US2053559A - Button fastening device - Google Patents

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BUTTON FASTENING DEVICE Filed NOV. 2l, 1934 Patented Sept. 8, 1936 UNITED STATES! .tram orrlcl: f

BUTTON FASTENING DEVICE Frank A. Holmgren, Minneapolis, Minn. Application November 21, 1934, Serial No. 754,054

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thereof. Fortion Ib has its side edge portions I This invention relates to a fastening or holding device and while` the inventionv may have various applications, it particularly was designed to hold buttons on garments where the buttons must be frequently removed for the purpose of laundering the garment.

One class of the garments above referred to comprises coats worn by nurses, waitresses, factoryy workers and other persons and many of these persons are girls. The fasteners as' now commonly used to hold on the buttons have sharp edges and corners Vand these often catch in the clothing of the girls and in silk hose worn by them, causing considerable damage.

It is an object of this invention to provide a fastening device for holding the button, which has a flat substantially smooth bottom, which is easily operated and which has no sharp points or vburrs adapted to catch in the clothing.

It is a further object of the invention to prof vide a fastening device of simple, inexpensive and eicient construction, neat in appearance and which is very easily operated.

`It is still another object of the invention to provide a fastening device having a base mem# ber having a smooth flat side, a second member slidable in said base member, said base member having a portion upturned .on its upper side and having a slot therethrough and said second member having a portion upt'urned projecting through said slot, said two portions being adapted to engage to form a closed loop and being normally held in engagement by resilient means.

These and other objectsand advantages of the invention will be fully set forth in the following description made in connection with 'the accompanying drawing, in which like reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views and in which:-

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation showing the device as applied to a button;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on line 4--4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on line 5--5 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 3, said sections being taken as indicated by the arrows.

Referring to the drawing, the device comprises a main or base member designated generally as |0. Member I0 comprises a lower lplatelike portion |0a and an vupper platelike portion |011. Portion lila has a substantially flat bottom surface and is of general rectangular form, the same having its side portions bentupwardly substantially at a right Aangle and then bent inwardly substantially at a right angle so that slotsor channels |00 are formed along the sides offset and in the assembly of member I0 said portions 10d are disposed in the slots |00 and clamped therein. A channel or passage Ille is thus formed in member I0, which passage is substantially rectangular in cross section. The portion IDU has a slot |0f extending longitudinally therein adjacent its central portion and a `tongue or member lily upstands from memberlb at one end of said slot; said tonguepreferably being'formed of the metal removed from said slot. The upper end of member |09 is slightly curved toward the rear end of member lb. Member |017 yin the rear .of slot |0f has its central portion bent intosemi-cylindrical form as shown at Ich. Member Illa. has its rear portion also formed of slightly semi-cylindrical form opposite portion lilh. as shown at |011 A member ||of platelike form and substantially rectangular in shape slides in the passageway ille and projects therefrom at the front end of member l0. vMember has a bill or portion lla upstan-ding therefrom, the same projecting through slot |0j 'and said portion or member Ha'has its upper portion bent into a substantially semi-cylindrical curve extending forwardly, the forward end of' which normally contacts with the upper c'urved end of member my. Member lila, has its rear end bent upwardly to form a closure for channel lile and for the substantially cylindrical enlargement at the vrear end of said channel formed by the opposed semi-oylindrical portions lElh-and mi. v-A coiled compression spring l2 is disposed in said Substantially cylindrical passage formed by portions lz' and |071, one end of which bears against the end of saidpassage'and the other end of which is engaged by the rear end of member l VWith the described ystructurerthe device normally occupies the position shown in Fig. 42. Spring l2 engaging the rear end of member moves the same forwardly until the upper end of member ||a engages the upper end of member |0g. Members |09 and Ila thus coact to vber l0 engaged by the thumb or another finger.

Member is pushed into member l0 against lthe tension of spring I2 and member lla is thusl moved away from member Illy forming an opening or passage between said members as shown,

ber vlllgand theeye or loop BI is rmly vretained between members Illy and IIa. The eyelet BI is passed through a hole made for it in the garmentv and when the member IIJ is attached to said eyelet the button is secured to the garment. It can be readily removed when the garment is to be laundered by detaching member I0 as above described. The bottom of member I0 it will be noted is fiat and substantially plain and both this member and member I I are free from any sharp corners, edges or burrs which tend to catch onthe clothing and particularly on silk hose.Y At the same time the device is very easily manipulated and can be quickly removed from the button and quickly engaged with the button.

From the above description it is seen that applicant has provided a very simple and eicient fastening device for holding buttons and one which eliminates serious objections to the devices previously used. The present device is simple, easily made, very efficient and can be easily and quickly operated. The device will, of course, be made of material which will not easily corrode or it may be plated with non-corrosive material. The same has been amply demonstrated in actual practice and found to be very successful and emcient.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made in the form, details, arrangement and proportions of the parts, without departing from the scope of applicants invention, which generally stated, consists in a device capable of carrying out the objects above set forth in the parts and combinations of parts disclosed and dened in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:-

1. A device for fastening to a garment a button having an apertured shank adapted to pass through an aperture in said garment having in combination, a member having a flat substantially plane and smooth bottom surface and being of small thickness relatively to the length of said shank and having a passage extending longitudinally therethrough forming a guide channel, a second thin platelike member slidable in and guided in said passage, a member upstanding from said first mentioned member, another member upstanding from said second mentioned member, said last two members being normally in engagement and forming a closed loop and resilient means disposed in said first mentioned member and engaging said second mentioned member to hold said last two mentioned members in engagement with said loop closed, said second mentioned member projecting at one end of said first mentioned member and adapted to be moved against the said resilient means for relatively moving said last two members to open said loop.

2. A device for fastening to a garment a button having an apertured shank adapted to pass through an aperture in said garment having in combination, a member having a fiat substantially plane and smooth bottom portion and being of small thickness relatively to the length of said .shank and having a passage therethrough forming a guide channel, a second thin platelike member slidable in and guided in said passage, a third member upstanding from said first mentioned member, said first mentioned member having a slot therein extending longitudinally thereof from said last mentioned member, a fourth member carried by said second mentioned member and extending upwardly through said slot, said third and fourth members being normally in'engagement and one of them being bent toward the other so that they form a closed loop and a spring engaging said second mentioned member and adapted to hold said third and fourth members in engagement, said second member projecting from one end of said rst mentioned member and being movable against the tension of said spring for relatively moving said third and fourth members to open said loop.

3. A fastening device having in combination, a comparatively thin member having a fiat substantially smooth bottom portion, said member having a longitudinal passage therein, a second thin platelike member slidable and guided in said passage, said first mentioned member having a slot formed in its top portion, a tongue struck up from said member at one end of said slot, said second member having a portion struck up therefrom extending vertically through said slot, the same having its terminal portion engaging said tongue, .a springdisposed in said first mentioned member engaging one end thereof and engaging the end of said second mentioned member so that said portion of said second mentioned member is held in engagement with said tongue, said secondmentioned member being movable against said spring to move said portion away from said tongue. v

4. A fastening device comprising a platelike member of general rectangular formV having a substantially smooth flat surface and having its longitudinal edges reversely bent to form channels, a second platelike member of similar form having its longitudinal edge portions offset and received and held in said channels whereby a passage of rectangular form in cross section is formed .between said members, said second member having a slot formed in its upper side extending longitudinally thereof, a tongue struck up from said slot and upstanding from said second member at one end of said slot, a third platelike member received Vin said passage and having a portion struck up and upstanding therefrom and extending through said slot, said portion and tongue being adapted to engage to form a closed loop and a spring disposed in one end of said passage engaging one end of said third member to hold said portion and tongue in engagement, said third member projecting at one end of said passage so as to be pressed uponagainst the tension of said spring to relatively move said tongue and portion to open said loop.

5. A device for fastening to a garment a button having an apertured shank adapted to pass through an aperture in said garment having in combination, a plate-like member having `a flat, plane and smooth botto-m surface and being of small thickness relatively to the length of said shank and having a passage extending longitudinally therethrough forming a guide channel, a second thin plate-like member slidable in and Vguided in said passage, a member upstanding from the top of said first mentioned member, another member upstanding from said second member, said last two members being normally in engagement and forming a closed loop and resilient means disposed in said first mentioned ymember and engaging said second mentioned member to hold said last two mentioned members in engagement with said loop closed, said second mentioned member having a part projecting from said first mentioned member and adapted to be moved against said resilient means for relatively moving said last two mentioned members to open said loop.

FRANK A. HOLMGREN.

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