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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
WILLIAM REID COLLIER. OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.
RAT-PIN.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented May 14, 1918.
Application filed October 2, 1916. Serial No. 123,336.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, Wnziia R. CoLLIER,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Austin, in the county of Travis and State
5 of Texas, have invented a new and useful
Hat-Pin, of which the following is a specifi-
cation.
This invention relates to hat pins and more
particularly to a novel form of guard where-
10 by the point of the pin will be housed while
the pin is in use and accidental withdrawal
of the pin from the hat prevented and danger
of injury being inflicted by the pin being
avoided.
15 A further object is to provide a device of
this character which will constitute an orna-
ment, which is durable, compact and efficient,
and which can be applied readily to hats of
different shapes and sizes.
20 With the foregoing and other objects in
view which will appear as the description
proceeds, the invention resides in the com-
bination and arrangement of parts and in
the details of construction hereinafter de-
25 scribed and claimed, it being understood
that changes in the precise embodiment of
the invention herein disclosed, can be made
within the scope of what is claimed, with-
out departing from the spirit of the inven-
30 tion.
In the accompanying drawings the pre-
ferred form of the invention has been shown.
In said drawings:-
Figure 1 is a view showing the device ap-
35 plied.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged rear elevation of the
structure.
Fig. 3 is an edge view thereof, a portion
of the outer spring being broken away and
40 one of the possible positions of the spring
relative to the pin being indicated by dotted
lines.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged view partly in eleva-
tion and partly in section of one end of the
45 device.
Referring to the figures by characters of
reference 1 and 2 designate the end mem-
bers of the device, it being designed to form
these members of any shape and sizes de-
50 sired. In the present instance the member
2 has been formed to represent an arrow
head, while the member 1 has been shaped to
represent the tail or feather end of an arrow.
To the back face of the member 1 is hingedly
55 connected an elongated pin 3 and hingedly
connected to the back face of the member 2is a tubular guard or housing 4. A rigid
stem 5 is extended from the member 1 and
a corresponding stem 6 is extended from the
member 2. Secured to these stems are the 60
end portions of a flexible elastic shank or
body formed of an elongated coiled spring
7 which can be of any suitable resilient ma-
terial attractive in appearance. Further-
more, secured within each of the stems 5 65
and 6 are smaller coiled springs 8 which nor-
mally meet in the center portion of the spring
body 7 as shown particularly in Fig. 3. The
springs are so proportioned that when they
are in normal positions the point of the pin 70
3 will be seated in the tubular guard 4.
In using the device the pin 3 is inserted
into a hat as ordinarily, after which the
member 2 is pulled away from the member
1 so as to elongate the spring body 7, said 75
spring body being caused to rest snugly
against the outer surface of the hat. The
guard 4 is then placed over the projecting
point of the pin and when the member 2 is
released the spring body 7 will draw the 80
guard firmly onto the point and thus hold
the parts properly assembled with the mem-
bers 1 and 2 and the coiled spring connec-
tion 7 exposed upon the outer surface of the
hat where they will constitute an ornament. 85
By having the members 1 and 2 hingedly
connected to the parts 3 and 4 they are per-
mitted to adjust themselves angularly so as
to be properly positioned against the outer
surface of the hat. The inner springs 8 serve 90
to stiffen the end portions of the spring
body 7 when said spring is elongated, with-
out, however, reducing the flexibility of said
coiled spring body to an undesirable extent.
Obviously a device such as described can 95
be readily applied to hats of different sizes
and in any desired position upon the hat, the
members 1 and 2 and the connection there-
between always adding an attractive touch
to the hat. 100
What is claimed is:-
1. A device of the class described includ-
ing end members, a tubular guard hingedly
connected to the back face of one of the
members, a pin hingedly connected to the 105
back face of the other member, a coiled
spring fixedly secured at its ends to said
members and constituting a flexible elastic
connection between the members, said spring
forming the body of the device, and stiffen- 110
ing springs fixedly connected to the mem-
bers and housed within the end portions of1,265,750.
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Collier, William Reid. Hat-Pin, patent, May 14, 1918; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1256527/m1/2/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.