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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
FLOYD W. THOMAS, OF JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS.
BUCKLE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,545, dated April 10, 1883.
Application filed January 19, 1883. (No modell)
To all whom et 4may concern: The straps thus slotted and punched are first 40
Be it known that 1, FLOYD W. Tnoma.S, of passed through the buckle from the under side
Jacksonville, in the county of Cherokee and in front of the bar e,'and the tongue d passed
State of Texas, have invented a new and Im- through thesloti. Theendofthe strapisthen
5 proved Buckle, of which the following is a full, carried back and the prong c passed through
clear, and exact description. the hole i'. If the buckleshownin Figs. 3 and 45
The object of the invention is to improve the 4 is to be attached, the strap is then passed
construction of a strap-buckle, as hereinafter through the under loop, h, as shown in Fig. 4;
described, and pointed out in the claim. or the strapj of Fig. 2 may be attached to its
to Reference is to be had to the accompanying buckle by first passing the strap through above
drawings, forming part of this specification, in prong c, then the tongued through slot i, and 50
which similar letters of reference indicate cor- doubling the end back to catch it by aperture
responding parts in all the figures. i' on the prong c, where it will be safely held
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my new by the body part of the said strapj above it;
[5 and improved buckle. Fig. 2 is a sectional or the strap may be attached ill any other suit-
elevation thereof, showing the method of at- able manner to either buckle. In this manner 55
aching it to a strap. Fig. 3 is a perspective it will be seen that the buckles are securely
view of the loop or keeper of the buckle; and attached to the strapsj withoutstitching, that
Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation, to show the the straps g may be put into the buckles it
2o keeper or loop supporting the strap. the ordinary way and passed under the loops
a represents the main frame of the buckle. ff, and that the buckles may be detached from 60
b represents thecross-piece, which is formed the straps j easily and without ripping of
or provided inl the center with the prong e, stitches.
which slants in the opposite direction from I am aware that a buckle frame bent up at
25 the point of the tongue d; and e is the cross- one end and provided with one hook and no
piece, on which the tongue d is placed in the tongue, or with two hooks and a tongue, is not 65
ordinary manner, new; but
The main frame a of the buckle is so con- What I do claim as new and of my inven.
structed as to form the end loops, f f, under tion is-
30 which the detachable straps g g are to be The combination, with the frame a, having
placed. hook c on cross-piece b and tongue d on cross- 70
In the form of buckle shown in Figs. 3 and piece e, of a loop orkeeper, h, arranged on the
4 the frame a is formed or provided upon the under sideof frameand between the two cross-
under side with the loop h, through which the pieces, as shown and described.
35 strapj, to which the buckle is permanently at- FLOYD W. THOMAS.
tached, passes, as shown in Fig. 4.
In attaching the buckle to the straps j the Witnesses:
straps are first slotted, as shown at i, and the W. H. SoRY,
holes i' punched near the ends of the straps. J. L. BRowN.
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Thomas, Floyd W. Buckle., patent, April 10, 1883; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170523/m1/2/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.