US1598126A - Clasp - Google Patents

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J. G. FLEMING CLASP Filed Nov. 9, 1925 Patented Aug. 31, 19.2".

matte stares JANET Gr. FLEMING, OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.

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Substitute for application Serial No. 31,624, filed May 1925;

Serial No. 67,867.

This application is a substitute for my application Serial No. 31,624, filed May 20, 1925.

This invention relates to clasps of the type t employed, for example, on hose supporters or garters, and an object of the invention 1s to overcome, the cutting and wearing of the fabric at the point at which the hose is engaged by the clasp.

It is a common experience, when the hose is supported by a clasp of any of the types at present in use, to have the hose tear or quickly wear through at the point where the clasp grips the hose. One reason .55 of'the excessive wear when many of the old types of clasp are employed is that the shank of the button presses-the fabric of the hose tightly against the inner edges of the slotted member which the button releasably engages. During the movements of the wearer the hose thus tightly clamped does not move relative to the clasp and the threads are strained and chafed at the point of engagement of the button shank with the slot ted member. To avoid this,it is an object of this invention to so construct the clasp that pivotal movement can take place between the hose and the slotted member, and the fabric of the hose will be free from the shankand hence, will not be strained or chafed.

In all of the prior types of clasp employ ing a button and a slotted member, clamping of the hose takes place between the under face of the button head and the upper face of the slotted member because the space be tween the button head and the base of the button is just sufficient to accommodate the thickness of the slotted member and two thicknesses of the fabric of the hose. I avoid clamping at this point by increasing said space so that the fabricwill extend loosely beneath the button head.

A further cause of wear to the hose due to the faulty construction of the clasps of prior construction is foundwhere the cross bar is bent around the rounded side bars of the slotted member, the ears of said cross bar just meeting on the under face of the slotted member so that, when the slotted member is being pulledinto place on the button head and, also, when the hose is in place in the clasp, threads of the hose frequently are caught and cut by the sharp edges of said ears or are caught between the ears and side bars and chafed and severed.

This application filed November 9, 1925.

It is anobject of thisinvention to avoid this undesirable feature and, therefore, I elongate an ear at either end of the cross bar sufficiently so that the longer ears will overlap the shorter ears and the ends of the longer ears will come on the upper face of the cross bar, thus eliminating sharp or rough edges liable to catch, tear or out the threads of the hose.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention:

Figure 1 is a front view of a clasp constructed in accordance with the provisions of this invention, said clasp being shown as a part of asupporter or garter, of which the other parts are indicated in broken lines. a

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional elevation on the line indicated by 22, Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on the line indicated by 33, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an edge view of the button.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail on the line indicated by 55, Figure 1.

Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation on the line indicated by 6 6, Figure 1.

There is provided a button 7 adapted to engage a slotted member 8. The button 7 comprises a circular base 9, a shank 10, of relatively small diameter, and ahead 11. Preferably the head is formed in part by a covering 12 of rubber or other soft material having a relatively'high coeflicient of friction so that the fabric of the stocking or other garment willnot readily slip on the button head. It is to be understood that the covering may or may not entirely cover any other material of which the head is partly composed. v

The slot in the slotted member 8 is indicated at 13. It is not new to have a button project through the slot in a slotted member as indicated in Figures 2 and 6 in order to clasp a fabric interposed between the button and the slotted member, but it will be noted that, contrary to the usual custom, the diameter of the shank 10 is materially less than the width of the slot 13 so that said shank does not press the fabric against the inner edges ofthe slotted member. This isan important feature of my invention as, when the fabric is not clamped between the shank and the slotted member the fabric is free at these points to pivot with the button head and is not strained and chafed as results when the diameter of the shank relative to the width of the slot is sufficiently great to cause a clamping efiect on those portions of the hose lying between the shank and the inner edges of the slotted member.

In the instance illustrated, the diameter of the shank is not over a third of the width of the slot so as to give plenty of clearance for the passage of the fabric through the slot and around the head of the button. Of

course, the diameter of the head of the butto'n is somewhat greateiqthan the width. of the slot so that the head of the button will not slip through said slot.

It is also to be particularly observed that the space between the button head and the base 9 is materially greater than the thickness of the slottedmember 8 so as to avoidclamping of the fabric at this, point. The fabric extends loosely beneath the button head, as clearly shown in Figures 2 and '6,

because the space between the button head and baseis greater than the combined thicknessesof the. slotted member and the two passes of the fabric that is held by the clasp.

This is one of themost important features of the invention and together withthe free dom from'clamping between the shank and the slotted member insures that the fabric is free at all points to pivot with the button head, thus avoiding straining and chafing of the fabric. 1 I e e v The button is secured to a flexible tab let which in this instance, passes through slots 15 in the base 9. The tab 14 is looped about ahinge joint 16 that "connects the slotted member 8 to an eye of thesupporterof which the clasp may constitute a part, as suggested in part in broken lines in Figurel, and the tab is doubled upon itself. One thickness of the tab passes through the slots15.- The tab is of such length as-to maintain the shank of the button at an appreciable distancev 1 orstart runners in the hose or other fabric.

. The opposite sides of the slotted member 8 are connectedbya cross bar 18 and said cross baris provided atea'ch end with a'pair of ears 19, 20,, the ears 19 being bentunder v the slotted member 8 and the ears 20 being bent under the slotted member and overlapping th cars 19. The ears QOterminate on the upper face of the cross bar 18. This construction makes a. smooth finish where the Q crossbar joinsthe slotted member; at the comes into contact withthehoseg under .-face of the slotted-member whereit In use, assuming that the button is disengaged from the slotted member, the fabric, indicated at a, of the hose or other garment that is to besecured will be placed over the button 11 and the slotted member will then be brought down over the head of the button to the position shown in Figures 2 and 6.

In Figures'2 and 6 the slotted member is 1. A clasp of the character described comprising a slotted member, a tab connected with the slotted member, a button having a base secured to the tab and having a shank of relatively small diameter andhaving a head of larger diameter than the width of the slot, the head formed in part,

by a soft covering, and the shank s aced sufficiently from the inner edges of the slotted member when the button is in the slot to prevent a fabric caught between the button head and slotted member from be ingclamped between the shank and said in: ner edges, and the space between the under surface of the head and base being material'- ly greater than the combined thicknesses of the slotted member and two passes of the fabric, whereby free pivotal movements of the clasp relatively to the fabric are permittedp 2. A clasp of the character described comprising a slotted member, and a button flexibly connected with the slotted member and adapted to engage in the slot of said member, said button having a base and having a shankof a diameter materially less than the width of the slot so that a fabric interposed between the button head and the slotted member will be free from engagement with the shank, and the space between the under surface of the head and base being' materially greater than the combined thicknesses of the slotted member and two passages of the fabric whereby free pivotal movements of the clasp relatively to the fabric are permitted.

A clasp of the character described com-- prising a slotted member, a button flexibly connected with the slotted member and adapted to engage in the slot of said mem-.

her, and a cross:-barconnecting the opposite sides of the slotted member and provided at each end with a pair of ears, one

I ear of each-pair being bent under theslotted member and the other ear of each pair being bent under the slotted member and overlapping the first mentioned ears.

4. A clasp of the character described comprising a slotted member, and a button flexibly connected with the slotted member and adapted to engage in the slot of said memher, said button having a base and having a shank of a diameter not greater than onehalf of the width of the slot so that a fabric interposed between the button head and the slotted member will be free from engagement with the shank, and the space between the under surface of the head and base being no less than three times the thickness 01'' the slotted member so that said fabric is iree to turn on the button head, whereby tree pivotal movements of the clasp relatively to the fabric are permitted.

5. A clasp of the character described comprising a slotted member, a tab connected with the slotted member, a button having a base secured to the tab and having a shank, said shank being spaced from the lower end of the slot of the slotted member when the tab is taut, the diameter of the shank being not greater than one-half of the width of the slot so that a fabric interposed between the button head and the slotted member will be free from engagement with the shank, and the space between the under surface of the head and base being no less than three times the thickness of the slotted member so that said fabric is free to turn on the button head, whereby i'ree pivotal movements of the clasp relatively to'the fabric are permitted.

Signed at Los Angeles, Caliii, this 2nd day of November 1925.

JANET G. FLEMING.

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