US1692778A

US1692778A - Hinged pin fastener

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Publication number: US1692778A
Application number: US244156A
Authority: US
Inventors: George A King
Original assignee: Scovill Inc
Current assignee: Scovill Inc
Priority date: 1928-01-03
Filing date: 1928-01-03
Publication date: 1928-11-20
Anticipated expiration: 1945-11-20

Description

Nov. 20, 1928. 1,692,778

G. A. KING HINGED PIN FASTENER Filed Jan. 192s 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented Nov. '20, 1,928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.y

GEORGE NECTICUT.

A. KING, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO SCOVILL MANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- HINGED PIN FASTENER.

Application filed January 3, 1928. Serial No 244,156.

The obj-ect of this invention is to provide a. snap-fastener element, either a socket or a stud, hingedly mounted upon a doublepointed pin and adapted to lock itself in position of use.

The invention consists of a snap-fastener member, either a socket or a stud, hingedly mounted upon a double-pointed pin, so that it may be swung toward and from the limbs of the pin, said fastener member being provided below its hinging point with a prong which projects rearwardly between the limbs of the pin and serves to hold the device from accidental escape from the article to which it is applied, and said snap fastener member preferably being provided with pin-engaging means by which it is held `against the limbs of the pin, in closed position as I will proceed now more fully to explain and finally claim. y

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the several figures of which i' like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation; Fig. 3 is a. longitudinal section, and Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 4--4 of Fig. 1, illustrating one form of the invention. Fig. 5 is a front elevation; Fig. G is a rear elevation and Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section, illustrating another lform of the invention. Fig. 8 is a conventional sectional view of a. portion of the back of an automobile seat with one of the fasteners in position. Fig. 9 is a front elevation; Fig. 10 is a rear elevation, and Fig. 11 is a longitudinal section, illustrating another form of the invention. Fig. 12 is a front elevation; Fig. 13 is a rear elevation, and Fig. 14 is a longitudinal section, illustrating a preferred form of the invention. Fig. 15 is a fragmentary front elevation illustrating the invention as applied to a stud member of a. snap fastener; Figs. 1 to 14 inclusive illustrating the invention as applied to a socket member of a snap fastener.

1 may indicate the limbs of a doublepointed pin, having a transverse head 2, which in addition to connecting the limbs of the pin also serves as the pintle member of a hinge, the knuckle member 3 forming part of a plate 4 which is made or provided with a resilient socket 5, of known construction, which is adapted to engage with a non-resilient or rigid lhead or stud of a snap fastener.

The end .of the plate opposite this knuckle member, 1s provided with a prong 6 extending rearwardly beyond the limbs of the pin the pin is applied to hold the same in position and against accidental displacement. Furthermore, the plate is provided with rearwardly turned projections 7 adjacent to the knuckle member and serving as means for keeping the hinged member in position when it has been closed down on the pin to its normal position, as shown in Figs. 1 to 7. These projections 7 are more or less resilient, and snap into closed position on the inside portions of the limbs of the pin next to its head.

Referring to Figs. 5 to 7, the pin head instead of being straight is elevated, as shown at 8, and this elevated part is of less width than the distance between the limbs 1 of the pin; there being shoulders 9 provided at the junction of the upper portion of the limbs of the pin and the elevated portion 8 which serve to prevent the socket from sinking into the upholstered material when it is mounted. The projections 7 on this construction cooperate with the sides of the extension .8. There are two bottom prongs 6 operating substantially as the prongs 6 in the construction Shown in Figs. 1 to 4.

As shown in Fig. 8, the pin is inserted vertically in the-upholstered article, and for this purpose the hinged member may be turned up into the dotted lines position and then when the pin is driven home the hinged member lies on top of the upholstered member, in position to be engaged by the complemental 'fastener member on the .cover or other article to be applied to the upholstered member.

As shown in Figs. 9 to 11, the limbs 10 of the pin are connected by a cross bar or head 11 to which the fastener member 12 is hinged, as before described, but just below the head, the limbs of the pin are converged in angular relation, as indicated at 13, so that when the pin is inserted in an article, its limbs will yield, more or less, and thereby bunch the material of the article between the head and the bends 13 where it is crowded and confined, and the thus crowded material is not easily led through the narrow space between the bends 13 in the process of removing the pin from the material; and consequently this construction of pin operates substantially .and adapted to engage the article to which l loo ` two parallel as a self-locking agency. The snap fastener member 12 is provided at its bottom with a prong 6, such as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 and operating in the same way.

In the preferred construction shown in Figs. 12 to 14, the double-pointed pin is the same as shown in Figs. 1 to 4 and its parts are similarly designated, but the snap-'fastener member 14, differs, excepting that it is shown with the socket element 5. Instead of a single knuckle, it is provided with the pair of knuckles 15, and between these knuckles there is the prong 16 extending rearwardly and upwardly relatively to the pin head, whereby the pin may be easily introduced in the upholstery material when the hinged member is open. If the pin is mounted upon any kind of material in an open position, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 8, and the pin is pushed in as far as it will go and the hinged member then closed, as indicated in Figs. 1 to 7 and 9 to 15, into the normal position, which it Would occupy When mounted, the offset prong 16 pierces the material, thus making it impossible to remove the pin while the hinged member is in closed position. The rongs 17 at opposite sides of the hinged mem ier, are designed to create more or less tension in connection with the parallel resilient limbs of the pin by their cooperation with the outer sides of the limbs to hold the hinged member in closed position, and. they also have a tendency to overcome lateral strains on the device. These prongs also enter the upholstery and serve to fix thefastener in position. In the cooperation of the prongs with the limbs of the pin, their action is in part and substantially the same as the projections 7 previously described.

The invention is especially applicable to attaching covers to the upholstered parts of automobiles, and when the pins are supplied with socket members, the covers will be provided with the complemental snap-fastener studs. may be supplied with hinged stud members 18, and in such case the covers will have attached thereto the socket members. will be stuck in the upholstery, points down, and in so doin-g the hinged member' will be opened or raised, so as not to interfere with the insertion of the pin up to its head, and thereafter the hinged member will be closed so as to thrust its prong or prongs into the upholstery.

By the provision of a hinged element, it is possible to stick the pins in place vertically at right angles to the article, as indicated in Fig. 8, thus ensuring facility of application. The hinged member will then lie upon the outside of the article in convenient position to be engaged by its complemental member But, as indicated in Fig. 15, the pins The pin on the article to be secured, such as a seat cover.

By the term snap-fastener member herein used, I mean to include the snap-fastener element, whether a socket or a stud, and the plate on which it is made or to which it is applied.

`Variations in details of construction are permissible within the principle of the invention and the claims following.

l/Vhat I claim is i Y l. A snap-fastener member and a doublepointed pin hingedly connected, so that the snap-fastener member may be rotated on the pin, and a prong on the snap-fastener member below and apart from the hinging eleon, the snap-fastener member having lateral projections extending rearwardly and cooperating with the limbs of the pin to hold the snap-fastener member in closed position. 2 3. A snap-fastener member and a doubley pointed pin hingedly connected, so that the snap-fastener member may be' rotated on the pin and held against lateral movement thereon, the snap-fastener member having a rearwardly extended prong at oneend and projections from its opposite sides which are in tension with lthe limbs of the pin.

4. A snap-fastener member and a doublepointed pin hingedly connected, so that the snap-fastener membermay be rotated on the pin and held against lateral movement thereon, a prong extending rearwardly and upwardly from one end of the snap-fastener member, and parallel rearward extensions on opposite sides of the snap-fastener member in resilient engagement with thelimbs of the pm.

5. A snap-fastener member anda doublepointed pin hingedly connected, so that the snap-fastener member may be rotated on the pin and held against lateral movement thereon, a prong extending rearwardly and upwardly from one end ofthe snap-fastener member, and also having parallelvrearwardly extending prongs in resilient engagement with the limbs of the pin and arranged on opposite sides of the snap-fastener member' below its hinge.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my7hand this 31st day of December A. I). 192 Y V(SrEORGrEA. KING.