US Patent: 128,950 - Devices for Attaching Buttons To Garments


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US Patent: 128,950

Devices for Attaching Buttons To Garments

Patentee:

George J. Capewell (exact or similar names) - Cheshire, CT

USPTO Classifications:

223/44, 74/127

Tool Categories:

screwdrivers : screwdriver mechanisms : spiral screwdrivers

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

H. L. Wattenberg

G. M. Plympton

Patent Dates:
Granted:	Jul. 16, 1872

Patent Pictures:

George J. Capewell patent July 16, 1872

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Description:

The patent includes the button holder (Fig 1 & 2), the hollow "needle" (Fig. 7) which allows fabric to be forced down over the threaded screw portion of the button structure , and the modified spiral screwdriver with rubber friction tip and return spring (Fig. 3). The button with fabric-headed screw (Fig. 4, 5, 6) is elaborated in patent no. 128,949.