US1716412A

US1716412A - Garment clasp

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Publication number: US1716412A
Application number: US291532A
Authority: US
Inventors: Arthur W Beaman
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1928-07-10
Filing date: 1928-07-10
Publication date: 1929-06-11
Anticipated expiration: 1946-06-11

Description

June 11, 1929. w, BEAMAN 1,716,412- d GARMENT CLASP Filed July 10, 1928 jfi Z4071 Y Jrzazifiidwazz Patented June 11, 1929.

UNITED 'srares PATENT FFICE.

GARMENT CLASP.

Application filed July 10,1928. Serial No. 291,532.

This invention relates to a clasp especially designed for use in holding the back of a neck tie so that it cannot loosen and drop down While in place. The invention is capable'of being applied to other garments at any point where it is desired to move the clasp over the edge of the cloth and grip it at a distance inside the edge. 1

The principal object of the invention is to provide a clasp of the character having a pivoted jaw member and a spring for holding it with a pivot'for the pivoted member in such form that the clasp can be applied to the cloth with its length parallel with the edge of the fabric and have the clasping jaws and pivot pin perpendicular to said edge. I do this by'supporting the pivot pin at one end only, thus leaving the opposite side open so that the cloth to be clasped can be moved inside the clasp without meeting any obstruction, all the space between the support of the pivot on one side and the opposite side being clear of all obstructions.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which 7 Fig. 1 is a front view showing a neck tie held in position by a clasp constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same showing the way of applying the clasp;

F ig. 3 is a side view of the clasp;

Fig. 4 is a side view of pivoted jaw memher; and

Fig. 5 is an end View showing the clasp closed.

I have shown the clasp as constructed mainly like any ordinary clasp on the market having a fiat base 10 provided on one side only with an upwardly extending car 11 which is perforated near the top. In this perforation is supported a pivot pin 12 which extends across the base to the other side thereof and has no other support than this one ear. On the pivot pin is pivotally mounted a clasping plate 14: which is provided with a recess on the under side for receiving the pivot pin 12. Around this pin is coiled a spring 15 in this recess and the free end ofit projects out against the base at the rear; The pivoted plate 14 is provided with teeth 16 on one end adapted to rest on the plate 10 and projects at the other 'end to provide a convenient means for manipulating it by the thumb or finger.

The principal feature of the inventioncom 'sists of the fact that the'bottom plate 10 and clamping plate 14 are entirely free from each struction until it is moved up to that; point.

This enables it to be used in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 2 in which .the clasp is put in behind a necktie and the open side forced in over the edge of two pieces of-cloth which enables the gripping jaws to hold these pieces in position, in which they were originally tied. In this case, a clasp having sup.- ports on both sides for the pivoted member could not be used to any advantage because the jaw could not be moved inwardly far enough and furthermore the clasp would have to be mounted in a horizontal position. In this case, it can be placed vertically or nearly so, thus permitting of its being held behind the cloth of the tie and not. being exposed- The length of the clasp can be arranged parallel tothe edge of the cloth, whereas in the usual form it has to be perpendicular to it.

Although I have illustrated and described only one form of the invention and shown it as applied to the use of holding only one garment, I am aware ofthe fact that the invention is capable of use in other forms and,

can be employed for other purposes for holding two pieces of cloth together. i I claim: 1. As an article of manufacture, a garment clasp having a base and provided with one ear extending from the base at one side thereof and open on the opposite side, a transverse pivot pin carried bysaid'earand supported entirely at one end thereby, and a clasp plate pivoted on said pin.

, 2. As an article of manufacture, agarment clasp comprising a base havingan integral ear pro ecting up from one side, a'pin supacross the base, entirely free from the base, to the opposite'side, and a clasp plate pivoted on said pin, one'side of the claspbeing, open.

fixed my signature.

ARTHUR W. BEAMAN/ ported by said ear and extending transversely