US268336A

US268336A - Button-fasten ing

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Publication number: US268336A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1882-11-28
Anticipated expiration: 1899-11-28

Description

(No Model.) W WIGGINS.

V BUTTON lJEASTEBTIABIG. No. 268,336. Patented Nov. 28, 1882.

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WILLIAM WIGGINS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUTTON-FASTEN NG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,336, dated November 28,1882,

' Application ined september 3o, issn. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WIGGINS, of y Boston, in the county ot' Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Shoe-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists of a clasp device dcsigned to be elnployed for fastening shoes of the kind t'or which buttons are employed, the object being to avoid the wear and tear of' the buttons and holes and avoid Inuchof the labor and loss of time required to fasten button-shoes, and it iscontrived for the application ot buttons, also to give the appearance of button-shoes when required, but may be used without the buttons, if desired, all as hereinafter fully described.

Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specilication, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shoe pro- Fg. 2 is an end elevation of the fastener. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the fastening-plates through the catch device; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the plates through the joint by which the button ily-plate and the buttons are attached to it.

I attach a catch-plate, a, of thin metal, to the side of the upperb, that is covered by the button-Hy c, securing it by rivets d, having suitably large and flat heads inside to avoid hurting the foot of the wearer, or byany other approved means, the rivets or other fastenings heilig located along the outer edge of the plate to hold it down close on the leather b thereat, so that it will confine the button-Hy snugly. The inner edge ot' the plate a has a ange,f, turned upward an'd over toward the outer edge, and between said ange and said outer'edge of the plate a itis provided with a hook-catch, g, which is raised above the surface about the thickness of'the plate It, attached to the button-fly c, for fastening the. fly to the plate a, plate h, having a hole, t', made through it for the catch. 'lhis plate h is attached to the button-fly near its edge by a wire, k, to which the buttons lare also fastened, said rod being secured in a kind of knuckle or hinge joint, j, of the plate, which is nicked at suitable intervals for receiving the eyes m of the buttons. The buttons are by this contrivance attached to the button-dy in the same positions along the edge as in an ordinary button-shoe, the connection being by the same device that attaches the plate, and which is much stronger than sewing or riveting them on separately, and the plate is employed for fastening the ily to avoid the wear and damage of the button and button-hole arrangement, which itis well known is very damaging to the shoe by the effects of the buttonhook. In this arrangement the plate h serves a's a lever-fastener to first draw the button-dy tight by placing the inner edge, n, under the iiangef, the outer edge being elevated, and then swinging the outer edge down, and the fly-plate also being pressed downward a little toward the toe ofthe shoe from its normal position, to enable the catchg to enter hole 'i and engage and hold plate h, when it is shifted upward again into its proper position after the catch has been thus entered. The edge n and Ilangef guide the hook g and notch ,so as to connect without special care or attention.

Thus I provide a neat, substantial, and easily-operating fastening, which preserves all thc appearance of a button-shoe, when so desired, and may be used without the buttons, if preferred. When it is to be applied to low shoes having only three or four buttons, one set or pair ot plates will be used; but for higher shoes two or more pairs ot' plates may be employed, because the shape ofA the ankle will not allow ot' the use of plates longer than about the. range of four buttons.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, in a shoe-fastener, of the plate a, having tlangefand hook g, adapted to be attached tothe side b of the shoe, and the plate h, havingfhole i, and adapted tothe attached to the fly c, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the iiy c and plate h, oi` the wirelc and buttons l. forming ajoint, j, substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM WIGGIN S.

Witnesses:

L. H. D. SIIEPHERD, WALTER W. J AcKsoN.