US995085A - Dress-shield fastener. - Google Patents

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C. A. PAGE. DRESSSHIELD PASTENER. APPLIOATION HLBD oo'r.1o, 1910.

Patented June 13, 191'1.

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CLARA A. PAGE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DRESS-SHIELD FASTENER.

Specification of Letters` Patent.

Patented June 13, 1911.

Application filed October 10, 1910. Serial No. 586,251.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARA A. PAGE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and

State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dress-Shield Fasteners, of which the following is a speci-` ication.

My invention relates to improvements in dress shield fastening devices and has for its object the provision of a reliable and easily manipulated fastener for securing a dress shield in position in the arm-hole of a garment, said fastener to be permanently secured to said shield to prevent loss Vof the same when the shield is removed from the garment for laundrying or other purposes.

A further object of my invention is to provide a dress shield fastener which shall be simple of construction, inexpensive to manufacture, strong and durable, and etlicient in operation.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

Viith these objects in view my invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to -the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which,

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a portion of a garment indicating by dotted lines the position of the dress shield and fastener therefor in the arm-hole of the garment, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the dress shield, Figs. 3 and 4t are respectively side and end elevations of the shield fastening device, Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the garment and end elevation of the shield and fastener, and Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken through the shield and garment.

The preferred construction for carrying my invention into effect as illustrated in the accompanying drawing comprises a shield l having an outer and inner flap or body and sleeve members formed from a substantially circular piece of fabric folded as shown in Fig. 2. The shield l is positioned in the arm-hole of the garment as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the shield fastener is adapted to hold the contiguous portions of the garment 2 and sleeve 2 together as at the point 3.

The shield fastener comprises two sub-l stantially circular members 4L hinged together' by a hinge 5, the construction of the hinge being such that said memberwill remain in any position which they may assume by the friction of t-he parts in said hinge.

'I`o accomplish this it is evident that the fitting of the parts of the hinge 5 must be accurately performed. The hinge-pin 6 eX- tends in either direction from the hinge and the outer ends thereof are pointed and turned at right angles to the main port-ion of the said hinge-pin. The bent ends of the hinge-pin 6 are soft and pliable and are adapted to be passed through the fold of the shield 1 and to be clenched thereto as shown in Fig. 2. In order to manipulate the Yfastener and especially to release the same from the garment for removing the shield, small substantially circular handles 7 are provided on the members 4 as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. Arranged diametrically opposite on the members Il and disposed at right angles thereto are bent projections 8 which are adapted to be' clenched in the shield 1 to render the connection of the shield fastener to the shield doubly secure, it being evident that if the shield is formed of loosely woven fabric that the connection of the hinge-pin 6 to the shield would be insufficient to hold the fastener securely in position.

From the foregoing description it is clear how the shield fastener is permanently secured to the shield; the manner of detachably securing the shield fastener to the garment 2 and sleeve 2 will now be described.

Provided in one of the members 4 is a central perpendicularly disposed pin 9 the length of which is clearly shown in Fig. 6. This pin is adapted to pierce the garment 2 and the sleeve 2 when the members l are pressed together as shown in Fig. 5. The pin after and sleeve 2 is seated in a recessed portion 10 provided in the other member 4, said portion being thoroughly illustrated in Fig. 3. The shield is now securely located in position and cannot be removed until the handles 7 are separated from each other into a position shown in Fig. 6, 'it being apparent that when the garment 2 and sleeve 2 are in this position that they may be readily disengaged from the pin 9.

A shield fastener of the construction set forth is neat and'compact in appearance and efficient and positive in its operation.

While I have shown what I deem to be the preferable form of my improved shield fastener I do not wish to be limited thereto as there might be various changes made in the arrangement of parts and details of construction without departing from the spirit of my invention, hence I desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as are comprehended wit-hin the scopeof the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I deem as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A dress shield fastener comprising two substantially circular members having circular ears forming handles projecting therefrom, a hinge-pin connecting said members together and adapted to be clenched in the flap of a dress shield, pointed projections provided on said members and adapted to be clenched in the dress shield, and means for detachably securing said members to the body and sleeve of a garment, substantially as described.

2. A dress shield fastener comprising two hinged members, a hinge-pin extending in either direction from said members, pointed ends provided on said hinge-pin and extending at right angles thereto, said ends being of pliable metal and adapted to be clenched in the fold of a dress shield, bent pliable projections disposed at right angles on the edges of said members and adapted to be clenched in said dress shield, handles provided on said members for the manipulation thereof, a pin centrally arranged on one of said members, anda recessed portion forming a seat for said pin in the other of said members, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VCLARA A. PAGE. Witnesses:

HELEN F. LILLIs,

v JOSHUA R. H. Por'rs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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