Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Apr., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 21st Jan, 1889
Complete Specification Accepted. 23rd Feb., 1889
I, WILLIAM WASS, of 70* Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, in the county of
Nottingham, Needle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide a ready effectual and cheap means of
suspending hats, coats, or other articles in places where no convenience exists for
such purpose.
I form a small metal plate in two parts, hinged together, each part being provided
with a projection, either bent up, or punched out of the metal to form a hook, and
the back of the plate is provided with a spike by which means the device can be
temporarily attached to a wall or other desired place. The device when not in use
can be folded up and carried in the pocket, and it is so formed that when folded up
the aforesaid spike is enclosed within it. A coat can be hung by means of its loop
on one of the aforesaid hooks, but to enable a hat to be hung thereon, I affix
within the hat a device constructed as follows. I attach to the inside of the hat
body, by means of cement or otherwise, a plate of cardboard, or other suitable
material, to which is fixed a thin metal plate having two upright tongues.
These tongues pass through the bat lining and form the means for the attachment
of the device, which consists of a wire ring pivotted to a rectangular wire frame, sliding
in guides in a plate, which said plate has two apertures through which the aforesaid
tongues are passed and then bent down flat. The wire ring turns down and lies
flat out of the way of the head against the inside of the hat when not in use.
To hang up the hat the ring is turned up and pulled out beyond the edge of
the hat, when the ring can be slipped over one of the hooks on the aforesaid plate.
Dated this Ninotcanth day of April 1888.
AMBROSE MYALL,
21, Cockspur Street, London, S.W.,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Suspending Hats, Coats, or other Articles.
1, WILLIAM WASS of 70° Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, in the County of
Nottingham, Needle Manufacturer, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide a ready, effectual, and cheap means of
suspending hats, coats, or other articles, in places where no convenience exists for
such purpose.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Fig. 1, represents the complete apparatus,
as in use, with a hat and coat suspended thereby. The hat being shewn partly in
section. Fig. 2 is a perspective front elevation of the device upon which the articles
are hung, and Fig. 3 is a side view of the same when folded up. Figs. 4 and 5 are
detached pieces of a device fixed within the hat, and Fig. 6 is a complete view of
the said device.
Similar letters of reference denote similar parts throughout the drawings.
The device shewn in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is formed of a small metal plate in two
parts A, A, binged together, each part being provided with a projection B,
and B, either bent up, or punched out of the metal to form a hook, and the back of
the plate is provided with a spike C by which means the device can be temporarily
attached to a wall or other desired place, as shewn in Fig. 1. The device when not
in use can be folded up and carried in the pocket, and it is so formed that when
folded up the spike C passes through a hole in the plate A¹, and is covered by the
hook B', as shewn in Fig. 3. A coat D can be hung by means of its loop on one
of the aforesaid hooks, but to enable a hat to be hung thereon, I affix within the hat
a device constructed as follows:-
I attach to the inside of the hat body E, by means of cement or otherwise, a plate
of cardboard, or other suitable material, to which is fixed a thin metal plate F, having
two upright tongues F1, F2. These tongues pass through the bat lining H, and
form the means for the attachment of the device, which consists of a wire ring J,
pivotted to a rectangular wire frame K sliding in guides L L in the plate M, which
said plate has two apertures through which the tongues F F¹ are passed and then
bent down flat as shewn in Fig. 6. The wire ring J turns down and lies flat out
of the way of the head against the inside of the hat, when not in use, as shewn by the
dotted lines in Fig. 1.
To hang up the hat the ring is turned up and pulled out beyond the edge of the
hat, when the ring can be slipped over one of the hooks on the plates A A¹, as shewn
by the full lines in Fig. 1. It is obvious that this device may also be used for
suspending a hat from an ordinary hat and coat hook, if desired.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The device consisting of two plates A A¹, hinged together and provided with
hooks B B and a spike C, so that it can be fixed to a wall or other place for the
suspension of various articles and can be folded up to carry in the pocket, substan-
tially as herein set forth.
2. The device consisting of a ring J, hinged to a sliding frame K, attached within
a hat by the plates F and M, so that the said ring can be drawn out for sus-
pending the hat, or be folded up inside when not in use, substantially as herein set
forth.
AMBROSE MYALL,
21, Cockspur Street, London, S.W.,
Agent for the Applicant.