Improvements in Bonnets and other Ladies' Head Gear.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 1st Oct., 1890-Accepted, 1st Nov., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bonnets and other Ladies' Head Gear.
I SARAH SYMONS, of 12, Smith Street, Guernsey, Milliner, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
The object of this invention is to provide what I call a bonnet clip or improved
means for fitting ladies bonnets and other ladies head gear to the head, and so as to
partly or wholly do away with the necessity for the use of pins or other means of attach-
ment. For this purpose I apply to the inside of the bonnet or other head gear a clip
made of steel. A suitable form is that of a steel band about half an inch wide which
is bent into clip form and shaped according to the various shapes of bonnet and fitted
therein so as to support it and so that the ends hold it with a gentle and comfortable
pressure on to the head. The clip need not form a fixed part of the bonnet, but may
be fixed or removed at will and it may be made in different lengths to suit the size of
the bead.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bonnets and other Ladies' Head Gear.
I, SARAH SYMONS of 12 Smith Street, Guernsey, Milliner 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide what I call a bonnet clip or improved
means for holding or fitting ladies bonnets and other ladies' head gear to the head and
partly or wholly do away with the necessity for the use of pins or other means of
attachment, the said clip also being so formed and fitted as to be imperceptible or
nearly so when the bonnet is on the head. For this purpose I apply to the inside
of the bonnet or other head gear a clip made of steel or other suitable elastic material
all as hereinafter described and shewn.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the clip with the proper spring curvature before
it is applied and with its covering partly removed.
Figure 2 shews it extended.
Figure 3 shews it applied to a bonnet, and
Figure 4 shews it applied to a hat.
The clip is by preference made of steel band A about half an inch wide which is
bent into clip form and fitted in the bonnet so as to support it and so that the ends
which have holes A' for sewing on to the bonnet hold it with a gentle and comfortable
pressure on to the head just above and slightly to the rear of the ears. It is covered
with velvet or other fabric B for appearance and comfort and for sewing on to the
inside of the bonnet or hat in several places so that the same is not unduly bent out
of shape in any part but on the contrary supported and stiffened. The clip is as will
be seen hidden in the bonnet or hat when on the head. The clip need not form a
permanent or fixed part of the bonnet but may be fixed or removed at will. The
bonnet may for this purpose be formed with loops for the clip to pass through.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is-
1. The improved means or clip in combination with or applied to the inside of a
bonnet or hat and secured thereto in such manner as to act as an invisible stiffener
therefor and for holding it on to the head with a gentle pressure and doing away
with pins or the like substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 1st day of Ockb. 1898.
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JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.