US363628A - Frank a - Google Patents

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BUTTON.

No. 363,628. Patented May 24, 1887'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK A. FOX, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE STEELE & JOHNSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,628, dated May 24-, 1887.

7 Application filed Fehrnaryll, I887. Serial K022551512. (No mocl.)

T 0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. Fox, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relatesto n nifornrbuttons, such as those worn by conductors, yachtsmen, 850., and which are adapted to be slipped over an'ordinary or a plain button and removed when desired.

I am aware that heretofore such a unifornr button has been made of a cap or shell provided with a fixed section of back-plate and a sliding section of back plate, which latter could be adjusted after the cap or shell had been placed over an ordinary button,so as to extend over the back of the latter and secure the cap or shell in place thereon.

The great objection to the uniform-buttons of the kind I have above described is that they have been necessarily loose upon the ordinary buttons when made large enough to be capable of being easily applied to and removed from the same. This objection has very materially interfered with the use of these uniform-buttons.

The object of my present improvement is to obviate the difficulty in the above-described uniform'buttons to which I have called attention.

The improvement consists in a button-cover adapted to wholly receive a button, and having at the rear side a fixed back section and a sliding back section, and being provided on the inner side with a spring or bar to press against the button and hold it firm.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a back view of a uniform-button embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a sliding section of the back in a different position. In both these figures the bar or spring which I have previously mentioned is applied.

Similar letters of reference designate corre sponding parts in all the figures.

A designates an ordinary button. As represented, this button is of a type commonly made from gutta-percha, bone, or like material. It has a number of holes through which thread may be passed to r securing the button to a garment.

B designates my uniform-button, which consists of a cap or shell,prcfcrably made of sheet metal, ornamented and marked to suit the taste or requirements of the user, and having at the rear a fixed-back section, b, and a sliding back sectionJ). The fixed back section may advantageousl y be made integral with a ring, I)", fitted into the rear portion of the cap or shell. The sliding back section may be fitted into a groove in the ring bflwhich is made integral with the fixed back section, 12. Thus provision will be conveniently afforded for adjusting the sliding back section circularly. The fixed back section, b, is shown as made approximately crescent shape, and the sliding back section is represented as of the same shape. The sliding back section is provided on the outer side with a small projection, I), which serves as a handle by means of which the sliding back section can be conveniently manipulated, and also has a stop to limit the 36 movements of the sliding back section. The sliding back section can be moved into a po sition just inward of the fixed back section, so as to occupy a position in line therewith and leave a large opening, whereby the uniformbutton can be applied and removed with facility; or the sliding back section may, after the application of the uniform-button to the ordinary button, beyadjusted into a position opposite the fixed back section, so as to secure 0 the uniform-button in place.

0 designates a spring or bar, As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, a spring consisting of a strip of sheet metal is employed. In 3 a bar, which may be of metal or other material, is shown.

The spring or bar will preferably be ar-. ranged in such position that it will be opposite the opening left between the fixed back sec tion and the sliding back section when the IOC latter is adjusted into a position opposite to the fixed back section. The unifornrbutton may be applied by slipping it over and press- What I claim as my invention, and desire to 15 ing it against the ordinary button, and when secure by Letters Patent, is- Y the spring 0 is used the latter may yield to fa- A button-cover adapted to Wholly receive a cilitate the application of the uniform-button, button, and having at the rear side a fixed 5 and, after the adjustment of the sliding back, back section and a sliding back section, and

section of the uniform button, will serve to being provided on the inner side with a spring 2o hold the uniform-button Without rattling. or bar to press against the button and hold it When the bar 0 is used,the latter may serve firm, substantially as specified. as a sort of a rocking support upon which the [O uniform-button may rock in being applied to FRANK A. FOX.

the ordinary button. Asitadniits of this roek- I ing acti0n,it will allow of the application of the \Vitnesses: uniform-button easily, and yet will hold it CHAS. T. XVARD, againstrattlingafteritshallhave beenapplied. D. H. DRIsooLL.

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