An Improved Mirror Support.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Apr., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 29th Dec., 1890-Accepted. 7th Jan., 1891
An Improved Mirror Support.
I, KATE MANSFIELD GREENWOOD, of 19 Argyll Road, Kensington in the
County of Middlesex, Spinster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to enable a lady to use both hands to dress her
back hair and at the same time to see what she is doing, thus obviating the trouble-
some necessity of repeatedly taking up and putting down the hand glass to ascertain
whether the dressing of the back hair is being rightly carried on.
A pad to which is pivotted one end of a bracket to whose other end is pivotted
a mirror is attached to the body of the wearer by a band whose middle passes
around the back of her neck the ends coming to the front and passing down through
eyes or slits in the pad, are crossed and pass to the back of the waist where they are
secured so that the pad is held firmly in position. The mirror can then be adjusted
by turning it about the pivots.
Dated this 2nd day of Anril 1890.
KATE MANSFIELD GREENWOOD.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Mirror Support.
I, KATE MANSFIELD GREENWOOD, of 19 Argyll Road, Kensington, in the
County of Middlesex, Spinster, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to enable a lady to use both hands to dress her
back hair and at the same time to see what she is doing, thus obviating the trouble-
some necessity of repeatedly taking up and putting down the hand glass to ascertain
whether the dressing of the back hair is being rightly carried on.
A pad, to which is pivotted one end of a bracket to whose other end is pivotted
a mirror, is attached to the body of the wearer by a band. The middle of the band
passes around the back of the neck and the ends coming to the front and passing
down through eyes or slits in the pad are crossed and passed to the back of the
waist, where they are secured, so that the pad is held firmly in position. The
mirror can then be adjusted by turning it about the pivots.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
Figure 1 is a front clevation showing the parts constituting the improved mirror-
support as I prefer to arrange it.
Figure 2 shows the mirror-support in use.
a is a frame with a small mirror mounted in it and resembling an ordinary hand
glass.
is a bracket to which the part a is pivotted and this bracket is in turn
pivotted to a pad c. The pad is secured to the body of the user by a band d,
which, as is seen in Figure 2, passes around the neck and through loops or guides
on or in the pad. In these the band runs freely, and its ends are connected
together behind the back.
e in Figure 2 indicates a cheval glass. The reflection in this is seen in the mirror
set in the frame a.
The connection between the small mirror frame a and the bracket b should be

page_text: so made that the former may be inclined as may be required and yet when set is
held with sufficient firmness.
For this purpose the upper end of the bracket is squared in the manner
represented by Figure 3 and a piece shown in section by Figure 4 is fitted on to
the squared end of the bracket. This piece is cylindrical on its exterior and it has
flanges at its ends. Between the flanges the piece Figure 4 is embraced by the
spring clip or holder shown by Figure 5 and in this clip or holder it is able to turn
smoothly but not too freely. The clip or holder Figure 5 is secured to the mirror
frame a in the manner shown by Figures 6 and 7. A screw passes through the
handle of the mirror frame and through a block g to which on its outer face a nut o
is fixed. The handle of the mirror frame is recessed to receive the block and
nut as shown in Figure 6. The tail of the clip or holder Figure 5 is inserted
between the block and the frame the screw f passes through it and it is held
sufficiently firmly by tightening the screw.
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 the glass a, the bracket pivotted thereto, the strap d
extending around the waist and over the shoulders of the user, and the pad c
secured to the band d between the waist and shoulders and to which the bracket is
pivotted.
2. The combination of the mirror frame a, the bracket b pivotted vertically to
the frame a and to the pad c, the said pade and the band d connected with the pad,
passing thence behind the neck of the wearer, returning to the front, passing through
a loop or guide on the pad, and afterwards passing again to the back and there
meeting and being connected with the other end of the band, all substantially as
herein described.
3. The improved mirror support substantially as herein described and shown.
Dated this Twenty-third day of December 1890.
KATE MANSFIELD GREENWOOD.