US96808A

US96808A - Improvement in buttons

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Publication number: US96808A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1869-11-16
Anticipated expiration: 1886-11-16

Description

C. L. HORACK, CF WILLIMANTIC, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent Np. 96,808, dated November I6, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTOS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

and Button-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 I nake and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speci- A cation.

rlhis invention relates to anew and useful improvement in a device for fastening studs and buttons to shirt-bosozns and wristbands, and for all similar, uses, whereby studs and buttonsrare well secured, and loss thereof prevented; and

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure l represents across-section through the line x-x of iig. 2.

Figure 2 is a view of the under or reverse side of the stud or button.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the button or plate, which maybe in any form, and of any desired size, and made of any suitable material.

Qn the under side of the button, eccentrically, (or one side of the centre,) I attach a post, B; and to the outer end of the post Bis rigidly attached an arm, C, reaching over the centre of the button, to near its rim or edge, as seen in the drawing.

D is a tube around the post-B, confined between the i Aunder side of the button and the arm C, so that the same isfree to revolve around the post.

To each end of this tube, on opposite sides, an arm is attached.

E is the arm .on the outer 'end of the tube, and F is the arm on the inner end, which latter arm is in contact with the under side of the button, and traverses over its surface as the tube is revolved on the post.

As seen in iig. 1, the button or stud is represented as fastened in the garment. The dot-ted lines, iig. 1, represent the cloth to which it is fastened.

On the under side of the button, there is a small projection; and in the inner side of the arm F, there is a cavity, both of which are seen at G.

The arm F is allowed to spring outward a little, so that the projection on the button wili enter the cavity in the arm, hy which means the arms E and F are held stationary, and the fastening is made complete.

-It-will be seen, that when thus fastened to the cloth or garment, the stationary arm C and the revolving'or movable arm E extend from the -post in opposite directions,so that, until the arm F is raised from the projection at G, theffastening issecure.

Before the stud or button is put in use, the position ofthe arms E and F is reversed. E is covered by C, as indicated in dotted lines in iig. 1. In this position, they are readily passed through the button-holes, when Eand F are turned, as seen, and' fastened, as before stated.

The advantagesof this arrangement are, durability of the parts, and the securityand safety of the button afforded thereby.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In combination with the stud or button' A., the post B, tube Dfand arms C, E, and F, constructed, arranged, and'operating substantially as and for the purposes described.

C. L. HORAGK.

"Witnesses:

C.v N. Woon, GEORGE B. HAMLIN.