US223268A

US223268A - Cuff-fastener

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Publication number: US223268A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1880-01-06
Anticipated expiration: 1897-01-06

Description

G. C. BACON. CufffPasteners.

No. 223,268. Patented Jan. 6, 1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

GEOBGE C. BACON, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

CUFF-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,268, dated January 6, 1880.

Application led November 10, 1879. l

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE G. BACON, of Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improved Cuff-Fastener, which invention is fully set forth in the following sp'ecication, reference being had to the accompanying draw ings.

My invention relates to afastener for securing the usual laundried cuffs to the shirt-wristbands; and the invention consistsin afastening comprising a base adapted to receive and hold onto the Wristband-button, an arm projecting from such base adapted to pass easily through the button-holes in the .edges of the cutt, and an adjust-able attachmentpivoted on said projecting arm, and also adapted to pass with the arm through said holes, and to be ad justed across the holes to secure the cuff to the fastening, all substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my invention as formed ehietly of wire. Fig. 2 is a similar View ofthe same, indicating the manner of attaching' it to the Wristband-button. Fig. 3 is an edge or side View of the same, indicating the manner ofits attachment to both the Wristband and the cuff.

The fastener may be made of' any suitable material, and the precise form shown is not an essential of the invention. ay is the base; b, the projecting arm, and cthe adjustable attachment to the arm. The base and its projecting arm, as shown, are made of spring or elastic wire, and formed of a single piece, while the adjustable part c is formed of sheet metal and jointed to the top of arm b.

By pressing the ends d d of the base toward each other the ends e e will be sprung apart, so as to be more readily passed under the wristband-buttonf on either side of its fastening, as indicated in Fig. 2, until the button rests over the eye g, when, the ends d d being released, the ends e e will, by the elastic force ot' the wire, close together, or nearly so, and thus the eye g will be made to nearly or quite encircle the threads or i'astenings of the button, and thereby the cutilfastener will be secured to the Wristband. The attachment c being next placed in a vertical position, or in the plane of arm b, as in Fig. 2, the cuff may be folded around the wrist of the wearer, who has thus secured the fastening to his Wristband, and the button'holes ot' the cuft's be readily passed over both I) and c, and then, being pressed closely upon base a, between which and the lower edge of part c there is sufficient space to accommodate the double thickness of the cut', part c may then be swung into a horizontal position, and thus, lying acrosssaid holes, will secure the cnft' h h to the fastening, asindicated in Fig. 3.

By the use of this simple invention the wearer is enabled to easily secure or release his cuffs without the eft'ort usually required to secure them when lanndried stil-l', and to avoid the wrinhling and defacing ot" the same and the wear and tear of the button-holes, and the frequent annoyance oi' pulling cti' the wristband-buttons by the necessary exertion required to secure the cuffs in the ordinary way.

What l claim as my invention isl. A cuff-fastener comprising a base, a, a projecting arm, b, and an adjustable attachment, c, operating together substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. A cutir'astener formed with an expansible base, a, opening intoan eye, g, and a projection, b, provided witha pivoted attachment, c, all substantially as and for the purposes specified.

GEORGE C. BACON. Witnesses:

EUGENE HUMPHREY, EBEN HUToHINsoN.