US1076977A - Garment-fastener. - Google Patents

Description

M. B. GROUT & W. EDISON.

Patented Oct. 28, 1913.

FFIGE.

MARTIN B. GROUT AND WILLIAM EDISON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARMENT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 28, 1913.

Application filed July 2?, 1910. Serial No. 574,078.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MARTI B. Gaou'r and VVILLIAM EDISON, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and. State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in GarmentFastener-s, of which the following is a full, clear concise, and exact description.

Our invention relates to a garment fastener or supporter and its object is to provide a simple and inexpensive device for holding hose or other garments in proper position, which may be readily astcned to or unfastened from a garment, and which will reliably hold a garment, however thin the fabric may be, without tearing or otherwise injuring the same.

Our invention in its preferred embodi ment consists of a socket member adapted to underlie the garment and a tongue member adapted to be placed over the garment and to be inserted, with such underlying portion of the garment, through the socket or opening in said socket member, said socket and tongue members being so relatively constructed that the portion of the tongue member which. is inserted in said socket does not lie in parallel. relation with the walls of the socket member, but is slightly inclined with respect thereto. By such construction the tongue of said tongue member partially underlies the walls of the opening in the socket member at one end and extends flush with the upper surface thereof or even projects slightly above said upper surface at the other end thereof, some portion of the tongue other than and in ad dition to the base thereof extending between the sides of the opening in the socket member, thereby providing against lateral play of said tongue member and also causing the free end of said tongue to meet the front wall of the socket member at an angle, there by more firmly biting the garment and preventing the same from slipping.

The several features of our invention and two of the preferred embodiments thereof may be more readily understood by refer ence to the accompanying drawings in which-.

Figure l is a view showing two of the garment fasteners suspended from a corset and supporting a hose; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the tongue member; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the socket member; Fig. l is a longitudinal section through the two members in operative position showing a garment clasped thereby; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. l. of a modified form of the invention; Fig. (3 is a perspective view of the tongue member shown in Fig". 5; and F159;. '7 is a perspective view of the underside of the socket member shown in Fig. 5.

Similar reference characters are used to designate similar parts throughout the several views. I

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 to t, inclusive, the fastener or supporter comprises a socket member 1 and a tongue memher 2, both preferably formed of sheetmetal, though it will be understood that the members may be formed of other suitable material. 'lhe body portion of the socket mom her is in. the form of a loop 5, said socket member having therein a longitudinal openin 3, which at one end (for convenience designated as the upper end) is formed with. a restricted throat t. At the ends of the body portion of the socket member 1 are provided transverse slots 6 and 7, respectively, forming eyes for the reception of the supporter band or elastic 8. As shown most clearly in Fig. 4, the band 8 extends underneath the member 1 and at its lower end is carried over the end of the plate and is inserted through the slot 6 thereof and then extends upwardly beneath the body portion of the member 1. It is then insorted through the slot 7 and extends up wardly therefrom. It will thus be seen that on its underside the socket member 1 is covered by the band 8 and hence there is no possibility of the metal thereof coming in contact with the body of the wearer.

The tongue member 2- is provided at one end with a tongue 9, forming a prolongation of the neck 10. said member being preferably bent at its base. that is the junction of the tongue 9 and neck 10, as indicated at 11. so that said tongue and neck lie in parallel planes and extend in opposite directions. The bend 11 of the member 2 is of such width as to fit the restricted threat 4: of the member 1, and the tongue 9 is of slightly less width than the width of the opening 3. Both in the case of the tongue 9 and opening 3 the length is preferably greater than the width thereof. Moreover, the tongue 9 is of greater length than the length of the opening 3 inthe socket member 1 in order that when the tongue is in place, as shown in Fig. 1, the lower end thereof underlies and is retained in position by the lower end of the loop 5.

At its forward or lower end the tongue 9 is offset, being bent downwardly, as at 12, and then in a direction approximately par allel to the body of the tongue, thereby pro viding an end extension 13 adapted to fit under the lower end of the loop 5. The tongue member 2 at its upper end is provided with a transverse slot 14 to receive the band or elastic 8. As shown most clearly in Fig. 1, the socket member 1 is fastened, as above described, to one end of the band 8 and the tongue member 2 to the other end thereof. The band 8 is thus adapted to be extended through and hang from a loop 15 upon a corset C or other garment from which the supporter is suspended. We have thus provided simple means by which the garment supporter is suspended from a garment, enabling the same to be readily attached or removed therefrom.

When a hose F or other garment is clasped by the garment fastener, as shown in Figs. 1 and 1, the tongue 9, near the bend 11, extends underneath the walls of the throat 4. Instead, however, of extending in parallel relation with the walls of the opening 3, the main portion of the tongue 9 extends up into the opening 3 so that at its lower end the upper surface of the tongue is approximately flush with or even extends slightly above the upper surface of the loop 5. By such construction, lateral play of the tongue 9 is prevented by reason of the factthat said tongue lies between the sides of the loop 5, and hence the danger of the garment slipping by reason of such lateral play prevented. The extension 13 underlies the lower end of the loop 5 and prevents the tongue from being withdrawn from the socket by a pull upon the band 8. Moreover, by reason of the inclination of the end 13 with respect to the portion of the loop which it underlies, the tongue 13 at its forward end bites the garment more securely and thus securely holds the fabric. Id e have found that, with the fastener thus constructed, even the thinnest silk hose is held se curely and does not slip free from the fastener.

In Figs. 5, 6 and 7, we have shown a modification of our invention likewise designed to dispose the tongue and socket members in such relation to each other as to prevent lateral movement of the tongue member and to bring the lower end of the tongue at an acute angle with respect to the underside of the loop of the socket member. In such modified form, the socket member 1 is of the same general construction as that hereinbefore described exce t that at the lower end thereof the loop 5 is offset or bent upwardly as at 5 the underside of said offset portion 5 being approximately flush with the upper surface of the other portion of the loop 5. With such construction of the socket member, it is unnecessary to bend the tongue member at its lower end, and such tongue member 2 is preferably provided with a tongue 9, the entire length of which is in the same plane. As shown in Fig. 5, When the tongue member 2 is inserted in the socket member 1 with the lower end of the tongue 9 engaging beneath the lower end 5 of the loop, the tongue 9 remains in general in the same relative position with respect to the socket member as was the case in the modification hereinbefore described, such tongue at its upper end underlying the loop 5 and at its lower end extending between the sides of said loop. Lateral movement of the tongue 9 is thus prevented and said tongue meets the offset 5 at an acute angle so that the lower end of the tongue 9 securely bites the garment and prevents the same from slipping.

It will be noted that the socket member and the tongue member are not pivoted or otherwise secured to each other but are preferably secured to the opposite ends of a band. The band can thus readily be inserted through and suspended from a loop and the tongue member can be readily inserted in or removed from the socket member.

e do not wish to be understood as limiting ourselves to the precise structure shown, since other modifications thereof may be made within the scope of the appended claims.

Ne claim 1. In a garment-fastener, the combination with a socket member provided with a longitudinally extending socket, of a tongue member comprising a neck adapted to overlie the upper end of said socket member, a downward bend adapted to fit between the sides of said socket member and a forwardly extending tongue of slightly less width and of slightly greater length than said socket, said tongue being thereby adapted to be inserted through said socket with the lower end of the tongue engaging the underside of the lower end 01" the socket member, one of said tongue and socket members being also offset at the lower end thereof to bring the lower end of the tongue member, in addition to said downward bend thereof, between the sides of said longitudinal socket when said members are operatively associated.

2. In a garment-fastener, the combination with a socket plate provided with an opening therein, of a tongu'e" member having a tongue of slightly greater length and slightly less width than said opening, said tongue being adapted to be inserted through said opening in the socket plate, said tongue having a bend at the base thereof and also our names this. twenty-fifth day of July is bend at some distafnce from the base1 dto A. 11,1910.

ring some portion 0 said ton ue in a ition to the base thereof up betwe en the sides T 5 of said opening and thereby to provide two points of contact bet-Ween the tongue and Witnesses: each side of the socket plate. ALFRED H. MOORE, In Witness whereof We hereunto subscribe GEORGE E. FOLK.

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