What is a Button Hook?
A button hook is a device which is designed to assist people with buttoning their garments. Originally, button hooks were used by the Victorians, who wore a large number of button up garments such as shoes and gloves that could take hours to put on without the assistance of a button hook. The useful devices were adopted by the disabled community because they allow one-handed buttoning, highly useful to someone who has suffered from a stroke or who has otherwise limited mobility. The basic design of a button hook has remained much the same since Victorian times. It incorporates a handle, made from wood, rubber, or metal, and a “hook” made from a loop of wire. The loop has a small protrusion to catch the button in. To use a button hook, the hook is threaded through the button hole and then over the button. The dresser pulls the button hook through, bringing the button through the button hole as well, and then gently pulls the button hook free to move on to the next button. The simple pro
A button hook is a device which is designed to assist people with buttoning their garments. Originally, button hooks were used by the Victorians, who wore a large number of button up garments such as shoes and gloves that could take hours to put on without the assistance of a button hook. The useful devices were adopted by the disabled community because they allow one-handed buttoning, highly useful to someone who has suffered from a stroke or who has otherwise limited mobility. The basic design of a button hook has remained much the same since Victorian times. It incorporates a handle, made from wood, rubber, or metal, and a “hook?made from a loop of wire. The loop has a small protrusion to catch the button in. To use a button hook, the hook is threaded through the button hole and then over the button. The dresser pulls the button hook through, bringing the button through the button hole as well, and then gently pulls the button hook free to move on to the next button. The simple proc
