US1388469A - Button - Google Patents

Description

A. LATHAM.

BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED FEB., J9,1919- 1,388,469. Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT LATHAM, 015 BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN BUTTON & FASTENER (10., OF AUGUSTA, MAINE, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented An. 23, 1921.

To all w from it may concern Be it known that I, .ALBERT LA'lI-IAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beverly, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Buttons, of which the following description, in connection withthe accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicat ing like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to buttons, and especially to that type in which there is a body or head of pearl or other material, with separately formed members for securing or at taching said body to articles to which it is to fasten. An object of the invention is to so combine the body and securing means as to produce a firm, stable structure in which the elements will neither move relatively to one another, nor separate in use of the button, and in the making of which no breaking strain is thrown upon the body.

In the accomplishment of this purpose, a feature of the invention consists ofa buttonbody in which is an opening, and securing members extending into the opening from opposite sides, one ofthe members preferably being expansible and the other cooperating therewith to effect its expansion by permanent deformation, the two members being firmly united to one another and to the body. One of the members may furnish means for attaching the button to the article with which it is to be used, and may take the form of an eye. It preferably has opposite shank portions entering the button-opening, where it is engaged by the other securing member, as a retaining stud, which is shown as extending between the shank portions. To fix the parts in the desired relation more effectively, one of the securing members, as the shank of the attaching eye, may be forced. over a surface of the body by the other member at an angle to the latter. In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, a head or enlargement upon the stud accomplishes this by pressing against and deflecting the ends of the shank. A better finish is imparted to the button by providing a recess about the body-opening which receives the enlargement ofthe stud member, together with the turned-over portion of the shank.

To look the securing members to one another, and thus strengthen the button structure without throwing strain upon the body,

an additional feature of the invention consists in upsetting one of the members toward the other to effect positive engagement between them. The integrity of the union is increased by providing one of the securing members with a reduced portion, which a portion of another securing member onters.

To prevent lateral movement of the securmg members in the body-opening, as a fui thcr feature of the invention, both of said members contact with the body within the opening, each member preferably having such contact at opposite sides. That is, not only may the permanently deformed member bear upon the body at separated points, but also the expanding member. The expansible member is shown as having a recess, which may consist of a generally cylindrical recess furnished by a curved depres sion in each shank portion. In any event, I prefer to have the expanding member or stud conform to this recess and have lateral projections or projecting portions extending therefrom for contact with the body of the button.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure lillustrates in side elevation, with the body of the button in section, one form of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 shows the retaining stud in perspective;

Fig. t illustrates the elements of the but ton placed ready for assembling;

Fig. 5 is a view, similar to Fig. l, of another form of my invention;

Fig. 6 is a section on the line G---6 of Fig. 5; and

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the stud of the button illustrated in 5 and 6.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and. 3, the body or head of my improved button commonly consists of a disk 10 of motheuof-pearl or other suitable natural or fabricated material, though this body may take any other desired form. Extending axially of the body is a cylindrical opening 12, about which, at one side of the body, is a concentric cylindrical recess 14. Entering the opening from opposite sides of the body are securing members 16 and 18. The first of these appears as an eye constructed of wire bent to surround the attaching opening 20. When the eye is thus the opening into the recess, such length'tha't, when bent outwardly, they formed, there is a shank having independent parallel or opposite portions 22, 22 extending from the under side of the body through and being of will lie within the side walls of said recess, In the adjacent sides of theseshank portions are shown opposite depressions 24, 24 co6p-.,

crating to furnish a partly cylindrical recess preferably generally conforms in contour to the recess between the shank portions, being in the resent instance circular in cross-section. its maximum diameter at causes itto have a drivin or forcing fit within the shank recess,-the re ation being such that the Shank portion 'is expanded and forced against the walls of the button-opening. The inner extremityof the stud at the bottom of the recess is inclined or tapered at 32, the surfaces converging toward the end, thus permitting the ready introduction of the stud into the recess. From the line 30 of maximum diameter in the opposite direction from the tapered end 32, the stud is also preferably tapered at 34toward a head 36, the outer face'of which is shown as convex.- There isthus formed in'the'stud a reduced rtion between the head and the line 30. rom the body of the stud areopposote lateral projections or fins 38, 38, the diameter of the stud between the ends of these projec tions being substantially equalto that of the i body opening.

In assembling the elements of this button,

the shank of the eye is introduced into the -1. This forces the shank the incline 34 of the stud, their displacement body-opening until .the e e abuts against the under surface of the b0 y, with the ends of the shank projecting through the recess toward or beyond the opposite face of the body. 'The end 32 of the stud is then placed in alinement with the shank recess and pressure applied to these two securing members to force the stud into the recess; see Fig. 4 of the drawing. The first effect is to expand the shank against the body, and then, as the under side of. the head 36 contacts with the inclined surfaces 26, 26, the ends of the shank portions, under the influence of this inclination are bent outwardly over the inner wall of the recess, as appears in Fig. portions at'50 over causingthem to enter the reduced portion between the line 30 and the head 36, and

positively locks the two securing members together, so that the expansion of the attachlng member'dlrectly against the wall of the openmg may. be slight, exerting no apat points between or substantially at 90 degrees from the shank, as best appears in Fig. 2. Consequently, movement here is also prevented, and the members are positively locked against lateral play in the body.

The button of Figs. 5 to 7 differs from that illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, chiefly in the arrangement of the adjacent surfaces of the shank and the form of the stud cooperating with these. The shank surfaces 40, 40 appear in this form of my improved button as planes, and to engage these the stud 42, instead of having a transversel curved body with lateral projections, is so ormed that sections at right angles to the axis of the stud are substantially rectangles, the long edges of which lie in the sides 43, 43 of the stud; see Fig. 6. The stud is oppositely tapered from a maximum thickness at 44 over surfaces 46 and 48 similarl to the stud of the button first describe producing in assembling the same effect. Otherwise, the elements and their relations are substantially identical with those of the button of Figs. 1 to 4.

In my copending applications filed March 10, 1919, and Oct. 2, 1919 and respectively bearing the Serial Numbers 281,836 and 327,937, other species of button, to which this case is generic, are described and claimed.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A button comprising a body having an opening therethrough, a securing member having an expansible portion extending into the opening, and a member entering the opening at the opposite side and 00- operating with the securing member to permanently deform it.

2. A button comprising a body having an opening therethrough, a recess surrounding the opening, a securing member having an expansible portion extending into the opening at the side opposite the recess, and a'member entering the opening to engage and expand the securing member, said member having an enlargement located within the recess and engaging the expansible portion.

3. A button comprising a body having an opening, an eye having opposite shank portions extending into the opening, and means entering between the shank portions to retain them within the body and hold the'eye in position for attachment.

4. A. button comprising a body having an opening, an attaching member having opposite shank portions extending into the opening, there being a depression in each shank portion, and means entering the shank depressions to retain the attaching member within the body.

5. A button comprising a body having at one side a recess and at the other side an opening leading into the recess, asecuring member provided with portions extending through the opening into the recess, and a member having a reduced portion into which the ends of the securing member are bent.

6. A button comprising a body having an opening, an attaching member entering the opening, and means permanently deforming the member to force it over a surface of the body.

7 A button comprising a body having an opening therethrough, a recess surrounding the opening, a securing member extendin through the opening into the recess, and means contacting with the end of the securing member and forcing it into the recess.

8. A button comprising a body having an opening, an attaching member having opposite shank portions extending into the opening, and means entering between the shank portions to upset them over a surface of the body.

9. A button comprising a body having an opening therethrough, and opposite securing members extending from outside the body into the opening, one of said members being provided with separated portions each having a recess and the other having an inclined surface entering the recesses.

10. A button comprising a bodyhaving an opening therethrough, and opposite securing members extending into the opening, one of said members having a recess and the other entering the recess and having surfaces diverging from one another toward opposite sides of the body.

11. A button comprising a body having an opening, an attaching member entering the opening and having an inclined surface, and a member having a head situated at the exterior of the body and engaging the inclined surface to deflect the attaching member.

12. A button comprising a body having an opening, an attaching member entering the opening and having an inclined surface, and a member having a surface engaging the inclined surface to deflect a perma nently deformed portion of the attaching member over the body.

13. A button comprising a body, an attaching member provided with separated portions within the body, and a retaining member situated between and in contact with the portions of the attaching member, the ends of said portions being turned outwardl'y from the points of contact at an angle to the retaining member. 14. A button comprising a body, an eye having separated portions which within the body have reduced portions, and a stud pro vided with a head and a recess, the head of the stud cooperating with the eye portions to force them into the recess.

15. A button comprisinga body, an eye having separated portions which within the body are provided with. inclined surfaces, and a stud provided with a head and a recess, the head contactin with the inclined surfaces to force them into the recess.

16. A button comprising a body having an opening, an eye provided with an expan sible shank extending into the opening, and a stud engaging the shank to expand it, said stud having a head contacting with the shank.

17. A button comprising a body having an opening, an eye provided with an expansible shank extending into the opening, and a stud engaging the shank to expand it, said stud having a head contacting with the shank over a face of the body.

18. A button comprising a body having an opening, an eye provided with an expansible shank extending into the opening, and a stud extending into the opening at the opposite side from the eye and having oppositely inclined surfaces for engagement with the shank to expand it within the body.

19. A button comprising a body having an opening, an eye provided with an ex pansible shank extending into the openin and a, stud, each of the opposite sides of which has oppositely inclined surfaces engaging the shank.

20. A button comprising a body having an opening, an eye formed of wire bent to fun nish a double shank entering the opening, and a stud extending between the portions of the shank on the opposite'side of the body from the eye and contacting with said shank to force it against the body.

21. A button comprising a body having an opening, an eye formed of wire bent to furnish a double shank entering the opening, and a stud extending between the portions of the shank and having a head contacting with the shank portions. 7

22. A button comprising a body having an opening surrounded by a recess at one side, an eye formed of wire bent to furnish a double shank extending through the opening into the recess, and a stud entering between the shank portions and having a head contacting therewith in the recess.

23. A button comprising a body having an opening, opposite securing members, one of which is expansible and extends into the opening and contacts with the body at separated points, and the other member engaging its companion to permanently deform it within the opening and also contacting with the bodyat separated points. 7

1 24. V A button comprising a body having an opening, an eye having shanks entering the opening, and meansengaging the shanks to secure the e e to 'the'body and contacting with the body within theopening to retain the said eye against lateral movement.

25. A button comprising a body having an opening, an attaching member provided with separated portions entering the opening and having a recess in each portion, and a securing member contacting with the opposite walls of the recesses and extending between, said walls into contact with the body.

26. A buttoncomprising a body having an opening, .an attaching member provided with separated portions entering the opening and having a recess in each portion, and a securing member contacting with and corresponding in contour to both recesses and extending between said walls into contact with the body.

27. A button comprising a body having an opening, an eye provided with a shank having separated portions contacting with the body in the opening, and a stud engaging the shank portions and contacting with the body between the shank portions.

V 28- A button comprising a body having an opening, an eye provided with a shank having separated portions contacting with the body in the opening, a stud having a central portion engaging the shank portions, and lateral projections extending between the shank portions.

29. A button comprising a body having an opening, an eye provided with a shankhaving separated portions contacting with'the body in the opening, a stud having a central portion engaging the shank portions, and lateral projections extending between the shank ortions into contactwith the body.

30. button comprising a body having an opening, an eye provided with a shank having separated portions inwhich is a partly cylindrical recess, and a stud having a portion substantially circular in section to enter the recessand projections extending between the shank portions.

31. A button comprising a body having an opening, an eye provided with a shank havin separated portions contacting with the bo dy'in the opening, and a tapered stud engaging the shank portions and contacting with the body between the shank portions.

32. A button comprising a body having an opening, an eye provided with a shank having separated portions contacting with the body in the opening, and a stud engaging the shank portions and contacting with the body between the shank portions, said stud having a head overlying the body.

33. A button comprising a body, and a plurality of securing members therefor, one of said securing members being upset toward another to effect positive engagement. 34. A button comprising a body, and a plurality of securing members therefor, one of said securing members having a reduced portion which a permanently deformed portion of another securing member enters.

35. A button comprising a body, an eye having separated portions which within the body have reduced portions, and a stud provided with a head and a recess, the head of the stud cooperating with the eye portions to displace parts thereof into the recess.

36. A button comprising a body having an opening, an attaching member entering the opening and having an inclined surface, and a member having a surface engaging the inclined surface to deflect the attaching member laterally and to force it toward said engaging member.

37. Abutton comprising a body, an eye having separated shanks entering the body, and a retaining member situated between the eye shanks and having a reduced portion to receive said shanks.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

- ALBERT LATHAM.

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