US1362827A - Hairpin - Google Patents

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E. H. SMA'LLEY.

HAIRPIN. APPLICATICNHLED SEPT. 18, I920- 1,362, 827, Patented Dec. 21,1920.

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EDWARD H. SMALLEY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HAIRPIN.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 21, I320.

Application filed September 18, 1920. Serial No. 411,153.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD H. SMALLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have made a new and useful invention, to witlmproveinents in Hairpins; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, concise and exact description of the same.

This invention relates particularly to an improved hair pin.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a hair pin of a standard type so constructed and arranged that after having been once placed in position, it will not work loose or be otherwise misplaced. Other objects and advantages will appear as this description progresses.

In this specification and the annexed drawings, the invention is illustrated in the form considered to be the best, but it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to such form, because it may be embodied in other forms and it is also to be understood that in and by the claims following the description it is desired to cover the invention in whatsoever form it may be embodied.

In the accompanying one-sheet of draw- 111 s *fgure 1 represents a hair pin constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 represents a hair pin similarly con structed and arranged as in Fig. 1 slightly modified.

Fig. 3 represents a further modification of a hair pin constructed in accordance with my invention.

In detail the construction illustrated in the drawings includes a hair pin 1, made either from the usual soft iron wire or from a more resilient spring steel material bended on a medial point to provide a pair of parallel prongs 2 and 3. It is understood that the spacing between the prongs will vary according to the size of hair pin formed. The prongs 2 and 3 are preferably maintained in parallel relationship for approximately one-half of the length thereof and are then tapered inwardly as at 4 and 5, continuing in spaced parallel alinement as at 6 and 7 and terminate in outwardly flar- The flared ends are adapted to be disposed at substantially an angle of 22 1 to the axial line of the prongs. A hair pin such as described,

as it is placed within the hair has the flaring ends forced outwardly against the inherent elasticity of the wire material by contact with the hair to tightly bind all hair be tween the parallel prongs 6 and 7 and within the spaced parallel side walls 2 and 3 and shoulders 4 and 5.

The particular novelty in the construction resides in the flared ends that permit a quantity of hair to be frictionally bound within the constricted portion formed between the parallel prongs 6 and 7 and the parallel members 2 and 3 adjacent the tapered shoulders d and 5 by reason of the spring construction thereof. The modified form of hair pin shown in Fig. 2 is of the same contour as that illustrated in Fig. 1 except that it is modified in so far as a depending extension 10 is added to lie axially between the side walls 2 and 3, said extension being formed with substantially the same outline, only smaller in proportion than the larger body to which it is attached. The inner extension 10 consists of a continuous length of the same material out of which the major pin is formed, wrapped around the bended portion 1 with the ends thereof extending between the parallel side walls 2 and 3 and disposed in the same plane thereof. This auxiliary pin aids in gripping the hair contained within the main prongs 2 and 3 and firmly holding the same in position.

The modification illustrated in Fig. 3 is of the same general construction as the types previously described, having a depending portion 12 formed in the same manner and bearing the same relation to the relative parts of the pin as the present well-known type of hump hair pin. The extension 12 is adapted to project between the parallel side walls 2 and 3 and to be integrally formed from the same material as composes the major prongs. It is desirable in forming this type of hair pin that the extension 12 be slightly arched above the plane of the prongs 2 and 3 so that strands of hair may be clasped between the arched portion thereof and the prongs 2 and 3, for functioning in the same manner as the gripping prongs 10 formed within the hair pin illustrated in Fig. 2. The prongs of the respective hair pins are preferably formed in a wavy shape on those portions indicated by the numerals 2 and 3 to give an added frictional binding effect in maintaining the pin tighter within the hair of a user.

Having thus described this invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A hair pin comprising a device con structed from a single length of material and bended on the medial line thereof to provide a pair of parallel prongs, said prongs being tapered inwardly intermediate the bended portions and the'ends thereof continuing in parallel relationship and terminating in outwardly flaring ends.

2. hair pin comprising a device constructed from a single length of material bended on the medial line thereof to provide a pair of parallel prongs, and means whereby the bended portion is adapted to extend axially Within the parallel prongs, said prongs being tapered inwardly intermediate the bended portions and the ends thereof, continuing in parallel relationship and terminating in outwardly flaring ends.

3. A hair pin comprising a device constructed from a single length of material bended on the medial line thereof to provide a pair of parallel prongs, and means where by the bended portion is adapted to extend axially within the parallel prongs in spaced,

substantially parallel relationship; said prongs being tapered inwardly intern'iediate the bended portions and the ends thereof, continuing in parallel relationship and terminating in outwardly flaring ends.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at San Francisco, California, this 7th day of September 1920.

ltDWAR-D H. SMALLEY. In presence of LINCOLN V. 'JOHNSON.

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