A Combined Pin and Hook for Fastening Curtains to Rings of Cornice Poles and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 14th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 13th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 27th Oct., 1894
TRUVIDIONAL DIMITIVATION.
A Combined Pin and Hook for Fastening Curtains to Rings of
Cornice Poles and the like.
JOSEPH SAMUEL PRITCHET, 2, Sefton Road, Reservoir Road, Edgbaston,
Birmingham Coal Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
:-
The advantages of this invention over ordinary curtain hooks, beside being so
much cheaper, the safety pin is dispensed with, as this hook is all in one piece, it
is easily fixed and holds the curtains close up to the cornice rings without any
unsightly gaps.
My object in bringing out this invention, which is a combination of pin and
hook, two inches in length made of brass or other metal, with a point at one end
for passing through the curtains when they are pleated or unpleated, and at the
other end there is a hook which is easily clipped through the eyes in the rings
which are on the cornice poles, or curtain rods, I feel confident if I can bring
it forward it will soon be in great demand, on account of its cheapness, and
simplicity.
Dated this 16th day of July 1894.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Pin and Hook for Fastening Curtains to Rings of
Cornice Poles and the like.
I, JOSEPH SAMUEL PRITCHET, Coal Merchant, of 2, Sefton Road, Reservoir
Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, in the County of Warwickshire, 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 object in bringing out this invention, which is a combination of pin and
hook, about two inches in length made of brass or other metal, with a point at one
end for passing through the curtains, when they are pleated or unpleated and at
the other end there is a hook, which is easily slipped through the eyes in the rings
which are on the cornice poles or curtain rods.
It will be seen that my invention relates to pins or hooks for supporting curtains
of that description which are generally suspended from a cornice pole or curtain
rod, and consists in so shaping or forming the combined pin and book that it
constitutes a simple and efficient substitute for the commonly used safety-pin. It
is easily adjusted in position by passing the sharp end of the pin through the upper
edge of the material of which the curtain is composed, and then slipping the hook
into which the other end is formed through the eye which usually forms part of or
is attached to each of the rings which slide upon the cornice pole or curtain rod.
In order that my invention may be thoroughly understood I have appended to
this Specification a drawing in which :-
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a combined pin and hook of an ordinary size.
Fig. 2 is a plan; and
Wie i on elevation of same on an enlarged scale

page_text: A piece of iron or other wire is taken and one end being pointed, is by any
suitable means bent to the shape shewn, in which the pin A by means of its point a
is passed through the material of which the upper edge of the curtain is composed,
whether pleated or unpleated. The other end B is formed into a hook and its
point b is passed through the eye in one of the cornice pole or curtain rod rings.
C is the intermediate portion of wire which is formed integrally with and connects
the two parts A and B, which are bent preferably in planes at right angles one to
another.
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. The combination of curtain pin and hook formed of one piece of wire, one
end of which forms a pin and the other a hook, substantially as described and
shewn.
2. The combined curtain pin and hook, substantially as described, and shewn.
Dated this 9th day of October 1894
JOSEPH S. PRITCHET.