US1876477A - Fastener - Google Patents

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SepEQG, 1932." H. P. TR'OENDLY FASTENER Filed July 28, 1950 INVENTOR flan-7 i ram/ ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 6, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE may-r. TnoENnLY, or CHICAGO, rumors, sssrenon TorAnvA rnonuo'rs con- PANY, OF WIIMINGT ON, DELAWARE, xA. CORPORATION OF DELAWARE p FASTENEB Application use ull -2s, 1930. Serial No. 471,816.

. This invention relates to fasteners-and has particular reference to a buckle adapted for use in the supporting of garments or thelike.

The invention contemplates the provision of a buckle which will not slip and which may be easily and quickly adjusted to any length of strap.

The invention contemplates further the provision of a buckle which will find particu lar utility when used in connection with the strap of an overall and which, when soused, will be positioned close to the overall bib to thus. eliminate the necessity of having a hard metal slide or the like on the overall strap adjacent the shoulder of the wearer.

The. invention further contemplates the provision of a buckle which will be equally well adapted for connection to a button'or a buttonhole and with which the strap may be connected by a simple threading operation.

The buckle constructed in accordance with the teachings of this invention will be simple in construction, capable of economical productionon a commercial scale, and may be produced without welding.

The above and many other objects and advantages of the present invention .will become more apparent as the following-description proceeds, particularly'when refer- A ence is had to'the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a buckle constructed in accordance with the teachings of this invention"; I

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 2--2 of Figure 1 and showing a strap connected to the buckle;

Figures 3 and 4 are elevational views showing applications of the buckle toa garment;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary elevational viewof a slightly modified form of construction;

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing a still further modified form of construction and v Figure 7 is a view similarto Figure 1 show ing. a still further modified form of construction.

1 Heretofore it has been customary, 1n order to connect the strap of an overall to the bib thereof, to form a loop-in the overall strap portion adapted forconnection with a button and to adj'ustably connect the free end of this loop to the body of the strap by means of a slide buckle. A wire loop'member has them been slidably mounted on the loop of the strap for connection with the button formed'ss on the overall bib. The'slide for adjusting the length of the overall strap has generally I been formed of. wire and, in use, it has been found that. this strap generally assumes a position on the top of the shoulder of the wearer. v 1 This method of attaching anoveral-l vstrap to anoverall bib has not proven entirely satisfactory; first, because it has been necessary to form separatemembers, including the .wlre loop member and the adjustable slide,

' slide and loop member which may be stamped from substantially flat material so that the necessity of welding the ends of the wire, as was necessary in the formation .of wire buckles,is eliminated.

Broadly, the invention "comprises a stampinghaving a portion adapted foradjustable connection to a strap and having a second or with the material adjacent a buttonhole. Several embodiments of the imlentive idea are disclosed in the drawing, and, by refer-- ence to the figures thereof, it will be noted that the buckle may comprise a metal stamping designated generally by the reference character 10. In its preferred form, the

stamping provides a frame having the upper and lower sides 11 and 12, respectively, and the ends 13 and 14. Integrally. connected with this frame by a neck 15 is a loop member 16 which, as illustrated, may preferably be clover leaf shaped to provide the opening 17 for a purpose hereinafter to be more fully described.

' drawing, the frame will be adjacent the bib Stamped integral with the sides 13 and 14 are bars 18 and 19, the latter being provided with portions 20 oflset in the direction of the side 12 of the frame. These bars provide members about which an overall strap, such as designated by the reference character 21 in Figure 2 of the drawing, may be threaded to adj ustably connect the buckle to the strap. Thus, as illustrated, the strap may be threaded under the side 11, over the bars 18 and 19, then upwardly around the bar 19 and in back of the bar 18, after which the free end of the strap may be permitted to hang downwardly in the position shown in Figure 2. When the strap is thus threaded in the frame, it

will be found that the strap will be firmly but adjustably connected to the frame. 7 The loop member 16 is, as brought out before, provided with the opening 1"? for engagement with a button 25, as clearly illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawing. Thus, the button fixed to the bib 26 may be inserted through the portion of the opening 17 and the buckle may then be moved to position the button over the reduced portion of the opening 17 with the result that the button may not become accidentally disengaged from the loop member. With the loop member connected to a button and with the frame adjustably connected to the overall strap, it will be found that, as illustrated'in Figure 3 of the 26 with the free end of the overall strap behind the bib.

The loop member is equally well adapted for engagement with the material adjacent a tend at substantially right angles to the neck 15' and parallel to the side 12' of the frame buttonhole, as illustrated in Figure-t of the drawing. Thus,the loop member is provided with the portions 27 and 28, which extend at substantially right angles to the neck 15 and parallel to t e side 12 of the frame, these portions thus being adapted for hooking engagement with the material adjacent a buttonhole 29. With the loop member engaged in a buttonhole in the manner illustrated, it will be found that the buckle will again be located adjacent the bib ot the overall where it is readily accessible for adjustment and that the free end of the'overall strap will lie behind the overall bib.

In Figure 5 a slightly modified form of construction is disclosed in which there is substituted for the loop member a member WlllCll is adapted only for" engagement with the material adjacent a bu'ttonhole:

This member may be stamped integral with the frame from fiat sheet material and may be connected to the base 12" of the frame by a neck 15'. The member 35 is, of course, pro=.

vided with the portions 36 and 37 which em for hookin engagement with the material adjacent a uttonhole.

In Figure 6 a further modification-ot the ea er? inventive idea is disclosed in which the bar 19 of the buckle is provided withthe serrated edge 38 which, as illustrated, may be and lower sides 11 and 12 respectively. In

this form of construction, however, the loop member 16* is not adapted for engagement with the material'adjacent a buttcnhole but is only adapted for engagement with a but ton or the like. Thus. the neck 15 is eliminated andthe base 5010f the loop member 16 is formed integralzwith and merges into the lower side 1290f the frame. The loop memberlti is provided with the opening 17 which, as illustrated, may be, if desired, substantially clover leaf shaped, while the frame is provided with the cross bars 18 and 19 to permit adjustable connection of theframe to a strap. Thus this form of construction providesra frame adapted for adjustable connection to a strap and a loop member having its oneiside formed integral with one side of theirame, this loop member being adapted .lor engagement with a button.

be formed to lie in a single plane, the buckle will be extremely tlat and will thus lie closely in each of the modifications disclosed, it

directed toward the side 12 of the frame. lln

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adjacent the body of the wearer. The strap may be readily adjusted on the buckle and the portion of the buckle which is adj ustably connected to the strap will be, adjacent the upper edge of the bib of the overall and thus will not be in a" position to bite into the shoulder of the wearer.

While the invention has been described with considerable detail, it is to be clearly understood that the description is forthe urposes of illustration only and is not definitive or the limits of the inventive idea. The right is therefore reserved to make such changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts as will fall within the purview of the attached claims. f

What I claim asmy invention is:

1. A new articleol manufacture comprising a sheet metal stamping shaped to define aframe, spaced are connecting opposite sides of said frame, afclover leaf shaped loop, and a connection between said loop and said frame, one of said bars being provided with rounded odset portions" arranged in the plane inga frame, having spaced ends, a bar conco-action with said bar and cooperating with said frame for holding a strap folded around said bar with the portions of the strap on opposite sides of the line of fold thereof extending in substantially the same direction.

from said bar, the offset portions-on the bar being adapted to engage the line of fold of the strap upon the exertion of a relative pull between the strap and frame longitudinally of the strap, the spacing of the offset portions providing for a transverse distortion of the strap against the direction of pull.

3. A new article of manufacture comprising a frame having spaced ends, a bar connecting the spaced ends of said frame, blunt ofi'set portions on said bar, said offset portions being spaced a substantial /distance apart and extending in the same direction from said bar, and means including a second bar free from clamping co-action with said first-mentioned bar and connecting the spaced ends of said'frame for holding a strap folded around said first mentioned bar with the pottions of the strap on opposite sides of the line of fold thereof extending in substantially the same direction from said bar, the

offset portions on the first mentioned bar 'being adapted to engage the line of fold of l the strap upon the exertion of a relative pull between the strap and frame longitudinally of the strap, the spacing of the offset portions providing for a transverse distortion of the strap against the direction of pull.

4. A new article of manufacture comprisin a frame having a loop extending from one side thereof, a bar connecting opposite ends 'of said frame and extending substan tially parallel with the said loop side, blunt ofi'set portions on said bar, said offset portions being spaced a substantial distance apart and extending from said bar in the direction of the loop side of the frame, and means free from clamping co-action with said bar and cooperating with said frame for holding a strap folded around said bar in such a manner that the offset portions on the bar will engage the line offold of the strap upon'the exertion of a relative pull between the strap and frame longitudinally ofthe strap, the spacing of said ,ofi'set portions pro- 'viding for a transverse distortion of the strap against the direction of pull.

5. A new article of manufacture comprising a frame having upper and lower side bars arid end bars connecting said side bars, upper andlower intermediate bars connect ing said end bars and dividing the interior of said frame into upper, lower and intermediate slots, and blunt offset port-ions'on said lower intermediate bar, said ofiset portions being space a substantial distance apart ,and extending from said bar in the direction of the lower side bar of the frame, the arrangement being such that a strap folded around said lower intermediate bar and having portions on opposite sides of its line of fold threaded through said upper slot will have its line of fold engaged by the offset portions 11 the lower intermediate bar upon the exertlon of-a relative pull between the strap and frame longitudinally of the strap, the offset portions on said lower intermediate bar being suificiently rigid and the spacing thereof being such as to provide for a transverse distortion of the strap against the direction of pull. v

6. A new article of, manufacture comprising a frame having upper and lower side bars and end bars connecting said side bars, upper and lower intermediate bars free from clamping co-action with each other and connecting said end bars and dividing the interior of said frame into upper, lower and intermediate slots, a loop extending from the lower sidebar "of said frame, and blunt ofiset portions von said lower intermediate bar,-said offset portions being spaced a substant-ial distance apart and extending from said bar in the direction of the lower side strap, the spacing of the offset portionspro-' viding for a transverse distortion of the strap against the direction of pull.

7. A. new article of manufacture comprising asheet metal stamping shaped to define a frame having upper and lower side barsand end bars connecting said side bars, upper 1 and lower intermediate bars integrally connecting said end bars and dividing the interior of said frame into upper, lower and intermediate slots, :1 loop formed integral with the lower side bar of said frame, and a blunt offset portions on said lower intermediate bar, said offset portions being spaced a substantial distance apart andextending from said bar in the direction of the'lower side bar of the frame, the arrangementbeing such that a strap so threaded through said slots as to be held in folded position about said lower intermediate bar will have its line of foldengaged by the said ofi'set portions upon the exertion of a relative pull between the strap and frame longitudinally of the strap, the spacing of the offset portions providing for a transverse distortion of the strap against the direction of pull. U

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

,HARRY, P. TROENDLY.

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