Improvements in Hats and other Articles of Wearing Apparel.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hats and other Articles of Wearing Apparel.
We, COOPER Box & COMPANY LIMITED, of 7, Love Lane, Wood Street, in
the City of London, Hat Manufacturers and Outfitters, and GEORGE WILDMAN,
of 13, Rebecca Terrace, Gonim Road, Rotherhithe, in the County of Surrey,
Warehouseman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to the character of fittings for hats and other articles of
wearing apparel described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to the
present applicants dated May 6th 1895 No. 8987.
According to the present improvements the form of the lining or fitting is
somewhat modified.
The strip, or flange, referred to in the said Specification (and as therein also
now referring particularly to a hat lining) is connected by suitable stitching, or
other available means of connection, either to a stitching foundation or to the
hat itself (preferably) instead of to a pad, or other lining of the hat and instead
of the strip, or flange, presenting a free, or abrupt edge to the head of the wearer,
the strip forms the lower edge or part of a composite, or other, or ordinary lining
and thus a rounded projection in use is presented to the head of the wearer.
The entire device may out of use lie flat against the inner wall of the hat, or
article; and in use upon the tightening of the string, elastic, or band the projec-
tion is formed of the felt, net, leather, or other suitable pliant material containing
the elastic, whilst the lining at upper part whether of the same stuff or a mixture
of materials say of xylonite or celluloid-stitched onto felt may lie back against
the hat wall.
The adaptation of the device to other articles than hats will be obvious.
We, COOPER Box & COMPANY LIMITED, of, Love Lane, Wood Street, in
the City of London, Hat Manufacturers and Outfitters, and GEORGE WILDMAN;
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page_text: This invention relates to the character of fittings for hats and other articles of
wearing apparel described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to the
present applicants dated May 6,. 1895, No. 8987.
According to the present improvements the form of the lining or fitting is
somewhat modified as will hereinafter be fully described, reference being had to
the accompanying drawings.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 shows a sectional view of a straw hat having the present improvements
applied by way of example. The right hand part of the figure shows the
improvement in a modified form. The thicknesses of some of the parts are shown
somewhat exaggerated for the sake of clearness.
Fig. 2 is a like view to Fig. 1 but showing the device out of use.
Figs. 3 and 4 are part sectional views to a larger scale showing the device when
in use and out of use respectively as shown at the left hand of Figs. 1 and 2.
Figs. 5 and 6 are like views to Figs. 3 and 4 of the modification shown at the
right hand of Figs. 1 and 2.
Fig. 7 is an underside view of the hat.
The strip or flange a referred to in the said Specification (and as therein also now
referring particularly to a hat lining) is connected by suitable stitching a¹ or
other available means of connection, either to a stitching foundation 6, (called
a pad) or to the hat citself but preferably to a pad or other lining of the hat
and instead of the strip or flange presenting a free or abrupt edge to the head of
the wearer, the strip forms the lower edge or part of a composite, or other, or
ordinary lining d and thus a rounded projection e in use is presented to the
head of the wearer.
The entire device may out of use lic flat against the inner wall of the hat, or
article as shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 6; and in use upon the tightening of the
string, elastic, or band of the projection e is formed of the felt, net, leather or
other suitable pliant material a containing the elastic, whilst the lining d at its
upper part d' whether of the same stuff or a mixture of materials-say of xylonite
or celluloid stitched into felt, may lie back against the hat wall.
Sometimes we prefer to perforate the lining d by holes d² for purposes of
ventilation.
The adaptation of the device to other articles than hats will be obvious.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. The combination with a head covering or other article of wearing apparel,
as a hat, of a flexible flange attached at one edge to the interior of the hat, a
band of elastic material contained within said flange to permit the adjustment of
the elastic band and a soft fabric lining strip overlying the flexible flange, as a
cover, attached at one edge to the interior of the hat and at the other edge within
the hat to a loose stiffer lining, substantially as set forth.
2. The combination with a head covering or other article of wearing apparel,
as a hat, of a flexible flange attached at one edge to the interior of the hat, a
band of elastic material contained within said flange to permit the adjust-
ment of the elastic band and a soft fabric lining strip overlying the
flexible flange, as a cover, attached at one edge to the interior of
the hat and at the other edge within the hat to a loose stiffer lining

page_text: provided with holes at short distances apart to afford ingress and egress for
air to ventilate the interior of the hat, substantially as set forth.
3. The improved linings for articles of head covering and other wearing
apparel constructed and arranged as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated the 2nd day of December 1897.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicants.