US1277595A

US1277595A - Releasable self-fastening button.

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Publication number: US1277595A
Application number: US20775417A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edward I Jaffe
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1917-12-18
Filing date: 1917-12-18
Publication date: 1918-09-03
Anticipated expiration: 1935-09-03

Description

E. l. JAFFE.

RELEASABLE SELF FASTENING BUTTON; APPLICATION FILED vic. 1s. lari.

l ,277, 595 l Patented Sept. 3, 19L8.

EDWARDY Laarne, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

RELEASABL'E SELF-FASTENING BUTTON.

Application filed December 18,4917.

To all whom z'mag/ concern 1 Be it known that I, EDWARD I. JAFFE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of Bronx and State r0f New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Releasable Self- Fastening Buttons; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying-drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a partofthis specification.

The present invention has reference, generally, to improvements inreleasable selffastening button for garments, and the like; and the present invention relates, more particularly, to novelv improvements in the construction and arrangement ofparts of a releasable self-fastening button of the general type patented by myself'and Elias Jae in previous Letters Patent of the United States, dated vNoven'lber 7th, 1916, No. 1,204,159.

The present invention has for its principal object to provide a more compact arrangement of the. `novel vreleasable `self-fastening parts, and to further providean arrangement of said partsthat will operate to hold the button against-twisting or turning, so that when such buttons are usedwith military or-other uniforms, and for such use bear insignia or designs on their faces, the said insignia or designs are always maintained right side up so thattheyi are readily discerned. And, furthermore, the novel fastening means is so devised that not only is turning, swiveling orI twistingl ofthe button thereon prevented, but such turning, etc., being prevented, lessens, and in fact substantially eliminates, the wear of the fastening devices on the cloth" ofthe garment to which they are attached, thus also pres venting the button fromsagging or hanging loosely down upon the face of the garment, and therefore assuring and maintaining the snug, tightlyrsecured, squarely outwardly faced arrangement of the button upon the garment.

Another 'obj ect of the present invention is to provide van ii'nproved construction ofreleasable spring gripping jaws, adapted tobe opened or released by the insertion ofa needle or other sharp instrument` therebe- Speccaton of Letters Eatent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

serial iva-207,754. i

tween, and being so constructed that pulling strains `upon the button will be prevented from distorting or bending out of proper shape said jaws.

@ther objectsof the present invention, not at this time more particularly enumerated, will be clearlyfunderstood from the following detaileddescription of the same. lVith the various objects of my present invention in view, the same consists, primarily, in the novel construction ofreleasable self-fastening button hereinafter set forth; and the `invention consists, furthermore, in the novel 'arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts as well as in the details `of the construction of the said parts, all of which will be hereinafter more fully described, and then finally embodied in the claims appended hereto.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a vertical cross section through the complete button as the same appears when in fastened relation to a gar ment or the like; and Fig. 2 is a horizontal `section, taken on line 2 2 in said Fig. l,

looking downward.

Fig. 3 is a detail vertical cross section'of the lower portion of the button showing the releasable self-fastening parts thereof, the spring gripping jaw devices being shown in elevation, and said view being drawn on an enlarged scale; Fig. a is a similar detail 'vertical transverse section, taken on line el-et 1in said Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a detail verti cal transverse section, similar to that shown in Fig. 4, but illustrating the manner of releasing the fastening devices of the button; Fig. G is a detail vertical cross section, smnlar to that shown in Fig. 3, but 1llus- Vtrat-ing a slightly modified construct-ion of means for securing the spring grippingjaws in proper assembled position; and Fig. 7 is a -face View ofa blank from which the novel spring gripping jaw devices may be formed.

Fig. S` is a detaillongitudinal section` showing a slightly modified construction of the releasable spring gripping jaw devices; and Fig. 9 is a detail vertical transverse section through the same, taken on line 9-9 in said Fig. 8.'

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the hereinabove described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

`Referring now to said drawings, the ref erence character l indicates the complete novel construction oi releasable self-fastening button made according to and embodying the principlesoi my present invention, the saine comprising a back-plate or shell 2, provided at its marginal edge with an upwardly turned flange or rim 3. Said backplate or shell 2 is further provided with a centrally disposed downwardly or outwardly projecting hollow boss 4 which providesa centrallv disposed chamber or well 5, provided in its bottom wall 6 with a centrally disposed opening 7 giving access thereinto of a releasing instrument, and being further provided, in diametrical alinement with said opening 7, with a pair of shank openings or

passages

8 and 8, one at each side of said opening 7.

The reference character 9 indicates a face or cover-shell, preferably of concavo-convex form, and provided at its marginal edge with a downwardly turned flange or rim 10. Said face or cover-shell may be covered with an ornamental covering 11 of any desired kind, or it may have embossed thereon or have otherwise applied thereto, or to its covering, a desired insignia or design. The marginal iiange or rim 10 of said face or cover-shell is engaged over said marginal iiange or rim 3 of said back-plate or shell 2 in secured relation to the latter.

The reference character 12 indicates the main body or base-plate of spring gripping jaws device, the same having at each end a tongue portion or extension 13, and at its opposite sides, and integrally formed therewith, a pair of spring j aw-members 14, the side marginal edges 15 of which curve outwardly from their point of connection with said main body or base-plate so as to provide a suliicient width of free gripping edges 16. The said spring jaw-members 14 are bent upwardly and inwardly toward each other from said main body or base-plate 12, so that their free gripping edges 16 converge toward each other. Connected with each gripping edge, intermediate its ends, is' an integrally formed downwardly turned lip 17, which is normally vertically disposed, and which terminates slightly short oll the surface of said main body or base-plate 12. The said lips 17 are thus disposed opposite each other and longitudinally parallel, the same being normally slightly separated onev from the other. Said main body or base-plate 12 is provided with a centrally disposed opening 18, and on each side -thereoi' shank openings or

passages

19 and 19. Said opening 18 is alined beneath the ends oit' said lips 17, and said openings or

passages

19 and 19 are alined beneath the gripping edges 16 of thejaw-members 14. Said main body or base-plate 12 is inserted within said chamber or well 5 formed by the hollow b'oss 4 in such a position that its

respective openings

18, 19 and 19 are registered with the respective openings 7, 8 and main body or base-plate. In order to prevent lateral twisting or turning movement of said main body or base-plate 12, which would tend to displace said openings 18, 19 and 19', and the gripping edges 16 of the jaw-members 14 alined above said openings, from properly associated registration with `the

openings

7, 8 and 8 of the bottom wall of said chamber or well similar holdingv ribs or lips 21 are pressed inwardly from the opposite side walls of said hollow boss 4. in holding engagement with the lower side portions of said jaw-members 14, as

shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 5 of the drawings.'

. The

reference characters

22 and 22 indicate a pair of diametrically spaced threaded Shanks, which are secured to and extend upwardly from a suitable head or anchor flange 23. The free endsof said shanks are ground to sharpened points to provide

piercing points

24 and 24. Said shanks are so spaced apart, that when 'the same are presented against the bottom wall of said hollow boss 4, they will respectively enter the openings 8 and 8', and also extend through the'alined

openings

19 and 19 of the main body orbase-plate 12, and then upwardly Abetween the gripping edges 16 of the jaw- .members 14. Said head or anchor flange 23 is further provided with a releasing instrument opening 25 which alines itself vertically with the openings 7 and 18 of the boss 4 and main body or base-plate 12 respectively. While I have stated that the said

shanks

22 and 22 are threaded, it must be understood that such threads are specified only as one convenient means for roughening the shanks to properly receive the gripping action of the jaw-members 14, and that `other means of roughening the said shanks may be employed, such as by providing the same with transverse annular grooves, or by tile cnt surfaces, or, in fact, in any other convenient or desirable manner.

In securing-the button ito the cloth 26 of a garment or other anti-cle, the piercing points v24 and 24 of the Shanks 22 and 22 are thrust through the cloth until the head or anchor flange 23 is brought up against the innerside thereof. The free ends of the Shanks 22V and 22 are then respectively passed through the

alined shank passages

8 and 8 and 19 and 19, respectively, of the boss 4 and main body or base-plate 12, upwardly between the opposed gripping edges lll) param 16 of thespringjaw-Inembers.14, Ysaid edges 16, owingto the` upwardly inclined disposition ofthe spring' jaw-members 14, readily yielding to the passa-geef the roughened surface of said Shanks therebetween in said upward direction, since movement ofl the Shanks, in said upward direction tends to spring the jawfmembers 14 apart. IVhen, however, it is sought to pull either` the button off of the Shanks, or the Shanks out of the button, the engagement of roughened surface of the Shanks with the gripping. edges. tends to move the spring, jaw-members downward, and since the latter are inclined upwardly, the Saidgrippingedges are caused to move toward each other in the. attempt of the spring jaw-members toudescribe the are of movement about their fixed edges, and consequently it follows that said gripping edges 16 are more firmlyv than ever forced into holding or binding engagement with the roughened surfaces. of said4 Shanks. Therefore the greater the pull or` strain upon the button, the greater is .the resistance offered thereto bythe gripping edges 16 of the jaw-members 14, hence-an exceedingly secure fastening of the. button to the ,garment or other article is provided. In order .to provide a still firmer engagement of the gripping edges 16 with the. Shanks 22 and 22 the former may be indented, as at 27, to conform substantially to` the cylindrical ory other contour` ofthe shanks, `thus assuring a .greater portion of said gripping edges vin engagement with Said Shanks.

Since there are two Shanks. provided, spaced laterally one,v from the other, and since each `shank pierces the. cloth-26 separately, it fo-llowsthat, thel Shanks cannot 4turn inthe cloth, since. one shank obstructs 'the turning of the other, consequently, the button cannort swivel or turn on the cloth, nor can the buttonitself swivel or turnV on the shanks, `since each shank is separat-ely engaged, at a point off-set from the center of ythe button, by fthe` jaw-,members 14.1 It therefore follows thatbuttons bearing special insignia or. designs `on their faces, once being fastened to properly present said insignia or designs cannot be twisted or turned to displace the. latter from proper` presentation; nor can a swiveling orl turningrof the shanks in the `cloth. so wear the latter that the pierced 'hole is enlarged to the extent permitting the` button to droopA from properly fastened position, as so frequently happens with single Shank buttons. For these reasons the button provides an exceedingly efficient and neat button formilitary and. other uniforms.

I wish also to call` attention .to the fact that since the" lips 17, depending from the edges of the jaw-.members 14, extend downwardly almost to theinain body or baseT platelQ, theyserve asfstops by engaging the latter when Apulling for-ce` on the button tends to spring together and downwardly the jaw-nremlbers 14, thus linril ling 'such lownward movement of the jaw-members to that necessary to the firm engagement thereof with the Shanks Q2 `and 22', but preventing such downward movement being forced to Jthe point where improper distortion of they Spring jaw-members beyond proper recovery is effected. This function of the lips is important., and is in addition to their function of coacting with a releasing instrument below described.

In order to release the fastening means of the button from normal holding engagement, so that the button may be removed from the Shanks '2v2 and 22', and consequently from the garment or `article t0 which it is attached, I employ a sharpened releasin-g instrument 28, such for example as an ordinary sewing needle or an awl, or 'the like. The sharp piercing end of such instrument is inserted through the opening 25 in said head or anchor flange Q3, and then thrust through the cloth 26 so that the same passes 'through the registered openings 7 and 1S respectively of the boss 4 and main body or base-plate 12, and thence upwardly between the opposed lips 17. In Ithus passing between the lips 1T the spring jaw-'members yield tothe thrust, permitting the instrument to pass between the same 'to not only separate the jaw-members but to also hold them so separated, Vtha-t the gripping edges 1G are removed from their normal engagement with the Shanks and 22. and consequently liberating lthe shanks so that the button may be pulled away :from the same, or the Shanks pulled out of the button, all of which is :illustrated more particularly in Figs. 1 and 5 of the drawings.

Referring now to Fig. 6 of the drawings I'have illustrated therein a slightly modified construction of means for retaining the spring gripping jaw devices in fixed relation to the chamber or well formed by the boss 4. In this construction in place of the ribs or lips 2O and 21, I provide a cap-piece orshell 29, having' a downwardly extending marginal flange 30. Said cap-piece orshell 29 is thrust into the chamber or well so as to cover said gripping jaw devices, and so that the marginal flange 80 presses down in holding engagement upon the extensions 13 of the main body or base-plate 1Q. Said cap-piece itself is held in place by means of an inwardly pressed holding rib'31 pressed out of the wall of said boss 4. Saidrcappiece is also provided with openingsI 82 through which the

shanks

22 and 22 and instrument 28 may extend.

Referring now to Figs. 8 and 9 I have illustrated therein a slightly modified construction4 of gripping jaws device. In this construction I provide an inverted V-shaped base 33 secured within the well. or chamber 5 of the boss el by means of holding ribs 3S. Integrally connected with said base 33, are the spring jaw-members 3d, and bent into upward and inward inclination, so as to normally parallel said V-shaped base and to be spaced normally slightl.,Y away therefrom, The converging edges of the jawmembers 3l have the gripping edges 35 for engaging the shanks 22 and "22', and turned upwardly from one of said gripping edges 35 is a lip 3G, the other or opposite gripping edge having .no such lip. In this construction downward strains upon the jaw-members tending lto almoinntlly distort the same, are prevented by lthe stopped Contact of said jaw-members with the surfaces of said V-shaped base. Tl e arrangement for introducing the releasing instrument QS is modiiied, since in this construction the. releasing instrument opening 3T is formed in the side wall of said boss -il opposite the inward face of the lip 36. By insertilrel the instrument 28 through said opening Staind thence against the lip 3G to apply pressure thereto, the avv-member 3l to which the lip 36 is connected, is forced away from the shanks 22 and 22', so that by slightly iuclining the shanks away from the opposite j aw-member 34.-, the same may be freed .from the latter and then removed from between the air-members, thus uufastening the but.- ton.

While in the above sliecitication I have mentioned metallic and cloth covered button faces, it must be understood that mv button back, with its novel releasable selffastening devices, may be readily adapted for attachment to the backs of any kind of button desired, such as pearl, stone, bone, composition, or any other kind of button face.

I am aware that some changes may be made in the several arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts of my novel button, as well as in the details of the construction of the same, without departing from the scope of said invention as set forth in the foregoing specification, and as defined in the appended claims. I do not limit my invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the several devices and parts as described in the foregoing specication nor do I confine myself to the exact details of construction of said parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

I claim 1. In a. device of the kind described, a back-plate having a centrally chambered portion therein; a spring-gripping jaws device secured within said chambered portion, comprising a pair of upwardly inclined converging spring jaw-members; an anchor- I-Ience,y

ment with said shanks.

In a device of the kind described, a back-plate having a centrally chambered 4Jortion therein; a sirino' Ori )ing 'aws deb D r vice secured within said chambered portion;` comprising a pair of upwardly inclined converging spring jaw-members; an anchorhead, a pair of sharp pointed roughened shankg secured to and extending upwardly from said anchor-head in laterally spaced relation `to each other; means giving said Shanks access to the interior of said chambered portion for their admission upwardly between and in engagement with said jawmembers, means permitting a releasing instrument access to said jaw-members to separate the same from holding engagement with said shanks; and means for stopping' said spring jaw-members against abnormal distortional movement due to pulling strains when engager` with said Shanks.

3. In a device of the kind described, a back-plate having a centraltyr chambered port-ion therein, a spring gripping jaws dcvice, comprising a base-plate, a pair of upwardly inclined converging spring awmembers extending from the sides of said base-plate, indented gripping edges at the free ends of said jaw-members; means for securing said base-plate in fixed relation to said chambered portion ofsaid back-plate; an anchor-head, a pair of sharp pointed roughened shanks secured to and extending' upwardly from said anchor-head in laterally spaced relation to each other; means giving said Shanks access to the interior of said chambered portion of said back-plate for their admission upwardly between said spring jaw-members and in engagement with said indented gripping edges of the latter; and means permitting a releasing instrument access to said j aw-members to separate the same and liberate said Shanks from engagement with said indented gripping edges of said j lnav-members.

1i. In a device of the kind described, a back-plate having a centrally chambered portion therein; a spring gripping jaws device, comprising a base-plate, a pair of upwardly inclined converging spring jaw-, members extending from the sides of said base-plate, indented gripping edges at the free ends of said jaw-members; means for securing said base-plate in fixed relation to said chambered portion of said back-plate;

an anchor-head, a pair of sharp pointed roughened shanks secured to and extending upwardly from said anchor-head in laterally spaced relation to each other; means giving said shanks access to the interior of said chambercd portion `oi said back-plate ior their admission upwardly between said spring jaw-members and in engagement with said indented gripping edges or' the latter; and means permitting a releasing instrument access to said jaw-members to separate the same and liberate said shanks l'rom engagement with said indented gripping edges of said jaw-members; and means for stopping said spring jaw-members against abnormal distortional movement due to pulling strains when engaged with said Shanks.

5. In a device of the kind described, a

back-plate having a. centrally chambered,

portion therein; a spring gripping jaws device comprising a base-plate, a pair of upwardly inclined converging spring awmembers extending from the sides of said base-plate, longitudinally opposite end extensions connected with said base-plate, downwardly extending lips connected with the free edges of said jaw-members intermediate their ends, said lips being opposed and spaced slightly apart and terminating short of said base-plate; ribs formed in the sides of said chambered portion of said backplate in retaining engagement with said eX- tensions o said base-plate; an anchor-head, a pair of sharp pointed roughened shanks secured to and extending upwardly from said anchor-head in laterally spaced relation to each other; means giving said shanks access to the interior of said chambered portion of said back-plate for their admission upwardly between said spring jaw-members and in engagement with the latter on either side of said lips; and means permitting a releasing instrument access to and between said lips of said jaw-members to separate the latter and disengage the same from said Shanks.

6. In a device of the kind described, a back-plate having a centrally chambered portion therein; a spring gripping aws device comprising a base-plate, a pair of upwardly inclined converging spring jawmembers extending from the sides of said base-plate, longitudinally opposite end extensions connected with said base-plate, downwardly extending lips connected with the free edges of said j aw-members intermediate their ends, said lips being opposed and spaced slightly apart and terminating short of said base-plate; ribs formed in the sides of said chambered portion of said back-plate in retaining engagement with said extensions of said base-plate; and similar ribs formed in the sides of said chamberel portion of said back-plate at right angles to said iirst mentioned-ribs and adapted to engage the sides ol" said base-plate an d its jaw-niembers to hold the same against lateral displacement; an anchor-head, a pair of sharp pointed roughened Shanks secured to and extending upwardly from said anchor-head in laterally spaced relation to each other; means giving `said shanks access to the interior of said chambercd portion oli said back-plate for Atheir admission upwardly between said spring jaw-members and in engagement with the latter on either side off said lips; and means permitting' a releasing instrument access to and between said lips of said jaw-members to separate the latter and disengage the same from said shanks.

7. In a device of the kind described, a back-plate having a centrally disposed outwardly extending hollow boss; a spring gripping jaws device secured within said boss, comprising a base-plate havinga pair or' upwardly and inwardly inclined converging spring jaw-members terminating in opposed gripping edges7 downwardly extending lips intermediate of the ends of each gripping edge of said j aw-members, said lips being vertically pa allel and spaced slightly and oppositely apart; an anchor head, a pair of laterally spaced shanks having roughened surfaces secured to and extending upwardly from said anchor head each shank terminating in a piercing point, said anchor head having a centrally disposed releasing instrument opening; said base-plate of said gripping jaws device and said bottoni wall of said hollow boss having registered openings for the admission of said shanks upwardly between and in engagement with said gripping edges ot said jaw-members; and said back-plate having a centrally disposed outwardly extending hollow boss; a spring gripping jaws device secured within said boss, comprising a base-plate having a pair of upwardly and inwardly inclined converging spring jaw members terminating in opposed gripping edges, downwardly extending lips intermediate of the ends oit each gripping edge of said jaw-members, said lips being vertically parallel and spaced slightly and oppositely apart; an anchor head, a pair of laterally spaced shanks having roughened surfaces secured to and extending upwardly from said anchor head each shank terminating in a piercing point, said anchor head having a centrally disposed releasing instrument opening; said base-plate of said gripping jaws device and said bottom wall of said hollow boss having registered openings for the admission oi said shanks upwardly between and in engagement with said gripping edges of said jaw-members; and said base-plate of said gripping jaws device and said bottom wall of said hollow boss having centrally disposed registered openings alined between said central opening of said anchor-head and said lips of said j aw-men'lbers for the admission oi' a releasing instrument upwardly between said lips of said jaw-members to separate the gripping edges of the latter from engagement with said Shanks inwardly pressed ribs formed in Copies of this patent may be obtained for the side walls of said hollow boss for engaging the longitudinally opposite ends of said base-plate to retain the latter against vertioal displacement; and inwardly pressed ribs formed in the side walls of said hollow boss at right angles to said first mentioned ribs for engaging the sides of said base-plate and ve cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.