Improvements in or connected with Caps, Hats, and similar Head Gear.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Aug., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 28th May, 1899-Accepted, 1st July, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Caps, Hats, and similar
Head Gear.
I, CYRILLE EMILE BELHOMME, of 10 and 11, Great Newport Street, in the
County of London, Hut Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention (a communication to me by Anthony Chevalier, of 4, Rue Auber, Paris,
in the Republic of France, Hatter) to be as follows ; —
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with caps, hats and
similar head gear, the object being to provide such head gear with means
whereby the eyes of the wearer can be adequately protected against dust and
the effects of the weather.
According to the invention I fit to the front part of the cap, hat or the
like, such for example, as the peak of a cyclist's cap, to which my invention
is especially applicable, a transparent shield of suitable colour and material,
such for instance as mica, celluloid or other similar material, the said trans-
parent shield being hinged at its two ends to the peak or other part of the cap
or hat so that it can be turned down to cover the eyes of the wearer or be
folded up against the said peak or other part of the cap or hat when not
required for use.
;
A clip or other suitable device is provided for retaining the shield in its
folded up position and the said shield is advantageously fitted in a metal frame
and provided with a notch adapted to fit over the nose of the wearer when the
shield is turned down for use.
In some cases, as for instance in motor-car and yachting caps, instead of
hinging the shield as above described I arrange it to slide in a recess or guide
formed between the lining and the material of the cap, hat or the like.
Dated the 26th day of August 1898.
Improvements in or connected with Caps, Hats, and similar
Head Gear.
I, CYRILLE EMILE BELIIOMME, of 10 and 11, Great Newport Street, in the
County of London, Hat Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention (a communication to me by Anthony Chevalier, of 4, Rue Auber, Paris,
in the Republic of France, Hatter), and in what manner the same is to be
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page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the follow-
ing statement:-
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This invention relates to improvements in or connected with caps, hats and
similar head gear, the object being to provide such head gear with means
whereby the eyes of the wearer can be adequately protected against dust and 5
the effects of the weather.
According to the invention I fit to the front part of the cap, hat or the
like, such for example, as the peak of a cyclist's cap, to which my invention
is especially applicable, a transparent shield of suitable colour and material,
such for instance as mica, celluloid or other similar material, the said trans-1
parent shield being hinged at its two ends to the peak or other part of the cap
or hat so that it can be turned down to cover the eyes of the wearer or be
folded up against the said peak or other part of the cap or hat when not
required for use.
A clip or other suitable device is provided for retaining the shield in its 1
folded up position and the suid shield is advantageously fitted in a metal frame
and provided with a notch adapted to fit over the nose of the wearer when the
shield is turned down for use.
:
In some cases, as for instance in motor-car and yachting caps, instead of
hinging the shield as above described I arrange it to slide in a recess or guide
tormed between the lining and the material of the cap, hat or the like.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of a cap having a transparent shield
hinged to the underside of the same according to my invention :
Figure 2 is an underside view of the said cap:
Figures 3 and 4 are a front and sectional side elevation respectively of the
cap wherein the shield is arranged to slide in a recess behind the sweat band
of the same.
a is my improved shield which is preferably fitted into a metal frame band
provided with a notch e to fit over the nose of the wearer when the shield is in
position for shielding the eyes. As shewn in Figures 1 and 2, the shield is
adapted, when out of use, to lie against the underside of the peak d of the
cap, the said shield at its two extremities being provided with hooks or
loops e, e which engage with eyes f, f and serve as hinges for permitting the
shield to be moved from the position shewn in full lines in Figure 1 to that
shewn in dotted lines and vice versa. g is a turn-buckle carried in the peak of
the cap and serving to engage with the edge of the shield a for holding it in
position beneath the peak when not in use.
In the modification of my invention shewn in Figures 3 and 4, the shield,
instead of being hinged, is arranged to slide in a recess A formed around the
front portion of the cap adjacent to the peak between the sweat hand and lining i
and the material on the outside of the cap. A series of strips of ribbon k,
fixed at their upper ends to one of the walls of the recess and at the other end
to the upper edges of the shield a, serve to prevent the said shield from being
pulled entirely out of the recess. 7, are finger pieces attached to the shield
near the rear edges and serving for facilitating the pulling of the shield out of
the recess and also for preventing it from being pushed too far into the same.
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:
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1. A cap, hat or other head covering provided with a transparent eye shield
hinged at its two ends to the peak or other part of the said cap or the like and
adapted when not in use to he folded up against the said peak, substantially
as described by reference to Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 2. A cap, hat or other head covering having a transparent shield arranged to
slide in a recess or guide formed behind the lining or sweat band of the said
cap, hat or the like, substantially as described by reference to Figures 3 and 4
of the accompanying drawings.
3. The manufacture and use of caps, hats or the like provided with trans-
parent shields, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Todd L
1900
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.