US938715A - Hair-pin. - Google Patents

Description

B. L. SCOTT.

HAIR PIN.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26, 1909.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

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BESSIE LEACH SCOTT, OFSCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAIR-PIN.

Specification of Letters'PatentQ Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

Application filed February 26, 1909. Serial No. 480,133.

1'0 all whomit may concern.

Be it known that I, Bessie LEACH Soorr, a c tizen of the United States, residing at Scranton. in the county of Lackawanna and 5 State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair- Pins, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in heir pins. and the object is to provide what may be termed a self-clamping hair pin, due to the shape of the pin and the elasticity of the material composing re- A further object is to provide .a i tn which may be easily inserted or removetlftrom the hair, and hold the hair in its own position. i

Still another objectis to provide a pin, which is useful in wearing false hair and place and retain particularly utfs made of ones own hair, as

it adapter to hold throughout its entire length as contradistinguished from pins which hold only at the points or for a 1mited spaced at the middle of the pin.

5 With these objects in view, I would state that I am not unmindful that hair pins have hitherto been made with parallel ends coming together, and with out-turned )oiuted terminals forming a locking throat, ut my 3 presentinrention (litters therefrom and contains two loo )s of different sizes and two straight parallel legs, having fiattenedinner edges. which are .in contact with each other throughout their length when in repose,

3 wvhereby the pin is effective to hold the hair in place while the pin itself retains its own position.

Mr invention further-consists in certain novel -1"'eatures of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and pointed out in tlie clainn In the accompanying drawings :-Figure l. is a view in'perspective showing the position of the pin in the act of inserting it in the hair; Fig. 2is a view of the pin in its normal condition; Fig. 3 shows it spread or open; and l ig. 4 1s a section looking into the pin.

.i'represents the head of the pin. This is preferablycircular in form and flattened and reinforced as shbwn and B is an intermediate loop smaller than the head but large enough for the insertion of the finger the wearer desires to remove it tip as illustrated in Fig. 1; and C, C are the .legs, which are straight throughout and flattened ontheir inner edges as shown at 1, l and normally in contact throughout their lengths, whereloy when the pin is in its normal condition of repose the two legs form a general taper throughout their length with more or less pointed extremities as shown in Fig. 2, to facilitate applying the pin to the hair.

In inserting the in it is opened by the pressure of the fore finger in the intermediate 100 B and the thumb at the top of the head as s 1own in Fig. l, and when ready to insert it appears as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. When inserted andreleased it resumes its normal position, the legs either coming together or as close in' contactas the hair between the-members will permit, When the finger is removed after placing the pin in the hair, the natural inclination of the pin to clasp around the hair will hold the pin in place and it cannot be removed again until opened by the insertion of the finger as prewith an unobstructed passage from one to the other and terminating in two legs having parallel flattened inner edges, which .lie in contact with each other throughout their length when the pin is in its normal position of repose whereby the pin is self-closing and prevented from accidental displacement when inserted in the hair. l

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature,

- in the presence of two witnesses.

essie LEACH soo'r'r.

Witnesses:

M. L. Bmonnns, M. S. BEEMER.

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