US1883756A - Headgear - Google Patents

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Oct. 18, 1932. 5 BLQQM 1,883,756

HEADG EAR Filed Jan. 12. 1929 Patented Oct. 18, 1932 siren PATENT FFIC SIMON BLOOM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HEADGEAB My invention relates to the kind of headgear known as caps, principally those having an outward band at their lower portion and which, regardless of the extent of their use,

can be worn by any person.

The object of my invention is to afford means whereby earlaps may be provided in a cap in such way that, despite permanent attachment to the cap, they can be concealed 9. without interfering with the general design, contour and appearance of the cap itself, as if practically such earlaps were not existing in the cap, and at the same time when such earlaps are put to use they will in no wise interfere with the sweatband contained in the cap or any other portion of the inside touching the head, thus avoiding any encumbrance whatsoever and permitting the wearer to have the full fit and freedom of to the size of cap chosen. In other words, the wearer of the cap at one and the same time has the benefit of one of normal appearance and is placed at no handicap s to comfort and convenience because of t e existing ear- 2 laps as shown in my improvement herewith. This comfort can best be realized from knowledge of the fact that the prevailing method today whereby earlaps of this character are had in caps is by attachment to through means of snap buttons to the inside of the sweatband. In the first place, such attachment or similar arrangement immediately reduces the inside measurement of the cap, acting as an encumbrance on top of the sweatband and through pressure, caus ing great inconvenience and discomfort to the wearer. Furthermore, when such conventional earlaps are not in use, they have to be placed away from the cap, thus making their 43 loss possible. Furthermore, these snap buttons often get worked out, or fall out, and even their more existence is annoying through the fact that being made of metal or some other hard substance, they often hurt the wearer. In my improved cap none of these objections exists, and all the benefits in the use of such earlaps can be had without subjecting the cap to any peculiar shape or the wearer to any particular discomfort.

"* For a more particular description of my invention, reference is to be hadto the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, in which r Fig. 1 is a side view of my improved cap showing the same tilted so as to present the appearance on the inside when the earlaps are tucked away and not in use.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, except that the earlaps are shown out ready for use.

Fig. 3 is also a side view of said cap, partly tilted, showing principally the manner in which the earlaps are tucked away.

Fig. 4 is a top view of the outer portion of my improved cap.

Fig. 5 is a top view of the inner portion of my improved cap, and showing, by exaggeration of thenormal appearance of the sweatband, the exact appearance and relative position of the slits 15.

.Fig. 6 is a sectional view along the line 66 of Fig. 4;, lookingin .thedirection of the arrows. 1

In my improved capthere is the usual skull portion or. body-l consisting of predetermined segments, depictedherewith as six in nuinberand of equalisize, and joined together by, means. of the tape or binding 2 appearing. on the inside. and depicted herewith as three equal'lengths meeting in the center and crossing approximately the full so diameter, which binding is stitched to the contiguous edges of such segments by the thread 3, and which segments are surmount- ,ed at the to by the button 4 for appearance.

The said s ull portion or body, at the full circumference of its lower part has the edging 5, and on the inside of said body 1, and practically co-terminous with said edging is the sweatband 6. The said sweatband 6 however is superimposed on ,a folded-in stub 7 of the outer band 8 and attached to the same by means of the. stitches 9,. the stitches 1O appearing intheup'per portion of said sweatband being merely as an edging or finish for the sweatband itself.

The outer band 8 has an inner fold 11 as is clearly shown in' Fig. v6, the lower edge of which foldis preferably joined to. the contiguous surface of the outer portion of said band by means of the stitches and so that no portion of said stitches is visible on the exterior surface of said outer band. It would make no difference however in this improvement if such lower edge of fold 11 were made coterminous and tucked under with the stub 7 as is often done. The outer band 8 is connected with the skull portion or body 1 by a stitching along a line near the edging 5 on to the stub 7 and on the side of said stub opposite to Where the sweatband 6 appears,

or which stitching 9 on the sweatband can be utilized for the connection last aforementioned by having it go straight through said sweatband 6, stub 7, and the lower portion of body 1.

At two positions directly opposite to each other and integral with the band 8 are the earlaps 13 and 14. These earlaps in fact are on the same line with and a part of the circumference of stub 7 of said band 8, except that they are tucked away through the respective slits 15 intermediate the lower part of the body 1 and the inner fold 11, While on the other hand the stub 7 is branched off and positioned intermediate the sweatband 6 and the lower part of the body 1 as will be seen in Figs. 3 and 6. It will be noted that the two slits 15 are afforded through the fact that the stitching of the stub 7 on to the lower part of the body 1 is not had between the ends 16 and 17 of said stub appearing on each side of the earlaps 13 and 14, and which ends are properly finished with binding tape as is shown in Figsfl, 2 and 3, and in manner adapted also to continue along the edges of the respective earlaps 13 and 14.

It will also be noted from Fig. 6 that the earlaps 13 and 14, when tucked away, reach below the height of the outer band 8, making the same concealed, and neither do they prove an encumbrance to the sweatband 6, the surface of the latter remaining perfectly even all around as if the earlaps in the cap were not in existence. In View of the fact that the stub 7 acts as an even layer or padding directly underneath the sweatband 6 and circumferentially co-extensive therewith, and has been counted in the fixed size and makeup of the cap, such size and makeup, including the position of the sweatband and outer band, are in no way disturbed by the position of concealment or non-concealment of the earlaps 13 and 14, because the latter are merely elongated free sections of such stub, adding no encumbrance whatever in the channels they operate.

The earlap 13 has the elastic 18 sewed to the end as indicated in Fig. 1, at the other end of which elastic is the male button 19 adapted to be snapped into the female button 20 appearing on the earlap 14. This arrangement is for the purpose of keeping the earlaps more steadily in place when in use. It is obvious that the elastic 18 is tucked away along with the earlap 13 when not in use and left somewhere at the bottom intermediate the lower part of the body 1 and the fold 11.

While I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that it is not restricted thereto, but is broad enough to cover all structures that come within the scope of the annexed claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

In a headgear of the class described, a portion adapted to fit about the skull, the said portion at its bottom being circumferentially superimposed with an internal sweatband and with an external showband, the latter band having a stub thereof secured along its circumferential length, except at two intervals, to a position between the conti uous faces of said sweatband and said skull portion, the excepted stub portions at said intervals comprising oppositely positioned elongated sections adapted for earlaps, reciprocal slits through which said earlaps may be laterally deflected when in nonuse to a concealed position between the contiguous faces of said skull portion and said showband, the said earlaps at the same time being unfoldable to a downward position substantially as shown when required for use. In witness whereof, I subscribe my signature.

SIMON BLOOM.

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