US433087A

US433087A - Button

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Publication number: US433087A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-07-29
Anticipated expiration: 1907-07-29

Description

(No Model.)

L. J. MAXEY.

BUTTON.

Patented July 29, 1890.-

lgacgir My WW Wilgesscs NITED STATES LIDA J. MAXEY, OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letter s Patent No. 433,087, dated July 29, 1890.

Application filed August 20, 1889. Serial No. 321,381. (No model.)

To all whom it 12%;; concern.-

Be it known that I, LIDA J. MAXEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at J acksonville, in the county of Duval and State of Florida, have invented a new and useful Button, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in buttons; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved button. Fig. 2 is a top edge view, and Fig. 3 is a similar detail view on a larger scale.

lleretof ore it has been customary to con nect the heads of the buttons by a chain, and in other constructions to connect their shoes or inner ends by a chain with other devices attached at a remote point to the garment for the purpose of preventing the loss of the button in case it became accidentally detached from the garment. In the present instance, however, the shanks of the buttons between their heads and shoes are connected by a chain.

In carrying out my invention I employ the button-heads A A, which may be of any de' sired size and of the usual shape and material. To the shanks a of a pair of buttonheads I secure the ends of a short chain B, thereby connecting the buttons together. A check or stop shoe C, consisting of a small plate of any suitable material, is secured to the inner end of the shank of the button or to the end link I) of the chain l which forms aportion of the shank in this case, as clearly shown.

In practice the button-heads are engaged in the button-holes of the garment in the usual manner, and the check or stop shoe 0 is thereby brought against the inner surface of the fabric so as to hold the button firmly in place and prevent the same pulling through the button-hole. ranged horizontally, and thereby The buttons may be arform two rows, or they may be arranged vertically, and thereby form a single row. It will be observed that the chain is fiexibly connected to the shank of the button and standsinside the fabric in which the button is engaged. By this arrangement the button is permitted to have a motion with the fabric entirely independent of the chain. hen the chain is connected to the lower member of a two-part shank, as shown, this motion is permitted; but the head A and shoe 0 also have movements independent from each other.

,From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided abutton which can be very easily applied to and removed from a garment, which, when on the garment, will be securely fastened thereto.

Instead of the chain connecting the buttonshanks, I may employ cords; but I prefer the chain, as it is more ornamental.

My improved button will be found of especial advantage in its application to washable goods, as it can be quickly removed and the tearing of the fabric and injuring of the button thereby obviated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The two buttons each comprising a head A, a shoe 0, and a shank a Z), comprising two links, said links projecting from the head and shoe, respectively, and loosely linked together, in combination with a chain B, each end of which is linked to the member I), projecting from the shoe of each button, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LIDA J. MAXEY.

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F. E. WoonBRIDeE, EUGENE B. MCBRIDE.