US2222096A - Hook holding hatband - Google Patents

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Nqv. 19, 1940.

HOOK HOLDING HATBAND Filed April 29, 1938 c. F. wALTl-zouR, JR 2,222,096

ATTORNEYS` Patented Nov. 19, 1940 ATS NT FFiCE 'Y Claims.-

This invention relates to detachable holders for fish-hooks, leaders, snap swivels, and files, constructed for support by a hat or similar headgear that is provided with a crown, and the pri- 3 mary object of the invention is to provide such a holder wherein is incorporated specially formed hook supports, portions of which are used as detents for the holder while other portions thereof are made to receive fish-hooks or similar instruments.

One of the primary aims of the instant invention is the provision of a hook holding hatband that will be cheap to manufacture, strong and rugged in nature, and which will have means for maintaining the band in the desired position when it is in place on the crown of a hat.

A yet further object of the invention is to provide a fish-hook holder of the aforementioned character that has special hook supports which are combined with a strip of material in such a manner as to render the entire device light in weight, easy to apply and effective in maintaining itself against displacement as fish-hooks are moved to and from a position on the hook supports.

Minor objects of the invention will appear during the course of the following specication, referring to the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of a hook holding hatband showing the same in` place on a conventional hat and embodying the preferred form of this invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary detailed sectional view through the hook holding hatband.

Fig. 3 is a similar View illustrating an embodiment of a modified form of the invention.

Fig. li is a perspective View of a hook support made in accordance with another modification of 40 the invention; and,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detailed sectional View through the hook support taken on line V--V of Fig. 4.

45 It is known in this art that sh-hook supports of the general character of that embodying this invention, have been made and used before but many are not satisfactory because of the difficulty of placing and removing fish-hooks, leaders, swivels, flies and other devices which must be handled while the fisherman is occupied in following the sport.

The desire to have the hook holding hatband as light as possible has also been met by the instant 55 invention and the production of a hatband at a low cost may be realized when following the concepts of this invention.

in the preferred embodiment, the device is attached to a conventional hat t having the usual brim lll and crown l2. The hatband which is detachably secured to crown lil of hat El cornprises a strip lil that may be of any suitable material, but it has been found desirable to use a fabric strip through which may be passed the wire from which the hereinafter described hook supports are made.

The ends of strip lll have means for securing together the same and this means has here been illustrated as an ordinary buckle it, the parts of which may securely hold strip crown l2 of hat il.

The hook supports per se are made of a piece of spring wire that has preferably been chromium plated or otherwise made rust proof. This piece of wire is threaded through strip ift in the manner shown in Fig. 2 and a portion intermediate the ends thereof provides a base it rebent upon itself to form a loop 20 which grips strip i4 as illustrated.

One end of the wire used in making the hook supports, is sharpened to form a detent 22 that grips the underlying portion of crown it of hat il. This detent 22 is very short so that destructive action upon the hat will not take place.

A nger lll is formed at the other end of the wire and this finger is disposed transversely to strip ill so that the end is near the edge of strip lll which is normally above the remaining part of the strip. This finger ifi is bent longitudinally so that the hump 2S is in engagement with either base it? or portion of strip lilimmediately adjacent thereto. The inherent resiliency of the wire from which the hook support is made, permits movement of hump lli from engagement with the underlying members so that a fish-hook or the like til, may have the eye St thereof slipped over finger 7.2i-, as illustrated in Fig. l.

The wire from which the hook supports are made is a very strong, resilient piano wire and very little force is necessary to remove or place hooks 28. When strip ift is in circumscribing position upon crown i2 of hat t, buckle iii may be manipulated to draw detents 22 inwardly against the outer surface of crown li and thus preclude upward movement of strip Ill when a hook 2t is being removed from any one of the several hook supports carried by strip M.

Fig. 3 embodies the principles of the invention but has a different specic structure in that the hook supports is made of two separate pieces icl against -f fill of wire spot welded together. One piece of stock forms the base 32 while nger 34 is secured to base 32 at 36. Base 32 is substantially U-shaped and one end of the stock which forms the same is clinched as at 38 while the other end thereof extends laterally from strip Ill to form detent All. This detent serves to grip the underlying portion of crown l2, as before described with respect to detent 22.

A further modification of the hook support that may be used on strip I4 is illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. This support is likewise made of a single piece of wire that is resilient in character and treated to be rust proof. The body 42 of this particular hook support has a circular portion and a diametrically extending part di which terminates in the upturned nger 46 that has a hump 48 thereon which serves in the same manner as hump 26. A portion of the wire which forms the hook support shown in Fig. 4, is in the nature of a pin 50 the end of which is sharpened as at 52 so as to enter the underlying portion of the hat. This hook support is carried by strip ifi in a manner which will permit its being removed and if a large number of hooks 28 are not desired, any number of the hook supports illustrated in Fig. 4 may be pinned directly to crown i2 of the hat. In fact, this type of hook support may be grouped as desired around crown l2 to carry in particular places any type of device so that the fisherman will readily know the location of a leader, y, snap swivel, or other type of tackle.

It is understood that hook holding hatbands having physical characteristics other than those illustrated and described might be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A hook holding hatband comprising a flexible fabric strip adapted to circumscribe the crown of a hat; means for securing together the end of said strip and for drawing one side thereof against the crown of the hat; a plurality of resilient wire supports mounted on the strip each adapted to releasably carry a fish-hook or the like; and means integral with at least one support for piercing the hat for the purpose specified.

2. In a hook holding hatband having a flexible fabric strip adapted to circumscribe the crown of a hat and means for securing together the ends of said strip and for drawing one side thereof against the crown of the hat; a plurality of resilient wire supports mounted on the strip, each adapted to releasably carry a fish-hook or the like, each of said supports comprising a base threaded through the strip, and a linger disposed transversely to the strip with one end thereof yieldably maintained against the base when the same is in operative position.

3. In a hook holding hatband having a flexible fabric strip adapted to circumscribe the crown of a hat and means for securing together the ends of said strip and for drawing one side thereof against the crown of the hat; a plurality of resilient wire supports mounted on the strip, each adapted to releasably carry a fish-hook or the like, each of said supports comprising a base threaded through the strip, a finger disposed transversely to the strip with one end thereof yieldably maintained against the base when the same is in operative position, and a detent formed on the base for piercing the hat.

4. In a hook holding hatband having a exible strip adapted to circumscribe the crown of a hat and means for securing together the ends of said strip and for drawing one side thereof against the crown of the hat; a plurality of resilient wire supports mounted on the strip, each adapted to releasably carry a fish-hook or the like, each of said supports comprising a base threaded through the strip; and a nger disposed transversely to the strip with one end thereof yieldably maintained against the base when the same is in operative position, said body having a sharpened portion at one end thereof for piercing the hat at a point beneath said strip.

5. In a hook holding hatband having a flexible fabric strip adapted to circumscribe the crown of a hat and means for securing together the ends of said strip and for drawing one side thereof against the crown of the hat; a plurality of resilient wire supports mounted on the strip, each adapted to releasably carry a sh-hook or the like, each of said supports comprising a continuous piece of wire forming a base intermediate its ends that is threaded through said strip, a finger on one end of the wire, disposed transversely to the strip and yieldably held against the base when the same is in the operative position; and a detent formed on the other end of the wire, extending outwardly from the strip and into the underlying portion of the hat.

6. A hook holding hatband comprising a exible strip adapted to circumscribe the crown of a hat; sharp pointed detents adapted to pierce the hat extending laterally from one side of the strip; a plurality of hook supports mounted on the other side of the strip; and means for securing the ends of said band together to draw the points of said detents against the hat.

7. In a hook holding hatband having a flexible strip adapted to circumscribe the crown of a hat and means for securing together the ends of said strip for drawing one side thereof against the crown of the hat; a plurality of resilient wire supports mounted on the strip, each adapted to releasably carry a fish-hook or the like, each of said supports comprising a wire body having a base threaded through said exible strip, a resilient finger on one side of the strip having a hump normally in engagement with the base, and a sharpened nger extending outwardly and upwardly from the other side of the strip and into the crown of the hat, said first nger having an upwardly and inwardly inclined portion between the hump thereof and said sharpened finger whereby as a fish-hook or the like is guided along said inclined portion and beneath the hump said pointed finger is forced into the crown of the hat to maintain the hatband in place.

CHARLES F. WALTHOUR, JR.

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