US1321596A - Separable button - Google Patents

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c.1. CALLAHAN AND G. H. ROBERTS.

SEPAHABLE BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.9| |9l9.

1TB STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

CHARLES J. CALLAI-IAN AND GTEUBGE H, EGBERTS? OF ATTLEBORO, MASSAGHUSETTS.

.snrAsAisLn BUTTON.

"Specificationof Letterslateut.

Application filed August 9, 1919. `Serial No. 316,421.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES J. CALLA- HAN and GEORGE H. ROBERTS, citizens of the United States, and residents of Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Separable Buttons, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to .cu' buttons of the class constructed of two members detachably connected together, and the object of this invention is to provide a cuff button of this class having means for positively locking the twomembers of the button together and manually operable means for disconnecting these two members thus providing a button whose parts may be readily connected together and which cannot be accidentally pulled apart as is the case with the ordinary separable button. V,

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully de-l scribed, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved button.

Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation through both members of the button, showing the lock-actuating members of the stud.

Fig. 3* is a sectional side elevation showing one member of the button and the supporting members of the stud mounted thereon.

Fig. 4- is a perspective view of the stud member in detail, showing the locking members and also the supporting members of the stud.

Fig. 5- is a top view showing the supporting members of the stud as inclosed within the retaining plate and the operating members as extending through and beyond the periphery of this plate.

Fig. 6- is a view illustrating the blank from which the stud member is formed.

Fig. 7- is a modification illustrating the base end of the socket member in which square retaining shoulders 13 are illustrated.

Our improved button is constructed of two separate members 10, each having a head 11 and a base portion 12, the shank portions of these members being preferably formed hollow. The socket member of this button is constructed at its neck portion 13 to receive and retain the head ,the .Stud 14 of the opposite button member. This contracted end of thesocket member lis preferably provided with a flange 15 of convenient size to be passed through the button-hole of a cuff' and beretained therein even when isconnected from its associate member of the button.

A The stud member of the button is also preferably provided with an out-turned support-4 ing flange 16 on which flange is mounted the stud 14.

This stud is ,preferably formed by being first blanked outof sheet stock into the form illustrated in Fig. 6, having two pairs of arms or members 17 and 21 set at right angles to each other. The members 17 uare next swaged outwardly forming locking lips 18,see Fig. 4, and the ends 19 of these members are then turned outwardly and are of a length to extend through the binding plate 20 and beyond 'the periphery of the flange 16. The other two members 21 are bent downwardly to form side walls 22 and their ends 23 are turned outwardly to rest and be supported upon the flange 16 of the stud member of the button. i

In onder to secure this stud in position on the liange 16 we have provided a binding plate 20 with a central opening 24 to fit over the stud 14 and the edge 25 of this plate is rolled over that of the flange 16, whereby the out-turned ends 23 of the supporting members are gripped and bound securely to this flange holding the stud in the desired position.

At the point where the operating arms 19 pass between this binding plate and the flange the plate is raised a trifle forming a groove through which the operating arms extend and are freely movable.

In constructing this head portion we have formed the members 21 of the stud blank of a width so that when folded they will lie inside the vertical edges of the.locking members 17 as best show n in Fig. 4, thereby serving as a convenient \stop to limit the inward motion of the locking members when pressed by the thumb and finger of the wearer, to prevent the .permanent setting of the spring which might .be the case if these members were pressed 1nwardly too far.

In operating this improved button 1t is only necessary to enter the studportion 14 in the socket member when with a slight pressure 011 th? @(5,225 Q.f .the QPPOSlte but Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

Vton membersthe head` is easily foroed into` Vv.its socketand the/two are firmly and positively looked together and lwill not be re- 'leased by any strain which may be brought Then when it is de- Y sired`ltoY 'separate the members .of the but-"p upon the members.

- ton it @isVV only necessary to press inwardly on the operating arms 19,' which causes the "shoulders 18 tocontract sufficiently to dis- @matically lseparable,buttons is entirely ob- The foregoing vdescription is" directed Y vksolel-y'fftowardV :the construction illustrated,

-butfwe desire it to be understood thatV we reservefth'e privilege of resortmgto all the 1 y mechanical changes to which the device is i susceptible, the invention'being definedand '-'rmembers, each Vhaving a head and a base limited only claims.. Y f We claim: VY1.A button by the terms ofthe appended comprising two separable portion, the base of one member Vhaving a shouldered socket portion, a stud on the 'other7 'member' to releasably vengage said i ,d socket theV same l,being formed of a metal Vstrip folded upon itself providing'opposing'resilient legs having ,engaging lips theV ends o f saidlegs .being fturned outwardly K upon the "base portion of its member forms ing. V*manipulating ends whereby said legs Vmay.becaused to disengage said socket, and

.,YCopies ofV thisrpatent `may be obtainedffo retaining means for operatively connecting said studto its base.

2. A separable button comprising two separable members each having a head and a lbase portion, the base of one member having a shouldered socket portion, the base of the other having a flange a stud portion to releasably engage said socket formed of two metal strips each folded upon itself forming two pairs of legs each having its ends turned outwardly and supported by said liange, one pair being provided with laterally extending engaging lips and the turned out ends of this pair extending beyond the periphery of said flange whereby the legs when depressed are caused to release the stud from the socket, and means for rigidly connecting one pair of legs to said flange.

3. A separable button comprising Atwo releasably -connected members each having a head and a base portion, the base of one member having a stud-receiving shouldered socket, an elongated stud portion on the other member to releasably engage said socket, said stud being formed of a. pair of supporting legswith out-turned ends and a pair of locking legs with out-turned ends longer than those ofthe supporting legs, said locking legs being depressible through their out-turned ends and provided with engaging lips, and means for rigidly securing said supportinglegs to their base, said supporting legs being positioned to limit the releasing stroke ofA said locking legs.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

CHARLES J. CALLAHAN.

GEORGE H. ROBERTS.

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