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WM. D. SLOAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO A. B. CHAPMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

CLASP FOR SKELETON SKIRTS.

Speccaton of Letters Patent No. 25,870, dated October 18, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM DAVID SLOAN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use al certain new and useful Improvement in Clasps for Ladies Skeleton Skirts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure l is a side elevation and Fig. 2 is a cross section of my said slide as in use and in larger size to more clearly represent the improvement.

Similar characters denote the same parts.

In fastening the tapes or galloons to the hoops of ladies skirts metal clasps have heretofore been used in a. variety of forms. Some have been provided with teeth along their' edges, or perforat-ions in the clasp, others with a wide body lapping over the edge of thehoop; in all these instances the galloons are speedily cut out by such clasps, because the motion in walking and sitting down, added to the weight of the skirt causes the teeth on the clasps to penetrate and wear out the `galloons. This is also the case with those clasps where the hoop is in the back piece of the clasp, because the edges thereof cut the tape under the mot-ion of the parts.

The nature of my said invention consists in a clasp having a narrow back piece of less width than the hoop, and a groove or channel bent therein, so that the edges of the V shaped piece of metal thus formed compress the tapes onto the fibrous covering of the hoops with a suflicient force to effectually hold them in place, and the V shaped bend so effectually stiffens the metal that no liability of bending exists under these circumstances; besides this the clasp contains less metal than any other, which is a great consideration in lessening weight where a large number of hoops are used in a skirt, and the liability of cutting the tapes or galloons by the constant motion, or by penetrating points is entirely removed.

In the drawing a, is one of the hoops and b, is a tape or galloon intersecting or crossing the hoop at right angles or nearly so at any point in the skirt, and the hoop and galloon may be of any desired size or material, and the hoop is to be covered with a woven or fibrous substance.

c, is the clasp of suitable metal formed with the end pieces 1, 1, to be bent around the hoop, and with the back piece 2, that is of a narrower width than the hoop, and hence when the ends 1, 1, are bent to the hoop this narrow back confines the galloon to the hoop but is not liable to cut the galloon because of being narrower in width the galloon takes against the covering of the hoop instead of wearing against the edge of the clasp; however if this narrow back alone were used the metal would become bent from the hoop and the galloon loose. I therefore bend the metal with a rib or V shape that makes a very stiff clasp, and also causes the edges of the metal to press upon the tape and hold it to the covering of the hoop.

Having thus described my said invention I do not claim bending metal in a V shape for obtaining rigidity, but I know of no previous instance in which clasps for uniting the tapes or galloons of ladies7 skeleton skirts have been formed with a grooved or bent back piece (2) of narrower width than the hoop, whereby a much lighter clasp, a stronger one for the same quantity of metal, and one that will wear much longer without injury or cutting the tapes or galloons, as set forth, is obtained, while at the same time the tapes are prevented from slipping by the edges of the V shaped piece.

Vhat I claim as my invention and desire tov secure by Letters Patent isrlhe clasp c, for uniting the tapes or galloons to the hoops in skeleton skirts, said clasp being formed with al narrow ribbed or V shaped back piece (2) for the purposes and as specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this nineteenth day of September 1859.

wM. DAVID sLoAN.

Witnesses:

L. CHAPMAN, W. J. RAGLAND.

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