Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 7th June, 1886.
Complete Left, 7th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1887.
I, GEORGE JOHNSON of White Bear Hotel, Oldham in the County of Lancaster,
Publican do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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The guards heretofore in use for preventing hats from being blown off the head in
stormy or windy weather, consist principally of a cord or band one end being attached
generally to the brim or band of the hat and when not in use, wound around the body
thereof, and the other end when in use being suitably fastened to the coat or dress of
the wearer.
This kind of hat guard is defective as it requires much time in unfastening the
cord or band from the body of the hat, when desired to be used, and vice versa,
besides spoiling the general appearance of the hat.
To overcome these defects my invention has for its object to provide means by
which the hat guard can be readily and instantly brought in and self-actingly out of
use, & will be almost out of sight when not in use.
The invention consists in the employment of a hat-guard, the cord or band of which,
when released from the cord or dress of the wearer, will self-actingly disappear or
enter a casing suitably fixed either inside the hat, or between the band and body, in
the curl, above, or underneath the brim of the hat."
This casing, I form of very light metal, or material, preferably papier_maché, etc.
and employ inside thereof a reel rotating on a spindle, or pivots to which I attach one
end of the cord or band, the other end being passed through an eyelet fixed to a
suitable portion of the hat and being formed with a loop or furnished with a button
or bar.
The said cord or band is wound on this reel, after the end formed with the loop or
furnished with the bar or button is released from the coat or dress of the wearer,
self-actingly, by means of a spring actuating the said reel, in a manner similar to that
of a tape measure.
Pro GEORGE JOHNSON,
Bosshardt & Grant,
Agents to the Applicant.

page_text: I, GEORGE JOHNSON, of White Bear Hotel, Oldham, in the County of Lancaster,
Publican 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 :-
The guards heretofore in use for preventing hats from being blown off the head in
stormy or windy weather, consist principally of a cord or band, one end being attached
generally to the brim or band of the hat, and when not in use wound around the body
thereof, and the other end when in use being suitably fastened to the coat or dress of
the wearer.
This kind of hat guard is defective as it requires much time in unfastening the cord or
band from the body of the hat, when desired to be used, and vicê versâ, besides spoiling
the general appearance of the hat.
To overcome these defects my invention has for its object to provide means by
which the hat guard can be easily and instantly brought in, and self-actingly out of
use, and will be almost out of sight when not in use.
And in order that my invention, may be better understood I have caused to be
appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference indicating
like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a cross section of a hat showing the guard applied.
Fig. 2 is a cross section and
Fig. 3 a plan of the guard alone.
The invention consists in the employment of a hat guard the cord or band a of which,
when released from the coat or dress of the wearer, will self-actingly disappear or
enter a casing suitably fixed, either inside the hat or between the band and body, in
the curl, as shown above in Fig. 1, or underneath the brim or any other convenient part
of the hat.
This casing 6 I form of any light metal or material preferably papier maché, etc,
& employ inside thereof a reel c rotating on a spindle or pivot d, to which I attach
one end of the cord or band a, the other end being passed through an eyelet e fixed
to a suitable part of the hat, and being formed with a loop or furnished with a
button or bar a¹.
The casing may be fastened to the hat by means of a central stud or eyelet b¹,
one or more flanges & see Fig. 3, or by means of prongs formed thereon.
The said cord or band a is wound on this reel c after the end formed with the
loop, or furnished with the bar a¹ or button, is released from the coat or dress of the

page_text: wearer, self-actingly by means of a volute spring f, actuating the said reel c in a
manner similar to that of a tape measure.
the
Instead of attaching the casing b containing the reel e spring fand band or cord a
to the hat or other head covering, & the free end of the band or cord a to the
coat or dress of the wearer, the attachment may be reversed, that is to say,
casing 6 containing the reel c, spring f, and cord a, may be suitably fixed to the coat
or dress of the wearer, and the free end of the cord formed with a loop slipped
onto a hook or other equivalent attached to any convenient part of the hat or other
head covering.
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 :-.
For hats or other head coverings the use and employment of a self-winding guard
substantially as described and illustrated.