US2731694A

US2731694A - Hook

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Publication number: US2731694A
Application number: US312030A
Authority: US
Inventors: Steinmetz Lawrence
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1952-09-29
Filing date: 1952-09-29
Publication date: 1956-01-24
Anticipated expiration: 1973-01-24

Description

Jan. 24, 1956 1 sTElNMETz HOOK Filed Sept. 29, 1952 ounnunu ATTORNEY l l l l l I l l l I l l Ill United States Patent HOOK Lawrence Steinmetz, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application September 29, 1952, Serial No. 312,080 1 Claim. (Cl. 24-227) The present invention relates to a separable fastener device, and more particularly to an improved hook and eye arrangement for use as a garment fastener.

In the manufacture of clothing, such as trousers and skirts, the most commonly employed fastener for the waistband portion of the garment has been a button and button hole. Economy of manufacture has to a large extent dictated the use of buttons for such purposes. However, button fastenings have certain disadvantages such as the relative diiculty of fastening and unfastening the fastener, the tendency of the button to tear loose from the garment and the general unsightliness of a button fastener. As an alternative fastener arrangement to overcorne the above disadvantages of button fasteners, the use of preformed sheet metal material hook and eye fasteners has been proposed.

It is a principal object of the present invention to provide an improved preformed sheet material hook for use as a garment fastener and which may be quickly and easily secured to the garment by a riveting or clinching procedure to thus obtain a secure and long lasting attachment of the fastener hook to the garment.

A feature of the invention is the provision of an improved form of preformed fastener hook member and associated rivet plate to be secured by riveting to a garment or the like, the form of the hook member providing a space for receiving the garment material between spaced rivet prong portions and the rivet plate having a trough for receiving the rivet prongs of the hook member so that the fastener hook may be permanently secured to the garment without the formation of unsightly bulges or the like.

Further objects, features and the attending advantages of the invention will be apparent with reference to the following specification and drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevational view of a garment 7 waistband with the hook and eye fastener of the invention secured thereto;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank hook before preforming;

Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the preformed fastener hook and the associated rivet plate which may be used as a reinforcement when the hook is secured to the garment;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view of the back face of a garment with the fastener hook and rivet plate of the invention secured thereto in the assembled relation;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings, and with particular reference to Fig. l, a fragmentary portion of a trouser waistband is shown having a loop or eye member 10 secured to one meeting edge in any suitable manner and a preformed sheet material hook 11 secured to the other meeting edge according to the invention. It should be obvious that the trouser meeting edges may be secured together and fastened by inserting the hook end 12 (Fig. 5) within the eye 10.

As more clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the preformed hook is preferably comprised of a metallic stamping having a base portion 13 and a reversely curved hook portion 12. Each side of the base portion 13 to the side of the center line of the hook portion 12 is provided with a respective shoulder portion 1.4 and 15 from which is extended a respective rivet prong member 16 and 17. The shoulder portions 14 and 15 are bent upwardly and then outwardly to provide a supporting surface for the rivet plate 18 in the assembled relation and thus to provide a space for receiving the garment material therebetween.

The assembled relation of the hook 11 and rivet plate 18 is most clearly shown in Fig. 4 through Fig. 7 of the drawing, and it will be seen that the rivet prong members 16 and 17 are passed through the garment fabric by piercing or the like and are received in the apertures 21 and 22 of the rivet plate 18. Thus the hook 11 and the rivet plate 18 are secured to opposite sides of the garment fabric and the rivet prongs 16 and 17 may then be deformed and bent into the trough 23 that has been provided in the rivet plate 18. In such manner the rivet prongs 16 and 17 are bent into a position overlying the base portion of the hook and, as will be most clearly shown in Fig. 7, the garment fabric 20 is deformed into the space between the bottom of the rivet plate 18 and the hook 11 as provided by the rivet member shoulder supports 14 and 15, while the rivet prongs 16 and 17 are received in the trough 23 of the rivet plate 18. Thus, the preformed fastener hook 11 is permanently secured to the garment by simply bending the rivet prongs 16 and 17 and the entire arrangement is such that unsightly bulging of the garment is prevented. The outer surfaces of the shoulder portions 14 and 15 are positioned between, and offset from, the rivet prongs 16 and 17, and provide ledges for receiving a riveting tool. As the ledges are offset from the base 13 and are in close proximity to the rivet prongs 16 and 17, the tool can apply the required force to the rivet prongs and the ledges will prevent the tool from slipping relative to the fastener.

Any suitable riveting tools (not shown) may be employed to contact the outer surfaces of the shoulder portions 14 and 15 to facilitate the application of the preformed fastener hook to the garment as described above. When desired, various garment pleating arrangements, such as that shown in the drawing, may be used to conceal the rivet plate and, as such, form no part of the present invention since the arrangements may vary for the many different types of garments to which the fastener hook of the invention may be applied.

While the preferred form and application of the invention is to use the rivet plate 18, in some applications when strong fabric materials are used, the rivet plate may be omitted and the hook may be secured to the garment fabric by passing the rivet prongs through the fabric and upsetting or bending the prongs to clinch the garment.

Various modifications may be made within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A preformed sheet metal fastener hook for garment fabric, said hook having a base portion, a reversely curved hook portion extending from said base portion, upwardly and outwardly formed shoulder portions extending from said base portion on each side of the center line of the hook portion, rivet prong members spaced outwardly from said base portion and extending from each of said shoulder portions and adapted to be passed through fabric, a rivet plate member having apertures for receiving each of said rivet prong members, said plate member having a trough extending between said apertures and providing a raised portion on the opposite side of said trough, said plate member being adapted to be positioned with the bottom of said trough nearest the side of the fabric .opposite the side to which the base portion of said hook member is positioned, each of said rivet prong members passing through respective ones of said apertures in the assembled relation of said hook and fabric and` bent inwardly to extend in said trough and clinch the fabr'ie inthe space provided by said shoulder portions, the rraised portion of said plate member positioned between said shoulders, the outer surfaces of said shoulder portions providing -a ledge between said base portion and said 'prong members for receiving Va riveting tool.

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Wainewright Mar. 30,

Cahn July 21,

Markin Apr. 15,

FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain Apr. 18,

Great Britain Apr. 5,