JPH0268003A - Hook for joining fabrics - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a snap fastener which functions binding two wrapped over fabric and being a charming decoration of clothing to be worn on by installing an eyelet duct and a receiver of the same, a fixing mean positioned to match the said receiver and a button or such having a protruding attaching part. CONSTITUTION: An eyelet 20 is positioned at a point on a collar where was conventionally occupied by a buttonhole. A fixing mean is attached to the main body of a shirt where was usually occupied by a button corresponding to the buttonhole. On the other hand, when a tip part of an attaching part 10 extends through the eyelet, the same is detachable from the fixing part 30. A ring 26 fixed to a sleeve 22 fixes the eyelet to fabric 40 which has a duct for a button attaching part 10 penetrated through the inner surface of the sleeve. The outer surface of the attaching part 10 may be decorated by jewelry instead of a decoration looking alike a button. Therefore, a button with one looking may be easily exchanged to the other looking that this attaching part 10 is useful as an adequate decoration.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION The present invention relates to a new method of tying together two layers of garment "fabrics (7ablinks)", and which, while performing the functions described above, To provide a device that serves as an attractive and appropriate decoration for.

Problems to be Solved by the Prior Art and the Invention Herein, by "point 1" we mean the part of the collar adjacent to the tip of the machine.

A primary application of the invention involves replacing buttons and buttonholes to "button down" the points on button-down shirt collars. However, the invention also has other applications.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The general aspects of the invention will be described with respect to shirt markings by way of example only, even though the invention has wider application. The invention typically provides an eyelet for attachment to a gage at the location where the buttonhole would be. The eyelet provides a passageway through the marker fabric.

Fastening means are provided on the shirt body below the dots at locations where buttons corresponding to the buttonholes are conventionally sewn.

The button, which has the appearance of a conventional shirt button, is provided with an attachment portion extending from the inside. The attachment is designed to pass through the eyelet and leave a free end. The free end of the attachment part is designed for removable attachment with the fixing means. The intermediate attachment point between the button and the free end is designed in combination with a grommet for snap-action attachment to and removal from the eyelet.

In this way, the button is attached to the gage by inserting the attachment part through the eyelet attached by the above-described snap action. Upon insertion, the buttons overlap and hide the eyelets.

The free end of the attachment portion is attached to the fastening means to provide a "button down" point for the shirt collar. The button can be easily replaced by first carefully removing the fitting from the fixing means and then from the eyelet, and then by selecting a replacement button with a new fitting inserted from the eyelet into the fixing means. be exchanged. Thus, the outer or exposed side of the button may alternatively have a conventional appearance, or be decorated in any desired manner, and a pair of buttons of alternative appearance may be provided for mounting on other occasions. The exposed side of the button may have the appearance of a conventional shirt button, or may have a bejeweled or otherwise decorated or other shaped appearance.

The invention creates a "button down" effect when applied to a shirt collar, resulting in an improved appearance over traditional "button down" collars. This means that the traditional "button-down" collar is
The buttonhole requires a soft cloth so that it slides over the button.
And because the soft fabric does not provide a rigid collar profile. In the present invention, a stiffer fabric is used for the collar, particularly the points, since the collar is buttoned down by an attachment removably attached to the fastening means, thus achieving the desired neat collar profile. Produce.

An advantage over traditional "button down" shirts is that the buttons (and attached attachments) are removable. Thus, for example, a conventional looking button is replaced by, for example, two jeweled buttons having the same attachment configuration. Thus, the invention allows button-down of points and
At the same time, it introduces a major new category of men's jewelry.

Further advantages over traditional button-down shirts are:
The latter button is often detached and lost, and is difficult to sew again. According to the invention, the replacement button is not re-stitched and has an attached attachment part.
It is simply inserted into the eyelet and held there prepared for snap closure with the fixing means.

As previously mentioned, although the use of eyelets and fastening means with buttons and attachments was described above for the attachment of the gauge to the shirt body, the above three elements do not allow the two fabric overlaps to separate from each other. It is used in position and for joining to articles of clothing of other types and has the same advantages of convenience and versatility of appearance as the clothing described above. For example, another application is cuffing shirts, with the same opportunity to replace traditional cuff buttons with decorative buttons.

The button attachment part is attached to the eyelet by a snap action,
and removed, and the attachment part is preferably provided with an enlargement intermediate the button and the free end, with a snap action for attachment of the attachment part to the eyelet by insertion of a decorative button into the eyelet passage. and the snapping action is repeated by removal of the attachment from the eyelet passage.

The eyelet is preferably assembled from two pieces.

One of the pieces is a flange and a sleeve; the flange is
It rests on one side of the collar fabric and the sleeve passes through it. The second piece is a ring, placed on the other side of the fabric and applied over the attached sleeve. The eyelets of the two pieces mentioned above are provided on the inner surface of the sleeve and provide means for a snap-action effect with the button fitting. As mentioned above, this is usually embodied by an intermediate enlargement in the button mount that cooperates with a restriction in the inner surface of the passage to provide a snap action.

The connection between the free end of the mounting part and the fixing means is conventional. Preferably, the fixing means comprises a small body with an outwardly opening receptacle designed to removably accommodate the enlarged end of the attachment part by a snap action. Thus, a preferred attachment part has an enlarged part that rests on the fixing means and an intermediate enlarged part for fixing the attachment part to the eyelet.

In the illustrative drawings, FIG. 1 shows a button-down shirt having a fabric 50 and markings 40. As shown in FIG. The eyelet 20 according to the invention is located at the reference point 40 in the position conventionally occupied by a buttonhole. The fastening means 30 are attached to the shirt body at the positions normally occupied by the buttons relative to the buttonholes. The single button and attachment 10 are provided with an attachment designed to pass through the eyelet 20 and be attached by a snap action, while the ends of the attachment are
When the attachment part extends through the eyelet 20, it is designed for removable attachment to the fixing means 30.

Figure 2 shows a single button and attachment. It is molded from plastic or made from other materials. The button has an outer surface 12 that is exposed in use and a lower surface 14 having an extending attachment portion 16.

The attachment part 16 is provided with an enlarged free end 19 for connection to the fixing means 30 and an intermediate enlarged part 18 for snap attachment and removal of the eyelet 20.

The eyelet 20 has a radially extending flange 2 designed to be placed on one side of a fabric stack 40 consisting of a double stack of fabric (forming the negative part of the point 40).
4 and a hollow sleeve 22 having a sleeve 2
2 passes through holes in the fabric. The ring 26 fits onto the free end of the sleeve 22 to be placed on the other side of the fabric and forms an assembly eyelet with the tongue and sleeve. The ring is attached to the sleeve by any desired method. It is preferred that both eyelet members be made from molded, somewhat resilient plastic. It is also preferred to provide an annular enlargement 28 at the free end of the sleeve, beveled at 27 to assist the ring in sliding, compressing the adjacent sleeve and inwardly facing shoulder 2
9 is snapped to retain the enlarged portion 28.

Ring 26 may alternatively or additionally be held in place by adhesive or thermal bonding or other conventional means.

A ring 26 fixed to the sleeve 22 connects the eyelets to the fabric 4.
0 and defines a passage for the button mount 10 through the inner surface of the sleeve.

An inwardly projecting annular shelf 25 forms a restriction on the inner surface of the sleeve. Edge 23 oriented to the inside of the shelf
is designed to allow the inner passage of the enlarged portion 19, with or without deflection, and to pass through the enlarged portion 18 by a snap action by insertion of the fitting into the eyelet passage or removal of the fitting from the eyelet passage. It is designed to be deflected. The eyelet and/or the fitting are made of a sufficiently resilient material to achieve such a snap action. Other means of cooperation in the eyelet passages and attachments that provide such snap action and removable retention are within the scope of the invention.

Figure 2 shows a preferred form of fastening means 30 for attachment to shirt fabric in the position normally occupied by a "button down" button. The fastening means (preferably molded plastic) comprises an outer member 32 attached to the inner member by four probes 36 of the outer member 34 passing outwardly through the shirt fabric. The outer member has a receptacle 30 (FIGS. 4 and 5) designed (due to the inherent elasticity of the member) to receive the enlarged fitting end 19 by a snap action and to remove it by a similar snap action. )
are arranged so as to define the However, it is noted that suitable cooperation means between the attachment part and the fixing means 30 for removable retention are used.

FIG. 3 shows a button and mount that is functionally equivalent to the same member in FIG. 2, except that the outer surface is bejeweled instead of the button appearance of FIG. The button head is dimensioned to overlap and conceal the eyelet in use. One of the great advantages of the invention, besides its own functional convenience, is that the design allows for easy changes in appearance by replacing buttons of one appearance with buttons of another appearance. It is.

In operation, the shirt typically has eyelets 20 and fastening means 30 permanently installed when purchased. Buttons with attachments are selected by the wearer. Each attachment part is then inserted into the eyelet until both enlarged parts 19 and 18 pass through the restriction 25, the enlarged part 18 being passed through by the snap action described above. Each button is thus secured to the collar. After tying the tie 60, the enlargement 19 at the free end of each attachment is snapped into the fastening means receptacle and the shirt mark is thus "buttoned down".

If the wearer now desires to replace the traditional "button" appearance of the button of FIG. 1, the attachment is first retrieved from the fastening means and then outwardly through the eyelet. Differently decorated buttons and fittings are selected, such as the jeweled one in FIG. 3, and inserted as described above.

The main features and aspects of the invention are as follows.

1. Hook that connects two layers of fabric (5napfa
stener), an eyelet attached to an outer layer of fabric to define a passage from one side of the outer layer to the other, a restriction in the eyelet passage, and an inner layer for defining a socket; a button having a protruding fitting, the fitting being dimensioned to pass through the eyelet passage; a first enlargement at an end remote from the button, the first enlargement and the securing means being configured such that the first enlargement provides a removable snap attachment to the securing means; , the mounting portion includes a second enlarged portion intermediate the button and the first enlarged portion, and the second enlarged portion and the eyelet and restriction portion are arranged such that the second enlarged portion meets the eyelet restriction. A hook characterized by having a removable snap attachment shape.

2. When the second enlargement is snap-attached to the eyelet restriction, the second enlargement is attached to the first enlargement contained within the eyelet passageway.
The hook described in.

3. The eyelet is attached to a ring housed on the sleeve when the flange is located on one side of the outer layer of fabric and the ring is located on the other side of the outer layer. A hook according to item 1 above, comprising an assembled single flange and sleeve.

4. The eyelet is attached to a ring housed on the sleeve when the flange is located on one side of the outer layer of fabric and the ring is located on the other side of the outer layer. 3. The hook according to claim 2, comprising a single assembled flange and sleeve.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the markings of the components according to the invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the button, the attachment part, the eyelet, and the fixing means. FIG. 3 shows a button and mount similar to FIG. 2 with different external surfaces; FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the shirt body with markings showing the components used in the invention, prior to attachment of the attachment to the fixing means; FIG. 5 shows the same element shown in FIG. 4 with the attachment attached to the fastening means; 12...Outer surface 16...Attachment part 18...Intermediate enlarged part 19...Enlarged free end 20...Eyelet 24...Protrusion 26...Ring 30...Fixing means 34... ... Outer member 40 ... Gauge 50 ... Woven fabric

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a hook connecting two layers of fabric, an eyelet attached to an outer layer of fabric to define a passage from one side of the outer layer to the other side; and the eyelet. a restriction in the passage; a fastening means affixed to the inner ply to define a receptacle and positioned such that the eyelet passage and the receptacle are aligned; and a button having a projecting attachment part; the attachment portion includes a first enlargement at an end distal from the button dimensioned to pass through the eyelet passage; the first enlargement and the securing means are arranged such that the first enlargement the attachment means being configured for removable snap attachment to the securing means, the attachment portion having a second enlargement intermediate the button and the first enlargement, and the second enlargement and the eyelet connecting with each other; A hook characterized in that the restriction portion is shaped such that the second enlarged portion removably snaps onto the eyelet restriction.