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F. A. SMITH, Jr. i BUTTON HOOK OROPASTBNINO. N0. 295,828. Y Patented Mar. 25, 1884;-

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BUTTON HOOK OR FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,828, dated March 25,

Application filed January 14, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN A. SMI'rI-I, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks or Fastenings; and I do declare the following to be a full, 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, reference being had to the aecompanying drawings, and to the letters and fig ures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My present invention :relates to that class of fasteners styled hooks, for which an application is now pending in the'United States Iatent Office; and the object of my present invention is designed as an improvement on the same. In the aforesaid application the hook is applied to the button by first cutting a slit or hole through the fabric, then passing the eye of a button through the, hole, after which the hook is passed through the loop of the button. The hook is then pulled up into the material until the head-bar lies closely against the under surface of the same. It will be seen that a hole the full width of the hook must be made in the fabric, and the buttonloop alone prevent-s the hook from dropping down. The hook is also liable to turn in the fabric, thus enlarging the hole.

My present invention has for its object to obviate these difficulties, and at the same time furnish a fastenerwhich may be more readily attached to fabric.

To this end my invention consists of a hook or fastening cut from sheet metal, having a base -bar and hook integral therewith, said hook having an upwardly-curved penetrating end, the base-bar and hook being substantially in the same plane withthe metal in the nished hook, being in its normal or unbent condition'as it existed in the sheet from which it was cut, the whole being cut to form by suitable dies, all as will be more particularlydescribed hereinafter in the following specification,` and pointed out in the claims and drawings. l l

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of `my improved fastener; Fig. 2, a view of the fastener passed through Vder surface of the same.

fabric, .with a button passed over it, ready for the nal operation of bending; Fig.. 3, a view of a button attached to fabric by means of my improved fastener; Fig. 4, a view of sheet metal, showing fastener cut therefrom ready for use.

Again referring to the drawings, A is a fastener, consisting of the base-bar a, from the cut edge of which extends a partial hook, c, terminating in an upwardly-curved penetrating end, b, the whole being in the same plane and cut from sheet stock, the metal of the finishedfastener being in the normal or unbent condition in which it existed in the sheet out of which it was cut.. rlhe end b of the hook is made self-penetrating and curved upward, as shown in Fig. 1, to enable it to readily penetrate fabric, the fastener `being cut to shape substantially as shown inFigs l and 2 of the drawings. l

In attaching a button to fabric by means of my improved fastener the end b is pushed through the fabric, making buta small hole, until the base-bar lies closely against the unthen passed on to the fastener until it lies within the hook portion a, assuming the po-` sitions shown in Fig. 2. A pressure isnow brought to bear on the,end of the fastener b. It is bent down into the upper surface of the fabric, clamping it firmly between the basebar a and the end of the hook l), the portion of the hook from a', Fig. l, to the base-bar a remaining unchanged as it was originallycut, the whole strength of the metal being thus retained at the point of strain, the greater part of the bending occurring at a', or from that point of the hook to the end b. It will be seen that a small hole is made through the The button-loop is material-while the fabric is firmly clamped IOO claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, consisting` of the base-bar a., hook o, upward 1e lscurved end b, terminating` in a penetrating l. A butt0n-fastener consisting O f :L base end, substantially as shown and described. 0r head bar from which extends a hook hzw- In testimony whereof I affix my signature in ing an upwardly-eurved penetrating end, the presence 0i' two Witnesses. Whole being` cut from sheet metal, and being FRANKLIN A. SMITH, JR. in its finished condition when so out, substan- Vitnesses: tiailly as shown, and for the purpose specified. CHAs. E. BAILEY,

2. The herein-described button-fastener A, CHARLES GREENE.

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