US1437926A

US1437926A - Hose-supporter button

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Publication number: US1437926A
Application number: US498220A
Authority: US
Inventors: Daniel G Butts
Original assignee: IVORY GARTER Co
Current assignee: IVORY GARTER Co
Priority date: 1921-09-03
Filing date: 1921-09-03
Publication date: 1922-12-05
Anticipated expiration: 1939-12-05

Description

D. G. BUTTS.

HOSE SUPPORTER BUTTON.

APPLICATION man SEPT. s, 1921.

' 1,43%926, Patented Dec. 5, 1922;

. the button,

Patented Dec. 5, i922.

innate PFFCE? DANIEL G. BUTTS, OF NEW DBLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNGB TO IVORY 'GABTER CUMPANY, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, A.

CORPGBATIGN OF LOUISIANA.

nosn-sorronrna BUTTON.

Application filed. September a, 1921 sensitive teased To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL G. Burrs, a citizen of the United States,'residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Supporter Buttons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. Y

This invention relates to buttons and particularly to the stud or button shank of but tons such as those used in hose supporter clasps for attachment to the hose.

Heretofore it has generally been the practi ce to form the button shank of hose supporter clasps with an enlargement or head at its upper end, the loop member of the clasp being retained on the shank by said head. An object of the invention is to eliminate the necessity of providing the shank with an enlarged upper. end, the shank of according to the present invention being made fiangeless above the base. The shank intermediate its ends is adapted to be easily compressed transversely by the loop member of the clasp, but its upper end is made solid whereby that end will not be compressed to any appreciable extent but will remain itsnormal size and retain the loop member on the button.

In the accompanying drawings,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a button embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view;

Fig. 4: is a view showing the button inserted in the cla'sp loop; and I Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of a modified form, the top or upper solid end of the shank being omitted.

The present invention consists essentially in the production of a button for hose supporter clasps that is provided with a shank flangeless above its base, the cost of manufacturing siderably lower than the cost of manufacturing buttons whose studs or shanks have an enlargement or head at their upper end for retaining the loop member.

Referring to the drawing the button shank 10 is provided with a comparatively fiat, broad base 11 which, as is well understood in the art, is utilized for securing the siliency of shank larger than the compressed buttons of that type being conlJlllltOl'l in the depending portion of the hose supporter that is adapted to lie beneath the hose when the latter is secured in the clasp.

While any desired. material may be utilized in the manufacture of the button, an inherently resilient material such as rubber, is preferably used, and to increase the 'reslits 12 are formed therein. In the preferred embodiment of the invention as disclosed in Figs. 1 to 4., the shank 10 is made tubular, having hollow center 13, the slits 12 extending longitudinally of the shank "andintersecting the exterior surface of the shank and merging into the hollow center 13. Slits 12, together with the hollow center 18, terminate a short distance belowthe upper end 15 of theshank, leaving said end solid, the slotted portion of the shank being of suflicient length, however, to accommodate the loop 14 of the clasp on the shank intermediate the base and said solid end.

The shank 10, as before mentioned, is of practically uniform cross section throughout its length, its sides normally being substantially straight or flangeless above the base 11. When, however, the button is inserted in the loop and pushed down into the restricted throat portion of the loop, tion of the shank intermediate the solid end and base 11 will be compressed transversely by the'converging side walls of the loop. The solid upper end of the shank not being under compression will then be considerably portion and will securely retain the loop on the button shank.

In the modified form of the invention as shown in Fig. 5, the button shank 20 is made from a solid piece of material, the slots21 intersecting each other within the body of the shank, preferably at the center thereof, whereby the shank will have a hollow center 22.. The hollow center, together with the slots 21 which extend to the exterior surface of the shank render the shank highly resilient whereby it may be readily compressed transversely by the walls of the restricted port-ion. of the loop. In this modified embodiment of the invention, the shank is of uniformcross section and its upper end is also solid as in the form of button illustrated in Figs. 1 to l, the slots 21 terminating a short distance below said end, whereby the latter willtendto remain at its normal size and retain the loop on the button when 10, a plurality of recesses or a the slotted porsaid loop engages and compresses the intermediate slotted portion of the shank.

V'Vhat is claimed is:

1. A button comprising a base and a shank on the base, said shank having a solid upper end and there being a plurality oii' longitudinally extending slits intersecting the exterior surface of said shank intermediate the base and the solid end of the shank, Whereby the latter may be, compressed transversely intermediate its ends. 7

2. A button comprising a base and a shank on the base, said shank being flangeless above the base and having a solid upper end and said, shank having a plurality of slits formed, therein intersecting its exterior surface, said slits being located intermediate I the base and the solid end of the shank whereby said shank may .be compressed transversely intermediate the solid. end and the base' 3. A button comprising a base and a shank, said shank having a plurality of intrsecting slits therein and a solid upper en 4. A button comprising a base and a tubular shank on the base, said shank having a solid upper end and a plurality of longitudinal slits intersecting the exterior surface of the shank intermediate the base and the solid end of the shank whereby said shank may be compressed transversely interinediate its solid end and the base.

5. A button comprising a base and a tubular shank on the base, said shank having a solidupper end and a plurality of slits intermediate its solid end and the base, said slits intersecting the exterior surface of said shank and merging into the space within the shank. v

6. A button comprising a base and shank of resilient material, said shank having a solid upper end and there being a plurality of slits in said Shank extending bet-Ween the base and solid upper end.

7. A button comprising a base and a shank of resilient material, said shank being normally of uniform cross section and having a plurality of slits therein extending a portion of its length intermediate the base and the upper end of the shank Whereby the intermediate portion of said shank may be compressed While the ,upper end of said shank will remain of substantially its normal size and project beyond the com pressed portion of the shank to form a head.

DANIEL e. Burrs.