New or Improved Suspending Devices for Hats.
Year: 1892

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Suspending Devices for Hats.
I, EMIL CARL KUNADY, of Beatengasse 9, Zurich, Switzerland, Merchant, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to new or improved suspending devices for hats by means
of which a hat can be safely suspended from a coat hook or even from a small nail
or the like.
A device according to my invention consists of a loop or bent piece of wire which
is pivoted inside the bat in such a manner that when the hat is being worn it can be
turned back out of the way, but when the hat is not being worn, it can be turned
outwards and passed over a hook or nail.
In the accompanying illustrative drawings,
Fig. 1 is an inside view of a hat suspended by means of a hat suspending device
according to this invention;
Fig. 2 a section through the hat, the device being shown in side elevation:
Fig. 3 shows the inner end of the suspending device with the movable joint in
section;
Fig. 4 shows the same in plan, attached by means of a separate small plate to an
insertion-strip;
Fig. 5 shows the same in direct connection with the insertion-strip;
Fig. 6 shows in section a modified form of the joint;
Figs. 7 and 8 show the same, in plan and horizontal section respectively,
attached by means of a separate small plate to an insertion-strip; and
Fig. 9 shows the same directly connected with the insertion strip.
a is the wire loop or bent piece attached to the joint piece b. The latter may be
formed as a snap joint (Fig. 3), or it may be acted upon by a spring d (Figs. 6
and 7), in order to retain the loop in its inner or turned back position (indicated by
the dotted line Fig. 2) and is mounted on a suitable stripe of leather, paste board,
metal or the like, which can be inserted behind the sweat band" of the hat
(Fig. 2). In the modification shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the above described joint is
connected with a metallic strip (which may, for instance, be of aluminium) in such
a manner that the said strip forms a part of the joint, the eyes for the hinge being
punched out laterally (see the openings e in Fig. 5), and bent over.
The suspending device can be readily inserted in and removed from the hat.
The wire loop cannot cause any inconvenience when the hat is being worn, as it
is kept in the position indicated by the dotted line in Fig. 2 by the snap joint or
the spring as the case may be. The connection of the loop with the joint piece,
may be either rigid as in Figs. 6-9 or can be made by suitably bending over the
ends a' of the wire (Figs. 3-5) in such a manner as to render the falling forward
of the loop at this point impossible after it has been turned back, that is to say so
as to render a hinge-movement about 6° impossible.
Dated this 23rd day of June 1892.
;
E. C. KUNADY,
By L. W., per F. B.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Suspending Devices for Hats.
I, EMIL CARL KUNADY, Merchant of Beatengasse 9, Zurich in the Republic
of Switzerland 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 new or improved suspending devices for hats by means
of which a hat can be safely suspended from a coat hook or even from a small nail
or the like.
A device according to my invention consists of a loop or bent piece of wire
which is pivoted inside the hat in such a manner that when the hat is being worn
the device can be turned back inwards of the hat out of the way, and that when the
hat is not being worn the device can be turned outwards of the hat so that it can
be passed over and suspended from a hook, nail or the like.
In the illustrative drawings accompanying my Provisional Specification :-
Fig. 1, is an inside view of a hat suspended by means of a hat suspending device
according to this invention;
Fig. 2 is a section through the hat, the device being shown in side elevation;
Fig. 3, shows the inner end of the suspending device, with the movable joint in
section;
Fig. 4, shows the same, in plan, attached by means of a separate small plate to
an insertion strip;
Fig. 5, shows the same in direct connection with the insertion strip;
Fig. 6, shows, in section, a modified form of the joint;
Fig. 7, and 8, show the same, in plan and horizontal section respectively, attached
by means of a separate small plate to an insertion strip; and
Fig. 9, shows the same directly connected with the insertion strip.
a, is the wire loop or bent piece attached to the joint piece b. The latter may
be formed as a snap joint (Fig. 3), or it may be acted upon by a spring d, (Figs. 6,
and 7,) in order to retain the loop in its inner or turned back position (indicated by
a dotted line in Fig. 2,) and is mounted on a suitable strip c, of leather, paste
board, metal or the like, which can be inserted behind the "sweat-band" of the
hat (Fig. 2). In the modification shown in Figs. 8, and 9, the above described
joint is connected with a metallic strip (which may, for instance, be of aluminium)
in such a manner that the said strip forms a part of the joint, the eyes for the hinge
being punched out laterally (see the openings c' in Fig. 5,) and bent over.
The suspending device can be readily inserted in and removed from the hat.
The wire loop cannot cause any inconvenience when the hat is being worn, as it
is kept in the position indicated as aforesaid by a dotted line in Fig. 2, by the snap
joint or the spring as the case may be.
The connection of the loop with the joint piece, may be either rigid as in Figs. 6,
to 9, or can be made by suitably bending over the ends aº of the wire (Figs. 3 to 5)
in such a manner as to render the falling forward of the loop at this point
impossible after it has been turned back, that is to say, so as to render a hinge
movement about 6° impossible.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :-
A suspending device for hats consisting of a loop or bent piece of wire pivoted
inside the hat in such a manner that when the hat is being worn the device can be

page_text: turned back inwards of the hat out of the way, and that when the hat is not being
worn the device can be turned outwards of the hat so that it can be passed over and
suspended from a hook, nail or the like substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated the 1st day of May 1893.
BERNHARD DUKES,
226, High Holborn, London, Agent for the Applicant.