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E. P. WHITNEY. Fastner for Carriage Aprons and Curtains.

No. 74,649. Patented Feb. 18, 1868.

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EDWARD P. WHITNEY, 0F STAMFORD, GQNNEGTIGUT.

Letters Patent No. 74,649, dated l 'ebruary 18, 1868.

IMPROVED CARRIAGE-CURTAIN FASTENER. a

To ALL WHOM ITMAY cononnnt 7 Be it known that I, EDWARD P. WHITNEY, of Stamford, in the county of Fail-field, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and improved Fastener for Carriage-Aprons and Curtains; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying draw.

ings, forming part of this specification.

- My invention consists in a device of novel construction, designed for holding the flap or flaps which confine the apron against the dash-board of a carriage, as well as'for holding the apron when spread out,.and also for holding up the curtains of a vehicle. In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan or top view of my invention.

Figure 2 iso. side elevation of one part thereof-the part I call the tongue.

, The. device ismade in two parts, 'A designating the partwhichIeall the tongue, and B a double-eyed catch. Both parts carry loops, (1 a, at their rear ends, and are secured to their respective straps by strips of metal, C, which pass through the said loop, and are riveted on each side of the said straps, as shown clearly in the drawings. The eyes a c in the catch A are somewhat of a triangular shape, the apex of the'triangle being toward the forward end of the catch. The tongue B has an oval-shaped head, d, of a size to let it pass through either of the eyes a ore, when placed edgewisc and pushed u vertically. To thishead cZ, ashank is connected, which has an ofi'set, e, formed where itis connected to the head d. This raises thesaid, head above the planeof the face of the strap, and, when the said head is inserted in either eye 0 c, the catch and the rest of the tongue are on the same line' with each other-. I

I am aware that clasps, &c., having one part which passes throughan eye in another part, and drops in some notch or place smaller than other parts, are in common use; I do not, therefore. claim my fastening inde pendently of its construction.

i The catch heretofore used for fastening carriage-aprons consists of a. hook on one strap, and an eye on the other. To fasten them together the eye is slipped over the hook. A great deal. of embarrassment occurs with such device; for instance, if the straps are snfiiciently long to allow the hooking operation to be easily performed, the eyes are continually dropping 0d the hooks and the apron let down; onthe other hand, if the straps are made short or get shrunk in use, which latter often occurs, the operation is performed with much diificulty. By my device there, is no liability of the tongue being accidentally disengaged from the eye. I provide two eyes, c c, in the catch, so that, when either or both of the straps shrink, the second eye, 0, will come into use. It will be noticed that the head (1 of the tongue is held vertically, when it is to he placed in the eye, and 'then pushed through, when it immediately assumes a horizontal position and overlaps thc eye: so much that there is almost no possibility of its getting accidentally detached therefrom.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A fastener for the aprons and curtains of carriages, composed of the parts A and B, the former provided with the eyes 0 a, and the latter with the head 11 and ofl'set c, and both provided with loops a, and otherwise constructed and operated, substantially as herein specified. V

EDWARD P. WHITNEY.

Witnessesi T. B. Bnscnnn, M. M. Lrvnvesror.

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