Improvements in Safety Pins or Hooks.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Nov.. 1394
Complete Specification Left, 9th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 14th Sept., 1895
I, CHARLES CROWTHER, of 30 Dale Street, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturer's Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
he as follows:-
This invention relates to the class of hooks that are ordinarily termed safety pins,
such as are employed for connecting articles, and also used as curtain suspenders,
dress suspenders, and for other purposes.
In this invention I construct a double safety pin such as is represented in the
accompanying drawing, with two prongs b and having their points 63 and 6,³
meeting at or near the centre, and resting in a clip c which protects the points and
that may be formed either separately as shown in Fig. 2 and attached to the frame a
of the pin by being twisted thereon, or said clip may be formed by bending the
frame of the pin to the shape required.
The necessary spring or elasticity required in the prongs band 6' may be obtained
by the ordinary double turning of the wire at the ends of the pin, or the wire at the
ends may be bent as shown at a¹ on the drawing.
In applying my invention, one end of the pin is secured to the dress or other
article by one of the aforesaid prongs being inserted in the material and the point
fastened in the clip c, and that part of the material which it is desired to connect
is afterwards secured by the remaining prong in like mauner.
Dated this 8th day of November 1894.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in Safety Pins or Hooks.
I, CHARLES CROWTHER, of Dale Street, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturers' Agent, 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 the class of hooks that are ordinarily termed safety pins,
such as are employed for connecting articles, and also used as curtain suspenders,
dress suspenders, and for other purposes. The objects of this invention are to obtain
a duplicate safety pin or fastener without open points or spikes which are liable
to prick or scratch the hand, and to obtain a plain bow or end so as to avoid
nipping or straining the material in which said pin may be inserted.
In the accompanying drawing
Figs. 1 and 2 represent duplicate pins constructed according to this invention.
I construct a double or duplicate safety pin with two prongs 6 and 1 having
their points 2 and 3 meeting either as Fig. 1 or as in Fig. 2 at or near the centre

page_text: of the pin and resting in a clip or clips c. The points of the prongs are protected
by said clip or clips which may be formed either separately and attached to the
frame a of the pin by being twisted thereon, or may be formed by bending the frame
of the pin to the shape required.
b
The necessary spring or elasticity required in the prongs 6 and 6¹ may be obtained
by the ordinary double turning of the wire at the ends of the pin, or the wire at the
ends may be bent as shown on the drawing.
In applying my invention, one end of the pin is secured to the dress or other
article by one of the aforesaid prongs being inserted in the material and the point
fastened in the clip c, and that part of the material which it is desired to connect is
afterwards secured by the remaining prong in like manner. I do not confine myself
to the precise form of the frame a as shown on the drawing, as said frame may be
varied in construction without departing from the nature of my invention, but,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
In safety pins or books such as are employed for connecting articles, and also
used as curtain suspenders, dress suspenders, and for other purposes, the construc-
tion of said safety pins or hooks with duplicate prongs which have their points
meeting and resting in a clip or clips at or near the centre as represented in either
Fig. 1 or Fig. 2 on the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 8th day of August 1895.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.