New or Improved Hat Rack or Holder.
Year: 1899

page_text: I, ALFRED DUNHILL, of 145, Euston Road, in the County of London, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object a rack or holder to and from which a hat may be
easily and quickly attached and detached without injury, and which will at the
same time firmly hold a hat when attached thereto.
Such rack or holder I construct essentially of a pair of holders or pieces, each
shaped to receive the brim of a hat and one or both of these I form on or attach
to a slide or slides mounted in a suitable frame, or otherwise so arrange them
that one or each may be moved towards or from the other.
The movable one of these two holders, or both when both are movable, is or
are so arranged that either by its or their own weight, or by means of counter
weights, springs, or other equivalent means it or they will tend to approach
the other or one another, so that when the brim of a hat is placed between said
holders they will at once assume such position that each will grip the hat and so
firmly hold the same between them.
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New or Improved Hat Rack or Holder.
I, ALFRED DUNHILL, 145, Euston Road, in the County of London, Engineer,
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:
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My invention has for its object a rack or holder to and from which a hat may be
easily and quickly attached and detached without injury, and which will at the
same time firmly hold a hat when attached thereto.
Suoh rack or holder I construct essentially of a pair of holders or pieces, each
shaped to receive the brim of a hat, and one or both of these I form on or attach
to a slide or slides mounted in a suitable frame, or otherwise so arrange them
that one or each may be moved towards or from the other.
The movable one of these two holders, or both when both are movable, is or
are so arranged that either by its or their own weight, or by means of counter
weights, springs, or other equivalent means, it or they will tend to approach
the other or one another, so that when the brim of a hat is placed between said
holders they will at once assume such position that cach will grip the hat and so
firmly hold the same between them.

page_text: My invention will be better understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings, which illustrate how the same may be carried into practical effect.
Of these drawings, Fig. I is a front view, Fig. 2 top view, Fig. 3 a section on
line AA, Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 a section on line B-B, Fig. 1, but with a hat
secured in position. Figs. 5 and 6 are front views of modined forms of rack.
As shown Figs. 1, 2, 3 & 4, the rack consists of one, two, three, or more slides a
(three are shown), each adapted to slide in a frame formed of side pieces b and a
bottom piece c mounted on battens d, provided with suitable means whereby the
whole may be secured in position.
To the upper end of each of these slides is attached one (e) of the pair of holders
shaped to receive the brim of a hat between them.
The second of such holders may be of similar shape and attached to the piece c
of the frame, or other immovable part, or may be in the form of two hooks f,
the stems of which form the holder proper, whilst the outer ends form. hooks
for coats and the like.
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A hat is secured in position by placing the rim under the holder e and raising
this with the slide until the opposite end or side of the rim may be placed upon
the lower holder.
In each of the modified forms of racks shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the upper holder
is formed of a suitably bent piece of wire the end of which is adapted to slide in
sockets g secured to the fixed portion of the rack, to which are secured the second
holder in the form of two hooks.
The above described are convenient forms in which my invention may be
carmed into practical effect, but my invention is not limited to these. In other
modincations, the holders may be of any other convenient shape or construction,
provided they are adapted to receive the rim of a hat between them, such holders
may both be ninged or otherwise made adjustable and may be operated by counter
weights, springs, or other equivalent means, which normally keep them in their
closest position, to permit of the rack being placed in a horizontal or inclined
position as well as in a vertical one, as shown.
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:-
(1) A hat rack constructed of one or more pairs of holders, each pair adapted to
receive the rim of a hat between them, and one of which is adjustable relatively
to the other substantially as described.
(2) A hat rack constructed of one, two, or more pairs of holders, each pair
adapted to receive the rim of a hat between them, and both of which are adjustable
relatively to the other substantially as described.
(3) A hat rack constructed of one or more pairs of holders, each pair adapted
to receive the rim of a hat between them, and one or both of which is, or are
adjustable, and is or are operated by counter weights, springs, or equivalent
means so that they are normally held in their closest relative position substantially
as described.
(4) A hat rack substantially as described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings, Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4."
(5) Hat racks constructed substantially as described and illustrated by Figs. 5
and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
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CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, Mitre Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C.
Agent for the Applicant.