A Device for Holding Flowers, Ornaments, and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Dec., 1890-Accepted, 28th Feb., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Device for Holding Flowers, Ornaments, and the like.
I, GEORGE FREDERICK REDFERN, of the firm of G. F. Redfern & Co., the
General Patent Office, No. 4, South Street, Finsbury, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication.
from abroad by Paul Hermann Moritz Stegmüller, of Berlin, in the Empire of
Germany, Architect), and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by following statement :-
This invention relates to a device for holding flowers, ornaments or the like the
object of the invention being to provide a holder by means of which single flowers,
small bouquets, ornaments, &c., may be easily and securely fastened to the dress, or
in the hair, in such a manner that the flower or ornament can be fixed in any desired
position, the holder being at the same time securely fastened in place so that it
cannot become lost.
The improved device comprises an elastic pin stem bent as hereinafter described
and provided with two points acting in opposite directions.
In order to enable the invention to be fully understood I will describe the same
by reference to the accompanying drawing which shews several forms of the
improved device.
The stem A of the flower holder shewn in Figure 1 is formed with bends or
curves which are somewhat square shaped and arranged equi-distant from each
other so as to give a more pleasing effect to the eye. The two ends of the said
stem have points 6, 61, Figure 2, the lower one 6 of which forms the extension of
the stem A, while the upper one is bent at right angles to the lower one. If the
pin is intended to hold a flower as in Figure 4 the stem of the flower is passed
through the bends a, a Figure 1, whereby the flower stem and the stem of the pin
are practically twisted together; the lower point 6 of the pin is then inserted in
the dress and the upper point is turned sideways to also allow of it being fastened
in the dress.
The flower is thus firmly secured in the device and can be worn arranged in an
upright position as shewn in Figures 4 and 9 or hanging down as shown in Figure 10
with equal security. The flower holding device cannot be lost from the dress as
the bends of the pin prevent it becoming accidentally unfastened. The manner in
which the improved device is secured to the dress is clearly shown in Figure 3.
If the holder has a tendency to slip upwards the horizontal end will prevent
such movement; further, the point of the holder cannot accidentally become
unfastened as for that purpose the stem must be bent back and this movement is
prevented from being accidentally effected by the elasticity of the stem. The
loss of the holder with the flower or of the flower itself is therefore entirely
prevented.
It is immaterial whether the straight point of the holder is at the top or bottom
so long as the other end is at right angles to it. In the form shewn in Figures 5
and 6, for example, the upper point b is bent downwards in the direction of the stem
while the lower point b' is bent at right angles to it. The effect in this case is the
same as with the holder represented in Figures 1 to 3. The shape of the bends a
of the stem is also immaterial as shewn in Figures 7 and 8 where they are bent into
narrow strips but they could also be composed of round loops. All these shapes are
unimportant variations from the holder shewn in Figure 1 and are designed to be
used in the same manner as they all have a bent or curved stem in which is inserted
or twisted the stem of the flower and which bent stem is provided with two points
which are bent in such a manner that one end opposes the tendency of the other to
become unfastened.

page_text: The construction of the holder for fastening a flower or ornament in the hair is
the same as hereinbefore described; but the points b, b' are blunt to prevent the
skin being. hurt.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1.) A device for holding flowers, ornaments and the like consisting of a double
pointed elastic stem provided with bends in which the stem of the flower is inserted
or twisted for the purpose of retaining the flower securely in any position substantially
as hereinbefore described.
(2.) In the device for holding flowers, ornaments or the like claimed in Claim 1,
arranging the points b, b' in such a manner that each point opposes the tendency of
the other point to become unfastened, whereby, the liability of the holder being lost.
is prevented, substantially as hereinbefore described.
(3.) The improved devices for holding flowers or ornaments hereinbefore described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 92nd dow of December 1890.
G. F: REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.