US477969A - Hugh stevenson - Google Patents

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HAT

(No Model.)

INVEN A TTORNEYS l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGH STEVENSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT HOLDER AND CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 477,969, dated June 28, 1892. Application filed June 13, 1891. Serial No, 396,174. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HUGH STEVENSON, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Hat Holder and Case, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in hat-holders for carriages and other vehicles; and the object of my invention is to produce a convenient hat-holder in which a stiff hat of any kind may be easily placed and securely held, and to have the hat-holder in the form of a case, so that it may be opened and a soft cap which is carried in the case be substituted for the stiif hat and worn by the occupant of the carriage while traveling. The case may also be used for carrying a brush or other usef ul article.

To this end my invention consists in a hatholder and case constructed substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is abrokensectional View of the I invention, secured to the roof of a carriage, i the section being taken on the line :1: 0c in Figs". 3 and l; Fig. 2, a similar View, but with a hat I in position in the holder. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on the line 3 3 in Fig. 4. Fig. 4

is an inverted plan of the invention. Fig. 5

is an enlarged detail view of one of the hatholding fingers and the keeper in which it is held to slide; and Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view of the spring-catch, which holds the case closed against the roof of the carriage.

The case B is secured to the roof A of a carriage, being hinged on one side, as shown I do not confine myself to any particular form of catch for holding the case against the carriage-roof, as it is obvious that any simple form will answer the purpose.

A brush-case C, which is preferably of a rectangular shape,- and open at each end, is secured to the roof of the carriage within the case B, anda brush D is held Within the brushcase. The brush may. thus be conveniently-- reached, and it may be used for brushing the hats or clothing of the people in the carriage. Secured to the roof of the carriage, on each side of the case B, are depending spring-fingers E and E, which are curved inward toward the case, the finger E being fixed to the carriage-roof and the finger E being fixed to a slide-plate E which slide-plate is held to move in a keeper e, and the keeper is secured to the roof of the carriage adjacent to the case B.

The slide-plate E is provided at its outer end with a thumb-piece e, so that it may be conveniently operated, and its inner end terminates in a lug 6 which lug enters a corresponding slotin the upperportion of the case B, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The slideplate E is held against the case B, with the lug e in the slot of the case, by a spring F, one end of which is secured to the roof of the carriage within the case B and the other end of which is attached to the inner end of the slide-plate.

The case Bis preferablyprovided with a soft cap G,'so that when the stiff hat H-ot' an occupant of the carriage is placed in the hatholder the cap G may be' taken out and be worn instead of the hat.

To placea hat in position upon the hatholder, the slide-plate E and the spring-finger E, secured thereto, are pulled out, and the hat H is placed over the case B with oneside of the brim entering between the spring-finger E and the roof of the carriage, and the slide-plate E is then released, allowing the finger E to advance'beneath the opposite side of the hat-brim, and the hat will thus be held securely in place.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The herein-described hat-holder, comprisfrom to secure the hat upon the exterior of ing a receptacle B, hinged at the edge of its said receptacle or permit its removal therenpper open end to swing downward and profrom, substantially as set forth.

vided with a catch, a finger E, secured adja- HUGH STEVENSON. 5 cent to the upper edge of the receptacle, and Witnesses:

a second hook at the opposite side of the re- W. J. DUFFY,

ceptable and movable toward and away there- FRANCIS MOARDLE.

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