US74349A

US74349A - James f

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Publication number: US74349A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1868-02-11
Anticipated expiration: 1885-02-11

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JAMES FJJ'. GUNNING, OF N'EW"YO;R;K,-Y.

Letters Patent No. 74,349,dated Februaryll, 1868.;

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To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN; v

Be it known that I, JAMES F. J. GUNNING, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Skirt-Hoop Fastening; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference beingfl had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved fastening for *secnringt'he ends of skirt-hobpstogether, and has for its object the production of such a fastening which, while it will firmly secure the ends of the hoop together, will admit of said ends being readily disconnected at any time, when necessary or required.

' The invention ismore especiall designed for hoops to be'used'in skirtswhich are ,woven with or have pockets formed in them to receive hoops, so that when the. skirt requires to be washed, the ends' of the hoops may be disconnected, and the latter drawnout from the skirts, and after the skirts are washed the hoops'repl ac'ed.

in them, and their ends secured by the fastening. In the accompanying drawings+ Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my invention, taken in theline a: :v', fig. 2. Figure 2, a side view of the same. i I Similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 1

A B represent the ends of a skirt-hoop, which maybe constructedpf any suitablc material and form, but the ordinary metallic hoop will probably be used. Onthe end, A, of the hoop thereis firmly secured a metal:

- socket, C, constructed of thinv sheet metal, bent so as to form a tube. This socket is' firmly compressed to the end, A, of the hoop, so as to firmly clasp the same, and is still further secured thereto by indenting the clasp, as

shown at 11*, fig. 2, by a punch or othersuitable device. The socket 0 extends some distance beyond the end of the hoop, and has a curved lip, a, at its end, at the unsplit' or solid side of the socket. The shape of this lip is shown clearly in fig. 1. On the other end, B, of the hoop, there is secured'a similar socket, D, in the same way as the socket Ois secured on the end'A. This socket D is compressed more than .0, or is made a trifle when Dis shoved into C, as shown clearly in fig. 1. t I

By this simple means a very. secure fastening is obtained, and one which will admit of being readily detached,

when it is necessary to disconnect the ends of the hoops. The invention is applicable to either metallic,'wooden,

cane, or other hoops,- and to any shaped hoopsl Having described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersTatent, is-

smaller, so that it may enter C; and on D there' is a knob or projection, b, over-which the lip a of G catches,

A fastening for the ends of skirt-hoops, consisting of .a'slip-clasp composed of two sockets, .G D, secured on the ends of the hoops, and provided respectively with a lip, a, and a; knob or projection, 15, all constructed and arranged substantially in the manner as herein shown unddescribed.

The above specification of my invention signedb'y me, this 5th day of December, 1867.

JAB. r. J. surmise.

Witnesses:

ALEX. F.. Banners, J.,M. Covmeron.