Improvements in Devices applicable for use in connection with Ladies' Bonnets and Hats or other Head Gear for holding such articles in place on the Head.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 31st May, 1897-Accepted, 3rd July, 1897
Improvements in Devices applicable for use in connection with
Ladies' Bonnets and Hats or other Head Gear for holding such
articles in place on the Head.
I, ISAÏE FRÉCHETTE of No. 125 Rachel Street, Montreal in the District of Montreal
and Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to produce a simple and effective device adapted
for use more particularly with ladies' bonnets and hats or other head gear, and which
will effectively hold the bonnet or hat in place, besides avoiding the frequent
annoyance caused by losing the customary hat pin.
The invention may be said to consist in a guide for a hat pin permanently secured
to the hat and comprising a straight tubular portion, an open bearing surface and an
inclined portion adapted to direct the pin to pass first in a straight line beneath the
hair and then bend same laterally so as to press the hair gripped tightly against a
portion of the guide, the outer end of the inclined portion being closed.
Dated this 9th day of Sentember 1896.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
of 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Devices applicable for use in connection with
Ladies' Bonnets and Hats or other Head Gear for holding such
articles in place on the Head.
I, ISAÏE FRÉCHETTE of No. 125A Rachel Street, Montreal in the District of Montreal
and Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, Mechanic, 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 has for its object to produce a simple and effective device adapted
for use more particularly with ladies' bonnets and hats or other head-gear, and which
will effectively hold the bonnet or hat in place, besides avoiding the frequent
annoyance caused by losing the customary hat-pin.
The invention may be said to consist in a guide for a hat-pin permanently secured
to the hat and comprising a straight tubular portion, an open bearing surface, and an
inclined portion adapted to direct the pin to pass first in a straight line beneath the
hair and then bend same laterally, so as to press the hair gripped tightly against a
portion of the guide.
For full comprehension, however, of the invention reference must be had to the
annexed drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which like symbols indicate
corresponding parts, and wherein

page_text: Figure 1 is an inside view of the front portion of a hat, showing the device in
place;
Figure 2 a cross-section of same on line 2, 2, Figure 1;
Figure 3 a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the device;
Figure 4, a view of the blank from which the device may be formed.
In carrying out my invention I prefer to strike out and use a blank of thin metal
of the contour shown in Figure 4 and characterized by a straight end portion, curved
central portion, and oblique end portion, with an opening at the point of junction of
the straight end portion with the central curved portion and a notch b intervening
such central portion and the oblique end portion, which latter is also extended
laterally on one side to afford an attaching-section c. The straight end portion is
rolled into the form of a tube d. The central curved portion has its edges turned up
and a depression or groove e formed lengthwise of its middle surface, while the oblique
end portion is bent to form a guide or incline section f obliquely to the axes of both
the tube d and the groove e. The device so formed may be secured to the hat, either
at the front or back by stitching through perforations g in the attaching-sections c
and over the device, as at h, and with the device so placed the customary hat-pin k,
upon being inserted in the outer end of the tube d and pushed through same, will
move in a straight line, as indicated by dotted lines in Figures 1 and 3, through the
hair of the wearer, and upon reaching the incline f and being pushed farther will be
bent to bear tightly against the grooved surface e, thus firmly gripping the hair and
holding the hat in place.
The blank is preferably provided with a small projection, as indicated at m, which
is adapted to be bent across the end of the incline f to prevent the pin projecting
beyond same.. As a means also of preventing any chances of losing the pin k it may
be permanently connected with the device by forming an enlargement upon its end,
large enough to prevent withdrawal from the tube d, such enlargement being formed
in any desired manner, but preferably by flattening or increased thickness in any way
at the point, as shown at n, in which case the pin will be set in place first and the
tube d then rolled around same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A guide for a hat-pin, comprising a straight tubular portion, an open bearing-
surface and an inclined portion, for the purpose set forth.
2. A guide for a hat-pin, comprising a straight end portion, an inclined end portion,
and an intermediate curved portion presenting an open bearing surface, substantially
as shown and described.
3. A guide for a hat-pin, comprising a straight tubular portion, an open bearing-
surface and an inclined portion, the outer end of the inclined portion being closed, for
the purpose set forth.
Dated this 29th day of May 1897.