US561760A

US561760A - Veil-holder

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Publication number: US561760A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-06-09
Anticipated expiration: 1913-06-09

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M. E. CARTWRIGHT. VBIL HOLDER.

No. 561,766. Patented June 9, 1896.

UNITED STATESv PATENT Orrrcn.

MATTIE E. OART\VRIGHT, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

VElL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561,760, dated June 9, 1896.

Application filed OCtOlJGI' 7, 1895. Serial No. 564,907. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known Athat I, Martin E. Carire/*Rican of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Veil-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to an improved veilclasp; and it consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of the preferred form of my improved veilelasp. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a front View of the same. Fig. L is a top plan View of the modified form of my improved veil-clasp- Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of one of the frames used in the preferred form of the clasp. Fig. G is a perspective view of the frame used in the modified form of said clasp. Fig. 7 is a View in perspective of a hat on which is located a veil, the same being held by my improved clasp.

Referring bynumerals to the accompanying drawings, l indicates anordinary safety-pin upon the top portion of the body of which is loosely arranged a torsionally bent coilspring 2.

3 3 indicate rectangular frames constructed of thin strips of metal, the ends 4 of which are turned inwardly toward each other in the same horizontal plane and rounded, so that the same will readily operate. These ends 4 are passed into the ends of the spring 2 and the protruding ends 5 of said spring placed so as to bear one upon each of the said frames 3. Said spring normally holds the .frames 3 in the saine horizontal plane.

In the forni of the device shown in Figs. i and 6 the ends of one of the frames 3 are bifurcated, and said bifurcated ends are looped around the body of the pin l, While the ends of the opposite frame 3 are reduced in Width, so that the portions so reduced can be looped around the bodies of the pins between the bifurcated ends of the opposite frame, thus malt- In the practical use of my device the safetypin is located in the usual manner at the desired pointv on the hat, and when the veil is located upon said hat and it is desired to hold or clasp the ends of said veil the operator engages the outer ends of the frames Sivith the thumb and fingers and springs the same upwardly and together, as indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 2 and By so doing the coilspring 2 is torsionally bent and power tending to return the frames to normal position is exerted by said spring. After the veil has been properly adjusted the ends thereof are passed through the frames 3, after Which said frames are loosened from the grasp of the operator and the powerstorcd in the torsionallybent spring 2 Will cause said frames to instantlyreassume their normal position,which movement Will very efficiently clasp and hold the ends of the veil.

A veil-clasp of my improved construction is very easily applied for use, can be instantly removed from one part of the hat to the other or from one hat to another, does not necessitate the passing of a pin or hook through the veil,which very often disfigures said veil, and said clasp is very compact and presents a neat and iinished appearance.

l. A veil-clasp, comprising a suitable attaching-pin, two separate frames hinged at adjacent edges, and a torsional coil-spring located around the body of the said pin and around contiguous parts of the said frames, substantially as set forth.

2. In a veil clasp, the combination of a safety-pin, a torsional coil-spring located upon the body thereof, and a pair of rectangular frames, the ends of which are passed into the ends of the torsional spring, the ends of said coil-spring bearing one upon each of said frames.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of tivo Witnesses.'

MATTIE E. OARTI'TRIGI-IT.

WVitnesses:

JOHN C. HrenoN, Mann GRIFFIN.