US1855811A - Hairpin - Google Patents

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April 26, 1932- A. B. WEISSENBORN 1,855,811

HAIRPIN Filed June 6, 1931 Wars 557250727.

Patented Apr. 26, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ALBERT B WEISSENBOBN, OF APPLETON, WISCONSIN, ASSI GNOIQ TO SCOLDING LOCKS CORPORATION, OF APPLETON, WISCONSIN HAIRPIN Application filed June 6, 1931. Serial No. 542,525.

This invention appertains to hairpins and more particularly to that type of hairpins generally employed for use with bobbed hair and commonly known to the trade as bobby ms. 7 p Within certain limitations, these pins are difficult to apply to the hair and have a tend ency after application to slip from out of engagement with the hair.

It is common to crimp one of the legs of the hairpin, but this crimping is insufficient to properly hold the pin in place-and also adds to the difiiculty in'placing the hairpin in position.

It is, therefore, one of the primary objects of my invention to provide an improved hairpin for bobbed hair, so formed as to facilitate the placing of the hairpin in position and to more effectively hold the hairpin in position against displacement.

Another salient object of. my invention is the provision of novel means for forming the crimps in one leg of a hairpin, the crimpa being so disposed as to facilitate the insertion of the pin in the hair and to form a greater holding surface for the hair to prevent displacement of the pin.

A. further object of my invention is the provision of a hairpin for bobbed hair having the crimps placed diagonally across one leg of the pin instead of having the crimps extending directly transversely across the pin, the diagonal crimps forming leading edges for facilitating the placing of the pin in position and at the same time forming a large gripping surface for receiving and holding the hair so as to prevent displacement of the pin.

A still further object of my invention is to provide an improved bobby pin of the above character which will be durable and eflicient in use, one that will be simple and easy to manufacture and one which can be placed upon the market at a reasonable cost. With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and formation of parts, as will be hereinafter more specifically described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an enlarged side elevation of a hairpin constructed in accordance-with my invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged plan view of my improved hairpin.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the letter A generally indicates my improved hairpin which comprises a pair of legs 5 and 6 connected together at one end by the arcuate resilient bight'portion 7 and the legs are held into contact with one another by the said resilient bight portion. The hairpin is formed from fiat resilient metal and has a greater width than thickness, as can be clearly seen from the drawings. The'leg 6 terminates slightly short of the free end of the leg 5 and is bent outwardly at an angle as at 8-, at its forward end to facilitate the insertion of the hair between the legs.

In accordance with my invention, the leg 6 intermediate its ends is provided with a plurality of diagonally extended crimped portions 9. As shown, these crimped portions 9 extendat an acute angle to the transverse center of the leg. The provision of the transversely extending crimped portions 9 form leading edges 10 for facilitating iniser tion of'the pin in engagement with the 12111.

The diagonally extending crimps 9 will give a greater surface for engaging the hair and thereby more effectively engage the hair for holding the pin in place. The crimped portion of the leg 6 makes contact at numerous points with the flat leg 5 and oflers greater bearing surface for engaging the leg 5 to hold the pin in place.

From the foregoing description, it can be seen that I have provided .a hairpin of the bobby type having an improved and novel construction for facilitating the engagement of the pin with the hair and for holding the pin in proper position after being applied.

Changes in detail may be made without departing from the spirit or the scope of this invention, but what I claim as new is:

1. A hairpin of the hobby type comprising resilient legs normally urged into contact 8 onally exten g hair-receiving c with one another and a plurality of outwardly extending crimps formed in one of said legs extending at an angle to the transverse axis of the le forming a plurality of diagannels. 2. A hairpin of the hobby type comprising a pair of flat legs normally urged into con- K tact with one another, one of said legs being 4 provided with aplurality of diagonally ex- 1 tending outwardly disposed crimps forming a plurality of diagonally extending hair-receiving channels.

3. A hairpin of the bobby type comprising a pair of resilient legs between which the hair v 15 is received and gripped, both of said legs being formed of fiat wire of greater width than the thickness, one of said legs intermediate its ends being provided with a series of outwardly projectln crimps extending over 8. portion of the sur ace at an oblique angle defining a plurality of hair-receiving chan ne s.

1. A hairpin of the bobby type formed from flat wire including a pair of abutting 95 resilient legs between which the hair is received and gripped, one of said legs'being provided with a plurality of outwardly pro- Jectin'g crimped portions intermediate its ends, said crimped portions extending diagonally across the leg whereby to form a plurality of diagonally extending hair-receiving channels havingleading edges for facilitating the insertion of the pin in the hair and portions of large area for engaging the hair. 35 In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Appleton. in the county of Outagamie and State of Wisconsin. o ALBERT B. WEISSENBQRN.

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