Hat Fasteners.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 5th Dec., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Hat Fasteners.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM GRUNDMANN, Gentleman, residing at the corner of
Jefferson Avenue, and Wash Street, in the City of St. Louis, State of
Missouri, U.S.A., 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 a hat fastener, and the object of my invention is to
provide a hat fastener that will possess superior advantages in point of efficiency
in holding the hat upon the head of the wearer, said hat fastener to be easily
manipulated and of minimum cost.
My invention consists in a suitable length of steel wire or analogous material,
one end of which is surmounted by a head of either plain or ornamented design,
and the other end of which is formed into a whole or part of a spiral or coil.
My invention further consists in certain novel features of construction,
combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described and claimed.
Referring to the drawings:
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the preferred form of my improved hat fastener.
Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the preferred form of my hat fastener, the same
having the spiral or coil extended.
Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified form of my hat fastener.
Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of an interiorly screw-threaded bearing through
which this modified form of my fastener passes.
Fig. 6 is an elevation of a further modified form of my fastener.
Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a nut of which I make use upon this further
modification.
Fig. 8 is a view in perspective of an ordinary sailor hat, the same showing the
various forms of fasteners as applied thereto.
Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates the body of
my improved hat fastener, which is preferably a piece of steel wire surmounted ou
one end by a head 2 of either plain or fanciful design. The other end 3 of the
body 1 is attenuated. That portion of the body 1 adjacent the attenuated end 3
is forrned into a part of, or a whole spiral or coil, as indicated by 4.
In some cases it is preferable to form but a part of a spiral, as shown in Figs. 1
and 2, while in other cases, as shown in Fig. 3, a full spiral is desirable.
In the modified form shown in Fig. 4, a tightly wound coil 5 is formed in the
body 1 above the spiral 4, thus forming practically a screw-threaded portion in
said body 1. This portion is adapted to pass through an interiorly screw-
threaded bearing 6 that is provided with integral flanges 7 that adapts it to be
mounted at any desired point in the crown of the hat.
In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the body 1 between the head 2 and the coil 4
is screw-threaded, as indicated by 8, and upon this screw-threaded portion is
positioned a circular nut 9, the periphery of which is milled as indicated by the
numeral 10.
In securing and positioning a hat upon the head with the form of the devices
as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, after said hat has been correctly positioned upon the
head the attenuated point 3 of the fastener is passed through the crown of the hat

page_text: at any desired point and by turning the device a half or complete revolution, the
spiral 4 is caused to engage in the hair upon the head of the wearer.
The form of fastener shown in Fig. 4 is adapted to be given a few turns in the
bearing 6, thus rigidly holding the fastener at any desired point.
In the form shown in Fig. 6, after the fastener has been thrust through the
hat crown and the coil 4 become engaged with the hair, the nut 9 is manipulated
upon the screw-threaded portion 8.of.the body 1 until it contacts with the exterior
of the hat-crown, thereby rigidly holding said fasteuer in the required position.
A hat fastener constructed in accordance with my invention will hold the hat
upon the head of the wearer with much greater efficiency than the ordinary hat-pins
that are.now in common use. The attenuated end 3 is not brought to.a.fine point,
in order that said end will not scratch or wound the scalp.
Another advantage gained by thus forming a hat fastener is that said fastener
may be passed through the crown of the hat at any desired point, either in the
top, on either side, or in the rear; also there is but one, aperture made in the hat.
Thus it will be seen how I have constructed a hat fastener that combines
simplicity, cheapness and efficiency.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of iny said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1. A hat fastener, comprising a single length of wire, on one end of which is
mounted a head, the other end of which is attenuated, and the lower end of the
body portion of the wire formed into part of, or a whole spiral or coil.
2. A hat fastener, comprising a single length of wire provided on one end with
a suitable head, a portion of the length of wire near the other end being formed
into a spiral, suitable screw-threads on the body of the length of wire between said
spiral and said head, and an interiorly screw-threaded bearing through which said
coil is adapted to pass.
Dated this 1st day of July 1896.
FREDERICK WILLIAM GRUNDMANN.