US1058527A

US1058527A - Appliance for securing ladies' veils.

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Publication number: US1058527A
Application number: US61722611A
Authority: US
Inventors: Augusta Barnett
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1911-03-27
Filing date: 1911-03-27
Publication date: 1913-04-08
Anticipated expiration: 1930-04-08

Description

A. BARNETT.

APPLIANCE FOR SECURING LADIES VEILS.

APPLICATION FILED MAE.27, 1911.

Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

AUGUSTA B.ABNETT, OF 'LIOl.\l'llI H )1 T, ENGLAND.

APPLIANCE FOR SECURING LADIES VEILS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Apr. 8,1913.

Application filed March 27,191 1. Serial No. 617,226.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTA BARN TT, a

subject of the King of England, residing at 36 Dunsmure road, London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Appliances for Securing Ladies Veils, of which the following is a specification. 7

My invention relates to a new and improved appliance or attachment for the purpose of securing a ladys veil upon the hat, and at the same time has for its object to economize the quantity of material used for such veils.

The invention consists broadly of a brooch attachment or fitting which may have an ornamental setting or may be enameled or otherwise decorated. One of these appliances is used at either end of the veil. Attached to each of these fittings is one end of a piece of elastic and in the intervening space I attach a veil of any ordinary design or description. Attached on the underside of the fitting is a hinged, hooked pin, so made that the two ends or sides of the veil can be gathered and when they have been so gathered the hooked pin is caught up and is retained in position by a catch fixed to the underside of the frame.

In operation the wearer holds one of the attachments in each hand, stretches the supporting elastic holding the veil, and then hooks the brooches into the material of the hat in such a way that the veil is securely held by its upper edge to the front portion of the hat, while its lower part is more or less stretched and drawn around the chin of the wearer. And in'order that my said invention may be better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawing accompanying this specification, which shows by way of example various forms of the devices made according to my present invention.

Figure 1 shows a view of the device attached in position; Fig. 2 shows a veil and device detached from the hat illustrating the method of attaching the veil and gathering it; and Figs. 3 and 4 show the preferred and a modified form of the pin and hook construction.

The same letters of reference are employed to denote the same parts in all the views.

a is a brooch of ornamental design.

6 is the pin which as will be seen is of special form, hinged at c to the brooch by means of the usual hinge.

d is the catch for securing the brooch pin 6 in the ordinary manner. The pin 1) is eX- tended past the hinge and formed into an eye 0. The other end of the pin 6 is bent backward so as to form a hook f. g is an elastic cord extending between the eyes 6 on the two devices, which cord is threaded or run through the veil. The veil is so gathered to this cord that when the latter is slack the veil is gathered upslightly. In

utilizing the invention two of these devices are taken and the elastic cord 9 is attached to one of the devices. The cord is then run through the veil for which purpose a bodkin may be provided on the cord, the veil being gathered as before explained. The bodkin end of the cord is then passed through the eyelet e on the other device and is secured in position by turning, tying or'otherwise. The sides of the veil are now gathered up and passed on to the hooks f and around to the pin portion 6, and the pins are then engaged in the catches d in the ordinary way. This po-.

sition is illustrated at the left hand of Fig. 2; the right hand side shows the brooch open with the material passed on to the pin 6. The veil is now ready to be attached to the hat for which purpose it is simply necessary to take one of'the broches in each hand, stretch the elastic around the front of the hat and engage the hooks f in the material of the hat.

It will be seen from Fig. 1 that the arrangement possesses many advantages. In the first place there is considerable saving of material as it is not necessary to have so much veiling as is required to tie the veil at the back. Again, the top edge of the veil is held in position on the hat without there being a tendency for it to slip down over the hat as is usually the case, and again the portion of the veil coming under the chin is comparatively tight which prevents it sagging, although the portion of the veil coming over the nose and across the face is not pulled tight.

Figs. 3 and 4 show two forms of making the pin 6, the eye 6 and hook f from one piece of wire with a portion of the pin 7) bent to form one half of the hinge.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States of America 1s A device for attaching a veil to a hat comprising a brooch, a pin constructed with two eyelets, and a hook at one end; said pin pivotally secured to the brooch by one of said eyeletsand the other eyelet thereof project- Ling beyond said pivot, said projecting eyelet adapted to hold one end of a veil supporting cord: a catch on the brooch for securing the pin; said pin adapted to have portions of the edge of a veil gathered thereon between GUSSIE BARNETT. Witnesses C. P. LIDDON, H. D. JAMEsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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