Improvements in Hat or Scarf Pins.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 4th May, 1894-Accepted, 9th June, 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hat or Scarf Pins.
We, FRANK DRINKWATER, of 181 Broadway, and WALTER IRVING SCOTT,
of 26 Church Street, both in the City of New York, County and State of New
York, U.S.A., Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of our invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
The object of our invention is to provide a hat pin which may be passed through
the hat and inserted into the hair in the usual way for holding the hat upon the
head, and has applied to the inside of the hat a separate disk or keeper for
retaining the pin in the body of the hat when the pin has been withdrawn from
the hair and the hat removed from the head. Our improved pin may also be used
as a gentleman's scarf pin.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
Specification in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all
the figures.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of our new and improved hat pin.
Fig. 2 illustrates the pin as applied for use to a lady's hat, and
Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the method of applying the keeper disk
to the pin.
The pin A is formed at or near its point with an enlargement a tapering at each
end so that it will not materially obstruct the insertion of the pin into and its
withdrawal from the hair. The outer end of the pin is provided with an
ornamental or plain knob b of any appropriate size. Upon the pin is placed a
loose keeper or disk c of hard rubber, celluloid, ivory, metal, or other suitable
material which is applied to the pin after its insertion through the body of the
hat and which acts between the sweat or adjacent surface of the hat and the knob b
permitting the pin to be pressed through the disk into the hair and withdrawn to
the knob, which latter holds the pin in the hat at all times. The said disk c is
by preference made of celluloid of white, red, blue or other color, and is formed
with a slot c¹ extending from the edge to the central aperture c², and this slot is
by preference turned to form a projection or lip to retain the pin and prevent
casual detachment of the disk from the pin. The disk is applied to the pin by
spreading it at the slot and working it over the pin until the central orifice is
reached which is of larger size than the pin to permit free in and out movement,
the material of which the disk is formed being of sufficient elasticity to close the
slot after the pin has dropped into the central orifice.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :
1. A hat pin, consisting of a small rod or wire of sufficient length to reach
through the crown of a lady's hat or bonnet, and sharpened to a point at one end,
and provided with a knob at the other, and formed with a tapering enlargement
adjacent to the point, in combination with a hat or bonnet and a loose disk applied
to the body of the pin between the inner surface of the crown of the hat or
bonnet and the said tapering enlargement, substantially as and for the purposes
described.
2. The combination with a hat pin provided with a knob at one end and formed
with an enlargement near its point, of a loose and elastic disk applied to the body

page_text: of the pin and formed with a slot c¹ reaching to the central orifice and irregularly
-cut to form a lip or projection c³ substantially as and for the purposes described.
Dated 24th April 1894.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.