An Improved Folding Portable Hat Holder.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 12th July, 1893-Accepted, 12th Aug., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Folding Portable Hat Holder.
I, ALONZO BILHAM PILCHER of No. 19 Grosvenor Place Margate
Auctioneer &c. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Two oblong pieces of sheet metal hinged together and bent semi-cylindrically
together, the inner piece of metal being half an inch wider than the outer piece
and having three eighths of an inch of the metal turned inwards at a right angle,
also a semi circular notch at each end to allow the outer piece of metal to be raised
without difficulty; when open the arrangement forms a hook, the outer piece of
metal which forms the top of the hook being for temporarily fixing on the top of
the back or rail of a chair, and the inner piece of metal which forms the bottom
of the hook being for holding an ordinary silk or felt hat by the brim.
Dated this 13th day of October 1892.
A. B. PILCHER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Folding Portable Hat Holder.
I, ALONZO BILHam Pilcher, of 19, Grosvenor Place, Margate, in the County
of Kent, Auctioneer, 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 folding portable device for supporting or holding a hat
upon a chair back or the like.
My hat holder comprises two semi-cylindrical pieces of sheet metal or other
suitable material hinged together so as to fold one within the other, one of the said
pieces when the device is opened out, being designed to be placed over a chair-
back, rail, bar or the like and the other piece being turned inwards so as to hook
into the brim of a hat.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how it can be
carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawing in which :-
:-
Figure 1 is a plan of a hat holder constructed according to my invention and
shewn closed or folded up.
Figure 2 is an edge view of the same.
Figures 3 and 4 are similar views to Figures 1 and 2 but shewing the device in
its open position ready for use, and,
Figure 5 is a section of the back of a chair shewing how my device is used for
supporting a hat thereon.
Similar letters in all the figures indicate similar parts.
a and b are the two semi-cylindrical pieces of sheet metal or other suitable
material and c is the hinge whereby they are connected together; d is the turned in
portion of the part b, and e, e are recesses cut in the said part b to allow the
fingers to easily lay hold of the part a when opening the de vice.
When the device is not in use, the part 6 is folded within the part a as shewn in
Figures 1 and 2 and can then be conveniently carried in the pocket.
When it is required for use the two parts a and b are opened out and the device
will then assume the shape of a hook as shewn in Figures 3 and 4 the part a of
which can be placed or hooked over a chair-back f (or over a rail, bar, or the like)
and a hat be supported thereon the turned in portion d of the part b entering or
hooking into the brim g of the hat as shewn in Figure 5.

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. A hat holder comprising two semi-cylindrical pieces of sheet metal or other
suitable material hinged together so as to fold one within the other, one of the said
pieces when the device is opened out being designed to be placed over a chair-back,
rail, bar, or the like, and the other piece being turned inwards so as to hook into
the brim of a hat, substantially as herein before described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved folding portable hat holder herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 11th day of July 1893
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.