US729671A - Button-badge fastener. - Google Patents

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No..729,6-'71. P'ATBNT-EDJUNB 1903;

i 0; A. RUSSELL. 1

BUTTON BADGE FASTENER.

' APPLICATION mum mm: a. 1901" N0 MODEL.

NITED STATES I Patented June 2, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

BUTTON-BADGE FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 729,671, dated June 2, 1903. Application filed June 8, 19bi Serial No. 63,777. (No model.)

- It is there seen that the flange g of the fas- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. RUSSELL, a

citizen of the United States, residing atProvideuce, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-Badge Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Like letters indicate like parts.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a buttonbadge provided with my improved fastening device. Fig. 2 is a diametrical section of my invention as seen on line 00 a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of said invention with the fastening-slide in position when the badge is about to be insertedin the buttonhole ot' the garment. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of a modified form of said invention with the fastening-slide extended in'wearin g position. Fig. 5 is a diametrical section of the same as seen on line y y of Fig. 4.

My invention relates to the fastening means of that class of badges having a shank which passes through the buttonhole of a coat or other garment; and it consists of the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as hereinafter particularly described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, A is the button-badge, of any desired size, contour, and ornamentation.

B is the shank, projecting centrally from the back of the badge at a right angle. This shank B has its two ends aand b bent at right angles, one end, or, extending along and soldered or otherwise secured to the back of the badge A and the other end, I), extendingin the opposite direction and at a right angle with the shank 13, all as plainly illustrated in Fig. 2. The end a. of the shank B terminates in a sharp prong or point 0, extending from the tip of the end 0t ata riglit angle thereto. The end I) of the shank B has an aperture cl, the shape of which is shown in Fig; 3, where it is seen that said aperture has its opposite edges slightly approaching each other, as at e. A fastening-slide O has its outer (upper) end made with a curved lip fand its inner (lower) end made with a flange g,which extends therefrom at an angle. The width of the fastening-slide in relation to the other parts is indicated in Fig. 3 by the parallel dotted lines.

toning-slide C exceeds in length the width of the aperture (1, and therefore the ends of said flange g are slightly recessed to enable said flange g to overlie the part Z) of theshank B. The shank B has an opening through which the fastener O is inserted, as indicated in the sectional views, Figs. 2 and 5, and it is thus evident that said fastener O is mounted slidably in position, because it is supported in said aperture of the shank B and by its flange g, which passes through the aperture d of the part b of the shank B, and is held thereto by the overlying ends of said flange g.

In Figs. 4 and 5 the construction is slightly modified. Instead of having the part b of the shank B made with an interior aperture (1 and a closed outer end, as in Fig. 3, the parts I) b of the shank are spread apart, with curved ends turned outwardly, and there is a central opening 01', as shown in Fig. 4. In this case the fastening-slide C has the curved lip f, as before; but the flange g is bent, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The recessing of the flange g is plainly seen in Fig. 4 at h 72,. The slide 0 is confined to a longitudinal movement and prevented from displacement, as already explained, by means of the curved lip f and the flange As shown in Fig. 4, the edges of the opening d approach each other, as at e.

In attaching the badge to the garment the slide is moved to the position shown in Fig. 3, and the part with the slide thereon, as also the central portion of the shank, which is at a right angle with the back of the badge A, is inserted through the buttonhole of the garment. As the back surface of the badge comes into contact with the face of the cloth the pin or prong c of the part a penetrates the cloth, and so prevents thebadge from anyrotary or lateral movement when in wearing position. The fastening-slide O is then moved into the extended position shownin Fig. 2, thus securing the badge in place.

The locking of the slide C in wearing position results from the narrowing of the aperture diofthe part b of the shank B," as at c, Fig. 3, where the flange g is just of a size to pass said narrow place of the opening with considerable frictional contact, as will be readily understood by an examination of Fig. The same principle is involved in the modified form of the device shown in Figs. 4: and 5. The spreading of the ends I), as in Fig. 4, is useful as giving a wider contact of the fastening means with the back face of the garment, so tending to prevent any rocking or oscillating movement.

I claim as a novel and useful invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of a badge, a shank extending therefrom to the rear and provided with an aperture and bent at its outer end at a right angle, said end being also made with an aperture, and a slide mounted movably in the first-named aperture and having a flange extending therefrom at an angle and which passes through the second-named aperture, substantially as shown.

2. The combination of a badge, a shank extending therefrom to the rear and provided with an aperture and bent at its outer end at a right angle, said end being also made with an aperture, and a slide mounted movably in the first-named aperture and having a flange end terminating in a flange extending therefrom at an angle and .which passes through the second-named aperture but provided with overlying ends, substantially as specified.

4. The combination of a badge, a shank extending therefrom and provided with an aperture and having at one end. a portion bent at an angle which is united to the back of the badge and terminates in a prong, and also having at its opposite end a portion bent at a right angle and extending in a direction opposite to the first-named portion and provided with an aperture, and a slide mounted movably in the first-named aperture and provided with a flange which passes through the second-named aperture, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of a badge, a shank extending therefrom and bent at its outer end at a right angle, which bent end is provided with an aperture whose edges are provided With a cam-surface, a slide mounted movably on said shank and held to a longitudinal movement thereon by suitable means, and a flange extending from said shank and passing through said aperture and adapted to a sliding frictional contact with the cam-surfaces of said aperture, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I a'tlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. RUSSELL.

Witnesses:

WARREN R. PERCE, HOWARD A. LAMPREY.

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