US1382513A - Collar fastener or clasp - Google Patents

Description

0. N. KELLY.

COLLAR FASTENER 0R CLASP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-9| 1920.

Patented June 21, 1921.

attorney umreo ORSON N. KELLY, OF DALLAS,'TEXAS.

COLLAR FASTENER on. cmsr.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 21, 1921.

Application filed August 9, 1920. Serial No. 402,459.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ORSON N. KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar Fasteners or Clasps, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to a arment holder, adapted more particularly or use in connecting together opposite edges of a soft collar or as a'clasp for other purposes.

It has for its object the provision of a collar fastener which will hold the flaps of a collar properly spaced from each other and give to the collar flaps the proper curva ture. It has for a further object the secure gripping'of the flaps of the collar by the astener to the end that no undue untidiness will occur. A further object is to produce such a fastener which will be neat in appearance and in which the gripping means will be hidden from view or present a neat ap-- pearance if in view. A still further object is the provision of a clasp or fastener which will effectively hold a collar of delicate or thin fabric after having been used on a collar of thick fabric.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a view of my fastener as applied to a collar,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of one form of my invention,

F i s. 3, 4, 5 and 6 are similar views of mod' ed forms of the invention, and

Figs. 7 and 8 are cross sections upon the lines 7-7 and 8-8 of Figs. 5 and 6, respectivel a Like letters of reference indicate like parts 1 throughout the several figures of the draw- Ihe numeral 10 designates the base or body of the fastener and it consists of a curved body portion, a stem or neck 11 and two gripping jaws 12, 12, and in the form shown these parts are all stamped from a single piece of metal. The gripping aws are slightly resilient and they cooperate with the sliding grip or clamp members 13, 13 n holding the collar flaps in position. The

provision of the neck 11' with gripping jaws substantially paralleling the portions of the body provides a relatively wide open space or mouth for the reception of the collar flaps.

The gripping elements 13 are slidably mounted upon the ends of the body port1on and when at the limit of their outward movement cooperate with the ends of the jaw members 12 to grip the collar flaps, but when sl1d inwardly upon the body member to a position opposite the bend or depressed section 14 of the gripping arm, the clamping or gripping is released, and the collar flap permitted to be removed from the fastener.

In order to make a neat appearance, the sl1de member 13 is designed in its gripping position to be at the extremity of the body portion and is held upon said end by the enlargement thereof, the gripping element being countersunk to receive said end, givmg tothese parts the appearance of being integral.

In the form shown-in Fig. 3 the sections 20 of the body portion and the gripping arms 21, 21, are spaced apart by the neck and converge toward their extremities. In this form the gripping element 22 is mounted upon the gripping jaw instead of upon the body portion, and is provided with an inclined face which coacts with a similar face upon the under surface of the body portion to grip the collar flap when moved toward the endpof the gri ping arm.

In the form 0 the invention shown in Fig. 6 the gripping element 23 is provided with a roller 24 which rides u on the inner face of the gripping arm 21 an is supported by the U-bar 24', the base of which engages with the outer face of'the gripping arms, and the legs of which are provided with apertures into which the trunnions 25, 25, of the roller are mounted. The gripping is accomplished in this form by the roller coming into clamping relationship with the end of the body portion in its movement upon the gripping arm toward the end thereof.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 5, the ripping element 26 is mounted in a slot 2 in the gripping arm and is formed with ahead 28 and a shoulder 29 to act as guides for the element in the slot. The clamping face 30 is provided by bending the material of the stem. This clamping face 30 coacts with the end of the body portion to grip the collar flap when it is moved to its extreme position at the outer end of the slot 27. The movement to .grip and release in this form is controlled by the fingers. In inserting the gripping element within the slot the shank thereof is passed through the slot, and the lower end thereof upset to form the shoulders 29.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 4 the gripping arm 31 has its end bent inwardly to form the gripping surface 32. The sliding lock member 33 is mounted upon the gripping jaw and is designed to be moved In all forms of the invention where the gripping of the fabric of the collar flap is sought, the gripping surfaces may be roughened to increase the clamping action. While the body and clampingjaws have been shown as made of a single piece of fiat material, it is obvious that they may be made offa single piece of wire, slotted at its ends,or of two pieces of wire secured together by twisting them about each other, or twisting one about the other.

It is also obvious that suitable ornamentation may be applied to the parts that are in view. While I have shown the invention in connection with the fastening of the flaps of a soft collar, it may nevertheless be used to fasten other objects, such as articles of wearing apparel.

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

1. A collar fastener comprising a neck or stem portion, and two pairs of oppositely projecting members adapted to straddle the flaps of a collar, and a'sliding element on one of each of said pairs of members cooperating with the companion member of the pair to cause a gripping or clamping of the collar flaps between said sliding element and said companion member.

2. A collar fastener comprising a neck or stem, and two pairs of oppositely projecting members adapted to straddle the flaps of a collar, said members being spaced apart for substantially their full length, and a slidably mounted element on one of each of said pairs of members cooperating with the companion member of the pair to cause a gripping or clamping of the collar flaps between the' slidably mounted element and companion member.

3. A collar bar or fastener com rising two oppositely rojecting forks or ngers, and a sliding c amping element mounted upon one of each pair of forks or fingers and designed to cooperate with the companion fork or finger of said pair in the clamping or gripping of a collar fiap.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ORSON N. KELLY.

Images