US1341356A - Hat-fastener - Google Patents

Description

F.1. CANCIANICH.

HAT FASTENER.

APPLICATION man SEPTH, 1919,

v1,341 `Patented May 25,1920.

L12/en Zza/4 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAT-FASTENEB.

Speciilcation of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1920.

Application led September 11, 1919. Serial No. 323,046.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS J. CANCIA- NICH, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at New ort News in the county of Warwick and tate of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fasteners; 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.

My invention relates to hat fasteners, the principal object being to provide a fastener adapted to be used 1n securing a womans hat in position upon the head to take the place of the ordinary pin commonly used.

Another important object of my invention is to provide a hat fastener which will obviate the danger of injury to the head as is ordinarily experienced with the usual hat pin.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hat fastener to be used in conjunction with womens hats, which when engaged with the hair will positively retain the hat in proper position on the head and which at the same time Will not perforate or otherwise injure the hat.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a womans hat fastening which will permit the hat to be engaged upon the wearers head without the use of a lmirror and will always enga e the hair at the proper point to retain t e hat in its proper position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fastener for womens hats which may be readily attached to the hat and used in conjunction with hats of various types, the construction being such as to cause the wearer no inconvenience and to be comfortable to the head.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a hat fastening device having the above characteristics, which is simple in construction, which consists of few parts, and which may be manufactured and sold at a minimum cost.

With the above and other objects and advantages in mind, the invention consists in the novel combination of elements, con struction and arrangement, operation and specific features all of which are hereinafter enlarged upon and explicitly defined in the subjoined claims.

On the drawings Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of niy improved hat fastening in position in a hat, parts of the hat being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device detached from the hat;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. fl is an enlarged detail view illustrating the mounting of the hair engaging tines, and

Fig. 5 is a detail View of one of the parts used in conjunction with the invention.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like` characters of reference designate like parts in all the views the numeral 5 designates a plate which in this instance is frusto-conical in shape and is cut out at opposite sides as indicated at 6 to render the plate light and to receive the wearers hair. In order to further reduce the weight of the plate 5 and to allow the interior of the hat to be ventilated, the plate is provided with perforations 7. It will be stated that owing to the constant change in the shape of hats thev plate 5 will be of such shape as to conform to the contour of the interior of the hat. Securing flanges 8 are formed at the radial edges of the plate 5 and are provided with openings 9 for the reception of stitching whereby the plate is secured in the crown of the hat. The circumferential edge of the plate 5 is also provided with openings 9 for the reception of stitching. As illustrated in Fig. 1 the plate is positioned in the crown of the hat and overlying this plate is a piece of fabric 10 to which the flanges 8 and the plate are stitched as indicated at 11.

Formed upon the central part or theflat surface of the plate 5 is an upstanding semicircular member 12. Rotatably mounted onthis flat surface and about the member 12 as an axis is an elongated plate 18. Extending from opposite ends of the rotatable plate 13 is a pair of oppositely disposed tines or hair engaging pins 14, each of which includes a length of wire bent adjacent its inner end as at 15 and extended obliquely to lie upon the outer face of the plate 5.

Each of the lengths of wire are bent reversely as indicated at 17 and longitudi nally curved. The longitudinally curved parts of each of the tines is slidably engaged in guides 19 disposed at the radial edges of the plate 5. The plate 5 is further provided with slots 2O which open at the radial edges and secured to the other face of the plate and underlying the slots are housings 21 to protect the points of the tines 14 when in retracted position.

V`A stationary plate 22 is disposed above the rotatable plate 13 in spaced relation thereto and is secured to the plate 5 by downturned clips 23 passing through the plate and bent at right angles thereto. EX- tending downwardly from the plate 22 is a pin 24 formed with a head 25 at its lower end and embracing this pin and head is a helical spring 26, one end of which is secured to an ear 27 struck in the plate 22 and its opposite end secured to an ear 28 carried by the plate 13. Normally the spring 26 urges the plate 13`to a position where the tines 111 will project beyond the housings as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 to engage the wearers hair.

, In order to retract the tines there is provided an operating chain or other flexible element 29 which passes through the hat as illustrated at 3() and is attached to one of the tines 14. vDepending from this chain 29 is a grasping member 31. This chain is movable in a guide 32 disposed upon one of the radial edges of the plate 5 and'disposed at a point where it will not obstruct the tine having the chain attached thereto during the retracting operation. A keeper 33 is disposed on the plate 5 adjacent the guide 32 and is contracted at one side to receive a latching element 341 disposed intermediate the ends of the chain to retain the tines in retracted position. 1

' From the above disclosure it will be apparentthat after the hat is placed upon the wearers head it is only necessary to disengage the latching element from the keeper 33 to allow the tines to be engaged with the wearers hair which will positively retain the hat `in position on the head.

The construction illustrated and described is a `practical embodiment of the invention, but it will bev understood that the same may be modified in many respects, and my limits ofpsuch modification are only governed by the subj oined `claims.

lVhat I claim` is:

1. A hat fastening including a plate cut out at opposite sides thereof, a plurality of hair engaging tines having their inner ends connected together and pivoted upon the plate, a spring operatively connecting the tines and normally urging the same to a position to bridge the cut out parts of the plate, and means for retracting the tines and locking the same in retracted position.

2. A'hat fastening comprising a plate to be mounted in a hat, oppositely disposed hair'engaging tines having their inner ends lixed to a common point and rotatable about a common axis, a spring normally urging the tines into engagement with the wearers hair, a flexible element having one end attached to one of the tines, a guide on the plate through which the flexible element passes, and a keeper on the plate adapted to engage the flexible element to retain the tines in retracted position.

The combination with a hat, of ay perforated plate of a shape to conform to the interior of the hat, the plate being cut out at diametrically opposite points, securing flanges formed at the radial edges of the plate and provided with openings to receive securing means, a plate rotatable upon the upper face of the perforated plate, oppositely disposed hair engaging tines carried thereby, a coil spring normally urging the plate to a position to cause the tines to engage the hair, and a flexible element passing through the hat having one end attached to the tines whereby the same may be retracted.

4. In a hat fastening, a plate adapted to be secured within a hat, a plate rotatable on the first mentioned plate, oppositely disposed tines carried thereby, a stationary plate disposed above the rotatable plate and spaced therefrom and fixed to the first mentioned plate, a stem projecting from the latter plate, a helical spring encircling the stem having one end engaged with the said plate and its opposite ends fixed to the rotatable plate, the spring normally urging the plate to a position to engage the tines with the hair, a flexible element operatively con nected with the tines for retracting the latter, and means for engaging the flexible element to retain the tines in retracted position.

5. In a hat fastening, a concavo-convex plate to be secured within a hat, and provided with relatively large openings at diametrically opposite points to accommodate the wearers hair, and a plurality of tines xed to a common point and rotatable on the plate and adapted to bridge the openings to engage the hair.

6. In a hat fastening, a concavo-convex plate adapted to be secured within a hat, a plurality of tines at its inner ends connected to a common point, said tines being bent adjacent their inner ends to dispose the major portion thereof in a plane to lie against the plate, and means for projecting the tines for engagement with the wearers hair and to disengage the same therefrom.

7. In a hat fastening, a substantially concavo-convex plate provided with a central flat portion, an elongated member rotatable on the latter, a plurality of hair engaging tines carried by the elongated member, a stationary plate overlying the elongated member and connected to the flat portion, a head depending from the stationary plate, and a site end connected with the elongated mein-` ber to rotate the same in one direction, and hair engaging means carried by the elongated member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANCIS J. GANGIAN'ICH.

Witnesses ANGELO MANZI, y BENNETT S. JONES.

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