US931877A - Barrette. - Google Patents

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E. B. KINGMAN.

- BARRETTE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 11, 1908.

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EDWARD B. KINGMAN, OF-LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

BAR/BETTE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 24, 1909.

Application filed May 11, 1908. Serial No.' 432,019.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. KING- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leominster, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Barrette, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a barrette for holding the hair.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide means whereby the fastening bar which is usually provided on the rear of'the barrette will be firmly held or locked in position in a simple and effective manner when the device is placed on the hair; also to provide a construction of such a character that the barrette will be held firmly on the hair and will not be likely to tilt up into an inclined position with respect thereto.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings which show a preferred form of the invention, and in which Figure 1 is a side view thereof showing the fastening bar open; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing it closed; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan, and Fig. 4 is a transverse central sectional view.

The barrette 10 is provided as usual with a stationary stud 11 on the back near one end on which is pivoted a fastening bar 12. This fastening bar is preferably formed of a strip of resilient or elastic material, and is shown as having a comparatively wide and flat cross section. It is provided with shoulders 13, a neck 14, and a head 15. On the end of the barrette opposite the stud 11 is a stationary stud 16 having a transverse groove 17 therein at the end of which are projections 18. This groove is adapted for receiving the shoulders 13 and the stud is provided with a passage 19 for receiving the neck 14. The projections 18 extend over the shoulders when the fastening bar is in place, and prevent the accidental displacement thereof. This fastening device is of importance by itself, but it is of especial value taken in connection with the features of the fastening bar itself. The bar is so constructed that the distance from the edges of the shoulders 13 to the pin 20 on which the bar is pivoted, is normally greater than the distance from the groove 17 to the pin. The bar is also constructed to curve inwardly to such a degree that normally it substantially touches the rear surface of the barrette when locked to the stud 16. In view of these facts it will be seen that when the fastening bar is locked in position with the shoulders in the groove, and there is anything between the bar and barrette, as for example, the hair of the wearer, the bar will be forced outwardly from the barrette so as to force the shoulders 13 firmly into the transverse groove 17, whereby the projection 18 will securely hold the fastening bar in place. *rom this it results that whenever the device is worn, the barrette will be securely and positively fastened in position and there will be substantially no danger of its getting loose. Moreover, no wear that is likely to occur on the parts will endanger the security of the locking action.

Another feature ofthe bar 12 is that in addition to the fact that it presses firmly against the hair which it holds, it is made fiat so that the hair is held between that inner flat surface of the barrette and the adjacent flat surface of. the bar. This holds the barrette firmly in position and the latter is not likely to tilt either way so as to assume an inclined position with respect to the hair.

In addition to these advantages it is to be observed that the device is of an exceedingly simple and inexpensive construction, and that it may be readily stamped out of celluloid, or any other plastic material, or in fact from metal. The barrette itself and the bar 12 are preferably made of the same material, but this is not necessary, as one may be made of an ornamental plastic material and the other of metal.

lVhile I have illustrated and described a preferred form of the invention, I am aware that many modifications may be made there in by any person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claims. Therefore, I do not wish to be limited to the particular form of the invention shown, but

What I do claim is 1. As an article of manufacture, a barrette having a back provided with a smooth continuous uniform rear surface, and a separate pivoted, resilient, substantially fiat bar on the back thereof located fiatwise with respect to the barrette, said barrette having means for preventing outward longitudinal movement of the free end of the bar and for positively holding said free end in a position to distort the bar out of its natural form and curve it to bring the center of its flat face toward the rear surface of the back wherebythe hair will be gripped by said bar at its center.

2. As an article of manufacture, a barrette having a resilient fastening bar pivoted on the back thereof, and a stationary stud projecting from the back of the barrette and having a passage therein for receiving said bar, and provided with inwardly extending projections near the outer end thereof, said bar having shoulders for engaging under said PI'OJQCtlOllS, a neck for extendlng through said passage, and a head on the neck 15 EDVARD B. KINGMAN.

Vitnesses A. E. FAY, C. Fonnns'r Vnssorr.

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