US46961A - Improvement in water-fall head-dresses for ladies - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP \VALTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AIMPROVEMENT lN WATER-FALL HEAD-DRESSES FOR LADIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. L16,961, dated March 21, 1865.

To all who-m it mag/concern l butin these improved water-falls the stufling Beit known that I, PHILIP VALTER, of is made of a pillow composed of hair or other the city, county, and State of New York, suitable material inclosed in a case made by have invented-a new and useful Improvement l some textile fabric, and such waterfalls can in WaterFa-lls, and I do hereby declare that l be worn with perfect safety, because the covthe following is a full, clear, and exact del ering hair of the same is held so firm in its seription thereof, which will enable others i place that it is not liable to become dislodged, skilled in the art to make and use the same, and the pillow is effectually concealed. referencebeinghad to the accompanyingdrawi A representsawater-fall constructed accordings, forming part of this specification, in ing to this invention. It is composed of the whicl1 pillow or stuffing B and the covering hair C. Figure l is a perspective view of my inven- The case of the pillow is made of some thin tion, partly in section, showing` its application textilematerial-such as gauzc-whichisfilled to the head of a young lady. Fig. 2 is a rear l with hair or other suitable material, and the elevation of the same. covering C consists of a series of strands of Similar letters of reference indicate like horse-hair, which can be doubled up at the parts. upper edge and drawn down over the pillow, Vater-falls or small pillows, at present as clearly shown in Iiig. l of the drawings. worn by ladies at the back of the hea'd under s By doubling the strands I obta-in a sufficient the hair, are generally made of human hair, quantity of hair to cover the widest part of and the person wearin the same selects one 1 the pillow without injuring the stuiiing on the the color of which corresponds to the color of 1 pillow, and to lay said covering hair so as to her own hair as near as possible. give to the water-falls the appearance of hu- The shortness and the high price of human man hair falling down from the back of the hair are two serious objections to the usel head. of this article in the manufacture of waterl In ord-er to hold the strands of hair in their falls. On account of its shortness the human l places I employ binding a b c d, extending hair cannot be )ro ierlv fastened on the ilcrosswise in diiierent )laces as shown in the low or stuffing over which it is drawn, and it i drawings, and, furthermore, the inner ends of is liable, therefore, to become entangled and the covering strands are securely sealed to out of order, causing much trouble to the 2 the under surface of the pillow-case. In orwearer, and the high price of the human hair dinary water-falls such abinding cannot be compels the manufacturer to charge much applied, because the stuffing in the case is not Inore for such an article than it appears to be lit to retain the binding in its place. Waterwort-h. These difficulties are avoided by the falls constructed according to this invention use of horse-hair instead of human hair in are not liable to become entangled,they1etain the manufacture of water-falls. Horse-hair their proper shape for a long time, and they or other hair of sufficient length can be l can be made lnuch cheaper than those made doubled up at the upper edge of the wateri of human hair.

falls and drawn in double strands over the I claim as new and desire to secure by Letpillow or stuffing, and when it is secured by a ters Patentm Y binding extending across the water falls near 1. The use,in the manufacture of water-falls, the upper ends of the strands, then again a litof strands of horsehair G doubled up at the tle farther down, and again on the under side l upper edge of the pillow or stutling and seof the pillow in two different places, the cured to the same by binding a b c 1,substrands of hair used as a covering of the pilstanti-ally as and for the purpose set forth. low are securely held in place, and an article 2. In combination with the above, the emis produced which is not liable to get out of ployment in water-falls of stuffing inclosed in order. a case of gauze or other textile material, sub- The stuffing in ordinary water-falls is comi stantially as and for the purpose described. posed of hair inclosed on the inner side by a g piece of gauze or other suitable textile fabric and on the other directly by the covering hair, g Titnesses so that when the covering hair is slightly dislodged nothing but hair is visible below;

PH. WALTER.

M. M. LIVINGsToN, C. L. TorLIEE.

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