Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 9th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 9th Sept., 1887.,
1, THOMAS ROSEINDALE, of 12, Hubert Street, Aston Road, Birmingham, Warwick-
shire, Brass Finisher, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
-
This Invention has reference to a new or improved hat holder particularly for use
in churches and other public places as an attachment for holding a hat underneath a
chair-seat or other sent or bench. The said hat holder consists essentially of an arm
preferably of metal formed at one end as a ring or hoop preferably of elliptical shape
and of suitable size to hold an inverted hat by the brim resting thereon. The other
end of the arm is hinged to a, bracket of suitable shape to attach to the underside of a
chair or other seat.
The hat holder above described is fixed and used as follows:-The said bracket with
the arm hinged thereto is fixed by screws or other means to the underside of a chair
or other seat so that the hoop or ring lies in a horizontal plane or nearly so. The said
bracket is so situated that the arm can be turned on its hinge and the hoop or ring
brought out from underneath the seat so that an inverted hat can be placed therein
when it can be turned back again with the hat underneath the seat where the hat will
be held until required. To remove the hat the arm is turned round until the ring
projects beyond the seat when the hat can readily be raised therefrom.
The arm above described may be dispensed with and the ring hinged directly to the
bracket so that it can be turned out from the seat or back again underneath as above
.

page_text: Instead of a ring as above described a U-shaped or approximately U-shaped fork
may be used for holding the hat and attached to the arm by its bent part so that the
sides of the U will project therefrom; and when the arm is dispensed with the
U-shaped fork may be hinged directly to the bracket by its central bent part so as to
operate similarly to the ring above described.
I sometimes arrange for the said arm to be held in an eye which is formed with the
bracket and through which it can slide so that instead of or in addition to the hori-
zontal swinging motion above described the ring or fork can he moved to and fro and
be withdrawn from and pushed back under a seat; thereby adapting the Invention to
places where there would not be sufficient room for it to swing round.
Dated this 8th day of Novambon 1204

page_text: 1, THOMAS ROSEINDALE, of 12, Hubert Street, Aston Road, Birmingham, Warwick-
shire, Brass Finisher, 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 has reference to a new or improved hat holder particularly for use
in churches and other public places as an attachment for holding a hat underneath a
chair-seat or other seat or bench. The said hat holder consists essentially of an arm
preferably of metal formed at one end as a ring or hoop preferably of elliptical shape
and of suitable size to hold an inverted hat by the brim resting theroon. The other
end of the arm is hinged to a bracket of suitable shape to attach to the underside of a
chair or other sent.
.
The hat holder above described is fixed and used as follows:-The said bracket with
the arm hinged thereto is fixed by screws or other means to the underside of a chair
or other seat so that the hoop or ring lies in a horizontal plane or nearly so. The
said bracket is so situated that the arin can be turned on its hinge and the hoop or
ring brought out from underneath the seat so that an inverted hat can be placed
therein when it can be turned back again with the hat underneath the seat where the
hat will be held until required. To remove the hat the arm is turned round until the
ring projects beyond the seat when the hat can readily be raised therefrom.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 represents in part sectional elevation and
Fig. 2 in plan one form of hat holder constructed according to this Invention. Fig. 1*
is a separate view of one end thereof and Figs. 3 and 4 represent on a smaller scale
the same hat holder fixed to the underside of a seat; the remaining Figures represent
slightly modified forms of the same as hereinafter more fully described.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several Figures.
Referring firstly to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, A is the arm of the hat holder having the
outer end a formed as a ring or hoop and B is the bracket to which the other end a²
of the arm is hinged. The bracket B is preferably made with a downwardly projecting
tubular stem b¹ into which a cork e on the upturned end a² of the arm fits, the cork
being secured on the arm by two screwed collars f¹, one above and one below the
cork. The cork e prevents the joint working loose and it is secured in the tubular
stem b' by a nut g screwed on to the latter and through which the end a² of the arm
passes. The bracket B has a base and screw holes c for its attachment to the
underside of a seat d or chair as shewn by Figs. 3 and 4 by which it will be seen that
the hoop or ring a¹ lies in a horizontal plane or nearly so. By turning the arm A on
its hinge so that it projects beyond the seat (see Fig. 4) an inverted hath can readily
be placed therein or removed therefrom and the arm with the hat can he turned
underneath the seat (as shewn by Fig. 3) until required.

page_text: The straight part of the arm A above described may be dispensed with and the ring
part a hinged directly to the bracket B, for instance as shewn by Fig. 5, so that it
can be turned out from the seat or back again underneath as above described with
reference to Figs. 3 and 4.
Instead of a ring as above described a U-shaped or approximately U-shaped
fork a³ may be used for holding the hat and attached to the straight part of the arm
by its bent part so that the sides of the U will project therefrom, as shewn for instance
by Fig. 6, and when the straight part of the arm is dispensed with the U-shaped fork
may be hinged directly to the bracket by its central bent part (see Fig..7) so as to
operate similarly to the ring above described.
1 sometimes arrange for the said. arm a to be held in an eye by being made Ţ or
shaped at its upper end. The eye may be in the form of a tubej having a slot j¹
running from end to end, see plan Fig. 8, sectional side elevation Fig. 9 and end
elevation Fig. 10. This eye or tube is formed with a bracket B₁, B' at each end by
which it is fixed to the seat and through this eye the arm can slide so that instead of
or in addition to the horizontal swinging motion above described the ring a¹ or
fork a can be moved to and fro and be withdrawn from (see dotted lines Fig. 8).and
pushed back under a seat; thereby adapting the Invention to places where there
would not be sufficient room for the arm to swing round.
-
In conclusion I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the methods
of constructing the hat holder herein described and illustrated as the same may be
varied without departing from the nature of this Invention, but
my
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :
1st. The new or improved hat holder herein before described and illustrated by
Figs. 1, 1*, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the accompanying drawing, that is to say, an article
for the purposes described consisting essentially of a bracket for fixing underneath a
chair or other seat and having hinged thereto a ring-shaped or U-shaped arm or
holder for the purposes-and substantially as set forth, and
.
2ndly. The modified form of hat holder hereinbefore described and illustrated by
Figs. 8, 9 and 10 of the accompanying drawing, in which the ring-shaped or U-shaped
arm or holder is arranged to slide to and fro substantially as set forth.
Dated this 8th day of August 1887