A Hat Retainer.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 21st Oct., 1895-Accepted, 30th Nov., 1895
CHARLES MIDDLEBROOK 226 Brunswick Road Poplar E. Middlesex
Mechanical Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
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My invention consists of an arrangement for retaining the hats of females on
their heads as required and which entirely obviates the necessity of the long hat
pin at present in use.
My hat retainer is a band (made similar in shape to a horse shoe) of some flexible
material to give it the required spring and having teeth on both sides to engage
with the hair of the head and the hat respectively as required, the band is placed
round the top of the head so that the teeth on the inside are imbeded well amongst
the hair and is held in that position by pressing the two ends of the band towards
each other until the hat is put on the head over the band, the ends are then released
and it distends so that the teeth on the outside of the band engage with the inside
of the hat, the ends of the band are bent so as to protrude a little way from under
the hat for the convenience of operating the retainer as required and are tipped
with a fancy bead or such like.
Dated this 16th day of September 1895.
A Hat Retainer.
I, CHARLES MIDDLEBROOK, of 226 Brunswick Road, Poplar, in the County of
London, Mechanical Engineer, 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:—
My invention consists of an arrangement for retaining the hats of females on
their heads as required and which entirely obviates the necessity of the long hat
pin at present in use.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is a plan of the hat retainer.
Fig. 2, is a side elevation.
This hat retainer is constructed with a band b made (similar in shape to a horse
shoe) of any suitable flexible or metallic material to give it the required spring and
having teeth or spikes a and projections c and d on both sides to engage inside
with the hair of the head and outside for fixing the hat respectively as required,
the band is placed round the top of the head so that the teeth or projections c and d
on the inside are imbeded well amongst the hair and is held in that position by
pressing the two ends e of the band towards each other until the hat is put on the
head over the band b and on the spike a¹, the ends are then released and it distends

page_text: so that the teeth or spikes a on the outside of the band b engage with the inside of
.the hat.
The ends e of the band bare bent so as to protrude a little way from under the
hat for the convenience of operating the retainer as required and are tipped with a
fancy bead or ball for any other suitable ornament.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration, and that
the shapes materials and proportions of the parts may be varied in many ways
within the scope of my invention.
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. In 'hat retainers, the combination of the curved band 6 bent ends e e balls f
and projections c and d d on the inside and the teeth or spikes a a a', substantially
as herein described and according to the accompanying drawing.
2. In hat retainers, the combination of the various parts for the purpose of
retaining or holding hats on the heads of females, substantially as herein
described.
Dated this 21st day of October 1895.
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant..