in the county of Kanawha and State of West Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Extension-Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a button, and more particularly to the class of extensible buttons.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a button wherein the same is constructed with wings to increase the size of the button so that it will not pull through a buttonhole after the same has become worn or enlarged by constant use of wearing apparel.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a button of this character wherein the wings will be held in extended position or retracted, thereby enabling the size of the button to be varied as the occasion may require.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a button of this character wherein the construction thereof is novel in form to assure the working thereof when used.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a button of this character which is simple in construction, reliable and efficient in its purpose, neat and attractive in appearance, and inexpensive in manufacture. With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a plan view of a button constructed in accordance with the invention, the wings thereof being re tracted; Fig. 2 is a similar view with the wings extended; Fig. 3 is an edge elevation; Fig. 4 is a top plan view with the outer plate removed and the parts of the button in position as shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a simi- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

Serial N 0. 72,847.

lar view with the parts adjusted; Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1; Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view through the lower section with the top section removed; and Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional View through the top section of the button.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the button comprises a pair of disk-like cheek plates 10 and 11 respectively, which are of uniform size with respect to each other and have arranged therebetween segmental shaped extensible wings 12, the same being supported for swinging movement upon pivots 13 which are riveted in the cheek plates 10 and 11 at points diametrically opposite each other, the plate 10 being formed with a pair of hollow bosses 14 which are struck inwardly from the said plate and serve as thread receiving apertures for the fastening of the button upon a garment. The plate 11 is formed with hollow bosses 15 which are struck inwardly therefrom and engage in arcuate shaped slots 16 formed in the wings to provide stops therefor, whereby the wings will be limited in their outward and inward swinging movement between the plates 10 and 11 in actuating the button. The bosses 15 are arranged diametrically opposite each other and are positioned upon an imaginary line at right angles to an imaginary line through the bosses 14;, as will be clearly obvious.

Arranged between the plates 10 and 11 at a point which may be termed the heel ends of the wings 12 is a bearing block 17 which is formed at its inner edge with a medial notch 17 correspondingly shaped to substantially one-half of the boss 15 adjacent thereto and serving as a seat for a leaf spring 19 which embraces the said boss 15, and the limbs of this spring play against

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20 and 20 respectively, formed on the inner edges of the extension wings 12 so as to hold the same extended or retracted when manually thrown to either position- The bearing block 17 is riveted at 18 to the plates and 11 and this block also serves the function as a spacer for the said plate, while likewise the

bosses

14 and 15 serve asimilar function for the said plate.

On the plate 10, at the outer side thereof, is provided an ear or lug 21 which serves to steady the button when inserted in a buttonhole in a garment to prevent the button from turning and also holding it in proper position for the extending of the wings at the proper point, the lug 21 being inserted in the buttonhole slot in the garment to project therein and thus hold a button in the required position, while formed in the plates 10 and 11 are beveled notches 22 to expose the beveled corners 23 at the free ends of the wings so as to leave the free ends thereof naked to permit access to be had thereto for the extending of the wings when occasion requires. The plate 11 is formed with openings 2st which register with the hollow bosses let and 15 so that the thread for the fastening of the button upon a garment can be passed through both pairs of bosses 1a and 15 to secure the button upon a garment. Should the buttonhole in the garment become worn by the continued use of the button the wings 12 which are normally retracted between the plates 10 and 11 and held in such position by the spring 19 may be extended so that the button will not work through the worn buttonhole after the same is passed therethrough.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction and manner of operation of the device will be clearly understood and, therefore, a more extended explanation has been omitted.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. A button of the class described comprising a pair of disk-like plates spaced from each other, extension wings pivotally mounted between the plates and movable outwardly beyond the peripheries thereof, means acting upon the extension wings to hold the same in extended or retracted position, a spacing block arranged between the plates, and hollow lugs struck inwardly from one of the plates, one pair of the lugs serving as stops for limiting the swinging movement of the wings.

A button of the class described comprising a pair of disk-like plates spaced from each other, extension wings pivotally mounted between the plates and movable outwardly beyond the peripheries thereof, bosses struck inwardly from the said plates at diametrically opposite points and in spaced relation to each other, the said wings a spring embracing one of the bosses and acting upon the wings to hold the same in retracted or extended position, and a bearing block inserted between the plate and having a seat for the spring.

3. A button of the class described comprising a pair of disk-like plates spaced from each other, extension wings pivotally mounted between the plates and movable outwardly beyond the peripheries thereof, bosses struck inwardly from the said plates at diametrically opposite points and in spaced relation to each other, the said wings being formed with the arcuate shaped slots receiving a pair of the said bosses for limiting the swinging movement of the said wing, a spring embracing one of the bosses and acting upon the wings to hold the same in retracted or extended positions, a bearing block inserted between the plates and having a seat for the said spring, and means for fastening the plates together, the said bosses and the said blocks being designed to form spaces for the plates.

A. A button of the class described comprising a pair of disk-like plates spaced from each other, extension wings pivotally mounted between the plates and movable outwardly beyond the peripheries thereof, bosses struck inwardly from the said plates at diametrically opposite points and" in.

spaced relation to each other, the said wings being formed with the arcuate shaped slots receiving a pair of the said bosses for limiting the swinging movement of the said wing, a spring embracing one of the bosses and acting upon the wings to hold the same in retracted or extended positions, a bearing block inserted between theplates and having a seat for the said spring, means for fastening the plates together, the said bosses and the said blocks being designed to form spaces for the plates, and a protuberance on one of the plates serving as a stop for engaging in a buttonhole to hold and keep the button against displacement when inserted through said buttonhole.

5. A button of the class described comprising a pair of disk-like plates spaced from each other, extension wings pivotally mounted between the plates and movable outwardly beyond the peripheries thereof, bosses struck inwardly from the said plates at diametrically opposite points and in spaced relation to each other, the said wings being formed with arcuate shaped slots receiving a pair of the said bosses for limiting the swinging 'movement of said wings, a spring embracing one ofthe bosses and acting upon the wings to hold the same in restricted or extended position, a bearing block inserted between the plates and having a seat for the said spring, means for fastening the plates together, the said bosses and the said block being designed to form spacers for the plates and a protuberance on one of the plates serving as a stop for engaging in a buttonhole to hold and keep the button against displacement when inserted through 10 said buttonhole the open centers of the said bosses serving as four holes for the passage of thread therethrough to fasten the button upon a garment.

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

FLORENT PHILIPPE, SR.

Witnesses:

JULEs CHAMPAGNE, FELIX DANDOIS.

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