US1605433A - Pin - Google Patents

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BEST AVAILABLE com Nov. 2 1926.

C. A. GIBSON Filed Jan. 20. 1926 Patented Nov. 2, 1926.

UNITED STATES BEST AVAILABLE COP\ PATENT OFFICE.

CLARK ARTHUR GIBSON, 0F SHELBYVILLE, ILLINOI S, ASSIGNOR TO STA-RITE HAIR PIN COMPANY, INC., 0F SHELBYVILLE, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

Application filed January 20, 1926.

This invention relates to hair pins and more particularly to locking hair pins.

An object of the invention is the provision of an improvement on the hair pin described and claimed in the Creech and Bland Patent, No. 1,233,195, granted July 10, 19 17, and adapted for use in connection with bobbed hair. The hair pin forming the sub ject matter of the present invention is particularly adapted to hold or pin the hair immediately over the ears.

In constructing the pin I provide prongs which converge toward their lower ends and are provided with diverging points, and above the converging portions I provide substantially parallel sides having series of undulations, the bases of which are substantially in contact with each other.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown one embodiment'of the invention. In this showing,

Figure l is a front elevation,

Figure 2 is a side elevation, and

Figure 3 is a central vertical sectional view.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a loop at the top of the pin by means of which the two prongs are con nected. The pin may be formed of metal, celluloid or other suitable material. Adjacent the loop the prongs are provided with parallel portions 2 which extend less than half the total length of the pin. Intermediate the ends, and beneath these parallel portions the prongs of the pin are each provided with a series of undulations 3, the bases of which are arranged in transverse alinement with each other and substantially contacting as indicated at 4:. Beneath the undulated portions of the prongs they converge toward each other as indicated at 5, and at the bottom of the converging portions the prongs are substantially in contact with each other as at 6. The ends are then extended outwardly or diverging as indicated at 7.

Serial No. 82,546.

As stated, the pin may be formed of any suitable material. By providing the sub stantially parallel upper portions with the bases 4: of the undulations substantially in contact with each other, and substantially equally spaced from each other, the converging lower portions of the prongs form a pin which engages the hair at a plurality of spaced points when in use and is therefore particularly adapted for use in connection with bobbed hair and for holding the hair in place immediately over the ears.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim:

1. A hair pin comprising a pair of prongs substantially parallel to each other at their upper ends, each of said prongs being provided with a series of undulations intermediate their ends and converging toward each other beyond said undulations to a point substantially in contact with each other, the portions of said prongs beyond the point of contact diverging from each other to their ends.

2. A hair pin comprising a pair of prongs substantially parallel to each other adjacent their upper ends, the parallel portions of said prongs being provided with a series of undulations in alinement with each other, the bases of said undulated portions being substantially in contact with each other, said prongs beyond said undulations converging toward each other to a point substantially in contact with each other, the portions of said prongs beyond the point of contact diverging from each other to their ends.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CLARK ARTHUR GIBSON.

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