Improvements pertaining to Maid-servants' Caps and other Head-dresses.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 25th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements pertaining to Maid-servants' Caps and other
Head-dresses.
I, ARTHUR THOMAS UMFREVILLE, of 19 to 23, Baches Street, Hoxton, in the
County of Middlesex, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to caps, such as are worn by domestic servants, waitresses
and others, and consists in means for readily converting a flat piece of fabric, usually
frilled at the edge, into a cap-shaped head-dress as also for fastening same upon the
head of the wearer; such means being moreover applicable for securing ladies' hats,
bonnets and other head-dresses.
According to one well-known form of head-dress of the class above referred to, a
hem, enclosing a tape, is formed across the posterior portion; the effect of drawing
the tape being to gather that part and to convert the flat fabric into a cap-like
head-covering.
Instead of employing a tape for the purpose referred to, I thread a pin-preferably
of the "safety-pin " type-several times backwards and forwards through the fabric
of the cap so as to gather the same, the point of the pin being then housed in the usual
manner. For enabling the cap so formed to be secured upon the head of the wearer,
I braze or otherwise attach to the back of the safety-pin a wire clip suitably shaped
for engaging with the hair.
Or the hair-clip and the gathering pin may be separate; in which case, the latter
is of the ordinary straight character, whilst the clip is formed with two loops adapted
to receive the opposite extremities of the pin, the friction due to the gripping of the
gathered fabric between the pin and the body of the clip serving to maintain the
parts in position.
A hair-clip of the kind above referred to and having the pin attached or detached
may be employed for securing ladies' hats, bonnets and other head-dresses, particularly
those of the lighter order.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements pertaining to Maid-servants' Caps and other
Head-dresses.
1, ARTHUR THOMAS UMFREVILLE, of 19 to 23, Baches Street, Hoxton, in the
County of Middlesex, 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 statement :-
This invention relates to caps, such as are worn by domestic servants, waitresses
and others, and consists in means for readily converting a flat piece of fabric, usually

page_text: frilled at the edge, into a cap-shaped head-dress, as also for fastening same upon the
head of the wearer; such means being moreover applicable for securing ladies' hats,
bonnets and other head-dresses.
According to one well-known form of head-dress of the class above referred to, a
hem or fell, enclosing a tape, is formed across the posterior portion; the effect of
drawing the tape being to gather that part and to convert the flat fabric into a
ca-like head-covering.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 represents a cap, produced from a flat piece of fabric, in accordance with my
invention.
and
Fig. 2 is a view of the gathering pin and bair-clip detached.
Fig. 3 represents a gathering device in which the pin is separate from the hair-clip;
Fig. 4 illustrates an alternative method of constructing the hair-clip.
Instead of employing a tape for the purpose of converting the flat piece of fabric
to a cap-like form, I thread a pin a-preferably of the "safety-pin "type-several
times back wards and forwards through the fabric of the cap so as to gather the same,
the point of the pin being then housed in the usual manner.
For enabling the cap so formed to be secured upon the head of the wearer, I braze
or otherwise attach to the back of the safety-pin a a wire clip & suitably shaped for
engaging with the hair.
Or the hair-clip b and the gathering pin a may be separate, as shown in Fig. 3;
in which case, the latter may be of the ordinary straight character or may be bent.
The clip may be formed with a hook e and a loop d, or with two loops adapted to
receive the opposite extremities of the pin a, the friction due to the gripping of the
gathered fabric between the pin and the body of the clip serving to maintain the parts
in position.
According to the alternative method of construction illustrated in Fig. 4, the clip b
is formed in two parts hinged together at 61, the free extremity 2 engaging in a
loop adjacent to the pin-retaining loop d; the clip in this case encircling the
hair.
A hair-clip of the kind herein described, furnished with a pin, either attached or
detached, may be employed for securing ladies' hats, bonnets and other head-dresses.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to he performed, I claim :-
1. The improved means, substantially as herein described, for converting a flat
piece of fabric into a cap-shaped head-dress, consisting of a pin, on which the fabric
is gathered, mounted on a clip for engaging with the hair of the wearer.
2. For securing caps, hats, bonnets and other ladies' head-dresses, the combination
with a pin for engaging with the cap, hat or bonnet of a clip for engaging with the
hair of the wearer, substantially as set forth.
Dated this. 22nd day of February 1896.
G. G. M. HARDINGHAM,
191, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Chartered Patent Agent.