US1124899A - Safety-catch for brooches, breastpins, &c. - Google Patents

Description

H. HILLS.

SAFETY CATCH FOR BROOGHES, BREASTPINS, 6w. APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1913.

1,124,899, Patents) Jan. 12, 1915.

WITNESSES.-

ORNEY.

THE NORRIS PETERS C0,, PHOTG-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. D C.

HENRY HILLS, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

SAFETY-CATCH FOR BROOCHES, BREASIPINS, 8w.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

Application filed. July 29, 1913. Serial no. 781,807.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY HILLs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Safety-Catch for Brooches, Breastpins, &c., of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more especially to means for securing the free end of the pin employed for attaching brooches, pins, and like articles of jewelry in place, and an object of my invention, among others, is to provide a device of this class that shall be neat in appearance, that may be easily manipulated, and that shall efiectively secure the pin.

One form of device embodying my invention and in the construction and use of which the objects hereinabove set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of a brooch embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, scale enlarged, and with parts broken away to show construction.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 5 indicates a brooch having ears 6 between which a pin 7 is pivotally secured in a manner common to articles of jewelry, this pin being pointed in the usual way for insertion through material composing garments, the pointed end of the pin being removably secured in its closed position.

My improved device embodies means for thus holding the pointed end of the pin in a manner to prevent accidental loosening, but at the same time in a way to enable it to be readily loosened when desired, such device including a U-shaped keeper secured in any desired manner to the base of the article of jewelry and having a retaining post 8 and a latch bearing post 9. The end of the retaining post is preferably bent into a horn 10 as shown in Fig. 2 of drawings underneath which the pin 7, as to a part at least, rests. The post 9 is hollow, providing a chamber for a retaining spring 11 which thrusts upward against a latch 12 pivotally mounted in a slot in the post 9 and having its end 13 resting against or in proximity to the horn 10. This latch is bent to form a handle 14 resting, when the latch is in its closed position, against the side of the post 9, the spring 11 pressing upwardly against a spring seat so formed on the under side of the latch that the handle 14 will be pressed against the side of the post, thus forming a stop to limit the swinging movement of the latch and retain the pin securely in position. It will thus be impossible, without destroying the fastening, to force the pin from the hold of the latch, but by placing the thumb or finger nail underneath the handle 1 1 the latch may be readily moved to position to permit the pin to be disengaged.

The construction is such that the catch may be made of a size'peculiarly in keeping with articles of this class, that is, it may be made so small that it will not be unsightly or bulky in appearance. The pin can not he accidentally disengaged and the handle is little liable to be accidentally caught and moved so that the pin will be released, but at the same time it is in such position that it may be readily manipulated from this position.

While I have shown and described herein a preferred form of latch for carrying out my invention, this may be departed from to a greater or lesser-extent and yet be within the spirit and intent of the invention as defined by the appended claims, and which invention is therefore not limited to the exact construction herein described.

I claim:

1. In an article of jewelry, in combination with a pin pivotally mounted at one end, a keeper having a recess to receive the point of the pin, and a pivotally mounted L-shaped latch having one branch closing said recess to retain the pin in place and its opposite branch resting against the side of the keeper to prevent outward movement of said overlying branch.

2. In an article of jewelry, in combina tion with a base and a keeper projecting outwardly from the back surface thereof, and having a recess, a pin pivotally mount ed on the base with one end to be located in said recess, and an L-shaped lever pivotally mounted on the keeper with one branch overlying and closing the mouth thereinto and the other branch extending along the side of the keeper toward the base and resting against the keeper to prevent outward movement of the first mentioned branch.

3. In an article of jewelry, a base, a pin secured to one end of the base, a keeper secured to and projecting from the back surface of the base and having a recess to rebranch, and means for yieldingly holding ceive the end of said pin, an L-shaped latch the latch with one branch in position to pivotally mounted on the keeper and havclose said recess.

ing one branch closing said recess and the other branch extending along and resting against the side of the keeper to prevent outward movement of the first mentioned HENRY HILLS.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR B. JENKINS, ANNE E. OBRIE Copies of this patent may be obtain d for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. 0.

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