US1029930A - Garment-closer. - Google Patents

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features and structuie hereinafter described. and particularly pointed ont. in the claims. The invention is not limited to use with any special garment., but, for illustration, I )resent the same herein as applied to a an maintaining the same in closed posit-ion.

i the use of buttons and button-holes or hooks and c ves or like separable fastening devices commonly employed on waists, and espeteially to nhviate the inconveniences which arise with the use of such devices, in securing the waistl in closed position and in rei leasing the saine for removal.

ln accordance with my invention l pro- ,f )y attached strips,

i-ile. either directly or ion the vertical matching edges of the hack 'sections of the waist, headings of braid,

:sure ap lied at the lower end thereof and initiatei from cords which may extend iiroiiiid to the front or opposite sides of the waist in convenient osition to be operated, the cords when pullid in opposite lateral directions serving toiiiovea followcragainst the lower end of the series of clasps and cause such clasps to slide upwardly on said headings and gradually close the edges of the back sections of the waistv towiird each other and bind them in their closed relation.

After the waistluis been closed bv the npward lmovement. of the series of clasps, the

operatingr cords may be tied around the;

waist and thus be conveniently disposed of.' When it is desired to remove the waist| the wearer will free the outer ends of the opcratin cords and take hold of the lower end o A the series of clasps and draw the latter downwardly along thc aforesaid beadings, thus releasing the back sections of'thc waist and permitting the removal ofthe Garment-Closers, of which the following is i The nventioii relates to improvements in garment-closers, and it consists in the novel 1 ad s waist for closing the back thereof' One ohjeet. of my invention is to avoid eord or the like` and also a series of aiticut ,lated or somewhat flexibly connected-to- L l,gether slide-clasps which may be moved ,along both said headings to connect said i |`hack sections and close the waist by presyengage. the headings on and close the waist land conveniently slid downwardly from the headings to open the waist. without becoming entirely detached therefrom.

'lhe invention will he fully understood Efrom the detailed dcscriition hereinafter presented, reference being ind to the accom- ,panying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a back view of a waist equipped with closing and fastening devices embodying iny invention, the two back sections of the waist being shown as closed and the concealinf7 flap on one of the back sections being illiistrated as turned outwardly to sonic extent to ex osesaid devices; Fi 2 is an enlarged etiichcd view of a por ion of two corresponding strips having headings at their adjoining edges and to be secured to the back-sections of the waist for receiving my fasteningr devices; Fig. 3 is a corresponding view, partly in section, of the sanie, with the outer poi*- tions of the clasps cut away and the clasps slioivn as slid downwardly to souie extent on said strips; Fig. 4 is an enlarged horizontal section, through a portion of the waist, on the dotted liuc 4--4 of Fig. l; Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of a style of button which may be conveniently attached to the waist for aiding in the control of the operating cords, and Fig. tl is a view substantially corresponding with Fig. 1 but illustrating the series of elasps in a partly operated position.

ln the drawings 10 designates :i garment or waist of any suitable or usual formation intended to be closed and opened at the back, 11 the back sections thereof, 12 corres iondng vertical strips of fabric stitched to t ie adjoining portions of said hack-sections and having headings 13 at their outer facing edges, 14 the series of transverse clasps to slide on said headings and connect said back-sections together to close the waist or release them to permit the waist to open, l5 the operating cords by which said clasps may be moved upwardly along said beadings to close the garment and. which receive said clasps when they are slid downwardly from said bcadiiigs to release the garment, 1t` lower u'ojecting portions of said headings to w ich said cords are connected so that the cords and beadiiigs may form eontinuous runways for said clasps, and 17 a follower normally strung on said cords at the lower end of the series of clasps and j havin rollers 18 against. which the laterally latter, said clasp sections as they leave the extent ing cords may he drawn to cause the l headings on thc waist passing onto and i along said operating cords, which, when the waist. is entirely open, will carry said clasps.

t follower to press against the lower end of I t. thc series of clasps and compel the latter to slide Y upwardly from. said cords onto and along said headings to close the garment.

l The headings 13 may he formed in any suitable manner, as by the well known method of cording the edge of a fabric or by means of braids or in any-of the several known ways, and these headings may be formed on or applied to the fabric of the garment or on strips of fabric 12 to be secured to the arment, as may be found. in ost. convenient, tlie essential consideration being that the garment along the edges of its sec` tions to be closed and opened he formed or rovided with the headings to be engaged l, liy the clasps 14.` 'Iheindividual transverse clasps 14 corre- 'f spend with one another and they are articulated or connected together in one elongated suitably flexible chain or series by links 19, which may be of wire or thread or any sintable material, and said clasps 14 are in reai ries and preferably in end-to-end relation so that their adJoining ends may abut against one another during the. closing of the garment. l'lach transverse clasp 14 may be in one integral piece. of metal, luird ruhher, porcelain` eelluloid, glass or other suitable material` and has at its opposite vertieal edges undercut grooves 20, as shown in Fig. 4, to engage the headings 13, said grooves being open at their outer vertical edges, in the form of narrow slots 21, to admit the fabric back of the headings 13 ofthe garment or strips 12. The clasps 14 constitute an elongated flexible clasp to engage the headings 13 and slide thereon for closing ,or opening the garment 10, and I prefere ably arrange the clasps 14 in end to end relation so that pressure applied at the lowerf end of the series of clasps may act through all the. clasps, said clasps pressing against one another in series.

When the clasps 14 i are held reasonably close together by means of the links 1f) the line of clasps may have some degree of flexibility, but will nevertheless ellicicntlv move along the headings 13 without buckling to any material extent. The fact that tie clasps are permitted to have a slight. hinged movement on the links i 111 enables the. line of clasps to conform to the sluipe of the figure wearing the garment.

The follower 17 may be formed from sheet metal with a top and vertical sides the latter forming bearings for the ends o the rollers 18. 'l`hc top of the follower is flat to engage the lower end of the lower clasp 14 and has an opening therein, as shown in Fig. 3, through which the operating cords 15 extend and which also permits the follower to move upwardly on or downwardly from the extensions 16 of the headings 121. The invention is not confined in every instaure to the employment. of tlic fol- .-y lower 17 since the. clasps would he operative without it, but the operation of the device as a whole is improved when the follower 17 is `made ilse of.

'directions and inserted through guiding eyes Q51 formed on the outer ends of detachable hiittons 24 applied to the opposite sides of the. garment 10.

As may he readily understood on referwholly on the headings 13 when they are in position holdin the garment closed and are slid downward y onto the operating cords 15 when drawn downwardly to release the garment. When the garment. is `open and i il is desired to close thc same the cords 15 l sonahly close relation to one another in sel Iwill be drawn laterally in opposite directions so as to create. a pull against the roll- I ers 18 and eausc the follower 17 to press upwardlyagainst the lower clasp 1'1. 'l`he continued pull on the eords 15 will cause the. follower 17 to travel upwardly on the cords and force the line of clasps 14 upwardly onto and along thc headings l?) to thereby close the garment, and after the garment has been sufficiently closed the wearer may draw the cords 15 around to -tlie front and tie them about the waist. When it is desired to release the garment. the'cords 15, if tied at the front, will be loosened so that they may he free to slide rearwardly through the eyes 251, and thereupon the wearer will take hold of the lower clasp 14 between the thumb and finger and pull the line of clasps downwardly from olf the headings 13 and onto the cords 15. Fig. 6 may be regarded as showing the clasps 14 as pulled downwardly to a iartial extent from the headings 13 or as illustrating the clasps in a part y operated position or one in which the clasps have been moved upwarclly hy a lateial pull in opposite directions oii the cords 15.

My invention dispenses with the use of buttons and hutton-holes or hooks and eyes or like separable fastening devices commonly employed on garments and removes the inconveniences which arise with the use of I I do not limit. my invention to the use of any special material iu the manufacture of 'lhe operating cords 15 are preferablyv ence to Figs. 1 and 6, the clasps' 14 are jv the parts thereof. The strips 12 may be formed of silk or any other suitable material and the headings thereon may be formed in any of many well-known ways. The operating cords 15 may be of cotton, silk or other suitable material and they constitute. flexible means for operating the elongated clasp-slide, the word cords being used y in a generic sense and as matter of convenf ience without defining any special material. i iVliat I claim as mv invent-ion and desire 1 to secure by Letters Patent., is: 1. Closing means for garments and the l like comprising headings for the adjacent sections thereof'nnd an elongated flexible clasp having grooves at its lateral ends to .engage and slide on said headings and bein open at their outer edges to admit the thickness of the fabric carrying said be'iid Hugs, and operating cords connected with I.said headings to receive said clasp in its inoperative position and slide. the sanie onto said headings to its olperntive. position. I

(,'losin,' v niezins` ni' garments and the like, comprising headings for the adjacent sei-tions tlicieol and an elongated flexible l clasp having groovent its lateral ends to engage and slide on said headings and being open :il their inter edges to adiiiit, the thickne` of the fnbiie carrying said headings, f operatingr cords connected with said headings to receive. .said clasp in its inoperatiye iosition iind slide the `zaino onto said beadings to its operative position, and a follower strung;r on said cords at the lower end of said clasp to force. the clas to its operative position on the lateral pul of said cords in opposite directions.

Signed at New York city, in the county i of bow York and State of New York, this y; 4th day of October, A. D. 1911.. A

JOSEPH HUGHES.

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Aa'iiiua MAnioN, CiiAs. C. Giu..

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