US1412045A

US1412045A - Permanent collar button

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Publication number: US1412045A
Application number: US462500A
Authority: US
Inventors: Adolph M Deutsch
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-04-19
Filing date: 1921-04-19
Publication date: 1922-04-11
Anticipated expiration: 1939-04-11

Description

A. M. DEUTSCH.

PERMANENT COLLAR BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19. 1921.

Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

T all whom it may concern:

UNITED, sma

ADOLPH :M. nEo'rsoH, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

PERMANENT connanisurronl I neck band of a shirt, andis'of such con-.

struction as will not be injured during the laundering of the shirt.

The invention contemplates the provision' of a base plate, adapted to be sewed orotherwise permanently attached to a garment, and a button member/having a shank which is" hinged to said base plate so that it may be fol ed down into the plane thereofduring the laundering process. Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

The invention will be first hereinafter described-in connection with the accompanying drawings, which constitute part of this specification, and then more specifically defined in the claims at the end of the description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein slmilar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout;

the several I views Figure 1 is a perspective view of the neck" band of a shirt, showing a'collar button constructed substantially in accordance with this invention and attached to the back of said band.' a 7 V Figure 2 is a central vertical section throughthebase plate of the collar button drawn;to alarger scale and showing the button proper in Iprojectedposition as when in use,the folded position'of said button being indicated in'dotted lines.

Figure 3. is a detailedplan view i -of the blank from which the button formed, and m Figure 4: is a detailed view; ofia modified formof button blank. I

V The base plate 1 is preferably formed of metal stamped to substantially the shape"il-.

lustrated in Figure 1 with a notch 2 inits lower edge and a slot 3 extending along the upper end of said notch and spaced therefrom by an uncut strip or bridge member 4.

Around the margin of saidbase plate a reinforcing bead or corrugation {5 is; formed in the stamping process, and suitable per;

Specification of Letters Patent.

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and shank are Patented "Apr. 11 1e22,

Application filed April 19, 1921. seriainaaeasoo: v

1. "The'button 8; ha sits shank 9"hin gedi to' the base plate by means of a tongue'lQwhich is fben't around th e strip orbridge member Vfora'tions 6 are made inthe plateat the same time for sew ngIon-otherw se;attaching, sa d plate to the neck band 'i as shownun'Figure 4 and. extends through the slot 3, asbest shown in Figure 2. so that said button may be folded down in the n0tch2, as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 2, to'lie within the plane of the base plate and be protected durling laundefillg y the head or corrugation 5 I I I and the material of the neck band 7.

' l The button and shank or preferably formed integrally from a sheet metal blank substantially of the contour illustrated in Figure Said shank has a broad portion I 11 arranged between thetongue 10 and the reduced shank portion adjacent the button 8, said broad portion 11 fitting in the notch 2 of the base plate and having lugs 13 at its inner end on opposite sides ofthetongue 10" to form an abutment against the bridge member 4 to limit theupward movement of being bent slightly upward at aninclination to plemental portions 14 and l5jwhich are inte gral with each other and with the shank, 12,

portions 14 and 15 is pressed into semi-' spherical shape by suitable diesf'or other means, not shown, and the portion 15. is subsequently bent over upon the portion 14;, also preferably by suitable dies, so as to form the theplane offthe shank forthispurpose. Thebutton 8 is preferably formed'of two com 1 as shown in Figure 3. "[Each of said button complete sphere or ball 8 shown'in Figurefi2.

It will-be noted that in Figure '3 the com-' plemental I portions of the ball" extend in .line

form of blank shown in Figure 3.

' While he collar button has been'shown 105 and described as "applied to the neck bandof a shirt, it will'be understood that it may also be usedelsewhere and' on other garments with good results; I s I lolaim: I r V I I y p 1. Ina collar button,the'combination with 80 i i I the button, as shown inrFigure 2, said lugs i I with the shank of the blank. As illustrated g in Fi ure 4, complement'al ball portions 16 j may be arranged at opposite sides of;

the shank 18 so that oneof said portions may. be bent over upon the other to form the com plete ball insubstantially the same manner I as already described in connection with the 11b a base plate having a notch in one edge and; I v a slot spaced fromthe end of said notchleav V I ing a bridge member between them, of a button having a shank hinged to said bridge member and adapted to fold into said notch, and a stop on said shank to engage said bridge member for limiting the outward movement of the button.

2. In a collar button, the combination with a base plate having a notch in its edge and a slot spaced from the end of said notch leaving a bridge member between them, or" a button having a shank hinged to said bridge member and adapted to fold into said notch, said shank having a tongue at its inner end bent around said bridge member and through said slot to form the hinge connotch and adapted to fold into the latter with the button in the plane of said corrugation for the purpose specified.

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

ADOLPH M. o ersee.