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W. N; MURD-OGKQ HAT FASTENER.

No. 605,116, Patented, June 7,1898;

UNITED STATES WILLIAM N. MURDooK,

PATENT FFICE. I

' HAT-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,116, dated June "7, 1898.

Application filed August 4, 1897 To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM N. MURDOOK, of Boston, county of Sufiolk, State of Massa chusetts, have invented an Improvement in. Hat-Fasteners, of which the following description, in connection with the accompany= ing drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

My invention i-sa device for en ab ling ladies to secure their hats in position and for enabling them readily to remove their hatswhen desired, my invention being herein shown as applied to a usual side comb, such as is commonly worn by ladies in their hair.

Various appliances have heretofore been provided and suggested for the ready attachment of hats to the head; but these inventions, so far as known to me, have either been cumbersome or awkward or have disfigured or injured the hat either by being inserted therethrough or by being secured thereto,

My invention is intended merely to catch and hold the. hat on the inside thereofwith out in any way Seriously injuring the hat' and without inconveniencing the wearer.

The details of my invention will be more fully apprehended in the course of the fol? lowing description and claim, referencebein g 1 had to the accompanying drawings; illustrative of the preferred embodiment thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention applied to an ordinary side comb. .Fig. 2 is a vertical section there? of on the line 2-2. Fig. 3 is a front elevation, partially broken away, illustrating the manner of nsingmy invention.

I have herein shown my invention as applied to a usual or preferred comb, preferably a side comb A. About the side comb I have secured a metal strip to, having its ends bent around the edges ofthe comb and. riveted thereto at a. a and provided along its length I with transverseteethrfi, herein shown as stamped or struck up from the metal, these h ns pre ab lend nawl ppointed'anddefiectedfrom the plane of the comb at'a-sufficient. angle to enable them to Serial No. 647,045. (No model.)

I catch readily in the hat of the wearer, the

teeth a projecting in an opposite direction from the teeth a of the comb proper.

. While I have herein shown the teeth a as provided along the metal strip, it will be understoodithat my invention is not restricted in this particular, but that the teeth may be provided in'any other manner desired or convenient' In operation the combs A will be inserted in the hair as usual, (see Fig. 3,) one on each side of the head, the teeth a entering the hair in the well-known manner, and thereby leaving the teeth a projecting outwardly on the upper side, so that when the users hat is fitted to the head the lining or lower edge of the crown will be caught by the teeth a and will catch and hold the hat securely in position. When'the wearer wishes to remove the hat, all that necessary is to press the combs one or both of themslightly inwardly, therebyremoving the teeth a from engagement with the hat and leaving the latter free to be removed. w I

I do not intend to restrict my invention otherwise than as defined in the claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters WILLIAM N. MURDOGK.

Witnesses G. H. MAXWELL, M. A. DUNN.

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