An Improved Hat or Dress Pin and Safety Point Protector therefor.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Hat or Dress Pin and Safety Point Protector therefor.
I, EDWARD BUTT, of 185, Harrington Road, Workington, in the County of
Cumberland, Retired Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to a sheath for protecting pin points, being simply a tube
having a flange inside, to pass over the pin point, & clasp on a prepared part to
receive same, & form safety pin. The tube might be split or any other means to
give a greater grip on pin. The sheath might be finished to correspond with pin
head or in any desired design.
An Improved Hat or Dress Pin and Safety Point Protector therefor.
I, EDWARD BUTT, of 185, Harrington Road, Workington, in the County of
Cumberland, Retired Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to an improved pin, and an automatic self fixing point
protector therefor, for the use of ladies in fixing their hats in position during wear,
or for fastening shawls, mufflers, wraps, and other garments, as a means for prevent-
ing the point of the said pin from pricking or otherwise injuring themselves or
other persons, or and for preventing such pins when of value and adapted to be used
by gentlemen for ties and other decorative purposes, from being stolen or otherwise
removed in fraud of the wearer.
In order that my said invention and the manner in which I purpose constructing
the said pin, and the said protector therefor, and the way in which the one may be
used in connection with the other may be fully understood, I have hereunto
appended a sheet of drawings, of which
Fig. 1 is a view of such a pin and point protector therefor, substantially as I
prefer to construct them for general use.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the point end of such a pin with its protector in
section detached from the said pin, while Fig. 3 is a like view of such a pin with the
point protector in position thereon.
Fig. 4 is a view of a lady's straw hat, illustrating the use of such a pin and its
point protector when employed in connection with such or other hats.
When intended for use for retaining ladies hats in position during wear, I
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page_text: construct the shank or stem of the pin A, of steel or other metal, precious or other-
wise, or of any other suitable material, while the head B may be of any shape,
configuration, contour, or design, according to fancy or fashion, and of any material
costly or otherwise, but for the purposes of illustration, I have assumed such head
to be a pearl, or otherwise spherical in formation. At a suitable distance from the
point end the stem of the said pin is excavated, recessed, or otherwise narrowed in
diameter at C, during its manufacture, to form a hold for the point protector.
The said point protector D may vary in shape or configuration as desired, and
may be constructed of vulcanite, celluloid, ivory, bone or other material, or of
precious or other metal, and preferably in the form of a tube or hollow cylinder,
open at one end and closed at the other, and the said closed end E, may be either
plain as at Figs. 1 and 2, or so formed or designed as to correspond with the head B
of the pin. A as at Figs. 3 and 4, the open end of the said point protector or sheath
being constructed in any suitable way by which this end may be passed on to, and
over the point of A, and be sprung upon and automatically engage with the recessed
portion C, and to attain this I may form two or more splits F in the said sheath D,
so that the open end of this may spring apart when being passed over the said
point, a flange or rim G being attached to, or formed integrally with the inner
surface of the mouth of this end of 1), and adapted to automatically engage with
the recess C in A as shewn in Fig. 3, thus fully protecting the point of the pin,
when in use for either securing a ladys shawl, wrap, or the like, or a hat as at
Fig. 4, from which position upon A the said sheath cannot be removed except by
the application of as great or greater force than that used, in placing it in position.
Excepting that the said sheath or protector I) may vary in shape or configuration
to render it more adaptable for the purpose, the general construction of this and
its application to the pin A, would be the same when used for securing in position
a gentlemans scarf-pin, for preventing this from being stolen or removed in fraud
of the wearer.
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:-
1st. The herein described hat or dress pin and protector or sheath for the point
of same, with means for automatically securing such sheath or protector upon the
point of said pin substantially as described and shewn.
2nd. A hat or dress pin such as A provided with a recessed portion such as C,
with protector or sheath such as D, having an open end such as G, adapted to
automatically engage with the said recess C, connected, combined and operating
substantially as and for the purposes herein described and shewn by the accompany-
ing drawings.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
No. 1, Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant..