US1635785A - Button fastener - Google Patents

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Jul 12,1927. 1,635,785

A. GROSS BUTTON FASTENER Filed April '7, 1926 Patented July 12, 1927.

UNITED STATES ANNA L. eaoss, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUTTON FASTENER, i

Application filed April 7,

The object of this invention is to devise a novel buttonfastener which can be applied to a garment Without using a special bending tool, and which can be readily removedwhenever desired.

l/Vith the aboveand other objects in view as will hereinafter more clearly appear my invention comprehends a novel button fastener comprising a double pointed wire to pass through the eyes of the button and a novel construction of backing or rear support with which the free end portions of the wire can be engaged or from which they can be disengaged when the button is to beremoved.

It further comprehends a novel fastener having a backing or holding member formed from sheet material, with openings and a b recess to receive the fastener, and with deflected portions to receive and conceal the free end portions of the wire.

Other novel features of construction and advantage will hereinafter more clearly appear in the detailed description and the appended claims.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawing a typical embodiment of it, which, in practice, will give reliable and satisfactory results. It is, however, to be understood that this embodiment is typical only and that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized, and the invention is not, therefore, limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein set forth.

Figure 1 is a top plan, view of a button, and the fabric to which it is secured by a button fastener embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a button plan view, with the free ends of the Wire bent laterally. I

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view, With the free ends of the wire in locked position.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Figure 1. I

Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the blank from which the backing is formed.

Figure 7 is a plan view of the wire blank.

Figure 8 is a plan view of the wire staple.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings l designates a Wire staple in the form of 1926. Serial No. 100,294.

a double pointed U shaped wire, which is' blank 3, end portionsof which have the oppositely directed slits and 5. The end portions 6 and? are bent rearwardly and. inwardly, and the central portion of the blank is preferably rearwardlydepressed to form a groove 8 through the central portion of whichpass the two apertures 9 which receive the free ends of the wire. 10 designates a button, and 11 the fabric of a garment to which the button is to be attached. The staple 1 may, if desired, be flattened as at 12.

The operation of securing a button to a arment will now be understood by those skilled in this art and is as follows The button is placed against the fabric and the ends of the wire passed through the apertures in the but-ton and through the apertures 9 of the backing. The free ends of the wire are then bent to lie in the depressed groove 8. The ends are then. bent around the shoulders 13 and 14: and bent to pass through the slits 4 and 5 and be re,- tained and concealed between the folds of the end portions 6 and 7 and the juxtaposed portions of the backing, so that exposed ends are not present.

For purpose of illustration only, I have shown my novel button fastener as applied to the ordinary button having a pair of apertures. It is, however, to be understood that it is equally adaptable to buttons which are provided with a shank or with the different type of covered buttons.

In the case of buttons having four apertures instead of two, two of the button fasteners embodying my invention may be employed. It will be apparent that the backing portion of the fastener can be very economically manufactured, since it can be readily formed from sheet material of any desired character, such as metal, composition, celluloid, or the like.

It will also be apparent that, if desired, the fastener may have a protecting covering applied-Which may be of any desired material and it may have any desired color effect applied to it.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a new and useful skirt marker which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description, and that While I have, in the present instance, shown and described a preferred embodiment thereof which will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that this embodiment is susceptible of modification in various particulars Without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

1. A button fastener, comprising a staple and a backing, said backing comprising a piece of sheet material having a central groove provided with apertures to receive the staple and having portions extending laterally in opposite directions from said groove, and having overlapping portions to form weaves loops to receive the free ends of the staple.

2. A button fastener, comprising a staple, and a backing, said hacking having a central groove having apertures to receive the staple, and having at opposite end portions laterally extending loops to receive the free ends of said staples.

3. A button fastener, comprising a staple and a staple receiving member, said staple receiving member having a central groove and provided at opposite ends, and extending in opposite directions from said groove, laterally extending folds to receive the ends of the staple, said folds being cut at their outer edge to facilitate the insertion of the free ends of the staples, and said groove having apertures through which the staple is adapted to extend.

ANNA. L. GROSS.

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