An Appliance for Securing Hats and Bonnets in place on the Head, and applicable also as a Hair Ornament.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Apr., 1898-Accepted, 25th June, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Securing Hats and Bonnets in place on the Head,
and applicable also as a Hair Ornament.
I, NATHANIEL PALMER, of 76, Fetter Lane, London, China and Glass Repairer,
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 follow-
ing statement:-
This invention relates to an improved combination hat or bonnet and hair clip
that may be used either to secure the hat or bonnet in position or as an ornament
for the hair.
In the accompanying drawings Figures 1, and 2, shew views in elevation of
such improved combination clip open and closed, while Figures 3, 4, and 5, shew
detail views which are hereafter more particularly referred to.
Such improved combination clip consists of two curved arms a, having their
lower ends pointed like those of a hair pin, while their upper ends are furnished
with wing plates 6; one of such upper ends being soldered or otherwise rigidly
fastened to the underside of one wing plate, and the upper end of the other arm
being screw-threaded; (as shewn in Fig. 4;)-so as to screw into a threaded
socket c, or its equivalent, formed on the underside of the other wing plate, as
shewn in said Fig. 4. Such wing-plates are furnished with perforated lugs b',
whereby they are pivotted on a central pin d, carrying a coiled spring e, (as shewn
at Fig. 3) which spring serves to keep the clip closed.
If desired the curved arms may both be made reversible, or both rigid; while the
wing plates may be of any convenient form and either perforated or plain.
The operation of my invention is as follows:-To place the clip in a hat or
bonnet first slightly compress the wing plates and then turn the reversible arm to
the left thus folding it over the rigid arm, as shewn in Fig. 5. The pointed ends
of both arms are then inserted from the outside into an eyelet hole in the hat or
bonnet, after which the reversible arm is either turned back to its original position,
or kept reversed until the hat or bonnet has been adjusted and then turned back,
while the wing plates are compressed thus opening the clip to allow the curved
arms to encircle or take into the hair and thus secure the hat or bonnet in position.
When the clip is to be used as an ornament for the hair it is not necessary to
reverse the adjustable arm before placing the clip in the hair.
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:-
An improved combination hat or bonnet and hair clip consisting of two curved
arms a, one or both of which may be adjustable, or one or both rigid,-wing
plates 6 pivotted to a pin d,-carrying a coiled spring e-and threaded socket c

page_text: or its equivalent, all arranged, combined, fitted, and operating, substantially in the
manner hereinbefore described.
Dated this 22nd day of April 1898.
NATHANIEL PALMER,
Per Elt & Co.,
Registered Patent Agents, 43, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for Applicant.