Improved Appliance or Attachment for Hats for Securing same to the Head of the Wearer.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Appliance or Attachment for Hats for Securing same to
the Head of the Wearer.
I, MANUEL LOPEZ, of Springfield Road, Sale, in the County of Chester,
Shipper's Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an appliance for attaching to hats or other head
coverings to hold the same more securely upon the head to prevent it being
removed or displaced by a sudden gust of wind or the like.
It consists essentially in applying or attaching to the brim or body of the hat
in a convenient position a pivoted clip or gripper which when the hat is upon the
head can assume a position below the brim in contact with the head of the wearer.
In carrying out the invention I may apply it in two or three ways: I pivot the
gripping part of the appliance either to a wire staple plate or the like whereby it
can be affixed to the hat. In one form a suitably shaped plate or clip is made with
a loop or slot along the back through which is placed a wire with projecting ends
to form an attachment which are passed through the material of the hat to secure
the appliance in position. The loop or slot is so placed and the clip pivoted that
when not in wear the clip or plate lies in the same plane as the brim but when in
wear the upper end brought up inside the hat between the hat body or hat
leather and the head and the other end is pressed downwards below the level of the
hat brim to engage or grip the head of the wearer. The wires which form
the pivot may be passed through the material and secured there in any convenient
manner or the wire may be attached to a plate riveted or stitched to the material.
In another form the gripping part of the device may be pivoted to a plate and
provided with a suitable spring to hold it in the desired position either open or
closed. In this form the plate may be riveted or stitched to the brim either on the
upper or under surface or it may be affixed to the body of the hat. The gripping
end when in wear extends below the hat to come in contact with the head or can
be folded back upon itself or on the under side of the brim.
Dated this 4th day of February 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Appliance or Attachment for Hats for Securing same to
the Head of the Wearer.
1, MANUEL LOPEZ, of Springfield Road, Sale, in the County of Chester,
Shipper's Clerk, 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 an appliance for attaching to hats or other head
coverings to hold the same more securely upon the head to prevent it being
removed or displaced by a sudden gust of wind or the like.

page_text: It consists essentially in applying or attaching to the brim or body of the hat in
a convenient position a pivoted clip or gripper which when the hat is upon the head
can assume a position below the brim in contact with the head of the wearer.
In carrying out the invention it will be fully described with reference to the
accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1. Side elevation of hat showing the invention applied thereto.
Fig. 2. Transverse section of same.
Fig. 3. Perspective view of the appliance removed from the hat.
Figs. 4 and 5, show a modified construction of the appliance attached to the hat.
Fig. 6. Perspective view of same.
It
A plate or clip A of a suitably curved shape to correspond with the head of the
wearer is pivoted to the edge of the hat brim so as to project outside the hat D and
come in contact with and grip the head lower down than where the hat covers.
is preferably made with a loop a on the back which engages with a wire or fastener B
to which it is pivoted and by which it is attached to the hat. The fastener B is
stamped out of sheet steel or other metal with projecting prongs b which are
inserted in the material of the hat D to secure it firmly in position and with a
loop b¹ which passes through the loop a of the clip A and forms a pivot therefor.
The loop a in the back of the clip A is so placed and the clip pivoted that when
not in wear the clip or plate lies in the same plane as the brim d but when in wear
the upper end is brought up inside the hat between the hat body or hat leather
and the head and the other end is pressed downwards below the level of the hat
brim to engage or grip the head of the wearer. The wires which form the pivot
may be passed through the material and secured there in any convenient manner
or the wire may be attached to a plate riveted or stitched to the material. When
not required in use the clip A may be disconnected and removed from the
fastener B.
Referring to Figs. 4 to 6 the gripping part of the device A' which projects
beyond the edge of the hat may be pivoted to a plate a¹ which forms a spring to
hold it in the desired position either open or closed. In Fig. 4 the plate a¹ is
secured to the brim d of the hat either by stitches rivets or the like and in Fig. 5
is shown attached to the body of the hat. In either of these cases the gripping
end A when in wear is extended below the edge of the hat to come in contact with
the head when required and when not required is folded back upon itself or on the
under side of the brim.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. An attachment for securing hats to the head of the wearer consisting of a
plate or clip adjustably attached to the brim or side of the hat and extending below
the edge substantially as described.
2. The combination with a hat of an attachment pivoted at the inner edge of the
brim and projecting below the hat to engage or grip the head of the wearer
substantially as described.
3. An attachment or grip for securing hats to the head of the wearer constructed
substantially as described and shown with reference to either Figs. 1 to 3 or
Figs. 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings.
Dated this 17th des
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.