US651255A - Hat-fastener. - Google Patents

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N0`.`65|,255. Patented Tune 5; |900. H. LUBYE & J. RuBENsTEm.

HAT FASTENEB.

(No Model.) (Application inea sept. 14, 1599.)

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HENRY I. LURYE AND JACOB RUBENSTEIN, OF NEI/V YORK, N. Y.

HAT-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ratent No.y 651,255, dated June 5, 1900.

Application tiled September 14, 1899. Serial No. 730,477. l (No model.)

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Be it known that we, HENRY I. LUEYE, a citizen of the United States, and JACOB RU- BENSTEIN, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, both residing in New York, in the borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

By means of this invention a ladys hat or head-gear can be securely fastened to the head of the wearer and held steadily in place, and at the same time the hair is not liable to become entangled or caught nor the wearer injured.

The invention resides in the novel features of construction set forth in the following speciication and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a sectional side elevation of the fastener applied to a hat. Fig. 2 is a face elevation of the fastener applied to a hat, the latter being sectioned. Fig. 3 shows a bearing. Fig. 4showsamodiiication. Fig. shows the bearing applied in Fig. 4.

In the drawings are shown hats having the body 1, with top 2 and brim 3; but of course the invention is not confined to any particular construction, as it can be applied to hats orheadwear of various sizes, styles, or shapes. The hat in Figs. l and 2 is shown with a sweat-band 4 anda trimming or outer band 5. In Figs. l to 3 is shown a bearing comprising a base piece or plate A, provided with an integral tongue-piece arranged parallel with said plate and having branches A A2 A2. The base has clips or prong parts A4, by which the bearing can be secured to the hat-body. The fastener comprises a body or shaft part B, with spiral B.

A practical way of applying the invention is as follows: The hat having been provided with sweat-band 4, said sweat-band is turned out of the hat and the base A is clipped or secured tothe interior of the hat-body. The hat can now be trimmed, if desired,the trimming 5 concealing the fastenings A4. The sweat-band 4 beingturned in comes to lie between branches A and A2. The body or stem B is now passed through the bearing branches A3 A2 A', also piercing or passing through sweat-band 4 and hat-body 1 and trimming o. The stemvB being suitably threaded, a handle or finger-button 6 is applied. This knob 6 is shown as having its hub part somewhat extended or sleeve-shaped, so as to act as a jam or lock nut against washer 7, which, having been screwed or passed onto stem B before the knob 6 is applied, sits against the hat-body l, so that the stem is held safely and steadily. The bearing as seen is what may be called a multiple bearing, having the three supporting-points-namely, one in base A, one in branch A2, and one in branch A2. This plurality of supporting-points A' A2 A2 causes the stem B to be held steady or prevented from wabbling, and when the spiral B has been caught or turned into the hair it will not accidentally come loose or disengage. The hat is thus secured in place on the head.

To prevent the free end -of the spiral from piercing or injuring the wearer or scalp, said end may be round or have a button 8 applied, such as a drop of solder or the like.

In Fig. 4 there is no sweat-band, but the hat is shown with lining 9. The bearing of Fig. 5 having base A5 applied to lining 9, the fastenings A4 can be secured and trimming 5 applied. The stem B has in this case also a plurality of bearing-points-namely, at A5 and A5.

The inner vertical tongue branch A3 of the bearing extending upward to or near the top l will prevent the hair catching over or tangling with the bearing or stem B. The plate can have the prongs A, which secure a tight fastening with a body of such material as felt; but in case of lighter hat-bodies-as, for example, wire-it has been found practical to secure or lap the entire top and bottom edges of the plate to the wire or frame, so as to engage a considerable stretch of the hat-body material and get a iirm hold or be steadied even if the material is not rigid. As the proper application of the sweat-band 4 is not interfered with the fit of the hat is not affected.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A hat-fastener comprising a shank or stem with a spiral on one end and a handle on its other end, in combination with a hat having a multiple bearing for said fastener, said bearing comprising a base-plate adapted IOO to be engaged with the. hat and provided with portion of said spiral fastener, substantially as described.

2. A hat provided with a sweat-band and with a multiple bearing comprising a base-f plate adapted to be engaged with the hat and provided with an integral tongue having three upwardly-extended branches, parallel with each other and with said base-plate, the sweat-l band being placed between two of said branches, in combination with a fastener passed through registering openings in said base-plate and branches and through the sweat-band and hat, substantially as described.

3. A hat provided with a bearing compris-V ing a base-plate having an integral tonguepiece bent to form a number of branches parallel with one face of said base-plate, with registering openings in said branches and plate,formin g a plurality of registering-points, in combination with a fastening-spiral having a shank seated in said openings or bearings. a washer placed on said shank to seat against the outside of the hat, and a handle or knob screwed onto the outer end of said shank and provided with a hub portion to lock against said washer, substantially as described.

A In testimony whereof we have hereunto set ourhands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. f i I HENRY I. LURYE. JACOB RUBENSTEIN. Titnessesz W. C. IIAUFF,

E. F. KA STENHUBER.

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