Improvements in Hat Grips.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in Hat Grips.
We, THOMAS MILLS, of Cromwell House, Mechanic, and CADY ROOTE HOYTE, of
Pontsarn Villa, Cashier, both in Manor Court Road, Nuneaton, in the County of
Warwick, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to grips for securing hats, caps, bonnets and other head
coverings to the head and it comprises the improvements hereinafter described.
Our improved hat grip is in the form of a furcated plate or a comb the prongs or
teeth of which are of considerable length so as to enter the hair. These teeth are
near the root provided with a double band so that the main portions of the prongs and
the rear ends of the prongs will lie in different planes which are approximately
parallel, the connecting portion between the said rear end and the prongs proper
being substantially at right angles to these parts. This comb is held in a clip which
is designed to be sewn or otherwise secured to the hat or other head covering, the
said clip permitting of readily disconnecting the comb from the hat when desired.
The said clip is advantageously in the form of two plates hinged together the
movable plate having its free or gripping edge preferably notched to correspond with
the prongs of the comb and being provided with a notch or its equivalent to afford a
hold for the finger or thumb nail when opening the clip.
The length of the vertical portion of the comb may be varied to suit requirements,
for instance the position which the comb proper is to occupy relatively with the crown
of the hat or the like.
A further advantage of making the comb detachable by means of a clip is that the
comb may be fixed in the hair before the hat or the like is placed upon the head the
clip being simply closed upon the rear end when the comb is in position, and that
the comb can be easily fastened and unfastened without disarranging the hair.
It will be obvious that our grip may have two, three or more prongs, that the said
prongs may be of any suitable shape in cross section, and that they may be shaped or
arched to suit the head of the wearer or the kind of head gear.
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page_text: Warwick, 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:-
Our invention relates to grips for securing hats, caps, bonnets and other head
coverings to the head and it comprises the improvements hereinafter described.
These
Our improved hat grip is in the form of a furcated plate or a comb the prongs or
teeth of which are of considerable length so as to efficiently enter the hair.
teeth are provided near the root with a double band so that the main portions of the
prongs and the rear ends of the prongs will lie in different planes which are
approximately parallel, the connecting portion between the said rear end and the
prongs proper being substantially at right angles to these parts. This comb is held
in a clip which is designed to be sewn or otherwise secured to the hat or other head
covering, the said clip permitting of readily connecting the comb to and disconnect-
ing it from, the hat when desired.
To enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe it by reference to
the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a plan view of a comb and clip forming our improved hat grip.
Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof; and,
Figure 3 is a sectional view drawn to a smaller scale illustrating the method of
employing our hat grips for securing a hat in position.
a is the furcated plate or comb the prongs or teeth b of which are of considerable
length so as to efficiently enter the hair of the wearer. In the drawing the prongs b
are shewn three in number but it will be evident that any other suitable number of
such prongs can be employed. The plate a is, near the root of the prongs, bent down
approximately at right angles to the plane of the prongs b, as shewn at c, and the
end portion of the part c is again bent at right angles so as to provide a part d which
is approximately parallel to the prongs b. The parts c and d are, as shewn, provided
with a slot e.
The clip by means of which the comb is fastened to the hat can be of any suitable
construction and in practice we have found that illustrated in the drawing to give
good results. It comprises a plate f which is adapted to be sewn or otherwise
attached to the brim of the hat, as shewn in Figure 3, and an arın or plate g which
is pivoted to the platef in such a manner that it can be folded up into the position
indicated in full lines in the various figures and down into the position indicated in
dotted lines in Figures 2 and 3.
Our improved hat grip is employed as follows:-One or more of the combs is or
are passed into the hair in the usual manner and the hat A (Figure 3), to the brim
of which the clips have been attached, is placed upon the head in such a manner
that the hinged arms g of the clips, which arms have been turned down into the
position indicated in dotted lines, pass through the slotted portions e of the combs.
When the hat is in position upon the head the arms g are turned up into the position
indicated in full lines so that the combs are then secured to the hat as clearly shewn
in Figure 3. To remove the hat the clips f, g are unfastened whereby the hat
can be withdrawn from the head leaving the combs in the hair for subsequent
removal.
It will be obvious that our grip may have two, three or more prongs, as above
mentioned, that the said prongs may be of any suitable shape in cross section, and
that they may be shaped or arched to suit the head of the wearer or the kind of head
gear.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. A hat grip comprising a comb consisting of a Z-shaped furcated plate and of a
clip designed to be attached to the hat and to the mamb

page_text: 2. The manufacture and use of the improved hat grip herein before described
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
11th day of October 1898.
G. F. REDFERN & Co,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.