Improvements in Fastening Attachments for Ladies Hats and Bonnets and other Head Gear.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 31st July, 1897-Accepted, 18th Sept., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastening Attachments for Ladies Hats and
Bonnets and other Head Gear.
I, MARIA WAY, wife of John Way, of Wellington Heath, Ledbury, in the
County of Hereford, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to fastening attachments for ladies hats and bonnets
and other head gear, and has for its object, to provide a fastener which will
secure a hat, bonnet or the like firmly in place upon the head of a wearer without
the use of the ordinary straight hat pins, which usually pass through the material
of a hat and intersect the hair and oftentimes have a dangerous protruding point
besides damaging the hat.
My said fastening attachment is so constructed as to be readily connected to
a hat, bonnet or the like without injury thereto and transferred from one hat to
another in a moment's time, it being simply necessary to secure the fastener in
place by a few stitches.
This
My invention consists, in one form of a pin having two leg members and being
alike in shape to an ordinary hair pin, and with one of the legs being provided with
a long eye or slide, having attached to it, a loop or length of elastic whose other
end is attached to a hat, bonnet or the like at any suitable point but preferably
in the case of a hat, at or near the junction of the brim with the crown.
slide is prevented from becoming detached from the pin by forming at or near
the free end of the leg which moves freely to and fro within it, one two, or more
corrugations, zig-zags or bends which constitute a stop for the pin. The return
part or bend of the pin is preferably of a small radius so as to prevent the slide
or long eye slipping round onto the other leg.
Thus by the slide having an extended bearing or considerable length, the pin
is prevented from becoming detached from the slide.
I prefer to employ two such pins, which have long legs, to every hat or bonnet
and to attach one pin on either side thereof through the medium of the elastics.
To secure a hat in position upon the head, draw each of the pins outwardly
until the stop part or end of the leg comes up to the long eye or slide and then
thrust the pin forwardly through the slide, when both of the leg members enter
the hair.
As a further form of my attachment, I make the stop at or near the end of the
slide leg nearly upon itself into the figure of a wedge and with the extreme end or
point coming in line with the leg, and as another form of my improvements, I
form at or near the end of the leg a spherical swelling or a ball point, the bulbous
part being larger in diameter than the bore of the long eye wherethrough the
plain rart of the leg freely slides.
As a still further form, I make the end of the slide leg cranked or bent in such
a manner that the point comes out of line with the general length of the leg, thus
forming a stop against the withdrawal of the pin."

page_text: In carrying out another modification, I make the pin as having one leg only,
with a knob or loop at its outer end and with the other or point end helically
formed or bent into a corkscrew figure, which end is interwormed with the hair
when the pin is given a rotatory movement. The slide is confined between the
knob of the pin and the commencement of the helical part.
The bent ends of the pius may be provided with a closed on sheet metal cap,
or they may be formed into loops, or other back end stops as may be desired.
As still another form, the slide leg may be made with the wire doubled upon
itself, with the point end slightly opened out to form the stop.
I wish it to be understood that I do not wish to limit myself to the exact forms
of the stops on the slide leg as herein described, as the same may be varied without
departing from the nature of my invention and also that the long loop, eye or
slide may be of any external figure which may be formed from sheet metal or
from wire, or it may consist simply of a bead or bugle slipped onto the slide leg
before the stop is formed and with the elastic secured by being passed through
the eye or in any other convenient way.
The pin may be made from wire, cut-out sheet metal, bone, ivory, celluloid or
any other suitable metal.
Dated this 18th day of December 1896.
MARIA WAY.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in Fastening Attachments for Ladies Hats and
Bonnets and other Head Gear.
I, MARIA WAY, wife of John Way, of Wellington Heath, Ledbury, in the
County of Hereford, 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:-
This invention relates to fastening attachments for ladies hats and bonnets
and other head gear, and has for its object, to provide a fastener which will
secure a hat, bonnet or the like firmly in place upon the head of a wearer without
the use of the ordinary straight hat pins, which usually pass through the material
of a hat and intersect the hair and oftentimes have a dangerous protruding point
besides damaging the hat.
My said fastening attachment is so constructed as to be readily connected to
a hat, bonnet or the like without injury thereto and to be transferred from one hat
to another in a moment's time, it being simply necessary to secure the fastener in
place by a few stitches.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents one form of hat fastening
attachment constructed according to my invention.
The said fastener consists of a pin a, having two leg members a¹, a³, and being
alike in shape to an ordinary hair pin, and with the leg a¹, being provided with
an eye or slide b, having attached to it, a loop or length of elastic whose other
end is secured to a hat, bonnet or the like at any suitable point but preferably,
in the case of a hat, at or near the junction of the brim with the crown. This
slide is prevented from becoming detached from the pin by forming the free end
of the said leg a', which moves freely to and fro within it, a spherical swelling
or ball point a', which constitutes a stop for the slide. The return part as of the
pin may be formed into a loop shown in the drawing, or has a bend of small

page_text: radius so as to prevent the slide or eye b, slipping round onto the other leg a
which has also a bulbous point a.
I prefer to employ two such pins, which have long legs to every hat or bonnet
and to attach one pin on either side thereof through the medium of the elastics.
To secure a hat in position upon the head, draw each of the pins outwardly
until the stop part or end of the leg comes up to the long eye or slide and then
thrust the pin forwardly through the slide, when both of the leg members enter
the hair.
The bent or return end of the pin or fastener may be provided with a closed-on
sheet metal cap c, as shown in the arrangement Figure 2, which serves as a means
for preventing the slide b, from, passing from the leg a round the bend a, outo
the leg a
As another form of fastener attachment, the leg whereon the slide works may
he made with the wire doubled upon itself and with the point end slightly opened
out to form the stop.
Figure 3 represents such an arrangement, in which a,, are the legs of the
fastener a, and & the slide, carrying the elastic length 6, and working on the
leg a', which is of double thickness and is opened out at the point a', to form the
stop, whilst a sheet metal cap c, is closed around the bend at a, and constitutes
a means for both holding the free end a7, of the doubled over part of the leg in
position and preventing the slide running round onto the other leg a
As a still further form, I make the end of the slide leg cranked or bent in such
a manner that the point comes out of line with the general length of the leg, thus
forming a stop against the withdrawal of the pin from the slide.
Figure 4 represents this modification.
a is the fastener, a, the legs or members thereof, 6 the slide, which, in this
arrangement is in the form of a long eye with a loop , to which the elastic is
attached, and a is the bent or cranked end constituting the stop. The return
end a, is bent to such a small radius as will prevent the slide or long eye b
passing around same onto the leg a
Figure 5 represents another modification of my invention in which the slide
is prevented from becoming detached from the pin by forming at or near the leg
which moves freely to and fro within it two (or other number of) corrugations,
zig-zags or bends which form the stop for the slide.
e is the fastener, a', a the legs thereof, & the slide and at the stop corrugations
or bends formed near the end of the leg a¹.
In carrying out another modification, I make the pin as having one leg a
only as represented in Figure 6, with a knob a, (or loop) at its outer end and
with the other or point end at, helically formed or bent into a corkscrew figure,
which end is interwormed with the hair when the pin is given a rotatory move-
ment. The slide b, is confined between the knob of the pin and the commencement
of the helical part.
Figure 7 represents a modification of this last arrangement in which the helical
wists a for holding the pin in the hair are formed at the outer end, whilst the
stop at the other end is made by a ball point a5. b is the slide, with elastic b¹.
Or, as a still further modification, I may form the stop at the point end of the
eg by turning the metal of the said leg at that end over nearly upon itself, as
epresented in Figure 8, in which a is the fastener a', a the legs thereof, at the
top end made by turning over the metal upon itself and b is the slide.
I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the exact forms
f the stops on the slide leg as herein described, as the same may be varied without
leparting from the nature of my invention and also that the loop, eye or slide
nay be of any external figure and may be formed from sheet metal or from wire,
r it may consist simply of a bead or bugle slipped onto the slide leg before the
top is formed and with the elastic secured by being passed through the eye or in
ny other convenient way.
The pin may be made from wire, cut-out sheet metal, bone, ivory, celluloid or

page_text: any other suitable metal, and instead of employing a length of elastic as the
connection between the hat and the fastener, I may substitute therefor a length
of coiled spring made from fine wire, and instead of bending the return ends of
the pins into loops or preventing the running round of the slide by closed on caps,
any other suitable back end stops may be employed as desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
First: A fastening attachment for ladies hats, bonnets and other head gear,
comprising two leg members, jointed together at their inner ends, and with one
of the said legs having a stop at its outer end, and a slide, eye, or equivalent,
which carries an elastic or other connection, having a free traverse thereon, sub-
stantially as described and set forth in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8.
Secondly-A fastening attachment for ladies hats, bonnets and other head
gear, comprising two leg members, jointed together at their inner ends and pro-
vided at their outer ends with stops, in combination with a slide, eye or equiva-
lent, having a free traverse on the said pin, and carrying an elastic or other
connection, substantially as set forth.
Thirdly: A fastening attachment for ladies hats, bonnets and other head
gear, comprising a single leg with a stop at each end and a slide, eye or equivalent
having a free traverse thereon and carrying an elastic or other connection
substantially as described and set forth in Figures 6 and 7.
Dated his soon day of ouy
LOOT
MARIA WAY.
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.