US89879A - Improvement in veil-holders - Google Patents

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i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

-S. M. MEYENBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN VIEIL-HOLDERS.

Specicationforming part of Letters Patent No. 89,879, dated May 11, 1869.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that I, S. M. MEYENBERG, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Veil-Holder; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part ot` this specification, in which- Figurel shows the manner of applying a veil to the head by means of thc improved holder. Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 show the different modes of terminating the ends of the veil-holder.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts in the severalgures.

The object of this invention is to enable a lady to apply a veil to her head by means of a self-acting elastic fastening which will hold the veil securel yin its place and afford a more convenient and comfortable attachment than strings, pins, or other fasteningswhich have hitherto been used.

The nature of my invention consists in a round or Hat strip ot' steel or other spring material, covered or uncovered, and provided on its ends with balls or other enlargements or eyes, said strip being made of asuitable length' and adapted for attachment in any suitable `manner to the edge or other part of the veil, so that when such veil is applied to the head In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1, I haveV represented a veil, a, applied to the back part of the head and confined in place by my improved fastening, embracing the roll of hair. In this instance the spring-strip b is attached to the edge of the veil 4by inserting itthrough a hem formed thereon, and balls or acorns c are formed on or secured permanently to the ends of said strip to keep' the veil in place on it, and also to prevent the acute ends of this strip from entangling with the hair or injuring the head. Instead of thus attaching the springstrip permanently to the veil, it may be used suitable manner and then applying the strip` upon the head at any convenient point, so as to embrace and hold the vveil between its ends.

In Fig. 2, b represents a spring of steel or other spring metal, made of round, square, half-round, or flat metal, and tempered, after being cnt the proper length, so that its ends will spring. together when unrestrained, as shown in'Figs. 2, 3,4, 5, or as shown in Fig. 6. .lothe ends ot' this strip b balls c c, made of any suitable substance, are permanently secured, which are intended to keep a veil in place upon the strip, also to prevent the ends of the strip from pressing inconveniently upon the head,and also to afford ornamental finish. In Fig. 3 acorns c c, instead of balls, are represented as permanently secured to the ends of the strip b. Fig. 5 shows loops or eyes-c2c2 formed on the ends of a strip of flattened or A round metal by bending the ends ot' the strip,

as shown, and Fig. 4 shows eyes formed on the ends ot' a strip of flat or round metal by iiattening and rounding the ends of the strip and perlorating the dattened portions. Fig. 6 shows strip with balls or knobs upon its ends, which may be made of india-rubber or other suitable substance, and confined in placeby braiding or other suitable covering, inclosing them, as well as the strip.

In practice I prefer to make the fastenings of narrow strips of steel, with knobs on their ends, and to cover the strips by braiding or otherwise; but I do not contine myself to the covering of the strips, as they will he covered by the casing or hem of a veil when inserted theren,so 'that the metal will not be exposed.

Instead ofme-tal, my improved veil holder or protector may be made of hardened indiarubber or gntta-percha, covered or uncovered.

Having described myinvention,what1 claim as a new and improved article of manufacture, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A self-fastening veil-holder, b, made of spring material, having its ends terminated by eyes or knobs, as described.

S. M. MEYENBERG.

Witnesses:

A. M. STIRLING, MATTHIAS BANTA.

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