US2186410A - Clasp - Google Patents

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Jan? 1940- i J. B. FREYSINGER 2,186,410

CLASP Filed May 12, 1938 my my I INVENTOR John 5 Frc 52/2 67: BY

" ATTORN Patented Jan. 9, 1940 R we" reuse I H v H v I John B.--Freysinger,;New Britain, Conn., .assignor .to..-North a-and Judd Manufacturing .Gompany, New Britain, "Conn, a. corporation'riof .(Jonnecticut Application May 12, iasas'eriai nosizoaass 4 Claims. (01. 24-49) The present invention relates to a clasp, and more particularly to a clasp adapted for use with a preformed tie.

An object of the present invention is a clasp 5 to which a pre-formed tie may be secured and the tie and clasp remo-vably secured to the wings of a collar; the clasp being so constructed that it will not tear or mutilate the collar material.

A further object is a clasp wherein the collar gripping members thereof are provided with substantially similar, but reverse, curvatures to form a substantially sinuous curve from the top to the bottom edge thereof with adjacent. gripping fingers having substantially the form of an 8 curve.

9 A further object is a clasp which may be stamped from metal and is both simple and economical to manufacture and rugged in construction.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out more in detail hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of element, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereafter set forth and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure l is a front view of the clasp relatively positioned with respect to the collar and tie indicated by dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of the clasp;

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the clasp having a tie secured thereon;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 showing the position of the gripping fingers when the wing of the collar is inserted therebetween.

Referring to the drawing, the clasp comprises 40 a center member A, adapted to have a tie'B secured thereon, and collar gripping wings C projecting laterally from the side edges of the center member A. I

The clasp, for convenience in manufacture, is stamped from a single piece of metal, and the center member A is provided withsymmetrically spaced notches in at its top and bottom edges and openings l2 through which a thread l3 may be passed to secure the tie B to the member A. When so secured, the thread'will be held within notches l0 and sidewise slipping of the tie relative to the clasp is prevented.

The collar gripping wings C are symmetric-ally positioned to either side of center member A, and 5;; each wing has a center portion struck therefrom fingers (see Fig. 4).

"the gripping fingers.

' or tearing the collar, the top and bottom gripclasp is secured onto the collar the wing material to provide cooperating front and rear collar gripping members l6 and 18. The frontgripping member i6 is generally in the form of a V connected at 19, to center member A, and is then bent rearwardly therefrom and again forwardly o to provide a gripping finger 24 lying intermediate of the upper and lower gripping fingers 20 and 22, with the front face 25 thereof lying slightly forward of the edges of the upper and lower The outer or free end 26 of finger 24 may be turned rearwardly to permit the ready insertion of the collar wing between In order to further reinforce the clasp, there may be provided a reinforcing rib II extending transversely of the center member A on the rear face thereof intermediate of the gripping members l8. v

I In order to prevent the clasp from mutilating pingfingers 20 and 22 are given a concavo-convex curvature relative to the front plane of the clasp, whereas the intermediate gripping finger 24 is given a like but reverse curvature. In this way, the clasp is provided with a substantially sinuous curve from the top edge tothe bottom edge, as indicated in Fig. 4. Because of this curvature, the upper and lower fingers each form with the intermediate finger a substantially 8 curve, and, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, when the 28 of the collar is given a like curvature, thus eliminating sharp bends in the material and permitting repeated use of the clasp without tearing or mutilating the collar.

As many changes could be made inthe above 40 construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter containedin theabove description or shown in the accompanying drawing' shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in ed to have a tie secured thereon, and a plurality of collar gripping fingers projecting from each side edge or the center member, the cross section finger spaced intermediate of said upper andlower fingers and having a reverse concavoconvex curvature.

3. A clasp comprising a center member adapted to have a tie secured thereon, and'a plurality of collar gripping fingers projecting aterally from the side edges of the center member, one of said members being hingedly connected to the center member, and alternate fingers having a reverse concavo-convex curvature along the line of gripping engagement.

4. A clasp comprising a center member adapted to have a tie secured thereon, collar-engaging,

means projecting laterally from the side edges thereof and comprising substantially V-shaped gripping members having the legs thereof secured to the center member, and gripping fingers having their inner ends connected to the center -member intermediate of the legs of the V members and projecting laterally between the legs 4 thereof, the legs of the -V member and gripping finger having reversed concavo-convex curvatures.

JOHN B. FREYSINGER.

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