Improvements in Pins or Fasteners for Securing Hats to the Head.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 5th July, 1898-Accepted, 6th Aug., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pins or Fasteners for Securing Hats to the Head.
We, WILLIAM ANDREW CALLANAN, of Manitou, State of Colorado, Clerk, and
ARTHUR RONALD, of 362, Broadway, City and State of New York, Merchant, both
in the United States of America, 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: —
Our invention relates to improvements in pins or fasteners for securing hats to
the head, in which the pin proper is adapted to move through a supporting device
which may be permanently secured to the brim of the hat.
The object of our improvement is to provide a two pronged pin formed of a
single piece of wire having enlarged ends and taping prongs permanently con-
nected to and adapted to have a sliding movement through a supporting device,
formed of a properly bent single piece of wire, adapted to be readily secured to
the brim or other part of the hat.
Our invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, and accompany-
ing drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a view of the pin proper. Fig. 2 is a view of the
device for securing the pin to the hat. Fig. 3 is a view of the fastener complete,
ready for use. Fig. 4 is a view partly sectional and partly perspective showing
the fastener attached to a hat. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view showing more
clearly the manner of securing the fastener to the hat. Fig. 6 is a modification
of the holding device and Fig. 7 is a modification of the pin.
Similar figs. refer to similar parts in each of the views.
The pin proper Fig. 1 which enters the hair is preferably constructed of a single
piece of wire, bent so as to form two parallel pins 11. with ends enlarged into an
elliptical knob, or flattened out so as to broaden them as shown at 22.
The loop or knob 6 is of a convenient size and shape for grasping between the
thumb and finger when pushing it into or withdrawing it from the hair. If a
knob is used, as in Figs. 3 and 4 it may be either plain or ornamental as in an
ordinary hat pin. In its cheapest form a single loop of the wire forming the pin
is used as shown in Fig. 1.
In order to avoid injury to the hat occasioned by sticking the pin through the
crown thereof, as in the usual practice, a device shown in Fig. 2 is used to secure
the pin to the brim or sweat band of the hat; it is formed of a single piece of wire
with pointed ends 33. Each of the prongs 11 is made slightly tapering and the
loops 44 are of such size that when the prongs are pushed through said loops to
the shoulders 55 they will fit so tightly as to prevent coming out accidently. The
knobs or flattened ends 22 prevent the pin from being entirely withdrawn from
the loops 44 of the holding device Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 shows the pin proper and holding device properly connected together and
secured to the brim of a hat 7 the pin being withdrawn to the position to
allow of the hat being placed on the head. It is preferable to use two of the
fasteners, one on each side of the hat. When the hat is in position on the head,
the prongs 11 of the pins are by means of the loops or knobs 6 pushed into the

page_text: hair securely fastening the hat to the head. The fastener is secured to the hat by
forcing the points 33 through the brim or other part of the hat to which it may
be desired to secure it, and then and there bending the end of the wires over as
shown in Fig. 4.
Instead of tapering the pins 11 to hold the pin in a fixed position in the
fastener, we may employ bends 13 in the parallel pins 11 as shown in Fig. 7.
We can also form a fastener having a single edge or loop 8 as in Fig. 6, this is
done by bending the wire 9 to form the pins 33 by right angle bends 10 and 12
then the pin having the loops 13, is used, the parallel pins 11 are formed wider
apart than the loop 8 is long, in order to permit the bends 13 to catch the end 11
of the loop 8 and to be locked, as the pins 11 spring out.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. In a hat fastener the combination with a wire holding device formed of a
single piece bent to form a loop and two pin points 33 adapted to receive a two
pronged pin with bends 13 substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. In a hat fastener the combination with a holding device formed of a single
piece of wire bent into rectangular form with points or sharpened ends and having
an eye formed by the looping of the wire at the angle of the said device, adapted
to spread slightly, of a two pronged pin having the prongs tapering and adapted
to wedge lightly when pushed entirely into the eyes or loops of the holding device,
and knobs or enlargements at the extremities of the prongs substantially as
described.