US749951A - Legging spring - Google Patents

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- PATENTED JAN. 19, 1904 ROSENWASSER; .LEGGING SPRING. v APPLICATION FILED APR. 17, 1908.

N0 MODEL.

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' clasped together.

Patented January 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS ROSENVVASSER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LEGGlNG-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,951, dated January 19, 1904.

APPHCMIOII filed April 17, 1903. Serial No. 153,006. (No model.)

To all vl'hnm, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS R-osENwAssnR,

residing at New York, in the county of New able others skilled in the art to which it jap pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to legging-springs; and its object is to provide an improved legging-spring or means for detachably connecting the flaps of a legging, gaiter, or similar article.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and the novel features thereof pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l'is a side elevation of a legging with the spring members attached thereto in accordance with my invention, one of the'flaps being thrown back to show the spring member carried there beneath. Fig. 2 is a perspective showing the springs as they appear when detached and Fig. 3 is a detail perspec tive showing the separate spring members as they appear when unclasped. Fig. 4 illustrates a modification in the form of one of the spring members.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The upper and lower flaps of the legging A may be identified as B and C. Attached to. the flap C by suitable rivets or otherwise is a spring member D, which has a normal curve or tension such that the spring bends or bows outwardly in the center away from the leg of the wearer. is a spring member E, consisting of a plain flat strip, which is normally under tension, so that it is curved or bent in the direction opposite to the spring member D or toward the leg of the wearer just prior to the clasping of the two members together.

Each end of the spring member D is provided with an aperture F, which is formed in a part H, which is bent upwardly from the main body of the spring member at an angle Similarly attached to the flap B thereto, the material of the spring member being then further bent down, as at K, as shown in Fig. 2. The legging is secured-in position by inserting the ends of the spring member E into the apertures F in the ends of its mating spring member, the reverse tension of the two members then counteracting each other and tending to bring the parts into the desired straight position.

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated a modification in which the aperture F is formed in the part H, bent up from the main body of the spring member. In this case, however, instead of continuing at an angle to the part H, as in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, a loop or fold is formed having two legs-H and L and interposed between the body D of the spring and the continuation M at the end.

The general advantages of this invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art. It should be especially noted that I provide a fastener or clasp which may be used, broadly,

with a great number of articles and which consists of only two parts, thus making it cheap from the manufacturers standpoint, simple, not likely to get out of order, and easy to handle during the process of attaching it to the article with which it is to be used or afterward. The opposite curving or bowing of the two members of the clasp or spring provides a spring such that the tendency of one member to buckle or warp out of shape is counteracted by that of the other, and a more easily attached and durable device is obtained.

Both from the standpoint of the convenience of the wearer and from the standpoint of the manufacturer desiring to run the legging through a machine or otherwise manipulate it the forming of the main spring member D in one piece is a distinct advantage.

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

1. A means for connecting the flaps of a legging or similar article, comprising a'member adapted to be attached to one flap, said mem- IOO 2. A means for fastening the flaps of legging having apertures therein and a second gings or similar articles, comprising a memspring member attached to the other flap of her adapted to be attached to one flap, the mathe legging and having its ends shaped to enterial of said member being bent upwardly gage and be held in the apertures of said first I 5 5 near its ends and provided With apertures in member.

said bent portions, andasecond member adapt- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature ed to be attached to the other flap provided in the presence of tWo Witnesses. With parts adapted to enter and be held in said MORRIS ROSENWASSER. apertures. Witnesses:

I0 3. In combination, a legging, an integral W. H. KENNEDY,

spring member attached. to one flap of the leg- J. B. KNOX.

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