US1330599A - Button or badge for display-matter - Google Patents

Description

H. M. MAGID.

BUTTON 0R BADGE FOR DISPLAY MATTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I0. 1918.

1,330,599. -lmnted Feb.10,192o.

HARRY MAGID,`OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BUTTON OR BADGE FOR DISPLAY-MATTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

Application filed December 10, 1918. Serial No. 266,149.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HARRY M. MAGID, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and4 State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Buttons or Badges for Display-Matter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a display button or badge designed to be worn on a garment, and has for its object to provide a device of this character with an attaching or holding tongue adapted particularly to be inserted in the buttonhole of a coat lapel, or to be slipped behind the shank of a pin, this tongue being constructed in such amanner as to prevent accidental loss of the button and also to cause the button to lie close against the garment.

A further object is to provide a device of this character, preferably in one piece, which can be formed cheaply, but is nevertheless neat and attractive in appearance and contains no metal which is likely to rust or tarnish.

The invention may be briefly summarized as consisting in certain novel details of construction which will be described in the specification and set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings,

Figure 1 is a front view of a display button or badge here shown as circular in form and embodying my invention; Fig.2 is a rear view of the same; Fig. 3 is a sectional view along the line 8 3 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow; Fig. 4 is an edge view of the same; Fig. 5 is a sectional view substantially along the line 5-5 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated bv the arrow; Fig. 6 is an inside view of the lapel of a coat, showing the manner in which the tongue is inserted in the buttonhole thereof, and the function of the flexed wings at the base of the tongue: Fig. 7 is a view showing the manner in which the tongue is inserted behind the bar or shank of a pin as when the button is worn on a garment such as a ladies garment not having an appropriate buttonhole; and Fig. 8 is a rear view similar t0 Fig. 2, but showing a modification.

The display button or badge may have any 'suitable outline such as round. square, oval, or other shape, but the round :form is here,

in illustrated without intending that the invention as claimed be so limited.

The button or badge includes a back portion 10, and a front inturned flange 11` which is preferably integral with the back as here shown, but which may if desired, be a separate piece slipped clito the same. How* ever, with the integral front flange the entire button consists of one piece only, which admits of the button being produced at minimum cost. This constitutes a form of receptacle for display matter indicated at l2, which display matter may consist of a picture or anything` else to be exhibited. The button which receives the display matter is preferably formed of celluloid or other suitable flexible material, though celluloid is used by me in practice and is preferred as it has the desired flexibility and elasticity and will not rust or tarnish, and in fact, will not injure the garment in any manner. y

On the back of the button there is cut an integral securing or holding tongue 13. This tongue at the top or where it joins onto the back of the button is bowed outwardly as shown at 13a in Figs. 3 and 4, but its lower or free end curves inwardly to or Substantially to the plane of the back, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. This forms an elastic tongue with an inherent tendency to spring back to normal position when pulled outwardly at the bottom. At the bottom or free lower end of the tongue there are lateral extensions or wings 14 which are bent outwardly or away from the plane of the button. as shown in the several figures.

This button is generally worn on a coat having a lapel 15 with a button hole 16, by slipping the tongue into the buttonhole as illustrated in Fig. 6. To do this the button is first pulled outward at its lower end and is tilted slightly so that one wing or ear 14 is first inserted. and then the tongue is moved downward the full distance. When the button is thus applied to a garment, the outwardly bent lateral wings prevent accidental withdrawal of the tongue from the buttonhole, and at the same time the lower free end of the tongue. due to its elasticity. grips the garment and holds the button close thereto.

Instead of applying the button to a garment by inserting the tongue through a buttonhole, as shown in Fig. 6, it may be worn bv slipping it behind the shank of a pin 17, in the manner illustrated n Fig. 7, this method of attaching or holding being particularly useful when the button is worn on ladies garments. TWhen slipped behind the shank of a pin as shown, the particular shape of the tongue and the tension which is imposed therein causes the button to remain in place and prevents accidental loss.

"In Fig. 8 have shown a modification adapted particularly for buttons of the larger sizes. In this case the tongue is somewhat shorter relative to the diameter of the button than in Fig. 2, leaving considerable stoel; beneath the tongue, and in the space beneath the tongue loops or bosses are struck up to receive the bar of a flag, ribbon, or anything else which may be attached to the button to serve as a pendant.

The button may be otherwise formed or shaped without affecting the action of the holding tongue, which formed as shown on the back of the button comprises the principal feature of the invention.

Having described my invention, I claim:

l. A holder for display material comprising a body member` having on the rear side thereof an integral tongue cut from said body within the margin thereof so as to form a spring clamping member, said tongue comprising a shank provided at its free end with laterally extending wings.

2. A holder for display material comprising a body member provided on the rear side thereof with an integral spring` tongue out from said member within the margin thereof so as to form a clamping finger, said tongue being provided with laterally extending` wings bent outwardly from the plane of the tongue.

3. A display button or badge adapted to be worn on a garment provided on the back with an integral tongue extending outwardly at the top and inwardly at the bottom or free end, and having at its free end outwardly bent lateral retaining wings.

In testimony whereof l hereunto afm; my signature.

HARRY M. MAGE).

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