An Improved Safety Scarf Pin.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Nov., 1892-Accepted, 7th Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Safety Scarf Pin.
DANIEL MACDONALD, 81, Mansfield Street, Kingsland Road, London, N.E.,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A scarf pin with one or more "spurs" (similar to a cock's spur), according to
the size of the pin head, or class of scarf worn. The said spurs are fixed behind
the head, either on the frame, or otherwise; that is, I may make the top end
of the pin sufficient for the purpose it is intended.
The pin cannot be lost, or removed by any person, including the owner, except
he has the scarf in his hand, and the scarf is not injured by the use of the pin.
Dated this 22nd day of February 1892.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
4, Moorfields, E.C., Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Safety Scarf Pin.
I, DANIEL MACDONALD, of 81, Mansfield Street, Kingsland Road, Kingsland,
N.E., in the County of Middlesex, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in scarf pins, and consists of the
attachment to the back of the head of any kind or shaped pin, or to the bar or .
bars holding the said head in connection with the pin, of one or more spurs or
spikes similar in form to that of an ordinary cock spur, and has for its object the
entire prevention of any possibility of the said pin being lost, or the fraudulent or
accidental withdrawal of the same from the scarf, tie, or ureka during wear.
It has frequently occurred to gentlemen having long and centrally depending
whiskers or beard, that valuable pins have been accidentally lost from their tie or
scarf through their whiskers or beard getting entangled with the head of the pin,
the raising of the chin causing the rise and ultimate withdrawal of the same, and
in like manner valuable pins have been fraudulently removed by a person passing
their hand over the shoulder of the wearer and by simply raising the pin by its
head have succeeded in removing the same from the scarf without the said
removal being noticed by the owner, but with pins constructed according to my
invention such accidental or fraudulent removal of a pin during wear cannot
possibly occur, nor can the wearer himself remove the pin from his tie or scarf,
without removing the scarf or tie from his neck, and this I attain without the
scarf or tie being in any way injured by the use of said spurs or spikes.
In order that the manner of constructing the said pin and manipulating the
same may be fully understood, I append hereunto a sheet of drawings, in
which:-
Figs. 1, 2, and 3, are front, side and back elevations respectively, of an ordinary
gentleman's scarf pin, constructed according to my invention, the same being
provided with two such spurs or spikes.
Figs. 4 and 5 are side and back views of the head of a similar pin provided
with only one of said spurs or spikes.
Fig. 6 illustrates the manner of fixing the pin in the tie before placing the tie
upon the neck, while Fig. 7 shows the same in position upon the tie as it would
appear in actual wear.

page_text: In carrying my invention into effect I construct of any material, and of any
shape, size or design, a pin head A, which may be rigidly attached to, or screwed upon
its pin B. Upon the back of AI provide one or more straight or curved spurs
or spikes C, which may be either fixed directly thereto, or upon any part or parts
extending outwardly therefrom. In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 I show a head A, having
upon its back a horizontal bar D, to which the pin B is connected, and to this bar
I prefer to attach two such spurs C, extending upward therefrom, preferably, at
an angle of 45°, relatively to the pin head. For such pins as that shown by
Figs. 4 and 5 I prefer to use only one such spur C, which is attached to the pin B,
this being fixed directly upon the back plate of the head A, but I do not confine
myself to this, or any number of spurs C, nor to the part or parts of the head A
to which it or they may be attached.
The pin is fixed to the tic, scarf or ureka by first placing the same therein in
the usual way, the upper portion of the scarf is then slightly strained in an
upward direction from the pin, as shown at Fig. 6, until the spur C can be inserted
therein, as shown at Fig. 7. The scarf is then allowed to assume its normal
condition when it will be found that both the pin B, and the spur C, have a like
hold upon the fabric as shewn in the latter figure, but this operation must be
performed before the tie is placed upon the neck, as the pin cannot be raised,
and consequently cannot be removed while the tie is being worn, hence the object
of my invention.
In the case of scarf pins so constructed that the head A, can be removed from
the pin B, and worn as a stud, I may arrange the spurs C, so as to be easily
removed from A, in order that they may not injure the front of the shirt in which
the stud would be worn.
The same arrangement of the spurs C, may be employed in the construction of,
or at any time added to, the pins worn by ladies in their hair as an article of dress,
in which case the spurs C may if necessary be of greater length than that needed
in the case of scarf pins.
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 :-
In an improved safety scarf pin, the employment of one or more spurs or
spikes C, attached or connected to the back of the head A, and extending at any
angle in an upward direction therefrom, as a preventative to the accidental or
fraudulent removal of same from the scarf or tie during wear, substantially as
described as shewn by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1800
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
4, Moorfields, Fore Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.