US576066A

US576066A - John hobbs

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Publication number: US576066A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1897-01-26
Anticipated expiration: 1914-01-26

Description

(No Model.)

J. HOBBS. FASTENING ATTACHMENT.

11015765066. W Patented Jan.26,1897

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HOBBS, or TORONTO, oANADA.

FASTENING ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,066, dated January 26, 1897.

Application filed anuary 11,1896. Serial No. 575,147. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, JOHN HOBBS, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastening Attachments;- and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to an attachment by means of which a buckle or a clasp may be securely and rapidly attached to a coat, cloak, or blanket, or other article of woven fabric; and it relates more particularly to a device whereby a buckle or strap may be securely and expeditiously fastened to a horse-blanket; and the object of the invention is to so construct this fastening device that it can be quickly and securely attached to the woven fabric, and when secured it will be impossible to tear asunder the united parts without the exercise of an abnormal force.-

A further object of my invention is to provide an ornamental fastening device which provides an extended gripping-surface in the line or direction of strain to which the fastening is subjected, and to provide simple means in the line or direction of strain, at two points, adapted to firmly secure both the buckle-strap and the fabric together.

The invention consists of the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully set forth, and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view showing the two plates interlocked and holding a strap to which is connected a buckle. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the plates, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a surcingle attachment.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the specification and drawings.

The attachment consists of a plain skeleton plate A substantially V- shaped and having its inner face concaved. The skeleton plate A consists of two outer bars a, substantially V- shaped, a cross-bar a uniting the ends of the outer bars a, and a cross-bar a" preferably formed integrally with the outer bars an intermediate the cross-bar a and the point of the V. Projecting from the middle gether the said plates.

of the inner face of each of the cross-bars a a" is a prong or tongue B, which is adapted to pass through the woven fabric 0, through the strap D, and through an ornamental skeleton plate E, and is then bent over on the top of the ornamental plate to securely lock to- The skeleton plate E is provided with two slots or openings F to receive the prongs or tongues 13. The inner face of the skeleton plate E is concaved similarly to the inner face of the plate A and is substantially the same shape. The inner face of each of the outer bars e of the plate E is serrated to grip the Woven fabric and prevent the displacement of the fastening attachment. Secured to the end of the strap D is a buckle G to hold the end of a strap secured to the blanket at an opposite point. In the case of a surcingle one end of the surcingle is provided with a strap H to be held by the buckle G. The opposite end of the.

surcingle is provided with a loop or eye I, which is adapted to fit over a hoop J, secured to a strap K, held by the fastener at the opposite side of the blanket.

By means of this fastening attachment it is possible to secure a strap or a buckle to a horse-blanket in a rapid, expeditious, and secure manner.

This fastening device can be used not only in connection with horse-blankets, but can be used in connection with cloaks, capes, or other articles of wearing-apparel.

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

v A fastening attachment for horse-blankets, comprising two skeleton plates, the upper plate being ornamented and the lower plate provided with two concave cross-bars arranged parallel to each other; both of said plates tapering gradually from a wide portion at one end to a point at the other end, a prong or spur projecting from the central portion of each of said cross-bars, each spur or prong being projected through the fabric and bucklestrap and also through slots in the upper plate arranged directly in a line with each other, and each spur bent over upon the upper surfaceof said plate, in opposite directions, the entire inner lowermost face of the which the blanket is subjected, substantially upper plate being serrated to securely grip as specified. the fabric between the plates, whereby an eX- Tor0nt0, December 9, A.- D. 1895. tended gripping-surface is provided between 5 the plates, and the buckle-strap and fabric In presence offirmly secured by the prongs or spurs which M. A. WESTWOOD, latter are arranged in the line of the strain to O. H. RICHES.

JOHN HOBBS.