US2070162A

US2070162A - Detachable button

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Publication number: US2070162A
Application number: US709964A
Authority: US
Inventors: John L Friedrich; Frank P Stockdale
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1934-02-06
Filing date: 1934-02-06
Publication date: 1937-02-09
Anticipated expiration: 1954-02-09

Description

Patented Feb. 9, 1937 UNITED STATES.

2,070,162 DETACHABLE BUTTON John L. Friedrich and Frank P. Stockdalc, Los

' Angeles, Calif.

Application February 6, 1934, Serial No. 709,964 Renewed October 3, 1936 2 Claims.

Our invention has reference to buttons for Wearing apparel, and it relates particularly to cloth covered buttons as used on wash dresses which consist of metal bodies having their tops covered with cloth and their bottoms each formed with an opening from which cloth is protruded to permit sewing of the button to the dress. At present it is the practice of wash dress manufacturers to sew the cloth buttons on by hand, there being no machines for this purpose.

This hand sewing of cloth covered buttons to relatively inexpensive wash dresses is a very costly part of the manufacturing expense. Also, in laundering a wash dress with the buttons attached, the resultant rust from the metal parts of the button discolors both the cloth of .the button and the dress. v

It is a purpose of our invention to provide a two part button clothcovered or otherwise, in which the partsareseparable, and wherein one part can be rapidly sewed to a dress by the conventional machines provided for the purpose, while the other part which is cloth covered, can be manually attached to the first part and securely held" thereon by coacting fastening means on the two parts, to prevent accidental remova or detachment of the button from the dress, and yet permit intentional manual detachment thereof when it is desired to wash the dress separately from the ,buttons. Thus, in accordance with our invention the hand sewingpf the buttons to a dress as well as .the attendant expense there of is eliminated, and the button, although securely attached to the dress is readily removable to permit washing and ironing of the dress without the 'cloth covered part of the button thereon, and thereby preventing discoloration of the dress material from rust and facilitating ironing of the dress by reason of the absence of the but tons.

It isalso a purpose of our invention to pro vide a button having head and socket elements of angular construction as distinguished from tation of the head element in the socket element,

and permit separation of the two elements only when. either element .is subjected to a direct axial We will describe only one form of button embodying our invention and will then point out the novel features thereof in claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a view showing in side elevation and partly in section one form of buttonembodying the line 5--5 of Fig. 1.

Our invention in its present embodiment com- 4 prises a button having a head part and a socket tal part of the button and includes a top [5 and center to form a head fastening element I8'having a neck I 9 of reduced cross section. The element I8 is of angular form in cross section to provide a plurality of faces l8 angularly disposed to provide intervening corners l8". In the present instance, the element It is square to provide four such faces 18 and corners 18 but it will be understood that the head element can be made of any angular form. Also, the head element is slightly tapered from the neck Hi to its free end in order to facilitate introduction of the head element into the socket element.

The socket part B of the button comprises a fiatm etal body 20 of substantially squareform in outline to conform to the contour of the conventional type of socket element which is capable of being sewed to a garment by the well known machines provided for thepurpose; Openings 2| in the body, 20 are provided to receive the threads for sewing the s cket part to the fabric 22 of the wash dress or other form of garment, as illustrated in Fig. l.

As best shown in Fig'. 3, the socket body 20 is flanged at its edges and inturned to form a continuous lip 23 which isprovided for the purpose of securing a retaining spring 24 in proper position on the body. The body 20 is outstruck at its center to form a socket fastening element 25 on a neck 26, the latter having slots 21 to receive portions 2! of the spring The element 25 is The metal ment and the bottom of of the same shape as the head element iii, but of a sizeto /snugly receive the latter and so that its inside angular faces 25" and corners 25' have uniform contact with the corresponding faces 5 and corners of the head element.

' In practise, the socket part B is secured to the fabric 22 so that the open end of the socket element 25 is presented to the outside. of the dress of which the fabric is a part. Thus to attach the button to the fabric it is necessary only to center the head part on the socket part when the head element l8 can be forced past the spring portions 24' and into the socket element. 26. In

the fully seated' position of the head element it the spring portions have sprung back so as to repose within the slots 21 to grip the neck is and a 30 elements presents coacting surfaces or walls that function as abutments to secure the head element 7 against withdrawal from the socket element except by a direct axial pull on the button suficient to overcome the tehsion of the spring portions 24 Thus the button is securely retained on the-gar-- the ment against accidental detachment under stresses to'which the head element is subjected in the normal wear of the garment.

It will be noted that the end of the headelethe socket element are flat to have uniform contact one with the other, and thus other walls are provided which coact with the side walls of the elements to secure the two against separation under the normal stresses With the parts of the button assembled ,as de- 1 head.

to which the button head is subjected when on the arment.

Although we have herein. shown and described only one form of button embodying our invention, 1 it is to be understood that various changes and trally of and projecting laterally from said body and of angular form circumferentially, a reduced neck connecting said head to said body; a socket part having a substantially flat body and a socket formed centrally of and projecting laterally from said body and of angular shape interiorly to snugly receive said head and coact therewith in forming a plurality of circumferentially spaced abutments .which cooperate to secure the head and socket against rotation relatively; and a spring secured within the body of said socket part and having portions extending into said socket toengage said head.

2. A button comprising; substantially fiat body and trally of and projecting laterally from said body and of angular form circumferentially, a reduced neck connecting said head to said body; a socket part having a substantially flat body and a socket formed centrally of and projecting laterally from said body and of angular shape interiorly to snuga head part having a 1y receive said head and coact therewith in form-' ing a plurality of circumferentially spaced abutments which cooperate to secure the head and socket against rotation relatively, said head being exteriorly tapered toward its free end and said socket'being interiorly tapered toward its inner end to receive said head; and a spring secured within the body of said socket part and having portions extending into said socket-to engage said JOHN L. FRIEDRICH. FRANK P. STQCKDALE.

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