An Improved Method of Protecting the Exposed Point of Hat Pins and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Aug., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 10th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 16th Oct., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Protecting the Exposed Point of Hat Pins
and the like.
JOHN HERBERT JAMES No. 1 Bartholomew Lane London E.C. Commercial
Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of a small piece of rubber Guttapercha, or other suitable
substance or composition, stamped, moulded, cut, or otherwise formed into a
simple device such as a fleur-de-lis, butterfly, heart, hand, or other fancy design.
I pierce this piece of Rubber or other substance for a portion of its length and
into this puncture or hole I insert the point and end portion of the hat pin, or like
article requiring to be protected and which is thus enclosed in a sheath for
protection after it has been adjusted for securing Ladies' hats, bonnets, or other
articles, or for other purposes.
I make the article in some fancy pattern or design so that it forms an ornament
and can be worn as such in addition to its forming a protection to the point of
the hat pin as already described. Sometimes I have the articles coloured by
enamelling or other suitable process and sometimes I have them gilded silvered,
bronzed or otherwise ornamented. Sometimes I vary the size, form and position
of the hole or puncture made in the article and sometimes also I insert or fix near
the aperture a piece of metal, bone, or hard substance to act as a guide for the
pin where it enters the rubber.
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An Improved Method of Protecting the Exposed Point of Hat Pins
and the like.
I, JOHN HERBERT JAMES, of 1, Bartholomew Lane, London, E.C., Commercial
Clerk, 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:-
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This invention relates to an improved method of protecting the exposed point
of hat pins and the like and consists of a small piece of rubber, gutta-percha, or
other suitable substance or composition stamped, moulded, cut, or otherwise formed
into a simple device such as a fleur-de-lis, butterfly, heart, hand or other fancy
design. The said piece of rubber or other substance is pierced for a portion of

page_text: its length and into this puncture or hole is inserted the point and end portion of
the pin or like article requiring to be protected. The point is thus enclosed in
a sheath after the pin has been adjusted in the hat, bonnet, or other article for
securing the same in position, or for other purposes."
The article thus forms at the same time an ornament as well as a protection
to the point of the pin and it may be coloured by enamelling or other suitable
process, or gilded, silvered, bronzed, or otherwise ornamented. The aperture of
the hole or puncture is preferably fitted with a small tube of metal, bone or other
hard substance to act as a guide for the pin and to hold the device firmly
in position.
And in order to clearly understand the said invention reference is had to the
accompanying sheet of drawings in which Fig. is a general view of a hat pin
with the device placed in position upon the point, and Fig. 2 is a similar view
with the device or protector in section a is the pin and b the protector formed of
rubber or other suitable substance of any required 'design and suitably coloured
or otherwise ornamented.
The piece is punctured or recessed for a portion of its length and into this
recess is fitted a small tube c of suitable hard material for receiving and acting as
a guide to the point a¹ of the pin. This tube projects slightly beyond the mouth
of the recess and is dished or hollowed out at c to facilitate the entrance of the
pin therein.
For securing the hat or bonnet in position on the wearer's head the pin is
passed through the same in the usual fashion and the protector fixed in position
upon the point thereof by passing the tube cover the same and pressing the
protector tightly thereon thus causing the point of the pin to pass into and to be
held by the puncture formed therein whilst for removing the hat or bonnet the
protector is simply drawn off the point and the pin withdrawn.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In hat and bonnet pins protecting the point thereof by means of a sheath or
cap of rubber or other suitable material fitted with a small tube serving as a
guide to facilitate the entrance of the point of the pin therein substantially, as
described and for the purpose specified.
2. In hat and bonnet pin protectors the use of a sheath or cap such as 6 of any
suitable material and ornamental design, formed with a puncture or recess
extending partly through the same and fitted with a small tube having a dished
or hollowed end c¹ serving as a guide for the point of the pin substantially as
described and for the purposes specified.
3. The improved method or device for protecting the exposed point of hat and
bonnet pins substantially as described and shown in the accompanying sheet of
drawings.
D
UILTS
en tay OF September 1897.
GEO. H. RAYNER.
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.