US1717903A - Connecting device - Google Patents

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June 18, 1929. P. WILSON 1,717,903

CONNECTING DEVICE Filed June 5, 1928 1 VENTOR. fPe Eer W11 sow I ATTORNEY)! Patented June 18, 1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

PETER WILSON, OF INDIAN ORCHARD, MASSACHUSETTS.

CONNECTING DEVICE.

Application filed June 5,

This invention relates to improvements in connecting devices for garments and the like and is directed particularly to devices of the quick detachable type.

It is desirable in connection with clothing and garments, of all kinds such as overalls and aprons, to provide a quick-detachable device for connecting the relatively movable parts of the garments together. T ie quickdetachable feature of such connecting devices is an important safety consideration in connection with workmens garments, for instance when any portion of the garment becomes entangled in machinery or the like the connecting device may give way so that the garment will be pulled from the wearer instead of the wearer being pulled into the machine as would be the case with an ordinary fastener such as a loop and button.

Accordingly,the principal object of this invention is the provision of a quick-detachable device which is not only efficient in its operation but one which is economical to manufacture and that is adapted for use wherever a quick-detachable connecting device is required.

For purposes of disclosure the novel features of the invention will be described in the form at present preferred by means of the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the nickdetachable members of my invention s 10WI1 in engaged or connected relation; and

Fig. 2 is a view showing one manner of connecting the members.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the connecting device comprises in general a ring member 1 and a prong member 2 arranged for engagen'ient therewith. Each of these members 1 and 2 is provided with transverse bar portions 1 and 2, respectively, which may be secured to any type of garment in some convenient manner. For example, the members 1 and 2 may be secured as by stitching to the bib portion and shoulder straps respectively of an apron or overall. These members 1 and 2 are preferably made of some suitable material, such as spring wire, so as to be spring-like and to possess the desired yieldable or resilient qualities, as will later appear.

Side arms 4 extend upwardly from the bar 1 of the ring member and intermediate their ends are formed to lie closely adjacent one another and being spring-like, will permit parts of the other member to be pulled there- 192s. Serial No. 288,092.

through. Portions 5 connect the upper ends of the arms 4 to a cross-bar 6 and are arranged so that the bar 6 is offset with respect to the arms to provide spaced sockets 7 at the upper ends of the arms.

Side arms 8 depending downwardly from the bar 2 of the member 2 are formed so as to have diverging prongs 9 which may be called prongs, for engaging the sockets of the ring member 1. The arms 8 are preferably twisted one about the other as shown, so as to be limited in their separating movement and yet free to yield inwardly towards one another. Their lower ends may be provided with loops 10 so as to obviate projections which might catch in the sockets as the prongs are pulled upwardly through the sockets 7 when the members are detached from one another.

lVith the members 1 and 2 secured to the relatively movable bib and strap of a garment, for instance, they may be connected by forcing the prongs of the member 2 between the arms 4 of the socket member, as shown in Fig. 2. Then by turning the member 2 relative to the member 1 and pulling it upwardly the prongs may be embraced or engaged by the socket 7 of the member 1 as in Fig. 1. The parts are preferably constructed and arranged so that the members may tilt or move relative to one another when in connected relation, so as to thereby accommodate a relative movement of the parts of the garment such as may be caused by a movement of the wearer.

lVith the members in engagement as shown in Fig. 1 they may be quickly detached or disconnected whenever they are pulled relative to one another in opposite directions because by such movement the yieldabl-e prongs 9 are moved towards one another by the sockets 7 and may pass upwardly therethrough.

From the foregoing it will be observed that I have provided a device. which has the desired quick-detachable features so that relatively movable parts of a garment or the like may be easily and quickly separated should the garment be entangled in a machine or should it be necessary or desirable. to disconnect the parts connected by the device.

I am aware that many changes may be made in the form of the device to adapt it for various uses without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and I prefer there fore to be limited, if at all, by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description.

What I claim is:

1. A quick detachable device for connecting relatively movable parts of a garment comprising in combination, a socket member provided with upwardly extending diverging arms, the extremities of which extend outwardly from said arms and then return inwardly to provide sockets at the ends of said arms, a prong member having downwardly extending diverging prongs which are yieldable inwardly towards one another for engaging said sockets and being provided with outer smooth surfaces at their extremities so that they may slip through the sockets as the socket and prong members are moved in a separating movement.

2. A quick detachable device for connecting relatively movable parts of a garment comprising in combination a socket member provided With upwardly-extending arms having their extremities extending outwardly from the arms and -from one another and then forwardly of the arms and inwardly towards one another to form spaced sockets at the ends of the arms and a prong member of resilient wire having diverging arms for yieldingly bearing on their outer sides in said sockets, the extremities of said arms being turned inwardly towards one another to provide inwardly curving and outer smooth socket engaging surfaces whereby the arms may be moved inwardly and towards one another and slip through the sockets as the diverging arms are acted upon by the sockets when the socket and prong members are moved relative to one another for separation.

PETER lVILSON.

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