US1278457A - Garment-fastener. - Google Patents

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P. R. GRUBER & M. SELIG'.

GARMENT FASTENER.

APPLICATIO'N FILED MAY 2.1917.

1 ,278,457. Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

, Fl? G/WEEE- PAUL It. GBUBEE AND MOSES SELIG, OF NEW YORK. N. Y.

GARMENT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Sept. 1c, 1918.

Application filed May 2, 1917. Serial No. 165,917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PAUL R. GRUBER and Moses SnLIc, citizens of the United States, residing at New rYork city, in the county of New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Fastencrs; and we do 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.

This invention relates to garment fasteners, and is directed more particularly to a separable fastener by means of which adjacent portions of a garment may be quickly and effectively connected.

An object of the present invention is to provide a fastener of the above nature which will combine all of the useful features disclosedin my co-pending applications filed March :20, 1917, Serial Numbers 156,134 and 156,135 and at the same time simplify the construction thereof and consequently reduce to the minimum the cost of manufacture.

With the above and other objects of similar nature in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangements of parts, set forth in and. falling within the scope of the appended claim.

in the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved fastener associated with adjacentportions of a garment and in disconnected relation.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation illustrating the initial step in assembling the fastener; and,

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the members connected, a portion of the garment being broken away.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, there is shown adjacent port-ions A of a garment with which the invention is associated, the latter being designated generally at B.

Specifically the fastener consists of a member 5 formed from a length of wire and provided with an eye 6 and attaching loops 7 through the medium of which it is secured to the garment by stitching, the inner portions 8 of the loop being straight and extending in spaced parallel relation for a purpose to subsequently appear. The other element of the fastener is shown at 9 and is also constructed from a straight length of wire that is first bent upon itself intermediate its ends as shown at 10 with the resultant end portions similarly directed angularly adjacent the bend and providing therewith a hook 11. The' remaining portions of the wire are next bent at a reverse angle as at 12 and continued from the hook in spaced parallel relation to provide the shank portion 13 of the member. I

From the shank 13, one end of the wire is bent circularly upon itself to provide an attaching eye 14. The other end of the Wire is considerably longer and is first bent circularly away from itself in the plane of the eye 14 to provide a second attaching eye 15, then directed angularly as at 16 away from said eye, then continued at 17 in parallel offset relation to the shank B and finally bent as at 18 to enter the space between those portions of the wire which form the hooks ll:

In use the fastener is arranged and secured by stitching upon adjacent portions of a garment as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. To connect the members 5 and 9, the hook 11 is engaged in the eye 6 as shown in Fig. 2 and the member -9 then swung bodily over the member 5 with the eye as a fulcrum to bring the offset portions 17 into position to pass between and snap beyond the portions 8 of the loops 7, said portions 8 spreading to permit of this and returning to normal position to holdthe members so assembled: It will be noted that the central portion of the eye 6 is straight as indicated at 19, and provides a seat for the hook 11 to prevent its slipping on the eye as will be readily understood,

The members 5 and 9 are in this manner securely connected. and serve to effectively maintain the adjacent portions A of the garment in overlapping relation, while; they may be conveniently disconnected when desired in a manner that is obvious.

It will be noted that by this arrangement the members 5 and 9 when assembled lie completely concealed between the overlapping portions of the garment and will therefore not present an unsightly appearance as do the ordinary hook and eye fasteners.

lVhat I claim is A separable fastener, comprising a member having an eye portion. spaced attaching loops and parallel snapping portions disposed inwardly. of said attaching loops, and a second member formed from a single length of wire bent upon itself with its end portions adjacent the bend being directed angularly to provide therewith a hook and being then bent at a reverse angle and continuedin spaced parallel relation one of said ends being terminally rebent circularly to provide an attaching eye and the other of said ends being of greater len th and first bent circularly away from itsel to provide a second attaching eye disposed in the plane of the first mentioned attaching eye, said last named end being then directed an ularly from its eye and continued in para lel ofiset relation to said spaced parallel portions and being finally bent and directed between the hook forming portions of the wire, said book being arranged to' detacha-bly engage the eye of the first member and 15 PAUL R. GRUBER. MOSES SELIG.

Witnesses I SOLOMON A. WELLINGTON, SADIE E. WELLINGTON.

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