An Improved Device for Preventing the Loss of Breast or other Pins Brooches, or such like Articles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1896
Complete Specifloation Left, 20th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 17th July, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Preventing the Loss of Breast or other Pins
Brooches, or such like Articles.
I, DAVID TILBLEY of 5 Castleview Gardens Limerick Ireland, Congregational
Minister do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object an improved device for preventing the loss of
breast or other pins, brooches or other such like articles whereby the pin or brooch
is not only held securely in the fabric or article of attire in which it is placed but
the point of the pin is prevented from hurting the wearer. The device is made of
wire of any suitable guage and section but preferably a half round section and
coiled round with the coils close together forming a kind of sheath and having the
flat side of the wire on the inside, to one end of the sheath I attach a light chain or
cord of metal or other suitable material which in its turn is attached to a small
safety pin or other suitable device.
The mode of attachment is as follows:-A scarfe or breast pin is placed in a Tie
or cravat the point of the pin either coming through to the front of the tie or simply
being left at the back to suit the wearers fancy-My safety device is attached by
the safety pin or other suitable device to the fabric of the tie and the sheath is then
pushed on to the end of the pin a slight movement of the hand, in doing so, to the
right serving to tighten the sheath upon the pin.
It will thus be seen that it would require a great amount of force to pull the pin
out of the scarfe or tie without undoing or unsheathing the end of the pin from the
device and it would be an almost impossibility to lose a pin by accident.
It will be seen also that the device can be adapted to brooches, Hat pins, scarfe
rings, dress suspenders and many such like articles by slight modification in outward
configuration of the sheath.
Instead of a safety pin I may in some cases simply attach the chain or cord to a
piece of metal of any shape which would have holes or slots so that it could be sewn
direct to the tie, scarfe or other article of wear.
Dated this 10th co
1000
30 An Improved Device for Preventing the Loss of Breast or other Pins,
Brooches or such like Articles.
I DAVID TILSLEY of 76 George Street Limerick Ireland Congregational Minister
late of Castleview Gardens Limerick do hereby declare the nature of this invention
[Price 8d1

page_text: and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention has for its object an improved device for preventing the loss of
breast or other pins, brooches or such like articles whereby the pin or brooch is not
only held securely in the fabric or article of attire in which it is placed but the
point of the pin is prevented from hurting the wearer.
The invention will be clearly understood by reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawings.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a tie or scarfe A and head of a pin B.
Figure 2 is a back view of the tie showing the pin coming through with my safety
device C attached.
Figure 3 is a view of the Coil part c¹ of my device.
Figure 4 is an end view of Coil c¹.
Figure 5 shews a section of wire generally used to make the Coils c¹.
Figure 6 is a side elevation of a Hat Pin with my device attached.
Figure 7 being a view of the Pin through a Hat and secured by Coil c¹.
Figure 8 is a part view of the device attached to a Hair pin.
The device is made of wire of any suitable gauge and section but preferably a
half round section as seen in Figure 5 and coiled round with the coils close together,
forming a kind of sheath or coil c' Figure 3, and having the flat side ca of the wire
on the inside. To one end of this sheath or coil e' I attach a light chain d or cord e
of metal or other suitable material, which, in its turn is attached to a small safety
pin d, or other suitable device.
The mode of attachment is as follows:-A scarfe or breast pin B is placed in a
Tie or cravat A, the point of the pin B either coming through to the front of the tie or
simply being left at the back as shewn in Figures 1 and 2 to suit the wearers fancy:
My safety device C is attached by the safety-pin or other suitable device to the
fabric of the tie A as shewn in Figure 2 and the sheath or coil c' is then pushed on
to the end of the pin B, a slight twisting movement of the hand in doing so serving
to tighten the sheath upon the pin. It will thus be seen that
would require a
great amount of force to pull the pin out of the scarfe or tie A without undoing or
uusheathing the end of the pin B from the sheath or coil c¹ and it would be almost
an impossibility to lose a pin by accident.
Instead of a safety pin de I may in some cases simply attach the chain or cord to
a piece of metal of any shape which would have holes or slots so that it could be
sewn direct to a tie, scarfe or other article of attire.
Figure 6 illustrates my safety device or coil c¹ adapted for Hat pins h the hat pin
being simply pushed through the hat K Figure 7 and the sheath c screwed or
pressed upon the point, the one end of the coil c¹ can be so made as to allow of an
ornament or device such, say, for instance, a bicycle es being attached to it as seen
in Figure 4 and a similar device may be mounted upon the other end of the pin h
to match, any kind of ornament or device may of course be so mounted.
When my
coils or sheaths c' are used for Hat Pins a cord e and a safety pin may be attached
to them or not as desired.
Figure 8 illustrates a method of attaching my coil or sheath c¹ to a Hair pin / the
coil c¹ may have an ornament m of any description mounted upon either the end as
shewn or upon both ends, these may also be used with a chain or cord and safety
arrangement or not as desired.
It will be seen that this device c¹ can be adapted to brooches, scarfe rings or dress
suspenders when such are made with pins or prongs to which the device can be
attached and many such like articles by slight modifications in outward configuration
of the sheath c¹ and may be used either in conjunction with the chain or cord and
safety pin arrangement or without.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said

page_text: invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1st. An improved device for preventing the loss of Breast Pins, Hat Pins, Hair
Pins or other Pins, brooches or such like articles consisting of a coil such as c', chain
or cord d and safety pin or other suitable device d2 as and for the purpose herein
set forth and shewn on the accompanying drawings.
2nd. An improved device for preventing the loss of Breast Pins, Hat Pins, Hair
Pins or other pins, Brooches or such like articles consisting of a coil c' either in
combination with a chain or cord and safety pin or not as and for the purpose
hereinset forth and shewn on the accompanying drawings.
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DAVID TILSLEY.