An Improved Device for Securing Hats, Bonnets, and other Headgear to the Hair of Women.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 13th July, 1894--Accepted, 29th Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL UNICATION.
An Improved Device for Securing Hats, Bonnets, and other Headgear
to the Hair of Women.
I, JOHN RILEY of 5, Nottingham Road, Tooting, in the County of Surrey
Wine Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the fixing of hats, etc., to the hair of
women also in the construction of the several parts of the same and in their
general combination.
I form a flexible clip of wire or other substance with its ends bent in the form
of a hook, in connection with a disc, plate or ring. I corrugate the wire in one or
more places to form a catch and make the ends of the clip to diverge. The disc,
plate or ring is sewn or otherwise fixed inside the hat, bonnet or other headgear.
The top of the clip being passed through the disc plate or ring, and through a
small incision in the hat, is then pulled until the corrugation catches. This action
contracts and locks the ends of the clip.
The method of applying the said invention is as follows. The hat, bonnet or
other headgear is placed upon the head, the clip being open. The top of the clip
is pulled as herein before described-the points of the clip, gathering up the hair of
the wearer, hold it firmly in their grasp.
For convenience in pulling I may fix to the top of the clip-after it has passed
through the material of the head covering-any small ornament, such as a bangle,
bead or pendant.
By a modification of this invention I may form the wire clip with its ends
contracted, and in connection with a disc, plate or ring. In this case the top of
the clip is pressed, making the ends open to receive in their grasp the hair of the
Pressure being removed, the ends again contract, holding the hair
wearer.
firmly.
By another modification I may enclose the upper part of the clip in a tube, disc
plate or ring and make the points of the clip diverge or contract to secure the hair
of the wearer.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Securing Hats, Bonnets, and other Headgear
to the Hair of Women.
JOHN RILEY 5 Nottingham Road Tooting Wine Merchant 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 relates to a device for securing hats, bonnets and other head gear
to the head, and the same will be fully seen on reference to the annexed drawings
and following description thereof.
Figure 1 is a view in perspective of this invention.
Figure 2 section through a hat showing my invention in position.
Figure III a view in perspective of a modification of my invention.
Figure IV section through a hat showing the modification of my invention in
position

page_text: a. is a flexible clip of wire, or the like, which is shaped as shewn; b. is a plate
or ring formed of metal or other suitable material, and may be secured inside or
outside the hat, bonnet, or other headgear c. by sewing, or staples or the like; but
for illustration holes 6' 6' are provided in it for fixing by sewing.
An incision is made through the material of the hat, bonnet or other headgear
and the top of the clip d passed through the plate or ring b, when it will assume
the position shewn in Fig. 1.
On placing the hat, bonnet or other headgear upon the head, the top d of the
flexible clip of wire a is pulled in the direction of the arrow.
The ends e. e.
gathering up the hair of the wearer, will then approach each other and be locked,
(as in Fig. 1), by the plate or ring b engaging in the bends or corrugations g. g. of
the flexible clip of wire a.
To release the clip of wire from the hair the sides are squeezed. This action
disengages the plate or ring b from the bends or corrugations g. g. and the points e. e.
fly wide apart, as in Fig. I.
Fig. III illustrates the modification of my invention and is shaped as shewn,
the dotted line indicating the position it will assume after entering the hair.
The plate or ring is fixed, and an incision or incisions made in the hat, bonnet or
other headgear, as hereinbefore described, the ends of the flexible clip of wire a
being passed through the incision or incisions from the outside.
On placing the hat, bonnet or other headgear upon the head the part d of the
flexible clip of wire a is pressed in the direction of the arrow.
The ends e. e.
entering the hair, will then diverge from each other and be locked (as in Fig. IV)
by the plate or ring b engaging in the bends or corrugations g. g. of the flexible
clip of wire a.
To release the hair, the part d of the flexible clip of wire a. is pulled. This
action disengages the plate or ring 6 from the bends or corrugations g. 9 and the
points e. e. approaching each other (as in Fig. III), release the hair.
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
I. A flexible clip of wire or the like, a, having corrugations, or their
equivalent, g. g. in combination with a plate or ring b, or its equivalent, as a device
for securing hats, bonnets or other headgear to the hair of women, substantially as
described and illustrated in Fig. 1. and Fig. II. of the accompanying drawings.
11. A flexible clip of wire or the like, a, having corrugations, or their
equivalent, g. g. in combination with a plate or ring b, or its equivalent, as a device
for securing hats, bonnets or other headgear to the hair of women, substantially
as described and illustrated in Fig. II. and Fig. IV. of the accompanying
drawings.
nd this 19th
1.1 1001
JOHN RILEY.