Pocket button attaching device
AssigneeThe Singer Company
InventorsWalter H. W. Marsh, William Kahan
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Abstract
A button attaching device is provided with a bifurcated needle holding member which can be utilized to adjust the spacing between a pair of needles, and with a needle cover which attaches to the bifurcated member to protect one from injury by the needles and form a unit that can be conveniently carried on the person of a user.
Claims11
A button attaching device comprising a pair of needles for use in penetrating a layer of material and extending through the holes of a button to be attached to the material;
- a bifurcated member including a pair of substantially parallel arms each with one of the needles affixed in a free end portion to extend in the same general direction as the arm, and with a gap between the arm adjustable with side pressure on the arms to change the spacing between the needles;
- and a cover for the needles attachable to the bifurcated member.
A button attaching device comprising a pair of needles for use in penetrating a layer of material and extending through the holes of a button to be attached to the material;
- a pair of substantially parallel arms each with one of the needles affixed in a free end portion to extend in the same general direction as the arm;
- a hinge connection between the arms which normally maintains a defined gap between the arms but permits said gap to be varied with the application of side pressure to the arms, and the spacing between the needles to be altered accordingly;
- and a cover for the needles positionable over said arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.