Improvements in Nursery or Safety Pins.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Apr., 1887.
Complete Left, 28th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 28th June, 1887.
Improvements in Nursery or Safety Pins.
I, FRANK SAVORY, of Brookhouse Mills, Painswick, in the County of Gloucester-
shire, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as
follows:-
My Invention relates to improvements in nursery or safety pins, whereby the point
of such pins is more perfectly protected than heretofore.
In constructing a nursery or safety pin according to my Invention, that portion of
the pin, forming the body, is so bent on itself as to form a loop, rest, or catch, for the
pointed extremity of the pin when closed, and the free end of the wire of this loop,
rest, or catch, is so bent as to terminate in a shield or guard which is arranged to lie
at right angles to the said loop, rest, or catch, and to thus protect the point of the pin
when secured.
The loop, rest, or catch may be formed by a single bend of the wire, or by a double
bend of the same. The entire pin, together with its loop, rest, or catch, and its shield
or guard, is made out of a single piece of wire.
ERNEST DE PASS, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
68, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, FRANK SAVORY, of Brookhouse Mills, Painswick, in the County of Gloucester-
shire, Manufacturer, 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 improvements in nursery or safety pins, whereby the point
of such pins is more perfectly protected than heretofore.
In constructing a nursery or safety pin according to my Invention, the end of that
portion of the pin forming the body, is so bent on itself as to form a loop, rest, or
catch for the pointed extremity of the pin, when closed, and the free end of the wire
of this loop, rest, or catch is so bent as to terminate in a shield or guard which is
arranged to lie at right angles to the said loop, rest, or catch, and to the body of the
pin, thus protecting the point of the pin, when secured.
The loop, rest, or catch may be formed by a single bend of the wire, or by a double
bend of the same. The entire pin, together with its loop, rest, or catch, and its shield
or guard, is made out of a single piece of wire.
And in order that my Invention may be more readily understood, I proceed to
describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, which represent
(on an enlarged scale) nursery or safety pins constructed in accordance therewith.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of one form of my improved nursery or safety pin, in its
closed condition, and Fig. 2 an elevation in its open condition.
A, is the body of the pin, B the pin proper, C the loop, rest, or catch for retaining
the outer extremity of the pin proper in place, and D the guard or shield for
protecting its point.
In carrying out my Invention, I form the loop, rest, or catch C, by continuing that
portion of the wire which forms the vertical part a, of the body of the pin, and then
turning it up
and bending it over on itself, as clearly shewn in Figs. 1 and 2 of the
drawings. The remaining or free portion of the wire, after the loop has been formed,
is then bent and curved to form the shield or guard D, which, when completed, lies
at right angles to the loop, rest, or catch, as shewn in the drawings. The combi-
nation of the loop, rest, or catch, and the shield or guard, is thus effected in one and
the same piece or length of wire as that from which the body and pin are formed.
In a modified form shewn in figs. 3 and 4, which represent like views to figs. 1
and 2, and in which the same letters of reference indicate similar parts, the loop, rest,
or catch is formed by a single bend of the wire, and the remaining or free portion of
the wire terminates in the shield or guard as hereinbefore described.

page_text: It will be seen that in my construction of nursery or safety pin, the loop, rest, or
catch does not answer the double purpose of a catch and a shield or guard, but that
the shield or guard is an adjunct to the loop, rest, or catch, and that owing to the
manner in which the shield or guard is arranged, the point of the pin is perfectly
protected, and prevented from projecting beyond the shield.
Having now described my Invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, I declare that I claim :-
:―
1. The construction of nursery or safety pins in which a guard or shield forms an
adjunct to the loop, rest, or catch, and is arranged to lie at right angles thereto, and
to the body of the pin, substantially as herein described and shewn in the drawings,
and for the purposes set forth.
2. The combination, in a nursery or safety pin, of a loop, rest, or catch, and a
guard or shield forming an integral part of the same, as and for the purpose specified.
3. The special construction and arrangement of nursery or safety pin as herein
described and shewn with reference to figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.
4. The modified construction and arrangement of the nursery or safety pin, as
herein described and shewn with reference to figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings.
Dated this 28th day of May 1887.
ERNEST DE PASS, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
68, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the Applicant.