New or Improved Means of Mounting and Fixing Cockades or the like Attachments to Hats.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 19th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 15th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 13th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Means of Mounting and Fixing Cockades or the
like Attachments to Hats.
I, BENGT PETTER OLSSON of 70 Elspeth Road, Clapham Common, London,
Master Tailor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :—
Heretofore it has been usual to attach cockades to livery top hats by sewing
same together or by passing a wire therethrough-and this method of fastening
same has been a great drawback inasmuch as the cockade could not be readily
removed and again replaced and being thus practically permanently attached
interfered with the brushing or ironing of the hat or if detached then caused loss
of time in re-attaching as well as injury to the hat or cockade or both.
Now my invention is designed to overcome these difficulties and to afford a ready
means of quickly attaching or detaching a cockade or the like to a livery hat or
the like and by the term "cockade" I intend to include any such device as a
cockade rosette or the like attachment to livery hats such as top hats or the like
which for brevity I shall hereinafter simply refer to as hats.
My present invention is as follows:-
To the cockade to be fixed to the hat I affix a pin either by passing one end
(which is screw-threaded) through the cockade from the inside thereof and secure
same by an ornamental or other screw nut or cap on the outside of the cockade or
I otherwise fix this pin to the cockade in any suitable manner for instance by
screwing same direct into the cockade or by a bayonet fastening etc.
The free end of the pin projecting on the inside of the cockade may have a
shoulder thereon and a coiled or other suitable spring mounted thereon and towards
its end may be screw-threaded slotted or have a series of barbed shoulders or
ratchet teeth formed thereon etc. according to the particular form of fastening to
be employed as hereinafter explained.
i.
This free end of said pin is then passed through a suitable hole cut out or formed
in the hat (and this hole may advantageously have or has an eyelet with a deep
flange passed through same and there rivetted so as to form a deep flange around
said hole both on the inside and outside of the hat to screw or otherwise tighten
the cockade fastening up against or this eyelet may be formed in other suitable
manner for instance in two parts-the one a flange with a sleeve screw threaded
on its outside which latter is passed through said hole in the hat and a threaded
nut or washer screwed up on said sleeve the hat thus lying between same and the
said flange) and this end is then secured in any suitable manner inside the hat for
instance by screwing thereon a lock nut or a simple winged nut or milled washer
or equivalent or by a detachable spring clip adapted to be sprung" onto
said pin and thus firmly secure same by engaging behind one of a series of shoulders
or teeth formed for this purpose on said pin or a coiled spring may be compressed
between two washers by a cotter or key (which may or may not be toothed) passed
through a slot through the said pin or a spring arm or arms may be mounted on the
said flange on the insule of the said hole so that such spring arm or arms project
across the path of travel of said pin through said hole and are pressed back clear
of same while the pin is being passed therethrough and upon being released will
thus automatically lock and hold the pan-and ther by the cockade-in position.
Instead of fastening the cockade by one pin as above two or more may be
used if desired.
Also if desired instead of fastening the cockade to the pin and then the latter to

page_text: the hat I may first fasten the pin to the hat and then attach the cockade to the pin
in
any suitable manner.
Or may affix the cockade to a screw threaded pin either before or after
screwing same direct into the eyelet bush or mount in the hat which eyelet or
mount is formed as a female screw to receive same.
Dated this 10th day of luna 120.3
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Means of Mounting and Fixing Cockades or the
like Attachments to Hats.
1, BENGT PETTER OLSSON of 70 Elspeth Road, Clapham Common, London,
Master Tailor, 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:-
Heretofore it has been usual to attach cockades to livery top hats by sewing
same together or by passing a wire therethrough-and this method of fastening
same has been a great drawback inasmuch as the cockade could not be readily
removed and again replaced and being thus practically permanently attached
interfered with the brushing or ironing of the hat or if detached then caused loss
of time in re-attaching as well as injury to the hat or cockade or both.
Now my invention is designed to overcome these difliculties and to afford a ready
means of quickly attaching or detaching a cockade or the like to a livery hat or
the like and by the term cockade' I intend to include any such device as a
cockade rosette or the like attachment to livery hats such as top hats or the like
which for brevity I shall hereinafter simply refer to as "hats."
My present invention is as follows:-
To the cockade to be fixed to the hat I affix a pin either by passing one end
(which is screw-threaded) through the cockade froin the inside thereof and secure
same by an ornamental or other screw nut or cap on the outside of the cockade or
otherwise fix this pin to the cockade in any suitable manner for instance by
screwing same direct into the cockade or by a bayonet fastening etc.
The free end of the pin projecting on the inside of the cockade may have a
shoulder thereon and a coiled or other suitable spring mounted thereon and towards
its end may be screw-threaded slotted or have a series of barbed shoulders or
ratchet teeth formed thereon etc. according to the particular form of fastening to
be employed as hereinntter explained.
This free end of said pin is then passed through a suitable hole cut out or formed
in the hat (and this hole may advantageously have or has an eyelet with a deep
flange passed through same and there rivetted so as to form a deep flange around
said holo both on the inside and outside of the hat to screw or otherwise tighten
the cockade fastening up against or this eyelet may be formed in other suitable
manner for instance in two parts-the one a flange with a sleeve screw threaded on
its outside which latter is passed through said hole in the hat and a threaded nut
or washer screwed up on said sleeve the side of the hat thus lying between same
and the said flange) and this cut is then secured in any suitable manner inside the
hat for instance by screwing thereon a lock nut or a single winged nut or milled
washer or equivalent or by a detachable spring clip adapted to be sprung'
said pin and thus firmly secure same by engaging behind one of a series of shoulders
or teeth formed for this purpose on said pin or a coiled spring may be compressed
between the washers by a cutter or key (which may or may not be toothed) passed
through a slot through the said pin or a spring arm or arins may be mounted on
onto

page_text: In Fig. 5-instead of the rivetted eyelet e I use a sleeve o with a flange o' at one
end and screw threaded on the exterior and a nut or washer to screw thereon
-see separate view thereof in Fig. 6.
Also the pin is screw threaded to receive a winged unt such as
clip (Figs. 3 and 4) and the other end of said pin is split and is
aforesaid parte by having the said split ends opened apart and
thereof forced into the said part e see Fig. 5-the other parts a
same as in Fig. 2.
instead of the
secured to the
the spikes d*
and b are the
Fig. 7 shows another means of fastening the pin d to the cockade riz. by passing
a headed pin d through the said part of the cockade before sewing on the other
part the head ** thereon preventing said pin drawing through the cockade
while a milled edged nut is used instead of the winged nuty of Fig. 5 or clip
attachment shown in Figs. 3 and 4.
Figs. 8 and 9 show yet another alternative eiz.: the pin d (secured to the
cockade as in Fig. 2) is fixed inside the hat by a key or cutter passing through a
slot in said pin a spring on the back of said key & serving to wedge the latter
(which may advantageously have a rack or saw teeth formation on the opposite
edge) against the end of said slot t.
It will be obvious that any of the foregoing or equivalent means of, rendily
securing the pin d inside the hat may be used with any of the means shown or
described for securing said pin in and to the cockade.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination with a cockade for hats of a pin having one end firmly
secured in said cockade and the other end projecting therefrom and adapted to be
held by a clip screw key or equivalent means to readily attach and secure said
projecting end inside the hat and again readily release or re-attach same when
desired.
2. The combination with a cockade for hats of a pin such as d adapted to be
firmly secured at one end to the cockade and having its other end projecting and
adapted to be readily secured inside the hat and means such as a screw nut clip or
key adapted to readily attach and secure said projecting end inside the hat and
again readily release and re-attach same substantially in the manner and for the
purposes hereinbefore described.
3. The improved means of mounting and fixing cockades on hats so that same
can be readily removed and re-attached when required substantially in the
manner hereinliefore described and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this 15th day of September 1894.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.