US703412A

US703412A - Hair-pin.

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Publication number: US703412A
Application number: US2663800A
Authority: US
Inventors: Nils O Hassum
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1900-08-11
Filing date: 1900-08-11
Publication date: 1902-07-01
Anticipated expiration: 1919-07-01

Description

n0. 703,4l. PaQtented July I902.

vN. 0. HASSUM. HAIR Pm.

(Application filed. Aug. 11, 1900.)

(Nd Model.

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UNITEp STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NILS O. HASSUM, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

HAIR-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Batent No. 703,412, dated July 1, 1902.

Application filed August 11, 1900. $erial No. 26,638. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom t it may concern:

Be it known that I, NILS 0.; HASSUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Hair-Pin, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hair-pins, and has for its object to produce a device of this kind which will be simple and efficient; and it consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement of parts of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in each of the views in which Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View of the same.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the parts in position ready for insertion into the hair, and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view.

My improved hair-pin comprises two parts 1 and 2, each of which is formed substantially U-shaped, and the part 2 is adapted to be inserted in holes 3 in the part 1. The part 1 constitutes the pin proper and is preferably bent, and the intermediate portion of each leg is provided with a recess l upon its under or concaved side. The perforations 3 extend from the rear or outer portion of the head diagonally forward through the legs to the wall of the recessed portion 4: near one end thereof. From the other end of the recess the free end of each leg extends forward, so that the recess if extended would pass diagonally through the leg and come out at the rear of the same at some distance from the tip. This location of the holes will enable the pins to engage with the greatest amount of hair with the least depth of recess. The part 2 is preferably formed from metal and is of such a length that when its head'or bent portion 5 is pushed in far enough to rest in a slight depression or recess 6 inthe head of the pin its free end will extend acrossthe recess 4: and bear against the wall opposite the opening of the perforations 3.

If desired, the legs of the part 2, which will call the locking member, may be slightly curved, so as to frictionally engage with the walls of the opening 3 and be retained therein against accidental removal.

The. openings 3 may also be slightly curved the legs of the pin. The pin is then inserted into the hair, and the locking member is forced in as far as it will go, which will cause the ends of its legs to inclose a'portion of the hair within the recess of the pin, and thereby prevent the removal of the pin until after the locking member has been withdrawn. When it is desired to remove the pin, the looking member is easily withdrawn by inserting a finger-nail into the recess or depression in the head of the pin to the rear of the bend of the locking member and then forcing the same outward until its free ends have been withdrawn from the recesses in the legs of the pin, after which the pin may be removed from the hair in the usual manner.

To further assist in the removal of the locking member from the legs, the head of the pin is preferably cut off at an angle on its outer portion or the side opposite to the recess, as shown at 7. This will permit of the engagement of the fingers with the head of the locking member independently of the depression 6.

The pin can be formed from any desired material, and by ornamenting it and the bent end of the locking member a very neat and ornamental pin may be secured, and the insertion of the metallic U -shaped locking member-thr0ugh the head of the pin will more than compensate for the weakening effect had upon the pin by perforating its legs longitudinally.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is p i I In a hair-pin the combination with asubstantially U-shaped pin, the head of which is provided with a transverse recess and is cut off at an angle on the rear side, and each leg is cent or concaved and provided with a recess in its inner side, the portion of the leg between the head and the recess being provided with a hole extending diagonally therethrough from the outer or rear side of the head to the wall of the recess in the leg near one end, the leg being curved or bent outward at a point opposite said recess of a substantially U -shaped locking member, the legs of which fit within the holes in the legs of the pin, and when in position to retain the pin the head will bear against the cut-off portion 10 of the head of the pin and the'tips will each engage with the Wall of its respective recess opposite the entrance to the hole in the other side of the recess.

NILS O. HASSUM. Witnesses:

JOHN OLSEN, H. BURGEL.