US806831A - Garment-fastener. - Google Patents

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PATENTED DEC. 12, 1905.

I. H. PECK.

GARMENT FASTBNER.

APPLIGATION FILED ums, 1905.

' UNITED STATES PATENT orricn.

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Specification of Letters Patent. i i i Patented Dec.l 12, 1905.

Application filed April 18, 1905. Serial No. 256,237.

To all whom, t may con/cern.:

Be it known that I, IRVING H. PECK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Derby, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Garment-Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a garment-fastener which is particularly adapted for temporarily holding together the placket or other opening of a ladys garment, but which is also applicable for fastening the Haps of other articles of wearing-apparel.

The object of the invention is to provide a fastener which is cheap to make, easy to apply, inconspicuous when applied, and which will clasp readily and securely hold against any attempt to disengage the members unless manipulated in a particular way, in which case the members separate readily.

One member of this fastener, which is adapted to be stitched to one flap of the garment or other article of apparel, is stamped from a plate with integral projections that extend Qppositely, and the other member, which is adapted to be stitched tothe opposing flap, is bent from wire and has'an open springloop, which when the two members are put together springs over and under the projections of the opposite member.

Figure l of the accompanying drawings shows a view of a portion of the iaps of a dress-skirt provided with fasteners which embody this invention. Fig. 2 shows an enlarged view of one of the fasteners with the members put together. Fig. 3 shows a view with the members separated. Fig. 4L shows a longitudinal section of the projection member. Fig. 5 shows a transverse section of the projection member.

The member 1 of this fastener which is stamped to shape from sheet metal may have an oval, circular, or any other desired outline. When stamped, the body of this plate is perforated to provide openings for the stitching, by means of which it is attached to the garment, and at the same time projections 2 and 3 are struck out from the plate. The projection that extends rearwardly is wider than the projection that extends forwardly, and both incline away from each other as they extend out from the plate. These projections are slightly undercut near the plate.

The loop member 4 is preferably formed of round wire in the shape of an ordinary eye with a hook-bar 5 at one end and thread-rings apart from top to bottom.

6 at the other end. It may of course be formed of flattened or other shaped wire.

The projection member may be attached to the flap of the garment transversely of the edge of the flap, as shown in Fig. l, or it may be fastened parallel with the edge of the iiap. The loop member is stitched to the other iiap either transversely or longitudinally with relation to the edge in such manner that when it is thrust onto the other member the wider projection will extend over the bar end of the loop and the narrower projection will extend between the legs of the loop. In applying the loop member tothe projection member the bar end of the loop is thrust under the wide projection, and then the loop is turned down and the yielding side arms snapped over the other projection. If the wide projection fills the end of the loop it guides the legs of the loop down each side of the other projection. The spring of the legs of the loop causes the legs to grip the narrow projection and settle into the recesses and prevent the loop from being pulled up under any ordinary strains and also from moving forward,jso that the bar can release itself from the wide projection. When the parts are clasped in these positions, the loop member cannot be released from the projection member by any direct pull such as would result from the straining apart of the flaps of the garment; but the loop member yields readily to a tipping action which lifts the legs from the narrower projection and turns the loop on the bar under the wider projection. A turn this way quickly releases the members. In clasping the members the bar is thrust under the wider projection and the loop turned on l the bar as a pivot, so that the narrower projection will enter between the legs. The wider projection is preferably fully as wide as the bar end of the loop, and the narrower projection prevents the eye from moving forward or sidewise andv also from being easily turned up. If the projection member is arranged longitudinally with relation to the edge of the ap to which it is fastened, the two members are easily put together in such manner that they will not draw apart under any strain incident to the use of the garment, but will quickly separate if the iiaps are pulled The form of the loop member and the shape of the projection may be varied Without departing from the invention.

The loop member can be cheaply formed on the ordinary eye-machine out of .spring-wire,

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and the projection members can be rapidly stamped on an ordinary punch-press. The projections are of such length that they barely extend above the loop member. The fastener when put together is Very lflat, so that it does not form a hump in the garment, and if the projection member is stitched to the outer flap the plate will hold the edge of the flap down stiff and conceal the loop member.

The invention claimed is- A fastener comprising two members designed to be attached to opposite flaps of a garment, one member consisting of a stamped plate having perforations for the attaching threads and two integral projections of different widths that are wider at their tops than at their bases struck out from the plate with their bases adjacent, the wider projecting outwardly and rearwardly and the narrower projecting outwardly and forwardly, and the other member consisting of aspring-wire loop having eyes for the attaching-threads, the said loop being wider at the closed end than at the eye end and the opening between the eyes being narrower than the upper width of the narrow projection on the plate whereby when the members are together the pressure on the eye ends of the loop against the sides of the narrow projection tends to draw and hold the wide end of the loop under the wide projection on the plate, substantially as specied.

lIRVINGr H. PECK.

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