Improvements in Hats and Caps, and in Tips and Linings for Hats and Caps.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Apr., 1890-Accepted, 14th June, 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hats and Caps, and in Tips and Linings for
Hats and Caps.
:
I, REGINALD HADDAN, of the firm of Herbert & Co., Patent Agents, of 18, Bucking-
ham Street, Strand, W.C. London, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention a communication to me from abroad
by Claudius Francis Beatty, of Brooklyn, N.Y. United States of America,
Manufacturer, 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 hats and caps and consists of a hat or cap covered with
suitable fabric ornamented in imitation of wood-grain, cork or other barks. It further
consists in a tip and side lining for hats and caps covered and ornamented in a
similar manner. The said invention and the mode in which the same is carried out
are described in the following specification, reference being had to the aecompanying
drawing in which
and
Figure 1 is a perspective outside view of a hat made according to this invention,
Figure 2 is a plan view of the interior of the same.
The frame of the hat or cap on which the ornamented covering is mounted, is
made of any suitable material such for example as buckram in case of light
summer bats, and is covered with a sheet or layer of suitable fabric A such for
example as textile fabric which will readily yield and conform to the shape of the
hat or cap frame. The said fabric on its exposed surface is ornamented in imitation
of wood-grain in which designation I embrace also sheets of cork and other barks.
The ornamentation is made by printing or other suitable means, as for example by
lithographic printing. The ornamented covering fabric A is applied either upon the
whole of the frame of the hat or cap or upon any part thereof, as may be preferred
by the manufacturer, and may be applied on the inside surface of the hat or cap
frame as well as on the outside. The ornamented fabric is secured to the frame
by suitable adhesive material which will not strike through the fabric nor stain it
nor mar its appearance. The hat or cap is provided with a band B around its body
above the brim C), and the edge of the brim provided with a binding D, and is
trimmed and lined according to the judgment and taste of the manufacturer. The
band B may be of any suitable material.
I also apply the invention to tips and side linings for hats and caps as
follows:
I take silk or satin cloth or other fabric or material suitable for hat or cap tips
and side linings and ornament the same by forming or producing thereon by photo-
lithography or other suitable means the imitation or representation of said wood-
grain above mentioned. The said ornamented fabric is brought to the proper
shape and dimensions for a hat or cap lining before or after ornamentation as may
be preferred, and is secured to the hat or cap by attaching the same thereto
by suitable adhesive material or other proper methods.. The improved lining is shown
n Figure 2 and is designated by the letter E.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
.
The improved Hats and Caps Tips and Linings constructed substantially as herein
above set forth and described: