A Hat Fastener suitable for Ladies' Hats.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 9th July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 7th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 15th Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Hat Fastener suitable for Ladies' Hats.
I, ALBERT CARLISLE HERTS, of No. 1 Cripplegate Buildings, London'
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of a metal plate wherein suitable perforations are made to
allow of its being stitched inside the hat, and which plate is furnished with a
hook that takes into the hair of the wearer and so secures the hat on the head.
now this 0th dowof Jule 180
ELT & Co.,
33, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Hat Fastener suitable for Ladies' Hats.
I, ALBERT CARLISLE HERTS, of No. 1, Cripplegate Buildings, London,
Manufacturer, 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 relates to an improved hat grip for ladies' hats and has for its
object Firstly, to keep the hat securely on the head without injuring the hat
as occurs when hat pins are used. Secondly, to avoid injuring or disarranging
the net ordinarily worn by ladies to prevent the fringe or front of the hair
becoming disordered.
In the accompanying drawings
Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, are plan views of different forms of my improved hat grip as it
appears when first made in the flat and
Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion of the underside of a lady's hat shewing the
hat grip fixed in position therein.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several
views.
In order to carry out my invention I cut or stamp out of thin sheet metal a
hook a the shank 6 whereof is furnished with a shoulder c wherein are perforations d.
After the hook has been cut or stamped out this shoulder is bent down at right
angles to the hook so that it can be sewn to the inside of the crown of the hat
either at the front, back or side as may be found most convenient. Or two of such
grips may be used and sewn either one on each side or one at the front and one at
the back of the crown of the hat. The hook may either be solid as shewn at
Figs. 1 and 3, or bifurcated as shewn at Figs. 2 and 4, and it may also be waved or
corrugated so as to take more securely into the hair. My improved hat grip may
also be made of wire instead of sheet metal and when so made it can be readily
Bewn inside the hat in the manner already described without the aid of the
perforations which are then dispensed with. This form of my invention is shewn at
Figs. 3 and 4, in the latter of which figures one form of waved or corrugated hook
is shewn. The shank of the hook may be made of any convenient length and the
hook itself may be either right or left handed or otherwise. My improved hat
grip when fixed either at the front or back of the hat takes into the hair
transversely at right angles, and so securely fastens the hat on the head.

page_text: 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
As a novel and useful article of manufacture a hat grip consisting of a solid or
bifurcated hook either plain or waved, the shank. whereof has a shoulder formed
thereon whereby it can be fixed inside the crown of the hat in any convenient
position so as to take into the hair and thus securely keep the hat on the head all
substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn.
Dated this 7th day of August 1894.
ELT & Co.,
33, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, London, Agents for Applicant.