US1647962A - Pin-stud fastener - Google Patents

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Nov. 1, 1927. 1,647,962

P. E. FENTON I PIN STUD FASTENER Filed May -10. 1927 g-nvwrlioii Patented Nov. 1, 1927.

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PAUL E. FENTON, or THOMASTON, oonnncrrcu'r, assrenon T0 scovILL MANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY, on WATERBURY, oonn'ncrrcu'r. a oonronn'rron or CONNECTI- Application filed May .10,

.7 The object of this invention is to provide a pinunounted stud element or a snap tastened, which is specially useful 1n securing covers to the upholstered parts of automo-- parts in conformity with the spacing of the sockets on the covers, the covers may be put in place by successively snapping their sockets into engagement with the studs.

The invention consists of a double-pointed pin, provided with a looped and humped end which has parallel sides and a connecting bend which form the head of the pin, combined with a stud having a base made with a rearwardly extending circumferential rim flange which has lugs at opposite points, one of said lugs extending between the humped ends of the head to retain the spacing apart of the limbs of the pin and the other lug extending between the limbs of the pin for a similar purpose and also serving to embrace the bend in the head, and thereby aid in effecting a firm engagement of the pin with the stud, the humped ends being engaged by the flange of the stud; the resilience of the pin aiding in effecting a firm hold between the pin and the stud on the part by which the device is applied, as I, will proceed now to explain and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of one embodiment. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4c is a longitudinal section illustrating the pin stud applied to a fixed piece of upholstery material and a complemental socket fixed to a detachable cover.

The double-pointed pin is conveniently made of suitable wire, bent upon itself, with the free ends or limbs pointed, and the looped end bent over and humped at the top so as to fit within the flanged stud member. 1 designates the limbs, 2 their pointed ends, 3 the looped head having the humped portions 1 which engage the upper portions of the flanged stud, and 5 is the bend which PIN-STUD FASTENEBI.

1927. Serial n. 190,273.

engages the lowerportion of the flanged stud. Excepting for the stud, hereinafter described, the pin is substantially the same as that disclosed in the Boden, King & Chapman Pat-v ent, No. 1,604,801, granted October 26, 192 6. The stud comprises the projecting or socketbngaging portion 6, rising from a flat base 7, the rim of which has a rearwardly extending circumferential flange ,8. This flange has an upper lug 9, and a lower lug 10 and between these lugs are the pairs of notches 11 and 12 respectively. o

The stud and pin are assembled before the lugs are turned down, that is to say, closed in, with the humps 4 passed behind the notches 11 and under the flange 8 and the bend 5 opposite the lug 10, thus placing the looped head 3 against the rear side of the bail-e 7 and the limbs 1 opposite the notches 12. hen thus positioned the lugs 9 and 10 are closed in, the lug 9 being bent forwardly toward the back of the base 7 and between the sides of the looped head, thereby ensuring the positioning of the pin in the stud and preventing relative rotation of the two, and the lug 10 being bent over into retaining engagement with the bend 5 so that the engagement of lug 10 and the flange 8 with the head oi the pin will serve to securely unite the pin and the stud.

As indicated in Fig. 3, the limbs of the pin may extend at an incline with relation to the stud, or they may be substantially or quite parallel, but in any case, when the pin is stuck in the article 13, there will be more or less resilience developed, as indicated in Fig. 1, so as to clamp the article 13 between the upper portions of the limbs of the in and the adjacent portions of the head of the pin and the attached stud.

In Fig. 4 is shown also the material 1 1, to be attached to the stud, such material being, as previously stated, in the instance shown, a cover. This material is provided with any suitable complemental socket members adapted to engage the stud members. In the instance shown, the socket member is composed of a spring element 15, placed on one side of the cover 14, and having a portion extending through the cover, and a cap 16, adapted to engage and be clinched within the projecting portion of the spring element, substantially as shown in the patent of Simone, No. 757,237, granted April 12, 1904.

Of course, other forms of stud members and complemental socket members may be substituted for those herein specifically illustrated.

Variations in details of construction are permissible within the principle of the invention and the claims following.

What I claim is l. A pin stud fastener, comprising a double-pointed pin having a looped and humped head, and a stud member provided with a rim flange having a three-point engagement With the head.

2. A pin stud fastener, comprising a double-pointed pin having a looped and humped head, and a stud member provided with a rim flange having a three-point engagement with the head, said flange having interposed lugs at the points of engagement.

3. A pin stud fastener, comprising a double-pointed pin having a looped and humped head, and a stud member provided with a circumferential rim flange notched at opposite points and between said notches provided with lugs by means of which a threepoint engagement of the pin and stud member is effected.

4. A pin stud fastener, comprising a stud member having a socket engaging projection for cooperation with a complemental socket member of a snap fastener, a flat base from which said projection rises and a rearwardly extending circumferential rim flange provided with opposite notches and intermediate lugs, and a double-pointed pin having a looped and humped head which has a three-point engagement with the stud.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of May, A. D. 1927.

PAUL E. FENTON.

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