US618569A - David j - Google Patents

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No. 6l8,569. Patented Ian. 3|, I899.

D. J. GUE.

CUFF ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Jan. 29, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID J. GUE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK JULIAN PRICE, OF SAME PLACE.

CUFF ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 618,569, dated January 31, 1899.

Application filed January 29 1898. Serial No. 668,376. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, DAVID J. GUE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, (Blythebourne,) Kings county, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff Attachments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in end attachments, and has for its object the provision of suitable means whereby the plain round or ordinary cuff (as distinguished from what is known as the link-cuff) may be changed into what is known as a link-cuff, and, further, an additional object attained is that of making said and reversible.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective View of my invention as it appears in operation. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of Fig. 1 through the operative parts, and Fig. 3 is a detailed view of a preferable form.

A is a cufi of the ordinary plain round type,

into a link-cud by means of the attachment made the subject=matter of this application.

B is a button of the type known as a link cuff-button.

O is the wristband of a shirt.

D is the button employed to secure the edges of the wristband together in the usual way.

The device by which I accomplish the hereinbefore-named objects comprises a detachable member formed of a plurality of wing members E F G. These wing members are united at a common axis, and each member thereof is preferably of approximately the same length, as shown in Fig. 3, for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the members E and F are shown as slightly shorter than the member G for the purpose of making it'clear that it is not essential that all of the said members.

shall be of the same length.

In operation when it is desired to transform an ordinary plain round cuff into a link-cuff two of the flaps E and F are placed on opposite sides of the cuff adjacent one of the buttonholes at the rear thereof, and to secure said parts together a button II of the ordinary kind is used,-which may pass through suitable buttonholes in the wings or mem-- bers E and F and the cuff A. (See Fig. 2.) When the attachment has been thus secured to the cuff, the third wing G constitutes a flap projecting beyond the edge of the cuff and affording a means whereby the said edge may be connected to the button which holds the ends of the wristbands, this flap extension providing such a means as is common in all link-cuflis whereby the cuff may be adjusted without distorting the same in such a manner as to prevent the proper use of the linkbutton B, previously referred to.

The means employed for securing together the cuff and the attaching member-to wit, a button-may be entirely detachable from the said parts or may be carried by one of the members E or F. If desirable, in place of a buttonhole in the projecting flap G the button by which thesaid flap is secured to the wristband may be carried by the said flap. It is desirable, however, that the attaching member herein described should be provided only with buttonholes, as that is the simplest form,

although I desire to have it understood that- I contemplate that a button may be carried by one or more of the wing members and still be within the spirit and scope of my invention.

In using the term button I intend to include thereby studs, hooks, or other mechanical equivalents.

I have referred to the detailed View, Fig. 3, as illustrating a preferable form of cuff attachment, and in said Fig. 3 I have illustrated all of the said wing members as approximately the same length. The advantage gained by making the members E F G, Fig. 3, of approximately the same length is that by so doing the same are rendered interchangeable'that is to say, any two of the three members may be used to secure one edge of the cufi at the buttonhole toward the rear edge of the cuff, while the remaining member still serves as a flap whereby that edge of the cuff may be attached to the wristband.

What I claim is 1. As a new article of manufacture, a cuff attachment for fastening a cuff to a wristband, comprising several narrow wing members, whose width is much less than their length,

said members attached together but movat a common axis,said axis being much shorter able with respect to each other each of said than the length of said members. 10 members having a partof suitable attaching Signed at 33 Pine street, New York city, means. this 27th day of January, 1898.

5 2. As a new article of manufacture, a cud DAVID J. GUE.

attachment, comprising a plurality of wing \Vitnesses: members each having attaching means, one DAVID SCOTT,

end of each member being joined to the others PIERRE W. WILDEY.

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