An Improved Arrangement for Holding or Containing Cigars.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 16th May, 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Arrangement for Holding or Containing Cigars.
STE
I, EUGENE PROMIS, of 213 Rae Street City of Philadelphia, in the County of
Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, 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 statements :-
The object of my invention is to provide a device adapted to hold cigars in such
manner that they are easily removable therefrom, which device so designed and
constructed as to be supported and operated within a hat, and. consists of the
combination, construction and operation of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed.
In the drawings:
Figure 1 is a view in sectional elevation of a hat to which a holder of preferred
construction embodying my invention is applied; the holder being represented in
full and dotted lines in adjusted positions.
Figure 2 is a detail view of a good form of clamping or supporting devices for the
holder, one extremity of the holder being shown in dotted lines.
Figure 3 is a partial view of a modified form of holder constructed of a single
piece of flexible material and bent or shaped to the sinuous form shown to form
cigar holding loops or bights.
Referring to the drawings,
A (Figure 1) is a strip of metal or other suitable material having flexibility or
resilience carrying independent cigar holding bights a. These bights are preferably of
resilient material and so formed or shaped as to be wider at their bights than at
their mouths, and they should at their bights, be of breadth about correspondent
to the thickness of a cigar and are riveted or otherwise, suitably mounted on or
attached to the strip A as shown at in the figure. The material of which the
holder A is composed, should be of such length as to permit it to be curved or so
bent or shaped as to its longitudinal axis to adapt it to the interior of a hat, that is
to say, the holder should be of length in excess of the width of the crown of the hat
to which it is applied.
B. B. are supporting devices for the holder A. These supporting devices are
preferably clamping devices of the character shown in the drawing, and are
oppositely attached to the sweat band C of the hat D, receive the extremities of
the holder and permit its vertical adjustment, but other forms of suitable supporting
devices may be employed. I preferably construct the clamps B B with elongated
necks having turned edges b** to form a groove or channel bxx on its back. These
channels are of width sufficient to receive the extremities A¹ A¹ of the holder A.
The supporting devices B B, are located within the hat one on each side as stated
and the holder A is of sufficiently greater length than the width of the crown of the
hat to cause it when inserted within the hat to have sufficient arch or spread to
impart to it the required clearance for the wearer's head. The extremities A¹ A'
of the holder A slide within the channel 6xx of the supporting devices Band as will
be obvious, permit the ready vertical adjustment of the holder; the tendency of the
holder when in place within a hat to spread at its extremities causing it to
frictionally bight its support sufficient to retain its given adjusted position. By
reason of its capable vertical adjustment one such holder can be fitted to hats of
various sizes as to height of crown, and in all instances be brought in contact with
the crown of the hat, which retains it against vibration and the consequent loosening
of the cigars to the annoyance of the wearer.
I wish to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction
and arrangement of devices as shown in the drawings, but may vary the same in

page_text: any manner to better carry out the principle of my invention without departing
from the true scope thereof.
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:
1. A cigar holder of the character herein described for use within a hat consisting
of a strip of flexible metal or other suitable material of length in excess of the width
of the crown of the hat to which it is applied, formed or provided with cigar holding
loops or bights and provided at its extremities with suitable means for supporting
it within a hat, for the purposes set forth.
2. A cigar holder of the character herein described for use within a hat and
vertically adjustable therein, as and for the purposes set forth.
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3. A cigar holder of the character herein described for use within a hat in
combination with supporting devices for the holder, which are adapted to receive
its extremities and permit its vertical adjustment, as and for the purposes set forth.
4. A cigar holder of the character herein described for use within a hat
consisting of a strip of flexible metal or other suitable material having cigar holding
loops or bights and of length in excess of the width of the crown of the hat to which
it is applied, the extremities of said strip provided with means for attaching or
supporting the holder within a hat and permit its vertical adjustment to adapt it to
hats of varying height of crown, as and for the purposes set forth.
5. A cigar holder of the character herein described for use within a hat
consisting of a strip of flexible metal or other suitable material of length in excess
of the width of the crown of the hat to which it is applied, a series of independent
flexible cigar holding bights attached to said strip; the extremities of said holder
provided with means for attaching or supporting it within a hat and permit its
vertical adjustment to adapt it to hats of varying height of crown, as and for the
purposes set forth.
Dated this 19th day of March 1891.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, Agent for Applicant.