US621109A - Haviland lester - Google Patents

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No. 62-l,|09- Patented Mar. l4, I899.

H. LESTER.v CARRIAGE CURTAIN FASTENER.

(Application filed May 13, 1898.)

(No Modal.)

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NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

I HAVILAND LESTER, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE ORANDAL, STONE & COMPANY, OF sAME PLACE.

CARRIAGE-CURTAIN FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621 ,109, dated March 14, 1899.

Application filed May 13, 1898. serial No. 680,604. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAVILAND LESTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage Curtain Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to devices for fastening the curtains of carriages; and its object is to improve the construction and lessen the cost of manufacture. By the improved construction I am enabled to allow for the shrinkage of the curtain, so that while the fastener is easily and quickly manipulated it is also adjustable for the purpose stated.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows the fastener applied to the curtain and backstay of a buggy-top. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the fastener. Fig. 3 shows the several parts of the fastener separated.

The fastener consists of two members, one applied to the curtain and the other to the backstay, which are lettered A and B, respectively, in the drawings. The curtain member is composed of a leather strap or billet O, having a straight body 0, provided with a row of holes a, and an enlarged head portion 0 which is received within an ornamental metal rim D and retained there by suitable fastenings, such as teeth d, projecting from the rim,which pass through the head 0 and are clenched down upon the under side thereof. The rim D also carries prongs d to pass through and be clenched upon the curtain A in order to secure the billet thereto. The backstay member consists of a casing E wide enough to receive the billet O and provided with means for securing the same. The casing is composed of a body having a flat bottom 6, upturned sides 6, and downturned prongs e to pass through the back stay and be clenched thereon. A lid or cover e is provided with ears 6, by means of which it is hinged to the body on a transverse pin 6 passing through said ears and the sides 6' 0f the body. The lid has a downturned lip e adjacent to the hinge bearing upon one end of a flat spring 6 riveted to the bottom e of the body and serving to resist yieldingly any movement of the lid both in opening and closing. The opposite end of the spring lies at the other end of the body and has an upturned hook 6 The billet is secured to the curtain A near its edge, so as to project over the same. The member E is secured to the backstay or other adjacent portion of the carriage-top in line with the billet, so that when the spring lid is lifted the billet can be dropped into the casing and the hook 6 enter one of the holes 0. On shutting the lid it lies close to the upper end of the hook and prevents the billet from coming off. The hook is inclined backward, so that the pull on the billet tends to force it downward, and thus prevent it from working up against the lid and prying it open.

The two members are to be so adjusted that the hook will enter the hole nearest the head 0 when the curtain is now. When the curtain and backstay shrink, the other holes can be used, and thus allow for the separation of the two members of the fastener.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is

A carriage-curtain fastener, consisting of a strap having a row of holes and an enlarged head integral with said strap, a metallic rim surrounding said head, having teeth on its inner edge to enter said head and prongs on its outer edge forsecuring it to the curtain, a casing comprising a bottom having upturned sides and downwardly-turned prongs at each end for securing it to a backstay, a lid having ears near one end to fit down over said sides and be hinged thereto, and a downwardly-turned lip between said ears to pass down into said easing, a flat spring resting upon the bottom of the casing and secured thereto at one end,

Witnesses:

F. E. HOWLAND, F. S. PITCHENER.

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