Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 17th Apr., 1897
I, THOMAS LAWRENCE MONAGHAN, residing at No. 548 Third Avenue, in the
City, County and State of New York, United States of America, House Smith,
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 hat pins or similar fastening devices, and the object
thereof, is to provide an improved device of this class which is adapted to be
connected with the side or sides of a hat or hat band, and which is in the form of a
buckle and provided with a spring tongue or shaft, which is connected therewith,
and which is provided at its free end with a curved or segmental pin, which is
adapted to be driven through the side of the hat into the hair, and which operated
to securely hold the hat in place.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which —
Fig. 1, is a side view of a hat, provided with my improved fastening device;
Fig. 2, a side view of the fastening device removed;
Fig. 3, a section on the line 3, 3, of Fig. 2, showing the operation of the pin ;
Fig. 4, a similar view of a modified form of construction;
Fig. 5, a section on the line 5, 5 of Fig. 4; and
and 7 are side and end views respectively of a modified form of
Figs.
construction.
In the practice of my invention, I provide a hat-pin, or similar fastening device 5,
which is preferably in the form of an oblong buckle or frame of the sides 6, and
the ends 7, and provided adjacent to each end with a cross bar 8, and which is
adapted to be sewed to the hat band or otherwise secured thereto, or to the side of
the hat as shown in Fig. 1.
Secured to one of the cross bars 8, is a spring tongue or shaft 9, one end of which
is bent around said cross bar as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and the other end thereof
is provided with a curved or segmental pin 10, the end of which is adapted to be
passed around the other cross bar 8, in the operation of the device, as hereinafter
described.
When the tongue or shaft pin is connected with one of the cross bars 8, as
described, the free end thereof may be swung outwardly or inwardly, and by
pressing thereon, the point thereof, will be driven through the side of the hat, and
into the hair, this operation thereof, being shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, and in
this operation, the point of the pin described the segment of a circle, and said pin
operates to hold the hat securely in place upon the head, and the pin is provided
adjacent to the outer end of the tongue or shaft with a backwardly directed
hook 11, which is adapted to engage with the cross bar 8, over which the point of
the pin is passed, so as to hold the pin in position, and said hook may be dis-engaged
from said cross bar by pulling outwardly on the point of the pin, and by bearing on
the tongue or shaft 9.
In the construction shown in Figs. 4 and 5 the hook 11, is formed on the cross
bar 8, around which the point of the pin is passed, and the operation of this form
of construction will be substantially the same as herein before described, the book 11,
in this case, engaging with the outer end of the tongue or shaft 9,

page_text: In the construction shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the body or frame of the buckle is
provided at its ends, and on the inner side thereof, with spring loops 14, through
which the hat band 15, may be passed and by means of this construction, I avoid
the necessity of stitching the fastening device to the hat band, and the operation
will be the same as that hereinbefore described.
It will be understood that my improved hat pin, or fastening device may be
secured to each side of the hat, and it will be apparent that the same is simple in
construction and operation, and well adapted to accomplish the result for which it
is intended, and it is also apparent that changes in, and modifications of the
construction herein described may be made without departing from the spirit of my
invention, or sacrificing its advantages.
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 :-
The herein described fastening device for hats, the same comprising an oblong
buckle or frame, having side and end bars, and provided adjacent to each end bar
with a cross bar, one of said cross bars being provided with a spring tongue shaft,
the free end of said tongue or shaft thereof being provided with a curved pin, said
pin being adapted to be passed over the said remaining cross bar or between the
said latter bar and the end of the buckle or frame, said parts being also provided
with means for securing the pin to the cross bar over which it passes, whereby the
pin is held in operative position, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 25th day of January 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.