A New or Improved Hood for Protection against Insects.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Hood for Protection against Insects.
I, EDUARD THIмм of 26 Kurfuersten Strasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany,
Land Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to a new or improved hood made of open meshed material
admitting of free passage of air, such as net, gauze and the like and has for object
to protect persons, while reposing, against insects.
The hood consists of a veil of such length as to be capable of covering the head
and upper part of the body of a person in recumbent or horizontal position. The
upper part of the veil is secured to a framework composed of a suitable number of
arched wire rods turnably connected by a pin joint or in other suitable manner.
A string or the like connects the said wire arches in such a fashion that the
latter can be fixed at certain angles to each other by tightening the string, thus
causing the upper portion of the veil to be held in a given position. A suitably
shaped piece of stronger material on which the back of the person is intended to
repose may be sewn on to the veil and may be fastened by means of hooks or the
like to the lowermost wire of the frame.
When the hood, forming the subject of my invention, is to be used by a person,
the head of the latter reposes on the upper part of the before described piece of
strong material, and is, at a certain distance, surrounded by the upper portion of
the veil, the remaining part of which covers the upper part of the body and the
arms.
The person is therefore enabled to breath freely and regularly without being
touched by insects.
HUGHES, ELI, & HUGHES,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Hood for Protection against Insects.
I EDUARD THIмм, Surveyor, of 26 Kurfurstenstrasse, Berlin, W., in the
Kingdom of Prussia, in the Empire of Germany, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to a hood made of material which lets the air through
such as tulle, gauze or ne like and serves to protect persons against stings of
insects.

page_text: And in order that my invention may be clearly understood, I will now proceed
to describe the same with reference to the sheet of drawings accomanying this
specification, in which
Fig. 1 is a side-view of the hood when in use;
Fig. 2 shews the movable frame of thin wire.
The hood consists of a veil of such length as to cover the head and the upper
part of the body of a grown-up person when lying down. The upper part a of
the veil is fixed to a frame C, Fig. 2, consisting of a number of wires c, c², c², c³ etc.
turning in joints C. These wires are so connected with each other by a cord e
that by pulling the latter they can be adjusted under a certain angle to each other,
so that the veil part a¹ remains in a certain position and forms a bell-shaped free
space over the head of the person lying underneath, Fig. 1. On the veil a a
back part d of stronger material is sewn, on which the person using the hood is
lying with his back and which is fastened to the frame wire by means of
eyelets f. In using the hood the person is lying with his head on the upper end
of the back part and is covered by the veil stretched over the erected frame.
The person is thus able to freely move his head under the hood while covering the
upper part of the body and the hands with the other part of the veil, and being
thus protected against the stings of insects.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
A hood for protection against stings of insects, made up from a veil the upper
end of which is fixed to a frame of turnable wires, substantially as hereinbefore
described and represented on the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this Second day of August One thousand eight hundred and
ninety-seven.
EDUARD THIMM.