US1314599A - Separable cuff link-button - Google Patents

Description

C. D. LYONS.

SEPARABLE CUFF LINK BUTTON. APPLICATION FILED FEB. II. 1918.

Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

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CHARLES D. LYON'S, 0F MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SEPARABLE CUFF LINK BUTTON.

Application filed February 11, 1918.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Cnannns D. LYONS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Mansfield, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Separable Cuff Link-Buttons, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to cuff buttons, and more particularly to separable cuff link-buttons of the type provided with independent button members adapted to be separately inserted in and retained by the opposed edges of a cuff, said button members being provided with means whereby they may be connected or disconnected at will.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying illustration of one specific embodiment thereof, while its scope will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view showing the blank for the front or outer head of each button member; K

Fig. 2 shows the blank for forming one side of the flanged post or shank for the stud-carrying button member;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same blank when formed to constitute one side of the shank or post;

Fig. at is an end elevation of the same;

Fig. 5 shows the blank for forming one side of the shank or post for the socketcarrying button member;

Fig, 6 is a side elevation of the same blank when formed to constitute one side of the socket-carrying post or stud;

Fig. 7 is an end elevation of the same;

Fig. 8 is a plan of the outer head blank after being assembled with the two posts or stud pieces of Fig. 6;

Fig. 9 is an end elevation of the assembled blanks shown in Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 11 shows a reinforcement in the form of a channel plate or clip which is applied to the edges of each stud or post to stiffen and bind together the two side edges of the post;

Fig. 12 is a section in plan taken on the line 1212 in Fig. 13, showing the stud- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2, 1919 Serial No. 216,627.

carrying button member after the reinforceinent and the stud have been assembled and permanently swaged in place;

Fig. 13 is a view of the same button member shown in sectional elevation;

Fig. 14 is a sectional plan showing the socket-carrying button member after the reinforcement shown in Fig. 11 has been applied to the edges of the post and permanently swaged in position;

Fig. 15 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 16 is a sectional elevation on the line 1616 in Fig. 14, showing the construction of the resilient socket formed by the two walls of the post;

Fig. 17 shows the two completed button members connected together and holding between them the edges of a soft cuff;

Fig, 18 shows a modified construction of blank wherein the reinforcement shown in Fig. 11 is provided as a part of the blank for the shank or post; and

Fig. 19 is a cross-sectional plan taken through the post and showing the manner in which the reinforcing wing on the blank is curled over the edge of the opposing blank to stiffen the edges of the post.

Referring to the drawings, while my improvements may be embodied in separablelink cuff buttons of varying proportions and with difierent constructional details and relative arrangement of parts, herein for illustrative purposes I have shown a separable cuff link-button embodying the broad principles of the cuff link-button disclosed and claimed in patent to Barney No. 885,135. This is indicated in its complete form in Fig. 17 and is therein shown to consist of two independent button members 1 and 2. Each member has a main front or outer head 3 with a face ordinarily presenting some ornamental, attractive design, the two faces being exposed on the outside of the respective cuff edges. Each member also has an inner or back head 4, which is herein shown as smaller than the outer head 3, the inner head being of asize which is best adapted to be easily inserted from the outside through the button'hole of the cuff edge, but to be there retained in the cuff, each button member being held by its cuff edge independently of the other, whether said button members are connected (as shown) or disconnected (as they may be).

Each outer head member is of substantially the same construction. This construction may be varied, but consists, in the illus-' trated form of button, of a disk-like blank or plate 5, the outside of which is covered by a cap-piece 6, which may be suitably shaped to carry the ornamentation. The latter may be as elaborate as desired, but forms no essential part of the present invention. The cap-piece 6 has its edges rolled or flanged over the base plate 5 after the button member has been completely assembled.

The inner or back heads are also of sub-. stantially similar construction in the two button members, and may be finished or protected, as shown by a flanged plate 7, the

edges of which are rolled over the edges of the inner head-piece, the latter, including the flanged plate, being centrally and suitably apertured to provide for the stud and socket connection hereinafter described.

In the form of button herein shown, the two button members are connected by a resilient or yieldable connection comprising a stud 10 which serves as a link or coupling member between the two button members, and a resilient socketiece indicated at 31 (Fig. 17) formed by the walls of the post or shank on the opposing button member, into which socket the head of the stud is entered and by which it is retained when snapped into place. The construction and operation of this stud and socket connection will be best understoodby briefly describing the parts which form the shank or post in the herein illustrative embodiment of the invention, and the steps which are followed in forming and assembling them, it being observed, however, that the invention may be embodied in widely different forms, and its scope is not to be limited by the specific illustrative description of these minor details.

In the form of button shown, each outer head has substantially the same form of base-plate 5 (Fig. 1) the latter being in the shape of a disk provided with a transverse slot 15, in which slot the two members constituting the side walls of the post are anchored or secured when the button is assembled.

For convenience of maufacture, the con struction of the post or shank is substantially the same in the socket-carrying member as in the stud member, difl'ering. only as to the details which provide for forming a resilient socket in the one member, and for permanently retaining the projecting stud in the other member. In forming the shank or post for the stud-carrying member, two blanks 16 (see Fig. 2) are formed and are then stamped each into the shape shown in Figs. 3 and 4, two of these stampings being face to face to form the post. Each stamping consists of a lower flanged foot 17 and a substantially semicircular, fianged head 18 connected by an upright plate 19, the latter having formed therein a depression 20 which is adapted when the button is assembled to form a part of the'permanent seat or socket for the stud 10. In the stamping shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the edges of the upright plate 19 are preferably ribbed or corrugated as indicated at 21 to stifl'en or strengthen the walls of the post along its edges, and to enable the reinforcing member, which is later applied, to better grip the edges.

The post or shank for the socket-carrying member is constructed from a blank 25 (Fig. 5) which is similar to the blank16, except that the blank is slit or cut to form the tongue 26, so that when the blank is pressed into shape it has (like the post member shown in Figs. 3 and 1) flanged feet 27 and the semi-circular, flanged head 28 united by the upright walls 29 with the ribs or corrugations 30, but the socket 31 which is formed is of a resilient nature.

In assembling the socket-carrying button member, the two post parts, like those shown in Figs. 6 and 7, are applied to the plate 5 by inserting the feet 27 through the slot 15 of the plate and giving them the position shown irf Figs. 8, 9 and 10. After being assembled in this position, a channel reinforcement or union 35 like that shown in Fig. 11, is placed over the adjacent edges of the post walls 19 so as to lap over the corrugations 30, and the assembled parts permanently united (as indicated in Figs. 14 and 15) by pressing this channel member into place by means of any suitable die or press. hen the parts are thus pressed into union, a mandrel or die-pin is preferably inserted within the resilient socket 31 to prevent deformation of the latter.

WV hen the parts of the socket-carrying post are pressed into ,union, the tips of the two tongue pieces 26 assume some such position as is shown in Fig. 16, where they are firmly pinched or held by the plate 5 Within the slot 15 at about the point of bend between the feet 27 and the upright walls 29 of the post. The result is that a socket is formed with a plurality of vertical slits which extend up into the contracted neck or throat 36 of the socket, the walls of the socket, however, being united at the bottom thereof, and the walls of the post at either side of the socket being stiffened and prevented from separation by the corrugations .30 and the reinforcing clips 35. A socket will thus be obtained having the desired resiliency,-that is to say, strong enough to prevent accidental or unintentional detachment, while of suflicient resiliency easily to permit an intentional separation of the button members,yet one which will not tend to weaken. or lose its initial resiliency or strength under long-continued usage.

In forming the stud-carrying member, substantially the same procedure is followed as in connection with the socket-carrying member, except that in place of the die-pin or mandrel, the post 10 is placed in the permanent socket 20 and the metal swaged tightly around the same so as to leave it permanently positioned and as a permanent part head of the stud in place. The inner or under part of the head 11 of the stud is beveled or shaped so as to cooperate with the socket walls and force the latter apart for the release of the stud when sufficient parting pull is applied to detach the one member from the other.

Preferably the neck 36 is given a sufficient flare, as shown, and the button members and post are otherwise so proportioned that the stud-carrying member with its coupling link or stud is adapted to have a limited swinging or rocking movement in either direction when the two button members are coupled together, thereby permitting the button members to adapt themselves more or less to the slight inclination which the cuff edges may bear toward each other. The relative tilting movement of one but ton member with relation to the other when the two members are attached, may be provided for wholly by the limited swinging or tilting movement of the stud within the socket 31 and neck 36 of the socket memher, the stud being held rigidly fixed and immovable in the stud-carrying member, or, if desired, the stud may be allowed a very slight rocking movement in its permanent seat 20, thereby slightly increasing the possible range of tilting movement of one button with relation to the other, but, in either case, the stud constitutes a swinging coupling member or link by means of which the two buttons may be detached or coupled together at will.

In Figs. 18 and 19, I have shown a slightly modified form of reinforcing union for the two post members, but embodying the same principles as already described. Instead of the channel clip or reinforcement 35, the blank 16 out of which one side of the post is formed, may 'be provided with the lateral Wings or projections 50 (see Fig. 18), so that, when assembled face to face with the other or remaining post member (like that shown in Figs. 3 and 4), the reinforcing wings 50 may be rolled over and swaged into uniting relation with the corrugations 21, the two post members being thus united in the same fashion as by the previous construction shown in Fl 12. In the modified construction as descr'bed, it is obvious that the post for the socket-czwrying member may be similarly constructed.

Claims:

l. A separable cuff link-button, comprising independent button members each provided with an outer head and a relatively smaller inner head connected by a shank or post, the inner heads being adapted to be inserted through the opposite button-holes of the cuff, facing each other, and there retained each independently of the other, said members having means for detachably securing them together, comprising a stud member carried by one button and project ing from the inner head thereof, and a resilient socket formed by the walls of the post in the other member,.said stud and said socket having cooperating formation to permit the stud to be inserted within or withdrawn from said socket by the resiliency of the walls thereof.

2. A separable cuff link-button, comprising independent members each having an outer head and an inner head, the inner heads being adapted to be inserted through the opposite button-holes of the cuff, facing each other, and there retained each independently of the other, a shank or post con .necting the heads in each member, the post for one member comprising two opposing walls forming a resilient socket. longitudinal ribs or corrugations for stiffening said walls, and a stud carried by said other button member for engaging said resilient socket.

3. A separable cuff link-button, comprising independent members each having an outer head and an inner head, the inner head being adapted to be inserted through the opposite button-holes of the cuff, facing each other, and there retained each independently of the other, said members having means for detachably securing said button members together, comprising a stud carried by one button member and projecting from the inner head thereof, a resilient socket formed in the post of the other member, said post comprising two upright plates carrying said socket, said plates being united along their vertical edges.

4. A separable cuff link-button, comprising independent members each having an outer head and an inner head, the inner heads being adapted to be inserted through the opposite button-holes of the cuff, facing each other, and there retained each independently of the other, each member having an upright post or shank consisting of two 5. A separable cufi link-button comprising cooperating stud and socket button members, the socket member having an outer head, an inner head, and a shank uniting the two, the latter consisting of two opposing' members united along their vertical edges and containing between them a recess presenting resilient socket walls.

6. A separable cuflf link-button comprising cooperating stud and socket button mem bers, the socket member having an inner head, an outer head, a connecting shank formed of two plates having between them a recess presenting resilient socket walls for the reception of a stud, said inner head being apertured to permit the entrance of said stud to said socket, the walls of said plates being united either sideof said socket to prevent the spreading thereof.

7. A separable cuff link-button comprising cooperating stud and socket button mem bers, the socket member having an inner head, an outer head, a connecting shank formed of two plates having between them a recess presentingresilient socket walls for the reception of a stud, said inner head being apertured to permit the entrance of said stud to said socket, the walls of said plates being stiffened either side of said socket to prevent the spreading thereof.

' 8. A separable cuff link-button comprising cooperating stud and socket button me1n bers, the socket member having an inner head, an outer head, and a connecting post being formed by two opposing members presenting between them a resilient, walled recess with a flared mouth.

9.-A separable cufi' link-button comprising cooperating stud and socket button members, the socket member having an inner head, an outer head, and a connectingshank formed by two opposing members, the op- Copies of this patent may be obtained for posing walls of which are slittedand formed to present a resilient stud-receiving socket. 10 A separable cuff link-button, comprising independent members having each an bers, the socket member having an inner head, an outer head and a connecting post,

the latter having a socket enlargement with slit, yieldable walls and a contracted throat.

12. A separable cuff link-button comprising cooperating stud and socket button members, the socket member having the flanged head 18, walls 19, ribs 21 and socket formation 20*. 1

13. A separable cufl" link-button compris ing cooperating stud and socket button members, the socket'member having the flanged head 18, walls 19, and reinforcing flange 50.

14. A separable cuff link-button comprising independent button members each havits button member and said companion button member presenting ,a resilient socket in which said connecting member is adapted to be entered, or from which it may be withdrawn, said companion button member also having a swinging movement with relation to said connecting member when the two button members are secured together.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.-

CHARLES D. LYONS.

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