US242039A

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Publication number: US242039A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1881-05-24
Anticipated expiration: 1898-05-24

Description

(No'M'odelJ G. W. PRENTIGE.

Lacing Stud.

No. 242,039. Patented May 24, I881.

WITNESSES IN VENTOR ATTORNEY nmmWmw-am 0.0.

U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. PRENTIOE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

LAC|NG -STUD.

SPECIFICATION forming, part of Letters Patent No. 242,039, dated May 24, 1881.

Application filed March 2, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. PRENTIOE, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and'State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Laoing- Studs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved lacing-stud for wearing-apparel, but which is designed more particularly for use on shoes, kid gloves, corsets, 850., where lacing-strin gs are employed; and theinvention consists of a lacing-stud formed of a single piece of sheet metal or wire, one end whereof forms the head or hook portion and the opposite end a split or double prong, one prong of which is arranged at the front and the other to the rear of the said head, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improvement; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 a plan view of the blank from which the lacing-stud is formed.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the sheet-metal blank from which the complete device is formed, and which consists of the head or hook portion B, preferably of an oval shape, and which is provided with a rounded neck,

40 G, as shown.

D D represent the split prongs, which are so bent as to form a plate or table, E, at the base of the neck portion 0, and the sharp penetrating points a bent at right angles thereto, one prong, D, being arranged at the front and the other prong, D, to the rear of the head or hook portion B, as shown.

By means of my present construction I am enabled to produce a lacing-stud combining simplicity and cheapness with great strength and durability.

In the operation of attaching the lacing-stud to wearing-apparel or to other articles of a kindred nature, it may be observed that the device is adjusted in the upper jaw ofa settinginstrument which is usuallyemployed for such purpose, when by closing the jaws together the pron gs are caused to penetrate the material to which the device is to be attached, and the points of the prongs, after passing through the same, are turned back into the material by a die in the lower jaw of the instrument in a manner well known.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is- As an improved article of manufacture, a lacing-stud composed of the blank A, one end whereof forming the head or hook portion B and curved neck 0, and the opposite split end forming the prongs D D and table E, one of said split parts being bent to the front and the other to the rear of the head portion B, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. PRENTIOE.

Witnesses:

THOMAS A. J ENOKES, D. G BODMAN.