US2171019A

US2171019A - Hair-fastening device

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Publication number: US2171019A
Application number: US241741A
Authority: US
Inventors: Zupnyk William
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1938-11-22
Filing date: 1938-11-22
Publication date: 1939-08-29
Anticipated expiration: 1956-08-29

Description

Aug. 29, 1939. w. ZUPNYK 2,171,019

HAIR-FASTENING DEVICE Filed NOV. 22, 1938 I N V EN TOR:

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523% 227;, a. By 7 M M ATTORNEYS.

Patented Aug. 29, 1939 res UNITED! @ATENT oFFicE 5 Claims.

This invention relates to a hair fastening device and particularly to a device, in the nature of a barrette, which is adapted to be worn on the head and which serves to keep the hair in place. The device is especially useful for ladies engaged in sports, or other outdoor activities, although it may also be advantageously used for the purpose of ornamentation, or merely to preserve the head dress with a neat, trim appearance. I-Ieretofore most devices of this general character have been made in the form of small clasps, and it has therefore required a large number of them to keep the hair in orderly arrangement. Furthermore, with some such devices, difiiculty is had in obtaining the proper fit on account of differences in head size.

Accordingly the principal object of my invention is to provide a. device of the character described which is both flexible and adjustable so that it is adaptable todifferent conditions of head dress, making it unnecessary to supply the device in different sizes for different individuals. A further object of the invention is to provide a device which may be readily applied and withdrawn from the hair and which may, if desired, be ornamented or decorated to suit the taste of the wearer.

Other more specific objects and advantages characterizing my invention will become more apparent from the description hereinafter set forth of one embodiment or example of the invention, having reference tothe accompanying drawing.

Of the drawing:

Fig. I shows the device as worn on. the head.

Fig. II is an enlarged perspective view of the device as viewed from the front.

Fig. III is a rear view of the same.

Fig. IV is a plan sectional view of the same illustrating how the wing sections are manipulated when the device is applied to the hair.

Fig. V is an enlarged cross section taken as indicated by the arrows V-V of Fig. III; and

Fig. VI is an enlarged cross section taken as indicated by the arrows VIVI of Fig. II.

In the particular example of my invention, as illustrated in the drawing, the device comprises a central arcuate section I and counterpart arcuate wing sections 2 flexibly and extensibly joined to the central section I to form continuations in curved alignment with the central section, said sections together forming a smoothly curved clasp. Each section I, 2 is made of resilient material, such asCelluloid, and is smoothly curved to conform generally to the back of the head.

The central section I is desirably made of two members 3 spaced from each other in such man.- ner as to form an elongated slot 4 between them and held together by means of

cross pieces

5, 6, riveted or adhesively fastened to the members 3. 5

At each end' of the central arcuate member I, there is provided a flat spring I preferably T- shaped and disposed with its central portion bearing upon'the corresponding wing section. 2 and withits arms riveted to the members 3. In this manner each wing section 2 is slidably mounted and fits within the slot 4, with capacity to be extended outwardly from the central section. I as desired. In order to hold the sections I, 2 together, each wing section 2 has a. projection 8, preferably formed by sharp bending of the inner end, and serving as a stop adapted to engage the end of the spring I, thereby preventing its removal endwise from the slot l.

Each wing section 2 desirably has its outer end bent upon itself to form an inwardly turned hook, as indicated at 9. The hooks 9 function in the manner of hairpins permitting the ends of the device to be securely fastened to the hair.

Although there are numerous ways of ornamenting the device, and the particular type of ornamentation. is of no special importance to this invention, in the illustrated example the ornamentation consists of five artificial jewels I I disposed at the back of the device on the

cross pieces

5, 6 and near the outer ends of the wing sections 2.

In applying the device to the hair the wearer first moves the wing sections angularly to positions somewhat as illustrated in Fig. IV placing the central section I at the back of the head. The wing sections 2 are then forced inwardly to grip the hair, both at their outer ends by the hooks 9, and at their inner ends between the wing sections 2 and the central section I. The gripping action combined with the clamping action derived from the flexibility of the material and of the spring joints between the sections, causes the device to be securely fastened to the hair. At the same time, by varying the relative positions of the wing sections 2 which may be extended from the central sectionI to any desired degree, it is possible to adapt the device to heads of different sizes or to coiffures of different styles. In fact, the device has suflicient adjustability, as well as flexibility, to permit it to be used in different ways to suit varying conditions. Moreover, with a little practice in manipulating the sections, the wearer can soon learn to apply the 55 and arcuate wing sections adapted to fit within said slot and to form continuations of the ends of the central section, said wing sections being flexibly and extensibly mounted in said slot.

2. A hair fastening device of the character described comprising a central arcuate section of resilient material including two members spaced apart to form an elongated slot betweenthem,

and having flat T-shaped springs bridging said slot at the ends thereof, and arcuate wing sections slidably mounted in said slot and engaged by said springs, said wing sections serving as extensible continuations of the end of the central section.

3. A hair fastening device of the character described comprising a central arcuate section of resilient material including two members spaced apart to form an elongated slot between them,

and having flat T-shaped springs bridging said slot at the ends thereof, arcuate wing sections slidably mounted in said slot and engaged by said springs, said wing sections serving as extensible continuations of the end of the central section, and each wing section having a projection at its inner end serving as a stop whereby the sections are held together.

4. A hair fastening device of the character described comprising a central arcuate section of resilient material including two members spaced apart to form an elongated slot between them, and arcuate wing sections adapted to fit within said slot and to form continuations of the ends of the central section, said wing sections being flexibly and extensibly mounted in said slot and having their outer ends bent sharply upon themselves to form inwardly turned hooks.

5. A hair fastening device of the character described comprising sections of resilient ma terial including a central section and wing sections disposed in curved alignment with each other and together forming a smoothly curved clasp, said sections being extensibly joined to each other whereby the device may be adjusted as to length, and said sections having capacity for relative angular movement about said joints, and means at said joints tending to maintain said sections in curved alignment.