IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO PRICE CARD AND TIDY PINS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, HENRY BORNSTEIN, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, one of the
United States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO PRICE CARD AND TIDY
PINS" 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 that class of pins which are designed for attaching
price and show cards to goods on exhibition or sale, and also for securing tidies
to chairs, sofas or other articles of furniture; and it consists in a novel construction
and arrangement of the parts as hereinafter more fully set forth, by which a more
desirable and effective article of this character is produced than is now in
ordinary use.
The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all
conversant with such matters from the following explanation, its extreme simplicity
rendering an elaborate description unnecessary.
In the accompanying Drawing
Figure 1 is a view of the blank or pointed wire from which the body of the
improved pin is made.
Figure 2 is a view representing the body after being bent to form the loops.
Figure 3 is a rear elevation of the body after being bent as shown in Figure 2,
and also to form the attaching spring for the head.
Figure 4 is a view of the head detached.
Figure 5 a perspective view of the pin complete, or with the head attached, and
Figure 6 is a transverse section of the head.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several Figures.
A indicates the body of the pin and B the head.
The body is bent to form the upwardly turned loop and downwardly turned
loop m, these loops or bends being preferably equal in size, although they may be
varied as desired.
The upper portion of the body is bent laterally in respect to the loops 2, m to
form the curved springs as shown in Figure 3.
The head consists of a concave sheet metal disc having its edge or periphery
turned inwardly to form the curved holding flange d, the curvature of the flange
corresponding with, but being slightly greater than, that of the portion vin
cross section.
The diameter or distance across the curved spring & from its end f to the point
indicated by the letter r is greater than the diameter or distance across the
head B.
In the device as ordinarily constructed the pin proper, or body, is usually
attached to the back or rear side of the head by means of solder, and, in order to

page_text: make it cheaply, soft solder has to be employed, rendering the pin liable to be
broken or detached from its head when subjected to any considerable strain, and
also detracting greatly from the finished appearance of the goods.
My present improvement is designed to obviate these objections and to that end
I construct the parts as shown and described, the body or pin proper being
attached to its head by means of the curved spring z which is compressed
sufficiently to pass it into the round opening 1, between the inner edges of the
flanged and thence downwardly into the head B where it expands, thus securely
locking the parts permanently together as seen in Figure 5.
After the head has been attached to the body as described the flange may be
milled or turned down onto the spring to prevent the head from being revolved on
the same, if desired, but when the spring and flange are properly formed this will
not be necessary the expansive action of the spring preventing the heads from
turning unless considerable force is employed.
In the use of my improved pin the card, tidy or other article to be attached is
passed onto the body A and slipped over the top of the loop a into the loop m.
The body is then inserted as far as possible in the garment, chair, cloth, or other
article to which the card or tidy is to be secured, and the pin left suspended by the
loop in a manner which will be readily obvious without a more explicit
description.
The bends z, m are preferably of such dimensions and so arranged in respect to
the body A and spring z that when the pin proper and head are connected, the
bends will be oppositely disposed, or one behind the other, and hidden from view
by the head when the pin is in use.
As all parts of the body of the pin are integral, or composed of one piece of wire,
and the head consists of a single piece of sheet metal, it will be obvious that the
device is exceedingly simple, strong, and inexpensive to manufacture.
I do not confine myself to concaving the head B, as its face or front may be
made flat or of any other suitable form desired. Neither do I confine myself to
using the pin exclusively for the purposes stated as it is well adapted for a great
variety of analogous purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
First. A price card or tidy pin having its body composed of a single piece of wire
and its upper portion bent to form a spring, and having its head provided with an
inwardly turned flange, the said head and the body being held in engagement by
the expansive action of the spring beneath the flange, substantially as set forth.
Second. The body A having the loops x,. m and provided with a spring for
attaching it to a head, substantially as described.
Third. The body A having the loops x m and the curved spring &, the said
spring being bent. laterally to the loops, and the loops, springs, and body being
integral, or formed of one piece of wire, substantially as set forth.
Fourth. The improved price card or tidy pin herein described, the same
consisting of the body A having the loops x, m and provided with the spring > and
the head B having the flange d, all constructed, combined, and arranged to operate
substantially as described.