Improvements in Hat Pins or Fastenings for Ladies' Hats.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 15th June, 1899-Accepted, 15th July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hat Pins or Fastenings for Ladies' Hats.
I, WILHELM DOWALD, Junior, of 19, Blumenstrasse, Elberfeld, in the Empire
of Germany, 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 hat pin or fastening for ladies' hats, so constructed
as to ensure its remaining attached to the hat, without its flexibility being
affected. The new pin can be applied to hats of any shape. No injury to the
head, or perforation of the side of the hat opposite to the spot where the pin is
introduced can possibly happen, as the pin has no point, and is shorter than the
interior diameter of the hat.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying diawing in which
Fig. 1 is a general view showing the construction of the hat pin according to
this invention.
Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views of a guide plate and clamp respectively for
attaching the pin to the hat and retaining it in position, and
Figs. 4 and 5 are diagrammatic views of a hat showing the application of the
pin thereto.
The pin a consists of a piece of wire bent to a U-shape so as to form two arms
or branches, the ends of which are united and closed by means of a stud or
button 6 which forms the head of the pin.
The pin is attached to the hat and retained in position by means of the small
guiding and holding plate e sewed on to the inside of the hat d the stitches
being taken through stitch-holes e provided in the plate. In the middle of the
plate, a guide opening f is formed for the insertion of the pin a which is held
therein by means of the clamp g secured to the plate c by being pushed through
the clamp-openings h and having its ends bent down on to the plate.
The hat fastening is attached to the hat in the following manner:-
The small guiding and holding plate c is fixed over a pin hole, formed in the
side of the hat, in such a manner that the guide opening flies over the pin hole.
The pin is then inserted through both of the openings, the clamp g put between
the arms of the pin, and the ends of the same after being inserted through the
openings, are bent down. The plate c is then stitched in position. The pin
as will be readily seen can be pushed in or pulled out of the hat, but is prevented
from being pulled out entirely, by the clamp g, so that it always remains
attached to the hat and ready for use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is-
1. Fastening for ladies' hats, consisting of a pin, bent to a U shape, the two
ends of the U-shaped pin being united by means of a stud or button, the pin
being kept on the hat by means of a guiding and holding plate, sewed on to the

page_text: side thereof and by a clamp placed between the arms of the pin and fixed to the
holding plate.
2. The improved hat pin or fastening for ladies' hats substantially as described
with reference to the drawings.
--WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.