IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO CAPS AND OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD FOR NAVAL, MILITARY, AND GENERAL USE
Year: 1866

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Moritz Star at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with bis Petition, on the 8th October
1866.
I, MORITZ STAR, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO
CAPS AND OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD FOR NAVAL, MILITARY, AND GENERAL
USE," to be as follows (that is to say) :-
To apply this Invention.to, say, a cap, take. à zone of cardboard or other
suitable material to form the foundation, then take broadcloth or other suitable
material from which the outer side of the cap is to be formed for fair weather,
and construct a cap of the desired form without a foundation; then divide the
band into two equal parts, that is, by cutting or otherwise in a vertical
direction; then add to the ends of the back portion of the band an ear piece
or lappet;. then construct a cap of..oilsilk or other suitable material, which is
an exact counterpart of, say, the cloth portion of the cap, and. is like it
constructed with a divided band.; then sew or otherwise connect the ends of
the semi-band of the cloth portion of the cap with the ends of the half band of
say, the oilsilk; then turn the oilsilk.cap so as to bring the lower edge of
the band in line with the lower edge of the cloth band, and connect them
together by sewing or otherwise between the two lappets or ear pieces, and
for the sake of neatness the lappets may be covered or lined on that side with

page_text: oilsilk; then take the double cap of, say, fine woollen cloth and oilsilk, and
slip the band of the cap on-to the foundation zone or band, and attach the
woollen cloth part of the front thereof, and the oilsilk portion of the back to
the back part of the foundation; then attach a button or hook on each side
of the front of the cap on the woollen cloth portion thereof for bottoning the
lappets or ears to when the woollen cloth portion of the cap is at the outside;
also attach two buttons on the oilsilk portion of the band of the cap, to which
the ears or lappets are fastened when the oilsilk surface is on the outside.
It is preferred to fit the back of the cap with a small cape of oilsilk or other
suitable material, connecting the same thereto by sewing, hooks, buttons, or
other fastenings, which said cape may be folded up and turned over the crown
of the cap, so that when the woollen cloth top and latter part of the band is
folded back it will be held on the crown between the oilsilk fabric and below
the woollen cloth covering of the same.
In fitting the cape piece, which converts the cap into a portable "south-
wester,
," when the same is attached by hooks, buttons, or other fastenings by
which the same may be attached or detached, it is preferred to use a small
slip of oilsilk or other material extending between the two back buttons or
other fastenings for the ears or lappets of the band herein-before described,
which on being turned down conceals the fastenings by which the cape is
connected to the back of the band of the cap.
If desirable, a cap or hat may be .constructed according to this: Invention
fitted with a threefold exterior covering, either of which may be turned to the
outside by constructing the front of the outer. covering as herein-before
described of woollen cloth, so that it is. capable of being turned back from,
say, the front of the cap, as well as. from the back. to the front, as herein-
before described; in this case it would not be desirable to apply a peak to the
cap. In some cases it 'may be 'desirable to attach a small piece of elastic or
other cord to the sides of the cape or curtain for connecting it with the buttons
of the coat of the wearer in front to prevent its being blown from the back of
the neck in stormy weather.
.
The foregoing Invention, it will be observed, may be varied in form as to
exterior contour, and so forth, and is equally applicable to cappees,' low-
crowned hats, and other coverings for the head.
Any two or more kinds of fabric may be used in the construction of caps or
other coverings for the head made according to this Invention, in which case
it is preferred one should be a waterproofed fabric such as oilsilk, and in
some cases the curtain or cape for protecting the back of the neck of the
wearer may be dispensed with.

page_text: When this Invention is intended for the use of ladies it is proposed to form
the curtain or back cape of considerably larger size than when intended for
male wear.
Of course the cap may be fitted with a peak or otherwise with a leather or
other lining and silk or other "tip" in the ordinary way, the lining being
attached to the lower edge of the foundation in the usual manner.