Mounting for hooks and eyes.

Application filed August 20.1906. Serial Ko. 331.241.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Frank L. West, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State 5 of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mountings for Hooks and Eyes; and do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in 10 the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to mountings for hook and eye members, and the invention consists in a mounting or anchor plate sub15 stantially as herein constructed and in the combination of parts all as hereinafter shown and described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

My chief object is to provide a mounting20 adapted to detachably hold a hook and eye member so that the same may be removed and replaced quickly and conveniently.

Another object is to provide an elongated mounting of substantially the same length 25 as the hook and eye member, whereby a firm backing is obtained for said member, especially at a point beneath the hump on the locking stem of the hook member.

. A further object is embodied in the trian30 gular form of the mounting and its three prongs.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved mounting as sold to the trade. Fig. 2 is a perspec35 tive view of a mounting and a hook and eye member attached thereto as in use. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the mounting and a hook and eye member partially engaged therewith to illustrate the manner of attachment 40 and detachment. Fig. 4 is-a central sectional view of a set of mountings with the prongs in full lines and a set of hook and eye members in their connected relations upon a garment. Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan view 45 of my mounting and a hook and eye member connected therewith, and the free spring loop, of the said member is shown in dotted lines to represent its disengaging position in respect to the locking projection beneath.

The invention comprises a mounting or anchor plate —2— of triangular shape having a prong —3— bent downward at right angles to the body thereof at each angle or corner of the plate, one at the front and. two 55 at the rear, respectively. Thus, when the device is attached to a garment or any other article adapted to permit the prongs to pass through the body thereof and be clenched as shown in Fig. 3, plate —2-— is laid with its greatest length in the line of the pull it has 60 to bear, thereby distributing the pull or strain over as great a surface as possible and at three different points. Plate —2— is further provided with a pair of open hooks or right-angled projections —4— struck up 65 from the plate at opposite side edges near the rear or heel of the said plate. Either hook and eye member —5— or —6— Fig. 4, is adapted to be detachably engaged with said projections —4— and rest flat upon plate 70 —2— substantially the full length of said member.

Projections —4— are located far to the rear on the sides of the plate to more advantageously distribute the pull and strain over 75 the material to which the plate is fastened. Any. one of the common forms of hook and eye members —5— and —6— respectively, may be used with my improved mounting. As shown, member —5— is of the form bent 80 into hook shape from a single piece of spring wire with opposite looped ends —7— and —8— respectively, and has a shouldered or humped stem —9— extending centrally to the front beneath hook —10—. Member 85 —6— is of the form having an eye or loop adapted to engage hook —10— of member —5—.

When hook member —5— is secured in vlacc upon mounting —2— by engaging 90 . oop end —7— over one projection —4— and by springing free loop end —8— over the other projection —4—, said member rests substantially full length upon plate —2—, and humped stem —9— is withheld from in- 95 dependent downward movement into the cloth as it also bears against plate —2—. When engagement or disengagement of eye member —6— is effected, nook 10 swings away from plate —2— with the fulcrum of 100 its movement at projections—4—.

Prongs —3— and projections —4— are struck up as integral parts of plate —2—, and said projections are preferably angular and open as shown to facilitate attachment 105 and detachment of the hook and eye members. Plate —2— is also provided with two openmgs —12— on the line of its longitudinal center, wherewith the mounting may be sewed to the garment in addition to clenching 110

872,873 the same thereon by prongs —3—. This is of advantage when very thin materials are used as a support for the mounting.