US Patent: RE3,421


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US Patent: RE3,421

Button

Patentees:

D. M. Somers (exact or similar names) - Brooklyn, NY

Walter S. Atwood (exact or similar names) - Brooklyn, NY

USPTO Classifications:

24/90.1, 24/94

Tool Categories:

Assignees:

W. H. Reed - New York, NY

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Charles A. Harrison

D. T. Crockett

Patent Dates:
Granted:	May 04, 1869

Reissue Information:
Reissue of 72,929 (Dec. 31, 1867)

Patent Pictures:

Somers & Atwood (W.H. Reed, assignee) reissue patent May 4, 1869

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Description:

A two-piece metal button for fabrics (called "military button" in the specifications); the drawings include illustration of a pliers type tool used to compress the hollow stem of one portion around an indented shank of the other portion to accomplish a secure connection.

W.H. Reed appears as "signer" on the specifications, with Somers & Atwood listed as witnesses. The specifications have a typographic error which misstates the original patent number.

Somers and Atwood received another patent for a tool used to secure the two portions. (see number 83,669 granted Nov. 3, 1868)