US375699A - John ewig - Google Patents

Description

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J. EWIG.

GARMENT CLASP 0R FASTENBR.

Patented Dec. 27, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrlcia.

JOHN EWIG, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TO JESSE L. HEISKELL, OF SAME PLACE.

GARMENT CLASP OR FASTENER.

SFECIFICATIQN forming part: of Letters Patent No. 375,699, dated December 27, 1887.

Application filed June 8, 1827.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN EWIG, a citizen of the United States, residing in IVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and improved fastening for the meeting parts of garments, and is more especially intended for the fly 0f pantaloons, and has for its object to provide a fastening that may be easily and. quickly applied to the garment, and when so applied the meeting parts of the garment may be readily and securely fastened one to the other.

To this end my invention consists in the fasteninghereinafter fully described, and more particularly pointed out. in the claims, due refcren ce being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved fastening applied to the meeting parts ofa garment; Fig. 2, a modification thereof; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the hook portion A, shown in Fig. 1, removed from the garment; Fig. 4, a rear view of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a perspective view of a modification of the hook portion shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4; Fig. 6, a perspective view of the staple or loop 0, shown in Fig. 1, removed from the garment; and Fig. 7, a longitudinal section through the fastening A, shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A indicates the body portion of one member of my fastening, consisting of a thin plate of sheet metal terminating at one end in a hook, B. At or near the hook end the plate A is provided on each side with a lip or projection, 11 b, and each of these lips is provided with one or more perforations, b. At the opposite end the plate A is perforated at a. To fasten the plate Aand its hook B to the garment the plate is first applied to the inner side of the garment at the desired point, and a rivet, eyelet, or other suitable fastening passed through the perforation a of the plate and Serial No. 240,620.

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through the cloth, and then clinched or riveted down. Stitches are next passed through the perforations b and through the cloth after the manner of attaching a button. I prefer to provide the plateA with two sets of lips, I) b, as seen in Figs. 1, 3, 4., and 7. In this pre ferred construction a blank like that shown in Fig. 5 is first made, and thena U-shaped hook, B, consisting of thin sheet metal, and of the same width and thickness as the plate A, is placed upon the rear side of the plate A, as seen in Fig. 7, and riveted or soldered thereto.

In applying this form of fastening to the garment the hook Bis caused to catch over or embrace the edge of the garment, as shown in Fig. 1, and the fastening is thcnsccured to the garment, as above described. To the other part of the garment is fastened the loop or staple G. This staple is preferably formed of a flat bar or body portion, 0, provided at each end with penetrating-prongs cl, (see Fig. 6,) said prongs being for a portion of their length cylindrical or tubular in cross-section, and from thence bifurcated, terminating each in two flat legs, e e. The staple O is applied to the outside of one member of the meeting parts of a garment by forcing the prongs d d through the cloth at the desired point until said prongs enter the cloth as far as the tubular or cylindrical portion thereof. The fiat legs 6 e are then bent over or clinched down upon the rear side of the cloth, thus firmly securing the staple in place.

In order to fasten together the meeting edges of the garment it is merely necessary to bring the parts together until the hook B passes be tween the body portion 0 of the staple and the cloth to which said staple is secured, when a slight pull will firmly secure the meeting edges of the garment together.

In Fig. 2 I have illustrated a modified manner of fastening the staple G to the garment. Referring to this figure, the letter D indicates a V-shaped plate of thin sheet metal provided at its apex with a perforation, O", by means ofwhich it is stitched to the garment after the manner of sewing a button to a garment. G is the staple, consisting of a thin sheet-metal plate, 0, having projecting prongs at each end, which prongs are passed through slots 0', and

are then clinched or bent down on the other side of the cloth.

If preferred, the staple shown in Fig. 6 may be employed in connection with the plate D, 5 the slots 0 permitting the fiat legs e e to pass through, but preventing the passage of the .tubular portions d 01, thus retaining the body portion 0 of the staple from lying flat against the cloth and facilitating the entrance of the IO hook B between the staple and the cloth.

Having thus described myinvcntion, what I claim is 1. A garmentfastening consisting of the members A and G, the member A consisting 15 of a plate terminating atone end in a hook, B, and provided with perforated lips I) b, and the member 0 consisting of a plate, 0, having prongs at its extremities adapted to be passed through the cloth and clinched down, substan- 2 3 tially as shown and described.

2. In a garment-fastening, the combination, with the plate A, provided with the hook B and perforated lips b, of the staple O, consisting of a flat plate provided at each end with a tubular shank, d, terminating in two flat legs, 25 e e, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

3. The plate A, provided with the hook B and perforated lips I) b, in combination with the V-shaped plate D, having the perforation 0 50 and slots 0 c, and the staple O, the prongs of which are placed through the slots 0 c and clinched down, substantially in the manner shown and described. a

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 5 presence of two witnesses.

JOHN EWIG.

\Vitnesses:

NEILL DUMONT, AARON BRADsHAw.

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