US1201549A - Hat-pin-point protector. - Google Patents

Description

C. G. BRUMBACH.

HAT PIN POINT PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I8. 1915.

1,201,549. Patented 0 1. 17,1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

I Patented Oct. 17,1916.

Application filed December 18, 1915. Serial No. 67,637.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLARENCE G. BRUM- BACH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boyertown, in the county of Berks, State of Pennsylvania, have invented "a new and useful Hat-Pin-Point Protector; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hat pin point protectors, and has for its object to provide a device of this character which embodies novel features of construction whereby it can be readily slipped upon the projecting end of a hat pin and will prevent the same from causing any injury or doing any damage.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a hat pin point protector which is comparatively simple and inexpensive in its construction, which can be readily slipped upon-the pointed end of a hat pin or removed therefrom, which will grip the pointed end of the hat pin so as to be held securely against accidental displacement, and which is not liable to break or get out of repair.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of the parts as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the novel features thereof being pointed out in the appended claim.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hat pin point protector constructed in accordance with the invention, portions being broken away and shown in section to illustrate more clearly the details of construction. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view, taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a hat pin which has the usual head 2 at one end thereof, a depression 3 being provided in the shank of the hat pin at a point spaced from the point thereof. The point protector includes an elongated casing 4 which is preferably cylindrical in shape, the rear end of the casing being closed and provided with a large fin or finger piece 5 which can be conveniently grasped by the hand when placing the device in position upon the point of a hat pin or removing it therefrom. A flanged cap 6 is removably threaded upon the open end of the cylindrical casing 4, the central portion 6 of the cap being in the form of a cone which projects into the mouth of the casing 4 and terminates in an opening 7 of a proper size to receive the pointed end of the hat pin 1. Carried by the cap 6 and projecting inwardly from the edges of the opening 7 is a pair of opposed spring jaws 8, said jaws being substantially semicircular in cross section so as to fit against one side of the hat pin, and the jaws extending substantially the full length of the cylindrical casing 1 so as to obtain a firm bearing upon the point of the hat pin and securely grip the same.

These jaws 8 are provided at intervals with corresponding depressions 9 providing inwardly projecting ribs adapted to engage and interlock with the depression 3 in the shank of the hat pin to prevent accidental disengagement of the protector from the hat pin. Split rings 10 of spring wire may fit around the jaws 8 and be seated within the depressions 9, said split rings serving to assist in forcing the jaws 8 into a firm engagement with the shank of the hat pin.

After the hat pin 1 has been inserted through the hat in the desired manner, the cap or protector is forcibly applied to the projecting point thereof. The conical mouth 6 of the cap 6 serves to direct the point of the hat pin into the opening 7, and as it passes between the jaws 8 it is securely gripped thereby. One set of the ribs formed by the depressions 9 will engage and interlock with thedepressiOn 3 of the hat pin. so as to hold the cap securely against accidental disengagement. The jaws 8 are forced slightly apart when the cap is applied to the pointed end of a hat pin, thereby producing increased tension in the split rings 10 so that the jaws have a firm frictional engagement with the hat pin.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A hat pin point protector including an elongated casing open at one end and closed at the other end, a cap fitted upon the open end of the casing and provided with a substantially conical depression having an opening at the base thereof, a pair of hollow opposed spring jaws extending through the length of the casing and projecting from the edges of the opening at the base of the conical depression in the cap, said hollow spring aws being surrounded at intervals by annular depresslons, and spht rings seated within the depressions and increasing the resiliency of the jaws.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLARENCE G. BRUMBACH.

WVitnesses ELLWooD G. BRUMBAOH, I'IOWARD G. MANVILLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents, Washington, D. 0.

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