US432218A - Frank - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

F. E. WILLIAMS.

BUTTONOR STUD.

.No. 432,218. Patented July 15, 1890.

WITNESSES: INVE/VZOR gWW' glam/C 7 UNITED STATES PATENT FRANK E. WVILLIAMS, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y.

BUTTQN'OR STUD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,218, dated July 15, 1890. Application filed February 15, 1890. $erial No. 340,598. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Shirt-Stud, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shirt-studs in which there is hinged to the fixed post a locking-lever adapted to fold in line with the fixed post for easy insertion into or withdrawal from a shirt-bosom; and the object of my invention is to provide a locking-lever that is adapted to hold the stud in a neat and proper position when attached to the shirt-bosom. I attain this object by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows the complete stud with the parts in position for easy insertion into or withdrawal from a shirt-bosom. Fig. 2 shows the stud with the parts in position when locked in the shirt-bosom, and Fig. 3 shows the details of construction.

In Fig. 3, A is the head of the stud, to the bottom of which is rigidly fixed the post B, preferably made of small round wire. Onehalf of the lower part of this post is longitudinally cut away for about one-half to twothirds its length, as shown at D, to thereby form a shoulder D which is cut at an angle, and a pivot-hole is made at its extremelower end, as shown at E. The curved locking-le- Ver 0, made of round wire of same diameter as post B, has also a longitudinal half of one end cut away, as shown at D, this cut-away part corresponding in length to the cut-away part of post B, the upper end of said lever 0 being at an angle similarly to the shoulder D and adapted to bear against said shoulder to provide a flush alignment of the lever with the said post. A pivot-hole is also made in this locking-lever, as shown at E. The flat surfaces of the fixed post B and locking-lever O are placed together, and post and lever pivoted at E E with a rivet.

It will readily be seen that when the locking-lever C is folded in line with the post B the post B and locking-lever 0 form practically one smooth continuous piece of wire, which is easily inserted into the eye-hole of a shirt-bosom. Then a slight pressure on the lower end of the locking-lever O by the finger or the person of the wearer causes the lever to swing on the pivot into the position shown in Fig. 2, and the stud is securely locked in the shirt-bosom, and is naturally held in this locking position by the pressure of the underclothing of the wearer against the larger end of the lever; but when desired, by pressing down the larger end of the lever with the finger and folding the parts together again into the position shown in Fig. l the stud can be easily withdrawn from the shirt-bosom.

By bending the looking-lever C nearly to a right angle, as shown, the space between the holding-surface of the lever and the head A 'of the stud is so restricted that the head of the stud is held closely to the front of the shirt-bosom in a neat and proper position, and the ends of the locking-lever, naturally resting against the inside of the shirt-bosom, are not liable to become entangled in the under-clothing or to scratch against the person of the wearer.

Whatlclaini as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A shirt-stud composed of the head A and fixed post B, said fixed post having a shoulder D and a curved locking-lever O, pivoted to its lower end, one end of said locking-lever being adapted to fold in line with the fixed post B and flush with the shoulder D thereof, substantially as described.

FRANK E. XVILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

WHITFIELD TERRIBERRY, WILLIAM STONE.

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