US730710A

US730710A - Clasp for garters or the like.

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Publication number: US730710A
Application number: US11835802A
Authority: US
Inventors: Cassius M Simpson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1902-08-04
Filing date: 1902-08-04
Publication date: 1903-06-09
Anticipated expiration: 1920-06-09

Description

PATENTED JUNE 9,1903.

0. M. SIMPSON. v CLASP FOR GARTER'S OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJ4, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

Rs no, mmuumn" w or fastening; and Fig. 4 is a sectional View UNITED STATES.

Patented June 9, 1903.

P TENT iOrFicn.

OASSIUS M. SIMPSON, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO;

CLASP FOR GARTERS OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 730,710, dated June 9, 1903.

Application filed August 4,

To (0Z6 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CASSIUS M. SIMPsoN,'a

citizen of the United States of America,'and aresident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clasps for Garters or the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto certain improvements in clasps or fastenings such as'are especially designed for use in connection with hose-supporters, garters, and the like; and the object of the invention is to provide a clasp or fastening of an improved and simplified construction and of a light, durable, and inarrangement of the several parts of the improved clasp or fastening, whereby certainimportant advantages are attained and the device is made simpler, cheaper, and otherwise better adapted and more convenient for use than various other forms of clasps or fastenings heretofore employed, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate my improvements, Figure 1 is an elevation showing aclasp or fastening embodying my invention and applied for use as a clasp for garters and hose-supporters; and Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the headed stud forming a portion of the improved clasp or fastening in transverse section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing one of the parts or members of the improved clasp taken axially through the headed stud carried by the member shown in Fig. 3, the plane of the section being indicated byline an in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken through the headed stud in a plane at right angles to the plane of the section in Fig. 4 as indicated by the line b b in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is an under side view showing the body portion of the headed stud detached, and Fig. 7 is a View showing the elastic spring employed for hold- 1902. Serial No. 118,358. (No model.)

ing the two parts or members of the improved clasp or fastening against accidental disengagement one from the other and also for preventing the goods held between the parts or members from slipping from between them.

As shown in the views, 1 indicates a frame or slide on which is pivotally held one member or part of the improved clasp or fastening, this part or member 2 being herein shown in the form of an elongated open loop, one end portion 3 of which is made ina reduced width, so that the opening of this part 2 is made in the nature of a keyhole-slot. The frame 1 is formed with slits or openings in a well-known way, and 4 designates a tape or web held to said frame in said slits and having an end portion 5 extended beyond the frame past the open partor member 2 and engaged with slits or openings in a second frame 6, having at its central part a smooth-surfaced portion 7, whereon is carried a headed stud forming the other part ormember of the improved clasp or fastening and indicated as a whole at 8 on the drawings. The length of the extended portion 5 of the tape or webbing 4 is such that the member 8 iscaused to stand when such extended portion 5 is drawn out in line with the extremity of the reduced end portion 3 of the member or part 2.

So far as described the device is of a wellknown kind commonlyin use in connection with garters and hose-supporters, and it will also be obvious that *the clasp or fastening constructed according to my invention alsuch use is'capableof empl'oymentin connecthough herein shown as applied especially for tion with other devices, and for this reason I or the like, being applied over the enlargement 10, as shown in the sectional views, Figs. 4 and 5. The lower end of the shank Qis formed with a stem 12 of reduced and rectangular cross-section, as indicatedin Fig.

6, and said stem is adapted to be extended down through a rectangular opening formed in the central smooth-surfaced portion 7 of the frame 6, as shown in Fig. 5, for holding the part or member 8 in position upon said frame, the said reduced stem being of alength sufiicient to project beneath the frame 6, as shown in Fig. 5. When the stem has been passed through the frame 6, a part of the projecting lower end of the stem may be cut off, care being taken to leave a sufficient extent of projection of said stem to permit the stem to be riveted upon the under side of the frame, as indicated at 13 in Figs. 3 and 4, such riveting serving to secure the part or member 8 firmly in place upon the frame 6. 12 is herein shown as having an elongated rectangular form in cross-section; but this is not absolutely essential to my invention, v

is held an elastic sheath formed of a spring 14 of thin sheet metal, the central part of which is formed with an extension 16, bent over at right angles to the plane in which the body portion of said spring extends, the extension 16 being arranged flush upon the smooth central portion 7 of the frame 6 and being formed with an opening 17 of rectangular form, through which the fiat-sided stem 12 of the shank 9 is passed and in which said stem fits in such a Way as to hold the spring securely against turning movement upon the the shank. The body portion of the spring 14 is formed with laterally-directed Wings or end portions 15 15, which are bent or curved concentrically with the shank 9, extending around opposite sides thereof and being spaced away from said shank sufficiently to provide an annulus between the shank and spring 14 to permit the two end portions or wings 15 15 to play toward each other to a slight extent when the two parts of the clasp are engaged with each other, this play being sufficient to compensate for diiferent thicknesses of goods held between the two members. The extremities of the wings 15 of spring 14 are also slightly spaced to permit such play.

In assembling the parts of the clasp care should be taken that the central portion of spring 14, at which it is secured to frame 6 by its extension 16, should be in position opposite the extremity of the end portion 3 of member 2 when the parts of the clasp are interengaged, and when said parts are so engaged the wings 15 at opposite sides of the shank 9, being capable of elastic movement toward each other, will stand in position for frictional engagement on the inner sides of the reduced end portion of the open loop 2 and will serve by such engagement to hold the members against accidental disengage- The stem ment. Spring 14 being held against turning by reason of the fitting of the fiat-sided stem 12 in openingv 17 of its extension and in the opening in frame 6, it will be seen that the wings 15 of the spring are maintained in position for elastic engagement with the sides of member 2. Since spring 14 is bent to a circular form, member 2 will be perfectly free for turning movement thereon.

The frictional means for preventing accidental disengagement of the parts of the clasp or fastening is of an extremely simple and inexpensive nature and is especially well adapted for use by reason of its strength and durability, spring 14 being capable of being given sufiicient strength and stifiness to enable it to withstand all strains which may ordinarily be put upon it Without unduly increasing the size or weight of the device. Said spring, by reason of its elasticity and the presence of the annulus between it and the shank 9, also insures the proper gripping of a garment, such as a stocking, between the two parts of the clasp and prevents damage to such garments and also compensates for different thicknessesof the goods so held between the parts or members of the clasp. 'It will also be obvious from the above description of my improvements that the device is capable of some modification without material departure from the principles and spirit of the invention, and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise form and arrangement of the several parts of the device as herein set forth.

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

1. A clasp or fastening comprising a member having an opening and a headed stud adapted for engagement in said opening and having a shank and elastic devices extended at opposite sides of said shank with an intervening annulus and adapted for expansive frictional engagement with the sides of the opening in the first-named member, substantially as set forth.

2. A clasp or fastening comprising a member having an opening and a headed stud adapted for engagement in said opening and having a shank and an elastic means extended around and spaced away from the sides of said shank for expansive frictional engagement with the sides of the opening in the first-named member and provided with de vices for holding said elastic means against turning movement, substantially as set forth.

3. A clasp or fastening comprising a member having an opening and a headed stud adapted for engagement in said opening and comprising a shank and a spring extended around the shank and spaced away therefrom and having side portions adapted for engagement with the opening in the first-named member, substantially as set forth.

4. A clasp or fastening comprising a mem her having an opening and a headed stud ITO adapted for engagement in said opening and formed of a shank and a spring having an extension connected to the shank and having end portions extended around the sides of the shank for engagement with the sides of the opening in the first-named member, substantially as set forth.

5. A clasp or fastening comprising a member having an opening and a headed stud adapted for engagement in said opening and formed of a shank having a fiat-sided portion and a spring having a central extension formed with an openin gin which the flat-sided portion of the shank is fittedand having end portions extended around the sides of the shank and adapted for engagement with the sides of the opening in the first-named member, substantially as set forth.

6. In a clasp or fastening, the combination CASSIUS M. SIMPSON.

VVitnosses:

JOHN ELIAS JONES, DANIEL HALEY.