An Improved Hat or Bonnet Fastener.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 29th Jan., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Hat or Bonnet Fastener.
I, CHARLES PUMPELLY FAY, of 503, Third Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, State
of New York, United States of America, Real Estate Agent, 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 devices for securing a hat or bonnet on the head of a
wearer, and has for its object to produce an efficiently operating device of the
character described.
My invention will be understood by referring to the accompanying drawing in
which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hat fastener embodying my invention and
showing also in dotted lines a hat or bonnet to which it is secured. Figure 2 is a
side elevation of one section of the hat fastener.
Figure 3 is an underneath plan view of the hat fastener showing the same as
collapsed;
Figure 4 is a plan view of the section shown in Fig. 2;
Figure 5 is a detail underneath view of a portion of the fastener;
Figure 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Fig. 5.
The device illustrated consists of a pair of sections a b, which are slidably con-
nected to each other, as by means of loops cd, so that the two sections may be slid
on each other to collapse the fastener. Each section is provided with means,
such as the perforated plates e, for securing the same to a hat or bonnet. Each
section is bent or offset at the point f, at which place the sections are apertured for
the passage of the upper member I
of a compound hair-pin, whose lower member
passes through straps or stirrups j near the base of each section. Each offset or bent
portion f is covered by a plate i, (Figs. 5 & 6) which plate is suitably secured to the
said section and provides a space k in which the point of the upper member g of the
hair-pin may be sheathed, the lower member of the hair-pin being sheathed by
the stirrups, as will clearly appear from an inspection of Figure 2. The apertures
in the offset f and the covering plate i are so located with respect to each other as
to spread apart the ends of the hair-pin section; the stirrups j being likewise so
located as to spread apart the ends of the hair-pin sections passing through them.
The hair-pin sections may be of any suitable or desired shape. The preferable shape
is that shown in the drawings, wherein the lower section comprises a looped wire
of the general shape of a hair pin and provided with bends or loops h¹ which serve as
bearings for the upper member of the hair-pin. This upper member of the hair-pin
consists of a wire bent into the general shape of a hair-pin, except that the wires are
crossed at the point g¹ (Fig. 4) so as to provide stops or abutments on the hair-pin
section g to limit the movement of the compound hair-pin, which is effected by the
bent portions or abutments coming against the sides of the apertures in the sliding
section of the hat-fastener, as will be well understood. The two members of the
compound hair-pin are hinged together at their junction, and swing independently of
each other, the lower section swinging upon the line x-x exhibited in Figure 4 so
that the hair-pins will enter the hair at different degrees of inclination and firmly
secure the hat to the head.

page_text: 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 hat fastener, the combination of a plurality of sections each provided with
means for securing it to a hat and slidably connected to each other, and a compound
hair-pin sliding in each section and comprising a plurality of members joined so as
to move in unison.
2. In a hat fastener, the combination of a plurality of independent sections each
provided with means for securing it to a hat and slidably connected together,
and one or more compound hair-pins sliding in the sections and consisting of a
plurality of members secured to each other by a pivotal connection whereby the
said hair-pin sections will be moved together.
3. In a hat fastener, the combination of a plurality of sections each provided with
means for securing it to a hat and slidably connected together, a compound hair-pin
sliding in each section and comprising a plurality of members or hair-pins placed one
above the other extending in the same general direction and moving in unison.
4. In a hat fastener, the combination of a plurality of sections each provided
with means for securing it to a hat and slidably connected to each other and
provided with compound hair-pins comprising a plurality of hair pins sliding in
each section and diverging from a common centre or axis.
5. In a hat fastener, the combination of a plurality of sections slidably con-
nected to each other, and having means for permanently securing them to a hat
or bonnet, and a hair pin sliding in each section.
6. In a hat or bonnet fastener, the combination of a plurality of sections movable
upon each other, a hair-pin carried in each section, and a stop carried by the
hair-pin and co-operating with an abutment on the section for limiting the movement
of the hair-pin.
7. In a hat fastener, the combination of a plurality of flat sections slidably
connected to each other at their ends and provided with means for attaching them
to a hat or bonnet, and a hair-pin sliding in each section and provided with a
stop limiting its movement on the section, substantially as described.
8. In a hat fastener the combination of a plurality of sections having means
for permanently securing the same to a hat or bonnet and slidably connected to
each other, a hair-pin sliding in each section, and means for sheathing the points
of the hair pins when it is desired to remove the hat or bonnet from the head.
Dated this 14th day of December 1907