US1989379A - Socket slide - Google Patents

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Jan. 29', 1935. REITER 1,989,379

SOCKET SLIDE Original Filed June 23, 1931 INVENTOR Daniel [Keller 7 JATTORNEY Patented Jan. 29, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE y i I 1,989,379

Daiiiel Reiter, nfew 'iforie f Original application June, 2 3; 1931 Serial No. t

5465179 Divided and-this application April 14,

1932, Serial No. 605,13?

' 12 claims. (01; 24 -17) This application is a division of my c'opending l2 andtwith a substantially central opening 13.- application for patent for self adjusting fastener As illustrated,- oneof the transverse edges of each slide, Serial No 546,179,-.fi1ed June 23, 1931, now of the slots-ispro'vided with a suitable'belt en Patent No; 1,857,973, dated'May 10, 1932. gaging prong 14 projecting into the slot. It will v This invention relates to prongd fastener slides be understood, however, that the prong 14 iiiay be 5 and particularly, to that type which is provided provided on the edge of only one of the slots; 'or with transverse slots for the. reception of a belt that it maybe entirely omitted, or that any de or strap,- and which carries'a sn'ap fastener e1e= sired number of prongs maybe substituted for ment designed to engage a oocperatingsnap fash ingle prong shown:

1otener element, in order to hold the strap earry The resilient it ude aein ring '15 rests ing the slide to another article carrying said eoagainst one of the faces of the slide member 10 operating element. .7 andis confined in place on one side by means of My invention contemplates the provision of vs, the projecting side arms or extensions 16 and 17. simple and meii m; ring socket li e adapted to Each of said arms or extensions is inte gr'aliwith be made of sheet metal, and to be readily asdprojects froman 96.2% 6f the de mbe 15 sembled, and adapted tor quantity production and terminates in an arcuate ed as 18 Whi fi economically; r v extends substantially to themedian diameter or My invention further contemplates the provi the rice-15, t e y o v ntizie the ine o sion of suitably arranged prongs on the Slide for falling out r ugh the op' elsl 2o engaging the strap cm Width the slide is mounted, The permit 19 or the-so ket opposed to the 20,

to fix the slide adjustably' to the strap, as' wellas ms 16 and 17; is formed by extending lat ra y to anothe member garryinga cooperating snaptlle material-er the Slide frlem'bf surrounding the fastener element.- The various objects or my m opening 0, It w l be s n that a suitablt Shap d vention will be clear from the aeserietien ud may fl t d ei her o t p n- 2 follows, and from thedra'wing', iii-Which, ices 13 fir-20 the siiee -inteseiiarafil iiifliie Fig. 1 is a rear e1evatien era soeket slide emfigaeem iit w th e feilifit fine 1 bodying my invention. In Figs'tsend 45f ha e shown slid similar Fig. 21saverticalcentralsectioiioftliesafiie. o that fiwfi Figs; 1 e i f t6 1 Fig. 3 is an elevatiox'iai view or a blankfieni at iii Figs. 5 and 6. "The ti so which the socket slide of Fig: 4 may be made.- ovid d with the spaced ra Y ts11 1 and Fig. 4 is e'eentm horizontal sctidiiof Fig. 3' iidif1irtliei prdvidd efcieetifie side tappem'g mm t e si e prajc fiiofis r arms or eiiteiisiciisfi and :32; {Said arirls'ar eat; have been folded'inwardlw arid the-resilient nae fioie'ritiy' wider than the eoi'r b' ri'e a 16 inserted ther'eundei" tat'ermtnefiigusnea eeeket. and Marthe slidfdf pie; 1; t6 na-B'I tfi i at;; Fig. 5 is an elevational view at afitlier form tion of-mofies 33 fifi th trah f e s li f df- 35 of blank which may be used forthe socket slide At the out r on itudinal de'e o'f each at said wherein the side projections are somewhat" mir flii ;--arfi fi' l i h as 34- 1 diirfid rower 7 I to form part of aring-holdings6cket352- irli Fig. 6 is'a view of the eeeket enae form d from native aeout-the'eentrai eii r 0- the nk of Fig. 5 and showing, th'latefally eralpertiofi asiesnmianycepres'eetl'fef tiietsame 4Q outstanding prongs the n, .t purpose. The'arms a1 and 32 are mede er saf In the practical embodiments of my invention ntwidtiiso that the armie 33' rfiade" on" an which I have shown by way ofxample, the slide edge of 0116 b01111 0f saidlfifmfi fil" 1 3 is'in each case preferably made of a single piece outwardly of thei'nnertransverse edgeof the cow of sheet metal, and is provided withopposed and b fiding'el'otr- .1 1 r 4 45 spaced socket forming elements, between which ,Afterathe armsifisl azhave been 59111? llpelements is arranged a suitable resilient ring wardlyt d inwardly t bring'the respective re forming the resilient socket member'which- 00-; .3 P It Q hQIQ f n Pr p r registra operates with acorresponding stud; My i'm: tion with the'recessedpcrtion- 36 andabiove the proved socket slide is furthermore provided with resilient ring lo arr anged between-said recessed 50 suitable means so that it may beslidably mountportions, it; will be seen that a'socket ca-rrylng ed on a suitable belt or strap. A slide (Fig-.Alisprovided whereinsuitabl. prongs Referring now particularly toFigsl 1- and 2-,; are adapted to'iengageagbelt-passedthrough the I have there showna slide member 1Q, provided transverse slots 11- and l2,-and -wherei n the co:

5 with spaced transversebelt reoeiving.slotsll and operating stud may be passed iii-either direction 5o gagedwith the socket from. either side orzfaceof the ring and tilted out of the socket, andtthatinto the socket. It will be clear that the innermost edges of the recessed portions 34 and 36 in the finished slide are arranged substantially above and below, respectively, the median diameter of the ring 15. It will be understood that the prongs 33 may be omitted as illustrated in Fig. 1 or that such prongs may be arranged on one or more of-the transverse edges :of the transverse slots or that the prongs may be arranged to project laterally from the slide as illustrated in Fig. 6. 3-,.

Referring now to Figs. 5 and 6, I have there shown, respectively, a blank 39 and a slide 38 similar to that shown in Figs. 1 and- 2 excepting: that the prongs 14 have been omitted at the' transverse slots 11 and 1 2,: In-place thereof,- laterally extending prongs as 40, 41, 42 and43 on l the arms 16 and 17 have been substituted. The arms are bent similarly to those described in cone nection with Figs. 1 and 2 to retain the ring 15 iniplace, and :the. prongs are bent laterally to projectlaterally from said arms. Theiarms have further beenmodifledby slightly widening them= so that they cover substantially all parts of the ring 15 andiform a'firm supporttherefor;

In any of the forms of slides illustrated, it will be understood that the belt or strap 45 is passed. through the slots 11 and 12 and over the Opening.

formed on one side of the socket The belt is thus arranged in the properposition to be engaged'by the prongs 14,33 or 40 to 43 as the case. may be, whereby the slideis secured in position on the strap.v In certain cases, as for example, where the .beltor strap-is. of sufficient thickness,

the prongs may be omitted as is well understood ranged ;in the socket therefor; that the plane of the front face of the slide-passes through approximately; the center of i the 1 thickness 'of the ring, so thatthe ring is backed'upagainst the walls of the socket when It will be seen that I have provided acne-piece socket slide well: adapted for economical -manupairof spaced transverse rectangularubelt-re-.

ceiving slots therein; that the stud may be .en-

the socket. -may have arouate' edges between which the ring is disposed, and that part'of the socket'as the part 19 of 'FigsJr-and "2 or the part 36 of :3 and 4'comprises material extended or 'press'ed laterally from the material ofi'theslide memben and that in each of the embodiments illustrated, such extended part is bent from the contiguous' material of the slide mem-' ber through an angle not greater than 90", and further, that such laterally extended material a-lateral pull is exerted s t rap passed through the pair of slots.

While I have shown and described certain specine-embodiments of vmy invention, I do not wish to be;understo o d as limiting myself thereto since I intend to claim my invention as broadly as may be permittedby'thestate of the prior art and the scope of the appended claims.

I-claim:

1;. Ina-socket slide, a one-piece slide member having a pair of spaced transverse slots therein and provided with a central opening between the slots, an arm bent transversely from and integral with the member,'-'a'socket-formingmember integral with and bentulaterally in. one direction from the material ofthe slide member around said opening, a second socket-forming member integralwit-h and bent 'laterally in the other direction from'.saidarm, s'aid socket-forming members, being-.spacedapart laterally at their inner extremities to provide a-recess-..therebetween,.and

a .single resilient wire stud-engaging element.

having the outermost peripheral .part of its surface arranged inlthe recess and the irmermost remainder of .its surface .inwardly overhanging the recess, said element being arranged substantiallycoaxiallyof saidopening;

2. In a socket slide, a slide member formed of a -single piece of sheetmetal, having spaced belt-receiving slots thereinand having a studreceiving opening between the slots, inwardly bent ,arms integral with the remainder of the slide member, prongs integral with the slide member and lying in the plane thereof andprojectingintoythe slots, a continuous socket wall pressed laterally inyone direction from aportion of the material of theslide membersurrounding the opening, a similar continuous socket wallin; lateral spaced relation to. the firstmentioned socket wall and pressed laterally from each of the, arms in the other direction,,and a resilient ring1-arranged bet ween said walls and retained in place thereby, and inwardly overhanging; said walls to engage' a stud passed through the stud-receiving opening.

3,,Ina socket slide, aone-piecemember provided with a pair of integral arms'and forming a two-part ring-holding socket and provided with spaced rectangular belt-receiving slots, that portion of said member'between the socket and the slots beingv imperforate, an undistorted resilient ring in said socket flat at its outermost circularelements; one partof said'socket projecting beyond one face of said member a'distance substantially equal to half thethickness'of the ring stantially parallel'to the remainder of the memher to form part of a socket,the remainder of said socket being depressed from said member in a direction away from said arms, and a resilient ring in said socket.

5. In a socket slide, a one-piece sheet metal member formed of a blank having a substantially rectangular portion provided with spaced transverse belt-receiving slots and a central opening between the slots, an arm on the blank integral with each of the edges of the rectangular portion and terminating in an arcuate end, said arms being bent inwardly toward each other to arrange the arcuate ends of said arms in spaced relation to and in substantial alignment with the edge of said opening, and a resilient ring arranged between the adjacent faces of said arms and the peripheral portion of said opening.

6. In a socket slide, a one-piece sheet metal member having a pair of spaced transverse slots therein and a circular opening between the slots, a ring-holding portion in said member surrounding the opening, a resilient ring resting against said portion, and an arm integral with said member and bent inwardly toward the opening at substantially right angles to an edge of the member, said arm terminating in an arcuate edge and being adapted to engage the ring to hold said ring in place.

'7. In a socket slide, a resilient undistorted ring, a one-piece sheet metal member provided with a pair of spaced transverse belt-receiving slots and with a circular opening between the slots, an arm integral with the member and bent from an edge thereof, a ring-holding socket having part thereof pressed laterally and outwardly in one direction from the material of the member surrounding the opening a distance substantially equal to half the thickness of the ring and having the remainder thereof projecting laterally from the periphery of the arm in the other direction the same distance and formed from material integral with said member, the ring being free to turn in the socket and a pair of prongs each integral with the member and adapted to engage a belt passed through the slots.

8. An element of a separable fastener of the stud and socket type comprising a single piece of metal having attaching elements by means of which it may be directly secured to the article I on which it is to be used and opposite marginal portions bent towards each other and provided with closely adjacent terminal portions so related as to jointly serve as an attaching element adapted for engagement with a complimentary fastener element.

9. A separable fastener element, as defined by claim 8, of which the attaching element at the adjacent ends of the inturned portions is a resilient socket.

10. A separable strap fastener element com prising a single piece of metal having slotted portions by means of which it may be adjustably secured at any desired position on a strap and opposite marginal portions bent towards each other and provided with closely adjacent terminal portions so related as to jointly serve as an attaching element adapted for engagement with a complementary fastener element.

11. A separable strap fastener element, as defined by claim 10, of substantially rectangular form, having its strap-receiving slots disposed along a pair of opposite margins and its attachment-forming portions bent under and inwardly from its intervening margins.

12. A separable snap fastener socket comprising a single piece of sheet metal having slotted portions by means of which it may be adjustably secured at any desired position on a strap and a pair of oppositely-disposed inwardly-bent marginal portions,' the ends of said portions being closely adjacent each other and provided with semi-circular recesses adapted to cooperate with each other and serve as a socket for a complementary fastener stud.

DANIEL I. REITER.

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