US696626A - Garment-clasp. - Google Patents

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No. 696,626. Patented Apr. 5, |9 U2.-

J. COHEN.

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UNITED STnTEe PATENT UFFIQEE JOSEPH COHEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE CITY BUT- TON WORKS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

GARMENT CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 696,626, dated April 1, 1902.

Application filed January 14,1902. Serial No, 89,762. (No model.)

To (0Z6 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH COHEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Iu1- provements in Garment-Clasps; andI do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in garment-clasps, and has for its object to provide a device of this description which shall be simple and economical; and with these ends in view my invention consists in certain details of construction such as will be hereinafter fully set forth and then specifically be designated by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application, Figures 1 and 2 are detail plan views of the two elements of my improved clasp; Fig. 3, a section at the line [C a: of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a cross-section of the parts of my improvements in clasped condition with the fabric of the garment between them, and Fig. 5 is a perspective showing my improved clasp elements in position preparatory to engagement.

Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

My improvement utilizes a metallic button and a ring or frame which carries a rubber disk or block, the latter being cross-cut at the center, so as to provide a plurality of resilient lips, and the fabric of the garment is placed over the button and the disk forced down upon the same until the button extends beyond the disk, while the resilient lips of the latter hug the fabric closely and confine it against the shank of the button, and it will thus be seen that the fabric is held between a metallic surface and. a rubber surface, so that there can be no danger of slipping or tearing.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a ring or frame, preferably made of sheet metal and having an extension 2, provided with a slot a is a disk or block of rubber, which is secured within this ring in any suitable inannor, in the present instance by crimping or spinning the side edges of the ring against the lower portion of the disk near its periphery, as indicated at 5 in Figs. 3 and 4.

6 7 indicate cross-cuts which are made through the disk at the central portion, so as to provide a plurality of resilient lips 8.

The rubber disk or block is preferably thicker near the periphery and tapers gradually toward the center.

9 is a button secured to an improved form of base -plate 10, which latter is provided with slots 11.

The elements of my improved clasp are secured in the usual manner to the ordinary supporting-webbings 12 13, the webbing 12 being passed through the slot 3 in the extension 2, while the webbing 13 is passed through the slots 11 in the base-plate 10, as is customary in most forms of garment-clasps. I

In utilizing my improvement the fabric 14 is placed over the button, and the latter is then forced upward through the disk, so that when the garment is clasped the resilient lips will be slightly curled upward, so as to embrace the fabric and hold it firmly against the shank of the button, as shown at Fig. 4:.

Of course it is not necessary that a round disk of rubber. should be employed or that the holder for this rubber should be ringshaped, since it will be clear that the peripheral' contour of the rubber disk or block and the shape of the element which holds it are immaterial, and therefore I do not wish to be limited in this respect. 8 5

the open-faced metal holder having a slotted attached to suitable webbing through their extension, the rubber disk secured at its periphery within the face of said holder, said disk being thickest at its periphery and gradually tapering toward the center and crossout at its center whereby resilient lips are afforded, and a slotted base having a button rising therefrom, said holder and base being respective slots, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH COHEN. Witnesses:

JAMES B. GARoLIN, F. W. SMITH, Jr.

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