Improvements in Hat Pins.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 18th Apr., 1996
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hat Pins.
We, OSCAR JAMES JONES, and MILTON BRAINARD KERR, of Winfield, in
the County of Cowley, and State of Kansas, United States of America, Gentlemen,
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 hat pins and the object in view is to provide an article
of this character which is adapted to be permanently attached to the hat upon the
inside so as to avoid any disfigurement thereof or injury thereto, such as is
occasioned by the repeated pricking of the hat and its trimmings by passing the
point of the pin therethrough in the ordinary manner. The invention also has
for its object to provide a pin which can be readily operated by one hand,
thereby avoiding the inconvenient and awkward necessity of placing both hands
to the hat,
With the above objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features
and details of construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully
described, illustrated in the drawings and finally embodied in the claims hereto
appended.
In the accompanying drawings:-
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved hat pin.
Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a hat with the pin shown applied thereto and in side
elevation.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a modified construction.
Figs. 4 and 5 are detail sections of the modified form.
Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several
figures of the drawings.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a guide made preferably
of tubular steel or brass wire and curved to properly direct the pin through the
hair. The guide 1 is provided at its inner end or in proximity thereto with two
arms or fasteners 2, one fastened integrally to either side of said bar said arms
being extended upwardly and sharpened at their extremities so as to be forced
through the crown of the hat and spread out therein to secure the guide 1 perma-
nently in place. These prongs or arms are made of flexible wire and two of said
arms are provided so as to brace against each other and preserve the guide in
proper position. The opposite or outer end 3 of the guide 1 is deflected or bent
laterally and sharpened so as to permit of its being imbedded in the edge of the
hat and thereby retained. 4 designates the hat pin proper which is curved in the
are of a circle corresponding to the arc of the tubular guide 1. This pin is inserted
through and reciprocates in the tubular guide and in order to prevent the same
being withdrawn therefrom the said pin is formed in proximal relation to its pointed
end, with an enlargement or knob 5, of sufficient size to prevent such pointed end
from being drawn into the tubular guide, and said pin is provided at its other end
with a loop or eye 6, or any other preferred form of finger rest, the latter serving
to prevent the pin from being withdrawn from its guide at that end.
In Figs. 3, 4, and 5 we have illustrated a modified construction involving, however,
the same principle and invention. Instead of making the guide tubular, it is made
simply of a piece of curved wire, one end having the prongs 2 and the other end
being deflected and sharpened to enter the hat so that the said guide is supported
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page_text: in the same manner.as the one above described. This guide however, differentiates
from the tubular guide in that loops 7 are provided, preferably two near the inner
end and one near the outer end of the guide 1, the said loops projecting laterally
along one side of the guide, in which loops the curved pin 4 is adapted to reciprocate.
The pin 4 in this latter construction instead of having the enlargement or knob 5 at
or near its pointed extremity has the said knob located intermediate its ends and
arranged to reciprocate between the loops 7 in which the pin slides. The knob 5
and loops 7 thus co-operate to limit the movement of the hat pin in each direction
and are so disposed relatively as to prevent the finger rest or head 6 from coming
too near the point 3 of the guide and without disengaging the point of the pin
from the innermost loop.
In use, point 3 is imbedded into the inside of the hat body at its bottom edge
and the fastening prongs 2 are forced through the crown of the hat and their
projecting ends are then bent down and forced back through the crown or spread
out into the same, thereby firmly securing the guide bar and pin in proper position.
The hat is now adjusted on the head and pin 4 which was in retracted position, is
gently pushed forward into the hair, the hat being thereby fixed in place. In doing
this the finger tips are placed against the crown of the hat to hold the same in
position and the thumb is pressed against loop 6 until pin 4 is fully projected.
By this arrangement of parts the hat pin is never lost, it is easily adjusted with
one hand, not requiring that both be raised to the head, according to the present
inconvenient custom, and no injury results to the hat trimmings and hat because
the pin is not continually forced therethrough as the present practice requires.
Changes in the form, proportion and minor. details of construction may be
resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages
of this invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The combination with the curved guide bar pointed at its outer end to enter
a hat and provided at or near its inner end with means for attaching it to the
crown of a hat, said bar having means for guiding and carrying a hat pin, of a
curved hat pin reciprocating in said guide bar, said pin being provided with a stop
co-operating with the guide bar to limit its reciprocatory movement, substantially
as set forth.
2. The combination with a curved guide bar, sharpened at one end to enter a
hat and provided adjacent to its opposite end with guide loops, of suitable prongs
for attaching said bar to the crown of a hat, and a curved hat pin arranged to
reciprocate in the aforesaid loops and provided with a stop intermediate the guide-
loops whereby the longitudinal movement of the hat pin are limited, substantially
as set forth.
3. The combination with a curved guide bar sharpened at its outer end and
provided with laterally projecting guide loops on one side, two near its inner end
and one near its outer end, of suitable upwardly projecting prongs arranged to
co-operate with said sharpened end for fastening said bar inside the crown of a hat,
and a curved hat pin sharpened at its inner end and provided with a thumb rest at
its outer end and also provided with a stop adapted to limit the longitudinal move-
ment of the piu, said pin being arranged to reciprocate in the aforesaid loops, as
and for the purpose described.
Dated this 25th day of February 1896.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicants.