Improvements in Hair Fasteners.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hair Fasteners.
LAVINIA LENTON, Trimmings Manufacturer, Eagle Street, Coventry, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved way of fastening ladies hair before coiling
it. It is usual to tie the hair with tape or the like which cuts the hair and is
most uncomfortable. Clips or fasteners have been invented to do away with this
system but I do not find them tight yet comfortable neither do they fasten or
unfasten easily and my invention is to overcome these difficulties.
I make this hair fastener of a narrow band of sheet rubber about ¼ inch wide
and fasten a small ring on one end and a particular shaped hook or knob on the
other end. The rubber band is wrapped twice round the hair the ring being
put over the hook or knob to fasten it.
This book or knob is the common brass eyelet boot hook with the eyelet or barrel
removed leaving a hole in place of it through which I put the rubber band when
fastening it.
Mrs. LAVINIA LENTON, Trimmings Manufacturer, Eagle Street, Coventry, 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:
My invention relates to an improved hair fastener for binding ladies hair before
coiling or arranging the same.
In order that my invention may be thoroughly understood I proceed to describe
the accompanying drawing thereof in which Figures 1 and 2 represent the hair
fastener constructed according to my invention.
The same letters denote the same parts in both figures.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the fastener. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the
fastener a is a narrow band of sheet india rubber and I make it long enough
to bind twice or more round the hair before fastening the same, because I find
one binding not sufficient to hold the hair tight.
I fasten the two ends of this rubber band together with a metal hook and ring.
The hook d is the common metal eyelet boot hook with the eyelet or barrel
removed leaving a hole e) shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 at the back of the

page_text: hook ) through which I put one end of the rubber band a and fasten it with
ties of silk thread or the like.
The metal ring b being fastened also on the other end of the rubber band in
like manner,
The advantages of this hair fastener are as follows.
The particular shape of the hook d prevents it from entangling the hair, and
it is easily fastened into the ring 6 also the sheet rubber band binds the hair very
tight yet does not hurt the head, but on the contrary is most comfortable..
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 In a hair fastening device the combination of the sheet india rubber band a
the metal ring band metal hook secured together by ties e e of silk, thread, or
the like substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying
drawing.
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2 In a hair fastening device the method of joining the two ends together thereof
with a hook and ring."
Dated this with day of Unnah 1000