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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
MARTIN J. RACER, (WILLIAM RACER, ADMINISTRATOR,) OF LA GRANGE,
TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN SUSPENDER-BUTTONS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 21S,772. dated August 19, 1879; application. filed
May 9, 1879.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, MARTIN J. RACER, of
La Grange, in the county of Fayette and State
of Texas, have invented a new and Improved
Suspender-Button, of which the following is a
specification.
Figure 1 is afront elevation of my improved
suspender-button. Fig. 2represents the same
as attached to the band of a pair of pants.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line x x in
Fig. 1.
Similar letters of reference indicate corre-
sponding parts.
The invention will first be described in con-
nection with the drawings, and then pointed
out in the claim.
The object of the invention is to provide a
button that may be quickly and firmly.at-
tached to garments, and that is not liable to
tear the cloth or become accidentally loos-
ened.
Referring to the drawings, A is the frame
of the buckle, which is bent twice at right
angles, or returned upon itself, so as to form
the parts a b, between which there is space for
receiving the edgc of the garment.
In the part a a rectangular aperture, c, is
made, into which thle pointed tongues d pro-
ject from the metal at the lower side of the
aperture.
The part b is notched, and the metal at the
sides of the notch is bent into the form of an
eye to receive projections formed at the angle
of the cam-lever B, one arm of which lies par-
allel with the part b of the frame A, and the
other arm projects a short distance throughthe aperture c of the part a. The aperture c
is of such size as to permit of turning the
piece B, with the cloth of the garment inter-
vening between it and the part a of the
frame A.
Above the aperture c in the part a the but-
ton C is attached by means of a shank; e, that
extends through a hole in the said part a, and
is riveted therein.
The button is attached to the garment by
placing the edge of the garment between the
parts a b, the short arm of the piece B being
turned up against the inside of the part b.
When the edge of the garment is well crowded
into the space in the frame A, the part B is
turned so as to press the cloth into the aper-
ture c and downward uponthe pointed tongues
d, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.
The button thus attached is more secure
than the ordinary sewed button, and may be
more readily attached or removed.
Having thus described my invention, I
claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent-
The clasp A, having parts a and b, formed
of a single piece of metal, the part a provided
with rectangular opening c, and the teeth or
tongues d, in combination with the cam-lever
B, pivoted to the free end of the part b, and
the button or stud attached to face of part a,
as described.
MARTIN JACKSON RACER.
Witnesses :
S. G. BURLESON,
G. D. PERKINS.
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Racer, Martin J. Improvement In Suspender-Buttons, patent, August 19, 1879; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169878/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.