Means for Attaching and Securing Every Description of Breast and Scarf Pins, Brooches, and other like Ornaments to the Fabric during Use, Wear, or otherwise.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 12th June, 1895-Accepted, 20th July, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Means for Attaching and Securing Every Description of Breast and
Scarf Pins, Brooches, and other like Ornaments to the Fabric
during Use, Wear, or otherwise.
I, WILLIAM GASKELL of All Saints' Schools, Nottingham, Schoolmaster, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object the protection from loss either from ordinary
causes or from robbery of all wearers of breast and scarf pins, brooches and other
like ornaments.
My invention consists of the addition of one or more pieces of pointed metal of
suitable length and fixed behind the head or on the upper part of the stem or pin
in such a manner that the sharpened end or ends of the added part or parts shall
point in a reverse direction to the ordinary pointed end of the stem.
The exact position and direction of such points to be so arranged that when the
improved pin, brooch, &c. is in wear any upward attempted withdrawal of the
aforesaid pin, brooch &c. from the fabric in which it may be inserted will be resisted
by the added reverse point or points on the upper portion of the pin, brooch &c.
and lying behind the aforesaid head.
September 13, 1894.
WM. GASKELL,
All Saints Schools, Nottingham.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Means for Attaching and Securing Every Description of Breast and
Scarf Pins, Brooches, and other like Ornaments to the Fabric
during Use, Wear, or otherwise.
I, WILLIAM GASKELL, of All Saints Schools, Nottingham, Schoolmaster, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and
figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
My invention relates to improved means for attaching and securing breast and
scarf pins, brooches, and other like articles of jewellery, and it has for its object the
protection of wearers of such articles against loss, either by accident, theft, or other
causes.
To this end, my invention consists in the employment in, or addition to,
such articles of one or more pointed pieces of metal, of suitable length, fixed,
say in the case of a scarf pin, behind the head, or on the upper part of the
stem or pin, in such a manner that the points project in the opposite direction to
the ordinary point of the pin proper; or in the case of a brooch, fixed behind the
same, and likewise in the opposite direction to the usual pin.
By this arrangement, any attempt to snatch the pin, or the like, from the person
of the wearer, will be resisted by the said point, or points, which will grip or insert

page_text: themselves into the material of the tie, or dress, and so resist the withdrawal of the
article.
And in order that my invention may be readily understood, I will describe the
same fully with reference to the annexed drawings; in which:
Fig. 1 shows a scarf pin provided with two protecting points formed or fixed at
the back of the head of the pin.
Fig. 2 shows a modification in which a single and curved protecting point is
formed as a continuation of the pin proper, and
Fig. 3 shows a further modification in which the protecting point is straight,
instead of curved.
Fig. 4 shows an arrangement in which the protecting point is carried or formed
on a sleeve or collar.
Fig. 5 shows, to a larger scale, a modified construction of collar in which the
protecting point is formed integrally therewith; and Fig. 6 illustrates the blank
from which such collar is formed.
Fig. 7 shows, also to an enlarged scale, an arrangement of collar and protecting
point, in which the latter is pivotted. This arrangement, as well as those shown in
Figs. 4 and 5, can be applied to existing scarf pins, or brooches.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the figures.
Referring more particularly to Fig. 1, a is the pin proper, & the head thereof,
and e the pointed pieces or protecting points. These protecting points are secured
behind the bead by soldering, or otherwise, and project in the opposite direction to
the stem or pin proper a. They have a slight backward inclination to enable them
to more readily insert themselves, or catch into, the material in which the pin is
worn, in the event of an attempt being made to snatch the pin.
In the modifications shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the stem or pin proper a, is secured
to the head by means of an eye or collar ¹, and is formed with a point c at its
upper end to serve as the protecting point. This point may be curved backwards,
as in Fig. 2, or may be inclined backwards as in Fig. 3.
In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, the contrivance is specially intended for
use with existing scarf pins (or brooches), the protecting point c (or points)
being formed upon a collar d adapted to be fitted upon the stem or pin a, and
secured by friction, or by solder, or otherwise.
Collar attachments for this purpose may be stamped out of thin sheet steel in the
form shown at Fig. 6, and after being bent round, as shown at Fig. 5, may be
silvered, gilt, or otherwise treated, and be attached to the pin, brooch, or other like
article.
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In the collar attachment shown in Fig. 7, the protecting pin c is pivotted between
projections on the adjacent edges of the collar d, so that it can be caused to lie
Hat against the pin a, or be opened or turned back, as desired.
In applying my invention to a brooch, as shown at Fig. 8, the protecting point c
is secured to the back thereof near the hinge, and in line with the pin a, said point c
being arranged in the contrary direction to the pin a.
It is obvious that the position of the protecting point, or points, may be varied
according to the shape and character of the article of jewellery to which it, or they,
is, or are, applied.
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 1
claim is :
1. In a scarf pin, or other like article of jewellery, the employment or addition of
one or more protecting points secured to any suitable part of the article, and
projecting in the opposite direction to the stem or point proper of such article
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. A scarf pin provided with protecting points at the back of the head thereof
substantially as described and as shown with reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings.
3. A scarf pin provided with a protecting point formed on the upper end of the

page_text: pin proper, and either bent or inclined, substantially as described and as shown with
reference to Figs. 2 and 3 respectively of the drawings.
4. A collar or sleeve carrying a protecting point (or points), and adapted to be
fitted to the pin of a scarf pin, brooch, or other like article of jewellery, substantially
as described.
5. A scarf pin (or brooch) provided with a protecting point formed on or secured
to a collar or sleeve on the pin proper, substantially as described and as shown with
reference to Fig. 4 of the drawings.
6. The modified construction of collar or sleeve with integrally formed
protecting point, for application to a scarf pin, brooch, or the like, substantially as
described, and as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings.
7. The modified construction of collar or sleeve with pivotted protecting point,
for application to a scarf pin, brooch, or the like, substantially as described and as
shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings.
8. A brooch provided with a protecting point (or points) substantially as
described with reference to Fig. 8 of the drawings.
י ניר
1011
ST 1005
ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent,
78, Fleet Street, London, and 54, Market Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.