Improvements in Scarf Pins, Hat Pins, and similar Devices.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd May, 1896-Accepted, 27th June, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Scarf Pins, Hat Pins, and similar Devices.
I, FINN FOSHEIM, a citizen of the United States, residing at 83 Lexington
Avenue, of the City, County, and State of New York, U.S.A. Doctor of Dental
Surgery, 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 scarf pins, hat pins, hair pins, and similar devices; and
the object thereof is to provide a pin of this class with a pivoted or otherwise
connected point, the shaft of the pin being provided with a sliding sleeve, or band
by means of which the pivoted or otherwise connected point is held at an angle
thereto.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the
accompanying drawings form a part, in which ;-
Fig. 1, is a side view of my improved pin, with the pivoted point extended in
line with the shaft, and the sliding ring or sleeve depressed in contact with the
same;
Fig. 2, a similar view showing the sleeves raised in order that the pivoted pin
may be turned at an angle to the shaft;
Fig. 3, a similar view with the point turned, and the ring or sleeve depressed;
Fig. 4 a side view of the upper part of the shaft of the pin, and the pivoted
point, and the sleeves or ring mounted thereon, on an enlarged scale, and ;
Fig. 5, a central longitudinal section thereof.
In the practice of my invention, I provide a pin which comprises a shaft A,
which is provided with a head a, and the lower end of which is preferably slightly
reduced in size as shown at a 2, so as to form an annular chamber a 3, at a pre-
determined distance above said end, and mounted on said reduced portion is a
sliding sleeve or band B.
The lower end of the reduced portion a 2, is provided with a transverse slot a 4,
and I also provide an extension D, the body portion of which is of about the same
size as the shaft A, of the pin.
The extension D, is provided with a point d, at its outer end, and at the opposite
end with a central flattened portion 62, which is adapted to enter the slot a 4, in
the end of the shaft, of the pin, and said extension D, is pivotally connected with
the shaft of the pin as shown at d 2.
The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description,
when taken in connection with the accompanying, and the following statement
thereof.
It will be understood that the pointed extension D, may be turned to an angle
to the shaft of the pin as shown in Fig. 3, and may be securely held in the
position by depressing the sleeve or band B, and when the pin is inserted into a
scarf, or through the same, or into a hat or through the same, it is held in place
by simply turning the pointed extension D, shown in Fig. 3, and then depressing
the sleeve or band B, so as to hold the extension in said position.
The sleeve or band B, is adapted to slide freely on the reduced portion a 2, of
the shaft, when pressure is applied thereto, and otherwise it will remain stationary,
and said extension may be projected or swung in line with the shaft of the pin, at
any time by raising the sleeve or band, and these parts are so constructed and
arranged that the sleeve or band will easily pass through the hole in the fabric or

page_text: in the hat which is made by the extension D, and my invention is not limited to
the form of said extension, or to the method of connecting it with the shaft of the
pin, nor to the form of the sleeve or band; and I reserve the right to make all
such alterations therein, and modifications thereof as fairly come within the scope
of the invention.
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 scarf or other pin, provided with a pivoted pointed extension, and means
for holding said extension at an angle to the shaft of the pin, substantially as
shown and described.
2. A scarf or other pin, provided with a pointed extension, which is connected
therewith, and which is adapted to be held at an angle thereto, and means for
holding said extension at said angle, substantially as shown and described.
3. A scarf or other pin, provided at one end with a head, and at the other with
a pointed extension which is adapted to be turned at an angle thereto, and
means for holding said extension at said angle, substantially as shown and
described.
4. A scarf or other pin, provided at one end with a head, and at the other with
a pointed extension which is adapted to be turned at an angle thereto, and
means for holding said extension at an angle, consisting of a sleeve or band,
which is adapted to slide on the shaft of the pin, substantially as shown and
described.
5. A scarf or other pin, comprising a shaft, to which is pivotally secured a
pointed extension, said extension being adapted to be folded at an angle to the
shaft, and to be held in said position, substantially as shown and described."
6. A scarf or other pin, comprising a shaft, to which is pivotally secured a
pointed extension, said extension being adapted to be folded at an angle to the
shaft, and to be held in said position, by means of a sleeve or band, which is
mounted on a shaft, and adapted to slide thereon, substantially as shown and
described.
7. A scarf or other pin, comprising a shaft, having a head at one end, and an
open slot at the other, and a pointed extension pivotally connected therewith, and
adapted to be turned at an angle thereto, and a sleeve or band which is mounted
on said shaft, and adapted to slide thereon, and to hold said pointed extension, at
an angle thereto, substantially as shown and described.
8. A scarf or other pin, comprising a shaft, having a head at one end and an
open slot at the other and a pointed extension pivotally connected therewith, and
adapted to be turned at an angle thereto, and a sleeve or band which is mounted
on said shaft, and adapted to slide thereon, and to hold said pointed extension at
an angle thereto, that portion of the shaft of the pin on which the sleeve or band
is mounted being reduced in size, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 22nd day of May 1896.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.