Improvements in Fastenings for Hats or Bonnets.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 5th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 16th Mar., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastenings for Hats or Bonnets.
I, CHARLES EDWARD DE FONBLANQUE, of Stamford Hill, Dikoya, Ceylon,.
Tea Planter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in attachments or appliances for retaining
or holding hats or bonnets in position on the head when by reason of high winds or
other causes the hat might become detached or blown away.
There are various contrivances now in use for this purpose, such for instance as
large pins which are thrust through the frame of the hat into the hair; elastic or
tape bands for going under the chin or behind the head. These have been found
in use to be very ineffective, while the first mentioned cannot be used without
damage to the shape or frame of the hat.
This invention does away with the insecurity found in all previous contrivances,
while at the same time it provides comfort for the wearer, and being invisible
when in use it has a considerable advantage over the unsightliness of tapes or
clastic shewing outside, or of pins sticking out at the side of the hat when
in use.
The invention consists in two flexible strips or bars of whalebone, vulcanite,
celluloid, or other suitable material which are provided at one end of each with a
flat clip or small suitable fastener which is attached in the lining of the hat so as
At the reverse end of
to rest just over or on the temples when the hat is worn.
one of the said strips are a row of notches, indentations, or corrugations, and at
the reverse end of the other strip is placed a slot through which the end of the strip
with notches is placed.
The notches then connect with the slot and the two strips are firmly held
together.
To put the invention into use it is only necessary to attach the strips to the
frame of the hat by means of the clips before mentioned, slide the strips under the
hair till they meet together at the back of the head when the two ends are con-
nected as explained above. The strips can if desired be worn outside the hair.
The notches are arranged so that the attachment can be fitted to heads of any
size and the strips when not required to hold the hat on can be placed round the
inside of the hat without inconvenience to the wearer.
Dated this 14th day of September 1894.
J. E. EVANS-JACKSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
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I, CHARLES EDWARD DE FONBLANQUE, of Stamford Hill, Dikoya, Ceylon,
Tea Planter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in attachments or appliances for retaining

page_text: or holding hats or bonnets in position on the head when by reason of high winds
or other causes the hat might become detached or blown away.
There are various contrivances now in use for this purpose such for instance as
large pins which are thrust through the frame of the hat into the hair; elastic or
tape bands for going under the chin or behind the head. These have been found
in use to be very ineffective, while the first mentioned cannot be used without
damage to the shape or frame of the hat.
This invention does away with the insecurity found in all previous contrivances,
while at the same time it provides comfort for the wearer, and dispenses with the
necessity for pins, tapes, or other fastenings.
The invention consists in two flexible strips or bars of whalebone, vulcanite,
celluloid, or other suitable material which are provided at one end of each with
holes through which is placed a flat clip, stud or small suitable fastener for the
purpose of attaching the appliance to the lining of the hat. The fastening stud
will rest just over or on the temples when the hat is worn. At the reverse end
of one of the said strips are a row of notches, indentations, or corrugations, and at
the reverse end of the other strip is placed a slot through which the end of the
strip with notches is placed.
The notches then connect with the slot and the two strips are firmly held
together.
To put the invention into use it is only necessary to attach the strips to the
frame of the hat by means of the clips or studs before mentioned, slide the strips
under the hair till they meet together at the back of the head when the two ends
are connected as explained above. The strips can if desired be worn outside the
hair. The notches are arranged so that the attachment can be fitted to heads of
any size, and one or more holes are placed at the reverse end so as to allow of the
length of the strips being regulated to suit the size of the head, and the strips
when not required to hold the hat on can be placed round the inside of the hat
without inconvenience to the wearer.
In the drawings Figs. 1 and 2 shew the strip or appliance with slot A. at
one end.
Figs. 3 and 4 shew the corresponding strip with notches or corrugations B. to
connect in the aforesaid slot. At the other end of both the strips are shewn the
holes C. to enable the appliance to be attached by means of the stud or clip before
mentioned to the hat or bonnet.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
In attachments for retaining hats, caps or bounets in position the flexible straps
or bands, substantially as described and set forth in the accompanying Specification
and drawings.