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straight throughout its length and provided
at its central portion between the support-
ing lugs with a pin. The pin is securely fas-
tened to the clamping member in any suit-
5 able manner, either by passing the wire
through the pin or by flattening the wire at
this point and passing the pin through an
aperture provided in the flattened portion.
While I have shown and described my in-
1 0 vention in connection with a fastener for the
flaps of soft collars, it may nevertheless be
used to fasten other objects, as for instance,
shirt sleeves or other articles of dress or
wearing apparel. Any ornamental design
15 may be placed upon that portion of the body
member which is exposed to view.
It will be seen' that a neat and efficient col-
lar fastener is provided by my invention for
the particular adaptation shown, one by
20 which the collar flaps will be held securely
and in proper spaced relation. Variations
in the structure shall be limited only by the
appended claims; for instance, while I have
shown parts of my fastener as stamped from
25 metal, hard rubber. celluloid, ivory or other
suitable material, it will be understood that
all of the parts may be made of wire stock,
which will permit its manufacture from
gold filled or rolled gold stock, thus leavings
30 no raw edges. When made of wire the lugs
may be formed by bending portions of the
wire body up into loops forming the bearing
apertures through which passes the wire
clamping member, as shown in Fig. 9. Or
35 the lugs of the body portion may be formed
of separate links of wire, attached securely
to the body, and in which links are formed
the pivot apertures to. receive the clamping
member, as shown in Fig. 8. In either case
40 the ends of the wire of the body portion are
looped to form broad bearing surfaces for
the ends of the clamping members. Thehandhold of the clamping member may be
formed by bending a portion thereof into U-
shape, which will lie in its clamped position 45
against that portion of the body between the
lugs, as shown in Fig. 9.. This portion of the
body member thereby forms a stop and may
be offset to more effectually cooperate with
the handhold, as shown in Fig. 8.. 50
Having described my invention, what I
claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent is:
1. A collar fastener comprising an oblong
body portion, a lug upon the face thereof 55
having a bearing aperture therein, said aper-
ture lying in a line parallel with the longi-
tudinal axis of. said body portion, and a
clamping member substantially paralleling
said body portion, pivoted in said bearing 60
lug and having an offset clamping end co-
operating with the end of said body portion
to clamp a collar flap.
2. A collar fastener comprising a body
portion, lugs thereon having bearing aper- 65
tures therein, said apertures lying in a line
parallel with the longitudinal axis of said
body portion, and a clamping member piv-
otally mounted in said apertures and pro-
vided with gripping ends, and means be- 70
tween said lugs for .turning said clamping
member upon its pivot.
3. A collar fastener comprising a body
portion, lugs thereon provided With alined
apertures, clamping members mounted in 75
said. apertures made of. wire and provided
with offset clamping ends and with means
between said lugs for turning the clamping
members upon their pivot to bring said off-
set clamping ends into clamping relation 80
with the ends of the body portion.
In testimony whereof I affix my signature.
..ORSON N. KELLY.2
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Kelly, Orson N. Collar Fastener or Clasp, patent, June 21, 1921; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258622/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.