Ornamental Scarf Clip

Abstract

A scarf clip, comprising a base hinged to a ring at its rear surface, is provided on its front surface with resilient clips or magnetic studs to retain a fastening pin of a brooch or similar ornament interchangeably supported thereon.

Description

My present invention relates to a scarf clip of the type wherein an ornamental part is attached, usually through a hinge, to a ring or loop designed to engage a scarf for holding its ends together around the head or neck of a wearer.

The general object of my present invention is to provide means for quickly and inexpensively exchanging the ornamental part so as to provide variety at only small extra cost.

A related object is to provide means for removably attaching an ornamental pin or brooch, capable of being used alone, to the base of a scarf clip for adorning the latter.

These objects are realized, pursuant to my present invention, by the provision of needle-gripping means on the front surface of a preferably disk-shaped base carrying the aforedescribed scarf-engaging means on its rear surface, the fastening needle of a brooch or similar ornament being releasably held against that front surface by the said needle-gripping means.

More specifically, the fastening needle of the ornament may be held by a pair of spaced-apart retaining elements engaging the needle near its ends so as to provide a stable support for the ornament. The stability of the mounting can be further enhanced by the provision of bosses, rim portions or other raised formations on the front surface of the base to provide a seat against which the ornament comes to rest upon the engagement of its needle by the retaining elements.

The above and other features of my invention will be described in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawing in which:

FIG. 1 is a top view, partly in section, of an ornamental scarf clip according to my invention in a disassembled state;

FIG. 2 is a face view of the clip base shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 1, showing the assembled clip;

FIG. 4 is a detail view taken in section on the line IV--IV of FIG. 3 and drawn to a larger scale;

FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 3, illustrating a modification; and

FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 2, showing the clip base of the embodiment of FIG. 5.

In FIGS. 1-4 I have shown a scarf clip comprising a disk-shaped base 10 with a ring 11 secured to the rear surface of the disk by a hinge joint 12. The front surface of disk 10 is bounded by a peripheral flange 13 and carries a pair of diametrically spaced-apart spring clips 14 adapted to engage a fastening needle 15 of a brooch 16. This brooch, which may be basically disk-shaped and of a diameter similar to or somewhat greater than that of base 10, may have any suitable adornments on its exposed front surface. Needle 15 is fastened to brooch 10 in the conventional manner by being hinged to it at 17 and being receivable at its free end in a clasp 18.

With the needle 15 engaged by the clasp 18 as shown in full lines in FIG. 1, the brooch 16 can be removably attached to the base 10 by introducing the needle between the two arms of each spring clip 14. With the peripheral flange 13 rising from the base 10 to approximately the same extent as the clip 14, the rear surface of brooch 16 comes to rest upon this flange, or is separated from it by a small gap only, so that the brooch 16 remains more or less immobile with reference to base 10.

In FIGS. 5 and 6 I have shown a pair of magnetized studs 14' replacing the clips 14 of the preceding embodiment. Base 10' of the scarf clip of FIGS. 5 and 6 lacks the peripheral flange 13 but has a pair of bosses 13' against which the brooch 16 can come to rest (as illustrated to dot-dash lines in FIG. 5) when the needle 15, consisting essentially of steel, is attracted by the studs 14'.

Clips 14 and studs 14' are, of course, merely representative of a variety of gripping devices adapted releasably to engage a fastening needle of a brooch or the like.

The spring clips 14, in particular, may be made so stiff as to exert sufficient friction upon the needle to impede its rotation within this clip even in the absence of seating formations such as the flange 13 or the bosses 13'.

Claims

I claim:

1. A scarf clip comprising a base with a front surface and with a rear surface, said front surface having spaced-apart projections rising therefrom, said projections defining a depressed area therebetween; a pair of retaining elements on said depressed area terminating short of the level of said projections; a generally loop-shaped scarf-engaging member on said rear surface; and an ornament provided with a fastening needle releasably held substantially parallel to said base by said retaining elements, said ornament overlying said depressed area while resting on said projections.

2. A scarf clip as defined in claim 1 wherein said retaining elements are spring clips.

3. A scarf clip as defined in claim 1 wherein said retaining elements are a pair of magnetic studs.

4. A scarf clip as defined in claim 1 wherein said base and said ornament are in the shape of generally circular disks of substantially equal diameters.

5. A scarf clip as defined in claim 4 wherein said raised part is a peripheral flange surrounding said retaining elements.