US735153A - Carriage-curtain fastener. - Google Patents

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PATENTED AUG! 4, 1903..

B. RICHMOND. CARRIAGE CURTAIN PASTENER.

- APPLICATION FILED AUG. 8, 1902.

NO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 4, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

BENEDICT RICHMOND, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES B. CORCORAN AND PETER M. DALEIDEN, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS.

CARRIAG E-C U RTAI N FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,153, dated August 4, 1903.

, Application filed August 8, 1902. Serial No. 118,854. (No model-l To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENEDICT RICHMOND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illi nois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Curtain Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in means for fastening down carriage-curtains; and the especial objects of my improvements are to provide a device of this character which may be cheaply manufactured, quickly and easily applied, readily fastened and unfastened, and when fastened will securely hold the curtain in place without danger of tearing the leather or damaging the fastener.

Having in mind the foregoing objects and others of general utility and novelty, I have designed the fastener hereinafter described in detail and which is shown in preferred form in the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this application, andin which- Figures 1 and 2 comprise in plan View two preferred styles of myinvention. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the fastener disengaged. Fig. 4% is a plan view of the element used for attaching the strap to the curtain. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the clamping-plate which is used directly with the part shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, showing the parts shown in Figs. 4 and 5 applied to a strap and a section of curtain, but without the ends of the tangs bent up. Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6, but with the points or ends of the tangs bent up. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the blank which forms the keeper for the strap. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the clamping-plate which is used with the keeper. Fig. 10 shows in section and elevation the keeperin position in a section of the curtain-frame. Fig. 11 is similar to Fig. 10, but shows the tangs of the keeper bent up. Fig. 12 is a plan View of a collar which surrounds the opening in the curtain on the under side of the latter. Fig. 13 is a plan view of the collar which surrounds the opening in the curtain on the upper side of the latter. Fig. 14 is a bottom plan view of the collar shown in Fig. 13, but with the tongues bent up to engage the collar shown in Fig. 12.

Referring to the drawings in detail, E represents a section of a carriage or buggy curtain, and F a section of the cover that forms a frame for the curtain-opening. In Fig. 2 I have shown the securing-strap secured to the top by the ordinary stitched housing 25 for the purpose of bringing out clearly the advantages of the construction embodied in rnyinvention and to show also that the keeper, which forms a part of my invention, may be applied to straps so attached.

In practice I attach the straps s to the curtain by a metal staple a, which is cut in the form shown in Fig. 4, is provided with pointed tangs a and bent at right angles along the dotted lines shown in said figure, thus forming four vertical sides a. a, the latter being cut away to permit the insertion of the strap 8, the upper end of which is entirely housed within the staple, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. The clamping-plates c are placed on each side of the curtain with their holes registering, and the tangs a are forced through said holes and through the curtain, one of the tangs also piercing the strap 5, as shown in Fig. 7, thus preventing it from being pulled out of its housing.

It will be understood that the staple or housing will be stamped from sheet metal capable of being easily bent, but of sufficient thickness to furnish a strong means of attaching the strap, and that the clampingplates on both sides of the curtain will prevent the tangs from pulling through the leather or other material of which the curtain is composed.

The keeper 1) is formed of a strip of sheet metal of the same character as used for the staple or housing, is bent alongthe dotted lines (shown in Fig. 8) to form two sides 19 at right angles to the middle portion, and each side is provided with a tang I), pointed, as shown, to facilitate its penetration of the material F, to which the keeper is attached. A plate d, having holes d punched therethrough, is placed on each side of the material F, to which the curtain is to be fastened, with their respective holes registering, and the tangs b are forced through said holes and the material F and bent up against the under plate, as shown in Fig. 11.

In the curtain at a point directly over the keeper I cut a square opening it, the edges of which arereinforced by a collar 71, applied to the under side of the curtain, and bya collar h, applied to the upper side. The collar 71. has inwardly-extending tongues 71 which are bent up along the dotted lines shown in Fig. 13 and clamped against the collar h, said collars thus forming a frame around the opening 7%, through which the keeper b projects when the curtain is fastened down, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In the latter figure I have shown the keeper with curved edges, and when such form is used it will be apparent that the opening and the collars will conform to said shape.

It will be apparent that my improved fastenor may be attached to any curtain and cover without the aid of skilled labor and without tools other than a penknife and a hammer and that it will be impossible for the curtain to blow open when once fastened down. Other advantages of neatness of appearance, quick adjustment, and durability will readily appear to those skilled in the art and do not need to be mentioned in this connection.

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

1. In a curtain-fastening device, astrap, a housing formed of a single piece of sheet metal bent to form a top portion and sides at right angles to the top, and each of said sides provided with integral tangs adapted to penetrate the material to which the housing is secured, and one of said tangs penetrating the strap, and a keeper for the free end of the strap.

2. In a curtain-fastening device, a strap, a housing securing one end of the strap to the curtain, and a keeper for the free end of the strap, said keeper formed of a single piece of sheet metal bent to form a top portion and with two sides at right angles to the top, each of the sides being provided with tangs adapted to penetrate the material to which the keeper is secured, and the curtain provided with an opening through which the keeper projects, substantially in the manner set forth.

3. In a curtain-fastening device, a strap, a housing for one end of the strap composed of a single piece of sheet metal bent to form a top portion, and sides at right angles to the top, and each of the sides provided with tangs adapted to penetrate the curtain, and one of the tangs penetrating the said strap, and a keeper for the free end of the strap composed of a single piece of sheet metal bent to form a rope and two sides at right angles to the top, said sides formed with tangs adapted to penetrate the material to which the keeper is secured, and the curtain provided with an opening through which the keeper projects substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a curtain-fastening means, a strap, a housing for one end of the strap composed of a top portion, sides at right angles to the top, tangs integral with the sides and adapted to penetrate the material to which the housing is secured, plates clamping the sides of the material and having holes to receive said tangs, a keeper for the free end of the strap composed of a top portion and two sides at right angles to the top, tangs integral with the sides, plates on each side of the material to which the keeper is secured, said plates having holes therein to receive the keepertangs, said keeper projecting through an opening in the material to which the housing is secured, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENEDICT RICHMOND.

Witnesses:

F. BENJAMIN, F. G. HANCHETT.

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