Improvements in Hat, Scarf, and other Dress Pins.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 16th Nov., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hat, Scarf, and other Dress Pins.
I, JOSEPH ASHMEAD DAVIDSON, of 89 St. Mark's Avenue, in the City of
Brooklyn, County of Kings, and State of New York, United States of America,
Broker, 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 or to pins for similar purposes, such as scarf pins,
pins for attaching garments, etc. and the object thereof is to provide means for
holding the pin in position or for preventing its accidental displacement or loss,
and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction
combination and arrangement of parts herein after described and claimed.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following Specification, of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part in which :-
Fig. 1 represents my improved pin which is provided with two heads, one of
which is removable; and,
Fig. 2 a side view of the removable head looking in the direction of the arrow in
Fig. 1.
In the practice of my invention I provide a pin A. having a fixed head B and
the end of the pin A. opposite the fixed head B. is provided with a lance shaped
head C. at the base of which on one or both sides, is formed a recess or
recesses D or in place of the recess or recesses, I may employ an annular groove
or recess.
The removable head E, which is shown in vertical transverse section in Fig. 1,
is provided with a socket F which is similar in form to the lance shaped head C. of
the pin A and secured in one side is a spring operated plug G which is adapted to
act in connection with the recess or groove D. to hold the removable head in
position upon the pin.
The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description when
taken in connection with the accompanying drawing. As shown in the drawing
the operation of the plug G is automatic, and the head E may be connected with
the pin by simply inserting the latter thereinto, as shown in Fig. 1. My invention
however is not limited to the form or operation of the plug G and I may
employ a set screw which will extend through the side of the head or any
similar form of construction and I therefore reserve the right to make all such
alterations in the construction combination an arrangement of the various parts, as
of iny
invention.
fairly come within the scope
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. A pin the pointed end of which is provided with a removable head substantially
as shown and described.
2. A pin, the pointed end of which is provided with a removable head said head
being provided with a socket into which the pin is adapted to be inserted and said
pin being provided with a groove or recess and said head with a plug adapted to
operate in connection therewith to hold the removable head in position substantially
as shown and described.

page_text: 3. A pin provided with a fixed and a removable head the point of the pin being
lance shaped in form and the removable head being provided with a socket into
which said pin is adapted to be inserted the head of the pin being also provided
with a groove or recess and the removable head with a bolt or plug adapted to
operate in connection therewith, to hold the removable head in position substantially
as shown and described.
Dated this 17th day of September 1895.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.