Improvements in Fastening Devices for Ladies' Hats, Bonnets, or the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Jan., 1894--Accepted, 17th Feb., 1894
[Communicated from abroad by LARIAT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, of
No. 185, Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America,
Manufacturers.]
Improvements in Fastening Devices for Ladies' Hats, Bonnets,
or the like.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 a fastening attachment, applicable for various purposes
and more particularly intended for use for securing a head covering, such as a
lady's hat or bonnet in position on the head of the wearer; and the invention
consists in the features of construction and the combination or arrangement of
devices hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accom-
panying sheet of drawings in which is shown, this improved fastening:
Figure 1 is a plan view of one part of the fastening device.
Figure 2 a cross section on line 2-2 Figure 1 with the other part in connection
therewith in side view.
Figure 3 is a cross section, on line 3-3 Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a detail side view of one part of the fastening device.
Figure 5 is a cross section of a lady's hat with this improved fastening device
attached thereto and showing its manner of use.
Figures 1 to 4 inclusive show the fastening considerably enlarged in order to
show more clearly its mode of construction.
In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will
now describe the same in detail, referring to the drawing, wherein A, indicates a
head covering such as a lady's hat or bonnet, and which is of any construction,
shape or fashion desired; B is the pin or wire having an enlargement in the form
of a small knob, ball or shoulder c; D is the pin engaging device. This device is
composed substantially of a perforated sheet of flexible yielding material E, and a
support for supporting the flexible sheet away from the hat or bonnet body, or
other article to which the device is secured, which support preferably comprises
two perforated plates F, G, of rigid material, preferably of metal with the
perforated sheet E, of flexible yielding material arranged between them. The
flexible sheet is preferably composed of india-rubber, and the metal plates are
preferably stuck up or raised in their middle portions, as at H, to provide a central
space J, thereunder, and secured together at their edges. The two metal plates
have their perforations or holes K, opposite to cach other, and the intermediate
sheet of flexible material has its perforations or holes L, made therethrough,
opposite to and preferably centrally coincident with the holes in the metal plates,
as shown more particularly in Figures 2 and 3.
The perforated plates F, G, of rigid material with the intermediate perforated
sheet E, of flexible material between them are secured together, at their edges by
lapping the edges of the outer plate F, at each side a, around or over the side
edge b, of the other or inner plate G, and pressing them close together as shown
more particularly in section in Figure 2, whereby the intermediate sheet of flexible
material is properly secured in position; the plates however, can be secured
together by rivets, solder or other suitable means.
At each corner M, of the inner plate G, beyond the outer plate F, are holes d,

page_text: for securing the pin-engaging device D, to the inside of the head covering A, by
stitches, or the pin-engaging device D, may be attached by a suitable adhesive
material or in any suitable manner.
In the practical use of my invention, the hat, bonnet or other head covering
having the pin-engaging device D, attached thereto, on its inner side as shown in
Figure 5, is placed on the head, and the enlargement, knob or ball C, of the pin.
or wire B, is pressed through the side of the hat opposite that on which the pin-
engaging device is secured, and the pin or wire is forced through the hair into and
through any one of the perforations or holes K, in the metal plates and holes L,
in the yielding material, the elasticity of the latter permitting the passage of the
enlargement, knob or ball C, after which the flexible material closes upon the pin
or wire at the back of the enlargement, knob or ball, and holds the pin or wire in
position, its escape being prevented by the enlargement, knob or ball abutting
against the inner side of the perforated sheet of flexible material.
The perforations or holes in the flexible or rubber sheet are shown as smaller
than the pin or wire, so that there is sufficient grip of said sheet incident to its
elasticity upon the pin or wire to prevent the enlargement, knob or ball thereof
from passing back through the flexible sheet, in the absence of some unusual or
extra strain or pull upon it, whereby the hat, bonnet or other head covering is
secured to the head of the wearer.
If desired a similar pin-engaging device can be secured to the opposite side of
the head covering so that two pins or wires can be used, one from each side. By
having many perforations or holes in the rigid and flexible sheets, the pin or wire
can be readily inserted, and without special care as to its direction from the opposite
side of the hat it will be sure to strike and enter one of the perforations or holes,
and its enlargement, knob or ball caused to pass therethrough into engagement
with the pin-engaging device.
The perforations or holes in the outer metal plate are preferably more or less
bevelled or tapered as at g, to ensure the entrance of the enlargement, knob or
ball of the pin or wire, if it should strike at one side of a perforation or hole, and
the enlargement is preferably more or less sharp at its outer end has shown to
enable it to enter more freely the perforations in the flexible sheet, and more or less
bevelled at its inner side k, to allow for a comparatively easy withdrawal and yet
blunt enough to prevent its easy detachment therefrom.
I use a support for supporting the flexible sheet around and about its perforations,
and to hold it up or away from the head covering to provide a space between it
and the head covering for the enlargement, knob or ball of the pin or wire. The
support is preferably composed of the two metal plates of rigid material as herein-
before explained.
If desired a small hole or slit can be made in the side of the hat opposite the
side carrying the pin-engaging device, for the easier insertion of the pin or wire.
A single perforation or hole may be made in the flexible sheet and in the rigid
plate, but previously a series of perforations or holes is preferable as this ensures
the securing of the pin or wire with less care and trouble.
As is shown in the drawings the metal plates are bent inward at m, to make the
holes or perforations but as is obvious the plates can both be flat or made in any
suitable manner, the invention not be limited to any particular manner of making
the plates and their holes and perforations or in securing the same together and t
the article desired.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondents I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A fastening attachment for head coverings, consisting of a perforated sheet
of flexible yielding material, a support for said sheet, and a pin or wire having an
enlargement or knob on its end to engage the flexible sheet, substantially as
described.

page_text: 2. A fastening attachment for head coverings, consisting of a perforated sheet
of flexible yielding material, and a support for said sheet adapted to be secured to
the head covering, substantially as described.
3. A head covering having a fastening attachment, consisting of a perforated
sheet of flexible yielding material, and a perforated plate of rigid material
superimposed on the yielding material and secured to the head covering to support
the yielding material away from the body of the head covering, substantially as
described.
4. A head covering having a fastening attachment, consisting of a perforated
sheet of flexible yielding material, and two perforated plates of rigid material
secured to the head covering and between which the sheet of flexible material is
arranged, substantially as described.
5. A head covering having a fastening attachment, consisting of a perforated
sheet of flexible yielding material and a perforated plate of rigid material super-
imposed on the yielding material and secured to the head covering, said plate
having its central portion pressed up or raised and supporting the flexible material
away from the body of the head covering, substantially as described.
Dated this 16th day of January 1894.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.