Improvements in Hats and in Appliances for Suspending the same.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 19th May, 1893-Accepted, 1st July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hats and in Appliances for Suspending the same.
I, GEORGE GODDARD, of 11 Market Street, Torquay, in the County of
Devonshire, Draper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to suspending hats to anything, from a tin tack to the size
of a knob of the door, by means of a spring suspender which lays in the crown of a
hat, when the hat is being worn, this wire suspender works on a spring hinge
which hinge is fitted to a plate. It is laid between the inside leather band of the
hat, the plate also prevents the prespiration of the forehead from passing through
the hat; their are two clipps at the upper edge of the plate which secures the plate
to the leather band, it also keeps the hat in shape.
Dated this 16th day of November 1892.
GEORGE GODDARD,
Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hats and in Appliances for Suspending the same.
I, GEORGE GODDARD, of 11 Market Street, Torquay, in the County of
Devonshire, Draper, 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 suspending hats to anything, from a tin tack to the size
of a knob of the door, by means of a spring suspender of any suitable shape which
lays in the crown of a hat, when the hat is being worn, this wire suspender works
on a spring hinge which hinge is fitted to a plate or otherwise. It is laid between
the inside leather band of the hat, this plate also prevents the perspiration of the
forehead from passing through the hat; there are two clips at the upper edge of
the plate which secures the plate to the leather band, it also keeps the hat in
shape.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is a front view of a hat shewing the position of the suspender when the
Lat is hung up.
Fig. 2, is a view of the apparatus with the wire spring suspender pressed out in
the flat.
Fig. 3, represents the inside of a hat with the wire spring suspender pressing
against the crown.
Fig. 4, is a plan of the clip.
Fig. 5, is a view of a drawing pin soldered to the end of the wire spring
suspender.
This invention is constructed with a piece of grease-proof material of any
suitable shape and adjoining each end I cut a slot ƒ and to each slot I fix a metal
clip d.
In or about the centre of the piece of grease-proof material g I cut a hole
and insert an eyelet i and around which I place the wire hand clinch the said
eyelet and wire together as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The steel wire
suspender a spring with the wire h round eyelet i is turned up all in one piece
before it is placed over the said eyelet. The wire suspender works on the spring
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page_text: hinge and when fixed to the lining k in the inside c of a hat bit lays in the crown
of the hat as in Fig. 3, or when pressed out as in Fig. 1.
The grease-proof material is inserted and secured by means of the clips d
under the front of the inside lining k of the hat letting the top of the wire rest
against the crown c as in Fig. 3. To hang the hat up on a peg or the like the
wire is bent forward over the front of the hat as in Fig. 1, or with a drawing pin e
or the like as in Fig. 5, for fixing the suspending wire to wood work.
This apparatus may be fitted to the lining of any shape hat or other head
gear, for hanging or suspending the same, or for carrying a button hole of flowers a
in the hat attached to the loop a¹ of the wire suspender.
It will be understood that the shapes, materials and proportions of the parts,
with such modifications as found necessary, may be varied in many ways within
the scope of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In hats or appliances for suspending the same, the combination of the grease-
proof material g and clips d inserted in slots f for fixing the wire spring suspender
to the lining of any hat or head gear, substantially as herein described and
according to the accompanying drawing.
2. In hats or appliances for suspending the same, the combination of the wire
suspender a with spring and eyelet i fixed to the grease-proof material g,
substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying drawing.
3. In hats or appliances for suspending the same, the combination of a drawing
pin e or any other similiar instrument soldered or fixed to the end of the wire
suspender a, substantially as herein described and according to Fig. 5, of the
accompanying drawing.
4. In hats or appliances for suspending the same, the combination of the wire
suspender a spring and wire fitted to a plate and the plate fixed to the grease-
proof material, substantially as herein described and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 19th day of May 1893
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.