US2132075A

US2132075A - Garment clasp

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Publication number: US2132075A
Application number: US120438A
Authority: US
Inventors: Harry P Keefer
Original assignee: E G AXELROD
Current assignee: E G AXELROD
Priority date: 1937-01-13
Filing date: 1937-01-13
Publication date: 1938-10-04
Anticipated expiration: 1955-10-04

Description

Oct. 4, 1938. H P, EFEgQ 2,132,075

GARMENT CLAS P Filed Jan. 13, 1937 fiarry P. ffeffer' Show;

Patented Oct. 4, 1938 PATENT OFFICE GARMENT CLASP Harry P. Keefer, Alliance, Ohio, assignor of fifty percent to E. G. Axelrod, Alliance, Ohio Application January 13, 1937, Serial No. 120,438

2 Claims.

This invention relates to clasps and more particularly to garment 'clasps.

The primary object of this invention resides in the provision of a garment clasp adapted to connect two pieces of a garment without injury to the fabric.

Another object of this invention resides in the provision of a garment clasp adapted to be carried by overall shoulder straps, hose supporters and the like.

A further object of this invention resides in the provision of a garment clasp adapted to have its garment securing jaws locked against accidental disengagement from the garment.

A still further object of this invention resides in the provision of a garment clasp adapted to be carried by one section of a garment and removably engaged with another portion thereof upon manipulation of locking means carried thereby.

In addition to the aforesaid objects this invention resides in the provision of a garment clasp constructed of an embodiment of coacting elements adapted to positively grip an area of a garment sufliciently large to obviate damaging the same by tearing.

With these and other objects in View this invention resides in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of elements to be hereinafter fully set forth in the specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claims and, while this disclosure depicts my present conception of the invention, the right is reserved to resort to such changes in structure and size as come within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a garment clasp as constructed in accordance with this invention, the same being shown as carried by an overall shoulder strap and engaging a portion of the overalls.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof approximately on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, the lever being shown open by dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the body portion per se.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of one form of locking ring.

Fig. 5 is a detail inside view of the blank from which the locking ring is constructed.

In the present illustration the numeral 5 designates, in general; a garment clasp as constructed in accordance with this invention, the same is preferably formed from sheet metal or the like and consists of a body portion 6 having a certain area thereof stamped out to form shoulder strap attaching bars 1 at one end and a pivotal pin I! remote from said bar, said attaching bars being spaced to facilitate adjustment of the shoulder straps.

The body portion 6 terminates in a head 8 at that end opposite the bar I and is bent to form a female jaw 9 terminating in a tongue I 0. Formed on the inner surface of the female jaw 9 is a series of laterally extending grooves 9'.

Pivotally secured on the pin I! is a clamping lever II which is provided with a head l2 at that end thereof opposite the end engaging the pin l'l, said head is bent to form a substantially resilient male jaw 13 adapted to register with and be seated in the female jaw 9 when closed, the free extremity of the clamping lever is also provided with a. tongue l4. Formed on the outer surface of the jaw I3 is a series of grooves l3 which together with the grooves 9 provide means for preventing slippage of the garment held between the jaws 9 and [3. The body portion of the lever H is provided with laterally extending grooves l I on its outer surface to prevent slippage of a locking ring to be hereinafter described.

Slidably secured on the body portion 6 and bearing against the clamping lever I! is a looking ring I5 having shoulders l6 bent outwardly from its opposite edges to provide finger engaging areas so the ring can be moved to locking or unlocking position on the body portion. This locking ring is provided with a series of grooves I 5 adapted to coact with the aforesaid grooves II in the jaw ll.

While this clasp is herein shown as being of uncovered metal, it may be covered with suitable fabric or otherwise decorated and is herein illustrated as being secured to an overall shoulder strap S indicated by dotted lines with its jaws engaging the front portion or bosom of the overalls, it being understood this clasp may be constructed in various sizes for utilization where the demand for such clasps is desired.

With this invention fully set forth it is manifest that a garment clasp is provided which is not only cheap of manufacture but which will positively retain its grip when locked without damage to the fabric thus engaged.

Having thus described this invention what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is: F

1. A garment clasp of the character described comprising a body member of platelike form and having a number of spaced openings in its upper part, the top wall of the top opening and the top edge of the member forming between them a bar for receiving a looped part of a garment, the bottom wall of said opening and the top wall of the next opening forming between them a cross bar, a fiat lever member having its upper end pivoted to said cross bar, the lower part of the platelike member having a U shaped transverse bend therein, forming a female jaw and the lower part of the lever having a similar bend therein forming a male jaw, said bends extending in the same directions, whereby the male jaw can enter the female jaw, and a straplike member having its ends bent into hook shape to slide on the edge portions of the first member with its major portion extending over the lever, the edge parts of the straplike member, at the center thereof, being bent outwardly to form finger grips and the lower opening being extended to partly receive a part of the lever.

2. A garment clasp of the character set forth comprising a body member of plate-like form with its opposite end portions of greater width than the medial portion thereof, the medial portion being provided with a longitudinally extending slot of increased area at its upper end, a cross-piece connecting the sides of the longitudinally extending slot adjacent the widened portion thereof, a female jaw formed in that end of the body member opposite the end thereof having the larger area of the slot therein, a clamping lever having its inner end looped around the cross-piece of the body member with its medial portion partially seated in the slot of the body member and it's free end increased to a width equal to the width of the female jaw, a male jaw formed in the free end'of the clamping lever in alignment with the female jaw, a locking ring slidably mounted on the body member and extending over the clamping lever, frictional means between the locking ring and lever adapted to retain the locking ring in adjusted position on the lever, and opposed gripping shoulders formed on the locking ring over the lever.

HARRY'P. KEEPER.