US1248450A - Hair ornament. - Google Patents

Description

A. BURK.

HMH ORNAMENT.

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.ALFRED BURKE, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HAIR ORNAMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application led March 22, 1917. Serial No. 156,706.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED BURKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at the boroughY of Brooklyn, in the city of New York, Kings county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Hair Ornaments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hair ornaments such as barrettes, bow holders, braid clasps and similar articles.

The objects of my invention are to provide a hair ornament made of flexible material which is self-adjustable to the quantity of hair to be clasped and which may be applied so that the entire ornamental frame is displayed to view.

A further object of this invention iS to provide the ornament with prongs for engaging the hair thereby eliminating the hinged tongue construction heretofore generally used and reducing the cost of manufacture of the article.

To these ends my invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure l is a top plan view of the or nament, Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 is a view showing the ornament in its flexed condition in which it is applied to the hair.

Referring to the drawings, the device comprises an ornamental frame l made of Celluloid, shell, spring metal or any other suitableflexible material and of any desired shape and size. The frame is slightly bent lengthwise, as seen in Fig. 2, to conform to the curvature of the head. Projecting inwardly from the ends of the frame are a pair of oppositely disposed prongs 2 which serve to fasten the ornament in the hair` by clasping the hair between the prongs and the frame. Preferably the prongs are formed integral with the frame but if desired they may be made of separate pieces cemented or otherwise suitably fastened to the frame. Vhen the prongs are integral with the frame the entire ornament may be made in one operation by cutting or stamping it from a sheet of material and with very little waste stock. It is obvious that the ornament may be provided with more than one pair of prongs if so desired.

To apply the ornament to the hair, the frame is grasped in the lingers and bent back as shown in Fig. 3 so as to spread the prongs apart. The prongs are then inserted in the hair and the frame isl released thereby springing the prongs together and catching a quantity of hair between the prongs and the frame. By reason of the flexibility of the frame, the ornament will adjust itself to the quantity of hair engaged and will be securely held in place irrespective of the amount of hair that is clasped. When the ornament is in place only the p-rongs are concealed by the hair and the entire ornamental frame is displayed to view.

l do not limit myself to the precise construction illustrated and described herein as I am aware that various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of my invention.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A hair ornament comprising a frame of flexible material curved in the direction of its length, and prongs projecting inwardly from the central portion of the opposite ends of the frame each extending partially across the frame opening, substantially as described.

ALFRED BURKE.

[Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the oimmissioner of Patente,

` Washington, D. IU.

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