US1183505A - Fastener. - Google Patents

Description

R. R. VAN HORN.

FASTENER.

APPLICATJIQN FILED MAY 27,19\4.

1,183,505. Patented May16, 1916.

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Attorneys Witnesses ROBERT It. VAN HORN, F GOLU'MIBUS, OHIO.

FASTENER.

Application filed May 27, 1914. Serial No. 841,317.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, ROBERT R. VAN HORN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in fasteners, and more especially to a fastener adapted to be used in connection with carriage and motor car curtains, one object of the invention, being the provision of a fastener composed of a plurality of parts, one part of which is movable whereby a stationary or fixed elongated button may be properly received and gripped so that the fastener is locked thereupon to hold the curtain in the desired stretched condition.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a fastener of this character, in which the various elements thereof cooperate to secure the same to the curtain, and support, and at the same time properly mount the movable element so that the same is held in place for ready manipulation.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and 1n the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of the complete fastener connected to a curtain, the parts being in the position they assume when in locked position. Fig. 2 1s a bottom plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the fastener above the oscillatory member thereof.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the curtain, which may be taken as indicative of any form of support for the present fastener, the same being provide with an aperture 2 for the reception of the elongated head 3 and shank 4: of the supporting member or button 5. This member 5 as is usual is attached to the frame of the cover of a vehicle or motor car, while the curtain is disposed to be stretched thereover.

An annular member 6 which is preferably formed to-provide an inturned curved por- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1916.

tion 7 properly incases the oscillatory plate 8 and the stationary plate 9, the prongs 10 of the member 6 being disposed to grip the periphery of the stationary plate 9 to prevent the independent rotation of the same and to be bentas indicated in Fig. 2 after pierclng the curtain material 1 to engage the under surface of the retaining ring 12 which is the only portion in the present dev1ce on the under side of the curtain. Thus the'parts are clamped in position while the member 9' is alsoprovided with the prong or tang 11 which is bent as shown in Fig.

2 to properly pierce the curtain and grip the under side of the clamping ring 12. Thus the parts are held in a fixed position upon the curtain, the member 6 being provided with the recessed or elongated slotted portion 13 for the projection of the handle 14 of the oscillatory member 8. It is to be observed that the handle 14: is bent upon itself so as to bear upon the ring 7, the construction being such that the handle acts as a friction brake, in combination with the ring, and also serves as an additional means for holding the ring in place. By this means the member 1 may be moved from the full to the dotted line position, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the respective button receiving apertures or slots 15 and 16 may be placed into and out of registration. When the slots 15 and 16 are in registration, the head 3 of the button 5 may be inserted therethrough, the shank portion being disposed, as illustrated in Fig. 3, so that when the parts are moved in the position, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, the plates 8 and 9 will form a locking means so that the fastener will be clamped upon the button and the curtain material properly stretched.

It will be noted that the manipulating handle 14 is formed integral with the oscillatory plate 8, being projected from the periphery thereof and rolled upward to form a single engaging portion and at the same time cooperating with the tangs 10 so as to limit the movement of such oscillatory plate to 90 degrees. This feature is of the utmost importance, as the fiat plate 8 may be used and there is no projection or barrier diametrically of the fastener to prevent the proper sighting of the registered apertures and the introduction of the elongated head 3 therein.

The stationary plate 9 constitutes with the tubular incasing member 6, a receptacle for the removable plate 8, all of the elements, being held in clamped relation by means of the tangs 10-11, so that the fastener is secured upon the curtain material and the'Various parts are held in proper relation to each other, so that the movable elements may be properly actuated to permit of the engagement and disengagement of the fastener from the curtain supporting button.

What is claimed is: V

In a device of the class described, a stationary, curtain engaging plate; a rotatable plate superposed on the stationary plate, the plates having openings which are alinable when the rotatable plate is rotated; a ring superposed on the rotatable plate and provided with curtain engaging prongs coacting with the stationary plate to prevent the same from moving laterall the prongs coacting with the periphery of Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the the rotatable plate to hold the same for rotation on a fixed axis, thereby to permit an alinement of the openings; curtain engaging means for holding the stationary plate against rotation; and a handle carried by the rotatable plate and projecting beyond the ring, certain of the prongs coaoting with the handle to limit the rotation of the rotatable plate, thereby to dispose the openings in and out of alinement, the handleibeing bent upon itself to bear upon the upper edge of the ring, thereby to act as a friction brake and to'aid in retaining the ring.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT R. VAN HORN. Witnesses:

R. C. M. HASTINGS, C. E. WEsTnRvELT.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 11.0.

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