US653427A

US653427A - Glove-fastener.

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Publication number: US653427A
Application number: US73853799A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ernest Wainwright
Original assignee: Hall & Ross Husking Glove Co
Current assignee: Hall & Ross Husking Glove Co
Priority date: 1899-11-28
Filing date: 1899-11-28
Publication date: 1900-07-10
Anticipated expiration: 1917-07-10

Description

Patented July 10, I900.

E. WAINWRIGHT.

GLOVE FASTEN EB. (Applicati pn fil ed. Nov. 28, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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' UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

ERNEST \VAINWRIGH'I, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE HALL & ROSS HUSKING GLOVE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

GLOVEPFASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,427, dated July 10, 1 900.

Application filed November 28, 1899. Serial No. 738 ,537. (N0 model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST WAINWRIGHT, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glove-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a fastening for gloves or mittens havinga gored wristlet, and more particularly to that class of fastenings wherein a flexible cord is attached to the body of the wristlet on one side of the gore, thence passed through suitable runners or loops secured to the wristlet on the opposite side of the gore, and thence doubled back and having its free end or loop engaged with a stud or button on the same side of the gore to which its other end is secured.

My invention relates to certain features of improvement in fastenings of this class; and

it consists, first, in means for fastening or securing the ends of the cord which form the loop to the body of the wristlet at the edge of the gore; second, in the particular construction of runners for the strands of the loop; third, in the particular construction of a metallic tab or finger-piece, whereby the strands of the loop are drawn taut, and, fourth, to the combination,with the glove, of a cord-fastener and a fixed stud or button and a metallic tab or finger-piece through which the cord passes and whereby its strands may be drawn together in order to tighten it and properly secure the glove in place.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the wrist of the glove and its gore expanded or open to its widest extent and the cord-fastener extending across the gore. Fig; 2 is a similar view showing the wristlet of the glove contracted, the fastener shown in full lines in the position it occupies while the glove is worn and the dotted lines showing the manner of application. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the wristlet of the glove, showing the wrist contracted and the cord drawn through the runner previous to being doubled back for engagement with the stud or button. Fig. a is a detail perspective view showing forming the runner and showing its method of application.

5 represents the wristlet of the glove, and 6 the gore thereof, which is inserted at the side of the wrist in the usual way.

7 represents the cord-loop,the ends of which are enveloped by a strip of sheet metal 8, folded into tubular form in order to confine said ends, and the thus-secured ends, with their metallic envelop, are fastened to the body of the glove at one edge of the gore by means of stitching 9, passing through the edge welt 10 of the gore and the edge 11 of the wristlet 5.

12 represents a tab or finger-piece formed from sheet metal having the tubular portions 13, through which the cord passes, the metal between the tubular portions being removed in order to enable the tab or finger-piece to pass over the head of the button 14. Said button is the variety usually employed upon shoes and has a tubular stem passing through the wristlet of the glove andexpanded upon its lower end to hold it in place.-

15 represents the runners, which consist of a wire staple having an arched portion 16 in its bow, so as to provide a free space for the cord after the staple is secured to the glove, as shown in Fig. 4 Two o f these staples are employed arranged in line with each other and separated, preferably, to a distance about equal to the length of the metal sheath which holds the ends of the cord-loop, the strands of which are thus confined in parallelism. The width of the finger-tab across its tubular portions is less than the space between the parallel strands of the loop which pass through the'runners, and said'runners being secured to the wristlet of the glove on the opposite side of the gore from the secured end of such loop and the finger-tab being threaded upon the cord before it is attached to the glove by means of its sheath and runners the cord is drawn taut by means of the tab or fingerpiece and its loop engaged with the stud or button, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, after which the tab or finger-piece is moved along the strands of the cord and contract or draw together those portions of the strands between the runners and the stud or button, as shown by the full lines in Fig. 2.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the fastener may be manipulated in an easy and convenient manner by taking hold of the tab or finger-piece alone and that after the cord is engaged with the stud or button it may be tightened sufficiently by means of the same tab or finger-piece to prevent from escaping over the stud or button, and thus loosening the gloove.

All of the parts of this fastener are of simple construction, easily applied, and inexpensive. Thus the stud or button, the staples, the sheath, and the finger-piece or tab, being the metal parts of the fastener, are all of simple form and may be produced rapidly and applied economically. The cord itself is also easily applied, since its ends may be expeditiously enveloped in the metal sheath and the latter quickly applied and securely held in place by rows of stitching. After the loop is thus secured to the glove by the metal sheath and the strands thereof drawn across the gore while the wrist is fully expanded the staples are then applied, thus insuring the proper position of each of the parts. The finger-piece or tab not only serves the usual function of a convenient means for handling the cord, but in myconstruction'it serves the further purpose of tensioning the cord and preventingits working off the stud or button.

\Vhile some of the elements of the fastener which 1 have described are not newin themselves, yet they have never to my knowledge been used in glove-fasteners, and their application to this purpose and their combination with each other in a glove-fastener I believe to be new, as hereinafter pointed out in the claims.

While I prefer the use of the several elements above described, I do not limit my invention to the forms of the elements combined to produce my fastener, as the structural features thereof may be modified without eh an ging the result of the combination.

I claim-- 1. The combination with a glove or mitten having a gore in the wrist thereof, of a fastener therefor composed of a cord doubled to provide a loop and secured to the wristlet of the glove at one side of the gore, runners secured to the wristlet on the opposite side of the gore, a tab or finger-piece having tubular portions through which the cord passes, a stud or button secured to the wristlet and adapted to hold the free end of the loop, and said tab or finger-piece being movable lengthwise of the loop whereby to contract the strands thereof, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a glove or mitten, of a fastener therefor comprising a cord, having its ends united by means of a metal sheath embracing both ends and secured to the wristlet of the glove, substantially as described.

3. In a cord-fastener for gloves, a fingerpieee consisting of a metal body having furcations provided with tubular portions through which the cord passes, said tubular portions being separated to adapt the tab or fingerpiece to span the head of a stud or button whereby the cord may be engaged, substantially as described.

4. In a cord-fastener for gored gloves, the combination, with a cord doubled upon itself to provide a loop, said loop being attached to the wristlet of the glove near one edge of the gore, runners attached to the wristlet on the opposite sides of the gore and through which the strands of the cord pass, a button orstud attached to the wristlet and a finger-piece or tab movably connected with and arranged to embrace both strands of the cord and of such width that when moved lengthwise of the strand after engagement of the latter with the button or stud the cord is tensioned, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a glove or mitten, of a fastener therefor comprisinga cord, having its ends united by means of a metal sheath embracing both ends and secured to the wristlet of the glove, in a position substantially at right angles to the direction of pull upon the strands when holding the gore closed.

. ERNEST WAINWRIGI'IT.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK C. GooDWIN, 0. C. LINTmoUM.