US823905A - Safety-pin. - Google Patents

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PATBNTED JUNE 19,1906.

J. 0. TRA'ILL. SAFETY PIN. APPLICATION 'IILED JUNE 26, 1905.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN- OU'lHBERT. RAILnoF MA VERN, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA;

i SAFETYl-PIN'.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed. June 26, 19 305. Serial No- 267,066.

Patented June 19, 1906.

To alZ whoml it may concern: Be it known that 1, JOHN CUTHBERT TRAIL'L, a subject of the King of Great Brit am and Ireland, residing at Malvern, in the county of Bourke, State of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety- Pins, of which the following is a specification.

' I The object of my invention is to provide an ment and when attached did not form aregu lar plait. With my invention a pin is produced which overcomes these defects, is cheap in first cost, is simple and efiective in operation, and its construction is suchthat the heavier the curtain suspended by the pin the more securely the free ends of the pin remain within their socket. In addition to this a plait may be formed of any width, and

' the folds forming the plait may be coupled wherever desired. A curtain suspended by my improved pins has a more graceful appearance, inasmuch 'as the weight of the curtain drags the outer or spring ends of the pin downwardly, andthe said outer ends as they droop a little carry portions of the plait with them, which gives the'draping the desired effect; but in order that my invention may be better understood I will now refer to the accompanying sheet of drawings, which are to be taken as part of this specification and read herewith.

Fi ure 1 is a blank of flexible wire from whic my pin is formed. The ends are, as seen, sharpened. Fig: 2 is the same blank with the bay or pocket formed therein. Fig. 3 shows the pin partially formed. Fig. 4 is a view of the manufactured pin. Fig. 5 is the back view of portion of a curtain, showing two of my pins in use. The suspendinghooks can be clearly seen. Fig. 6 is a front view of a pin with a modification. Fig. 7 is a section through the line X X, Fig. 6, showing clearly the modification. Fig. 8 is another 3 legs G and G.

verse section on line 8 8, Fig. 5.

Slmilar letters of reference indicate slmilar or corresponding'parts where they occur in the several views.

My. inventionincludes a blank of flexible i Wire A. This has its two ends B reduced or pointed in any well-known Way, so as to form a double-ended pin. The said blankA has formed on its center a bay or pocket'C. This is formed by any suitable means, and when the pin is completed this bay forms the socket hereinafter mentioned. 'From this bay the wire is inclined slightly outwardly and then downwardly. This forms the socket D.

Each end of the Wire is then bent upwardly, forming the sides, (marked E.) They are next turned toward one another and cross at the point marked F in the drawings. The said7 5 ends are continued outwardly from each otherto a convenient distance and form the extended determines the size or length of the pin. The said legs are then bent to form a complete turn. The bending is continued until the wire has completed one turn and a half, thus forming at each end a spring H. The ends of the wire are (then continue inwardly and, form the free legs J and J.

other when they are in position in socket D. My pin is, now complete and ready for use. When it is desired to fasten the pin, the ends 'of the free legs J and J are sprung into the 0 socket D and when in that position are substantially parallel with the legs G and G. In a modification I may provide the said bay C with a lip K, as seen in Fig. 7. This is done in order that the ends of the free legs J I members E E are inclined toward each other and meet at the point F, so that the form of the central part of the pin is approximately triangular instead of rectangular, as in Fig. 6. When used for suspending curtains,

drapings, and the like, a suspending-hook S is 10 5 loosely connected around the said pin where the wire crosses itself, as seen at F in the drawings.

The cycle of operations for attaching my pin to curtains M, drapings, or the like is to :10 enter one point of th'pin through a fold of the plait of the curtain and theopposite pin modification. Fig. '9 is an enlarged transv The distance these legs are" The 85 points B on the free legs J and J meet each through the opposite fold of the plait. The pins are entered from the back of the cur tain, dra ing, or the like and are thus always out of sig t. The two free legs of the pin are with the fingers lifted into the socket. The plait can be adjusted by pulling it outwardly or inwardly upon the free legs of the pin. The hook S is then attached in the usual way to rings or poles from which the curtain M or draping is to be suspended.

, When using my improved pin upon wearing-apparel, in operation it is similar to that despiribed, except that no suspending-hook is use Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. A double safety-pin formed of a single piece of wire bent upon itself to form a central pocket portion and having its extremities extended into opposite pin portions, the free ends or points of the pin portions being directed toward the pocket portion and adapted to be engaged therewith and be closed thereby, and the wire in each of the two pin portions being bent one and a half times to form springs H, H, at that end of the pin portion farthest removed from the pin-point, all as shown and described.

2. The herein-described double safety-pin formed of a piece of wire, bent centrally upon itself to form a closed pocket as at F, by which it can be suspended, the legs G, G, being bent into oppositely-extendingpin portions with their free ends pointing inwardly toward the pocket, and respectively adapted to have their points engaged therewith and closed thereby, each leg being an elongation of the side of the pocket farthest removed from the pin-point, all substantially as de scribed.

3. The combination of a double safety-pin formed of a single piece of wire bent upon itself to form a central pocket portion and having its extremities extended into opposite pin portions, the free ends or points of the pin portions being directed toward the pocket portion and adapted to be engaged therewith and be closed thereby, each pin portion being an elongation of the side of the pocket portion farthest removed from the point of the pin; with a suspending device attached to the pocket portion where the wire crosses itself substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand to this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN CUTHBERT TRAILL.

Witnesses:

GAIL W. LE PLASTRIER, GEORGE A. UREN.

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