US1098106A - Button. - Google Patents

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A. FULLER.

, BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, 1908.

1,093,10 .v Patentd May 26, 191i 7 WITNESSES: INVENTOfi Mm. ww

ATTOR/VEVJ? ALBERT FULLER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, IO FRANZ A. FULLER, 0F NEXT/ARK, NEW JERSEY.

BUTTON.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT FULLER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled 1n the art to which it appertains to make, construct, and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in shirt studs or collar buttons, which may be readily inserted in the holes of a garment, and its object is to reduce the entire number of necessary parts and the consequent cost of the same to a minimum.

The invention consists of a button comprising a base plate provided with upwardly extending spring members and a shank adapted to rotate between said spring members.

In carrying out my invention, I make use of the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of my improved button. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 4 is a front view of the shank or stem of my improved button. Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line -00 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank to be used in a modified form of my improved button and; Fig. 7 is a sectional plan view taken on line 00-00 of Fig. 1, showing. the action of the stem of the button head with the spring members.

Similar letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the specification and drawings.

The improved button consists essentially of the base plate a having the ordinary or any other desired form, to which are secured in any suitable manner, preferably by spinning, the upwardly extending spring memhere 6 and Z2. These spring members 7) and Z) are formed of one piece of any suitable material, preferably blanked out of metal and provided with a rectangular bend as at c, and provided with upper and lower semibearings (Z and 6, so that when the two memhere 6 and b are secured to the base plate in the manner aforesaid, suitable bearings are presented for the shank to rotate there- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 24, 1908.

Patented May 26, islet.

Serial No. 445,119.

between. The shank or stem 7 is adapted to rotate in said bearings, and provided with a button head g, preferably made of an elongated conformation providing greater length in proportion to its thickness or width but, it may also be made of any other varying contour and surface design. The

form of head adapts it to be easily and quickly pushed through the button holes of a shirt or collar, and when the said head is turned in its looking or holding engagement with the collar or shirt, prevents absolutely any accidental displacement of the button.

Suitably formed upon the shank or stem f of the button head at a point corresponding to the upper bearing of the spring members Z) and b, is a square portion h which has engagement with and is adapted to rotate in said bearing. The inner portion of said bearing has a corresponding square contour which contour conforms to the square portion 71. of the shank To prevent the upward displacement of the shank f of the button head from its operative relation with the lower bearing e of the spring members I) and b, there is formed a stem 6, said stem 71 being prevented from becoming disengaged from the hearing by providing the lower end with an upset or turned over end portion 71, whereby the parts are connected, and preventing the shank f from being withdrawn from the bearing 6.

The blank shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, which is to be used in the modified form of my improved button, consists essentially of the central portion j, and the two side pieces is and is, which are connected to the central portion 7' by means of the tongues Z. This blank when formed up in the manner hereafter described, constitutes a base plate with the spring members formed integral with said base plate. The side pieces 73 and 7c are bent where indicated by the dotted lines, at right-angles to the semi-circular portions n and a, and the semi-circular portions n and n are thereafter bent down on to the central portion j and the edge of the central portion 7' isthen spun over as illustrated in Fig. 3. The under side of the base plate a is then covered with any suitable material, such as transparent celluloid or the like.

While I have described herein the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that various changes may be made therein without departing from the scope of the claim.

I claim:

A button or stud, comprising a base plate made from a single piece of suitable material, consisting of a central portion and two side pieces integrally connected to said central portion by means of tongues, said side pieces being bent back upon the central portion and extending upwardly at rightangles to said base to form centrally-arranged integral spring members, the edge of the central portion of the base being secured to said side pieces by spinning said edge over the bent back portions of the side pieces, square upper and cylindrical lower spaced bearings formed integrally in said spring members,

and a shank made from a single piece of suitable material provided with a square-portion, corresponding to the square upper bearing formed in the spring members, adapted to rotate between the square upper bearing of the spring members, and a reduced circular portion adapted to rotate between the cylindrical lower bearing of the spring members, said shank being provided at its upper end with a button head and at its lower end with means to prevent the shank from being withdrawn from said spring members.

This specification signed and witnessed this 17th day of July 1908.

ALBERT FULLER.

Witnesses FREDIL C. FISCHER,

LOUIS M. SANDERS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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