US1003287A - Hat-holder. - Google Patents

Description

E. J. MORIN.

HAT HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED D120. 27, 1910.

1,003,287. Patented Sept. 12,1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. EDWARD J. .uoam. or mam/mama's.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. MORIN, a citizen of the United' States, residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bat and coat holders, and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this class which is constructed of a single strand of suitable resilient material and which has its upper extremity of a substantially yoke shape adapted to serve as a hat holder, and being further provided with a pair of depending arms having their lower extremities hooked for the reception of a coat.

With the above, and other objects in View, which will appear as the description progresses, the invention resides in the novel,

construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing the same supporting a hat and a coat. Fig. 2 is a similar viewof the device. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a slightly modified form of the device.

The improved device is constructed of a single strand of suitable resilient metal, preferably of a circular cross sectional formation. The wire forming the frame has its upper extremity U'shaped to provide a yoke 1. This yoke 1 has each of its sides formed of two strips of the wire, each spaced a suit able distance apart and having their lower portions diverging toward and connected with the wire forming the yoke proper. This portion of the wire is wound around the yoke as designated by the numeral 2 and the said strands are then continued downwardly in parallel relation with each other to form the arms 3. Each of these arms 3 is coiled upon itself to provide loops 4 and these loops are adapted to serve as means for forcing the yoke 1 tightly against the wall or other support to which it is attached. The arms 3 are provided below the loops 4 with suitable clips 5, the latter being provided with openings adapted for the reception of retaining elements 6, such as screws or the like. The arms below the clips 5 are each bent to form loops 7, the same being arranged at a diametrically opposite angle to the loops 4, and the said arms are thence continued downwardly a suitable distance and are bent out- Speciflcation of Letters Patent. Application filed December 27, 1910.'

r ent d se a 12, 1911. Serial no. 599,356. v

wardly to provide oflset holding members 8 which are adapted to support the coat or clothing. Each of theatre-ads are t en ben rearwardly and continued vertically a parallel line with the arms 3, as designa ed by the numeral 9, and the extremity of these upwardly extending members *9 are bent to form hooks 10 which engage the loops 7. By this arrangement, it will be noted that when it is desired to securely retain a garr ment upon the device the hook 10 may be readily forced out of engagement with the loop or eye 7 and the garment positioned upon the member 9. When the hook is again returned to its engaged position upon the loop or eye 7, the garment will be securely sustained upon the device and accidental removal of the said garment therefrom is revented. Itwill be further noted that should an unscrupulous person endeavor to remove the garment from the said device the movement of the hook from the eye will require some little time as well as creating a slight noise due to the click of the hook when removed from the eye so that attention will be directed toward the removal of the coat and the feat readily apprehended.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated a substantially similar device to that heretofore described except that the coat retaining members are dispensed with, the vertically extending arms 11 and 12 'bein provided with loops 13 which are connected with the yoke 14, the same being of a size adapted to surround the crown of a hat and to be swung, through the medium of the loops 13 tightly against the brim of the hat to retain the same upon a suitable support.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be noted that I have provided an extremely simple and effective device for the purpose intended, andwhile I have illustrated and descrlbed the preferred embodiment of the improvement, as it now appears to me, minor details of construction, withinv the scope of the following claims may be resorted to if desired.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new is '1. In a device of the class set forth, a member constructed of a single strand of resilient material comprising a yoke having oppositely arranged depending arms, each of said arms being formed with a loop, the

Said arms being further provided with eyes,

upon the retaining elements adapted to engage the eyes.

2. In a device of the class set forth, a holder constructed of a single strand of resilient material, said holder having its upper portion formed in the shape of a yoke, the resilient member comprising the said yoke being bent upon itself to form the side arms of theyoke, of a pair of spaced members,

each of the strands comprisingthe side arms being bent over the yoke and continued downwardly in spaced relation with each other, the arms formed by this continued portion being bent upon themselves to form oppositely arranged loops, the arms being further bent upon themselves to provide eyes arranged at a substantially right an le to the loops, said arms bein continued ownwardly and bent outwar 1y to provide retaining elements, the strands being then bent rearwardly and continued in a spaced parallel line with the arms, the extremit of these vextending portions being curve to provide hooks adapted to engage the eyes of the arms, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD J. MORIN. Witnesses:

D. HALL, CHAS. D. Fun.

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