US486654A - Hat or bonnet stand - Google Patents

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SARAII E. L. WILSON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HAT OR BONNET STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,65 4, dated November 22, 1892 Application led March 16, 1892. Serial No. 425.100. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that 1, SARAH E. L. W1LsoN,a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore city,in the State ot Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat or Bonnet Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in display stands or holders for hats or bonnets for which Letters Patent of the United States were granted me February 18, 1890, No. 421,679.

The invention will first be described, and then pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a side view of the holder, supported on a vertically-adjustable rod. Fig. is a side view of the holder supported in an inclined position by a suitable hook-prong. Fig. 3 is a section of a handle of the holder, shownv on a larger scale. Fig. 4 is a view of one ofthe expanding prongs ofthe holder, showing two rollers. Fig. 5.is a view of the same parts,but showing only one roller. Fig. 6 is a top View of the ferrule-cap. Fig. 7isa bottom View of the ferrule-eap detached from the handle and also showing the ends of the prongs in said cap. Fig. 8 is a view of the handle end, which enters the ferrule-cap. Fig. 9 is a view of the hook attached to the inclined prong, the latter in section.

The letter CL designates the spring-prongs, made of a Wire bent in the form of a loop, which has an end o. provided with a roller b, of rubber, cork, or other material. Two rollers may be employed, as in Fig. 4, or but one, as in Fig. 5. These rollers may be round, as shown, or any other shape, and serve as a movable or antifriction cushion against which the hat will come in contact. The two extremities c2 of each spring-prong are in ch si contact and enter and fit in a tight hole c of proper size in the top of the metal ferrulecap D. The ends project into a cap, to which they may be secured by solder or otherwise. A handle E, of wood or other material, has the end on which the ferrule-cap is secured provided with three side grooves f to receive the ends a2 of the spring-prongs, (see Figs. 3 and 8,) and the ferrule-cap D, with the springprongs attached, is slipped. on the end of the handle, so as to have the said spring ends a2 occupy the groovesf, and then the ferrulecap is secured to the handle by pins g.

It is a desideratum to have the holder, which comprises the spring-prongs and the wood handle, supported by a connection with the handle in such a Way as will facilitate and make convenient its removal from the support and also enable it to be again replaced on the support. To this end I provide the body of the handle with alongitudinal bore h and the end of the handle with a dared or funnel-shaped guide j, leading to such bore.

It will he seen that the point end of a rod m or the end of a hook n may enter the bore h in the handle, and thus support the holder in any desired position, and the holder may be readily removed from the support m or n by a person grasping the handle E and lifting it off. Vhen about to replace the holder, it is only necessary to put the end of the handle on the point end of the rod or hook, and the funnel-shaped guide j will so direct it as to cause the said point end to enter the` bore h.

The ring t' and corrugations 7c are shown in my former patent referred to and serve the purpose there described.

The inclined hook-prong n has a shank to which a double hook 0 is attached. (See Figs. 2 and 9.) This double hook serves to support and display the ribbons or other bonnettrimmings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A hat or bonnet stand comprising the spring-prongs, each having its free end in the form of a loop, provided witha loose rollerb, and the other ends of the prongs secured toa Wooden handle F..

2. In a hat or bonnet stand, the combination of a handle E, provided at one end with side grooves f, a ferrule-cap D, provided in its top with holes c and secured to the handle, and the spring-prongs, each having its free end in the form of a loop and the other end having its two extremities in close contact and entered into the said holes in the cap top and occupying the side grooves inthe handle, as set forth.

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3. In a. hat or bonnetJ stand, the eombina- In testimony whereof Iafx mysgnature in tion of a Wooden handle having aferrule-eap presence of two witnesses. on one end and a central bore with a. flared mouth at the opposite end of the handle, SARAH E' L' WILSON' 5 spring-prongs fastened between the ferrule- Witnesses:

cap and handle, and asupport havingaprong JNO. T. MADDOX,

to enter the bore of the handle. F. PARKER DAVIS.

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