US1319289A

US1319289A - Herman a

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Publication number: US1319289A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1919-10-21
Anticipated expiration: 1936-10-21

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H. A. KELLER.

SLOTTED MEMBER FOR CORSET CLASPS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-28v 19:7.

v THE coLiJfiiiiA co., WASHINGTON. n. c.

Patented Oct. 21, 1919.

IFNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN A. KELLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 'ASSIGNOR T0 KABO CORSET COMPANY, OF

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

SLOTTED MEMBER FOR OORSE'I CLASPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 28, 1917. Serial No. 209,260.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN A. KELLER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Slotted Members for Corset-Clasps, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to the construction of the slotted member which forms a part of the clasp used for connecting together the sections of a corset.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a member of the character specified which is cheap and simple in construction, and which is capable of application to a corset stay in a quick and ready manner,

- reducing the number of operations now generally employed for attaching such a member to a corset, and thus reducing the cost of production of the corset.

A further object of the invention is to so form the clasp member as to present a series of smooth surfaces when it is aflixed to the corset body.

The invention further consists in the features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation showing a plurality of the clasp members of the present invention attached to a corset stay;

Fig. 2, a perspective of one of said clasp members;

Fig. 3, a section through a clasp member and a portion of a stay, showing the clasp member in position on the stay and before it is secured to the stay; and

Fig. 4, a View similar to Fig. 3, showing the clasp member secured to the stay.

In the art to which the present invention relates, so far as I am aware, it has been customary to apply the slotted member of a corset clasp to the corset stay by inserting into the clasp membera pin which is upset so as to form a rivet head for connecting it to the clasp member; and the depending portion of these pins is inserted through suitable holes in the stay and the lowerends are then upset to form a rivet connection between the stay and clasp member. This results in quite a number of operations being necessary in securing these clasp members in place; and the riveted ends of the slotted pins are liable to present rough surfaces, which are undesirable.

In the present invention, I produce, by a die drawing process, a plurallty of hollow depending studs 5, which in the construction shown are two in number, although this may be varied as desired. These are drawn from the metal at what may be termed the inner end 6 of a clasp member 7. The outer end 8 of this clasp member is formed with the usual button-hole slot 9 for engagement with the headed stud 10, forming the companion portion of the clasp. The metal from which the slotted member is formed is of light construction, and thus the walls of the depending studs 5 are of light, thin metal. These studs are closed at their lower end by a wall 11, and this lower end, when upset, forms a rivet head 12, which is of a smooth surface, whereby a firm and efficient connection is formed between the stay and clasp member.

Patented Oct. 21, 1919.

In securin this clasp member to the stay, 7

the only operations are the insertion of the hollow studs through the openings 13 in the stay and the upsetting of the ends of the studs to form the rivet heads. Thus, after the slotted member is once formed, these two operations are all that is required to secure it to the stay; whereas in the prior art of which I am aware, the slotted member must first be formed, the pins must be formed, these pins inserted within holes in the slotted member, then upset on one end to secure them to the member, then the depending portions of the pins inserted through the openings in the stay and the lower ends of the pins upset to secure them to the stays. 7

It will thus be apparent that several steps in the manufacturing operation are saved by the use of the present invention.

As will be observed from Figs. 3 and at, this construction of slotted clasp member is such that no rough surfaces are produced by securing it to the stay. The studs being drawn from the body of the clasp member present a smooth edge at the outside face of the clasp member, and being of a light, hollow construction, can be readily and easily upset, and will form a smooth surfaced rivet head. As shown in the construction, an embossed surface 14 is formed in the clasp member merely for the purpose of reinforcing the thin metal so that it will not bend.

I claim: 2. A slotted clasp member for corsets com- 10 1. A slot-ted clasp member for corsets comprising a thin sheet metal plate having a prisin a thin sheet metal plate having a keyhole slot therein and tWo hollow studs keyhole slot therein and two hollow studs punched therefrom Within the perimeter 5 punched therefrom Within the perimeter thereof and depending from the rear face thereof and depending from the rear face thereof, the metal being embossed along 15 thereof, the metal being embossed along lines lines beginning in proximity to said studs extending in the general direction of the and continued along the sides of said slot. keyhole slot along opposite sides thereof. HERMAN A. KELLER.

Copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.