Improvements in and relating to Hats, Caps, and other Head Coverings.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 7th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 8th Dec.,
1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Hats, Caps, and other Head
Coverings.
ADAM MMEEKIN, Mill Manager, Cogry, Doagh, Co. Antrim, Ireland, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in the application to hats, caps & other head gear of a
pneumatic tube or cushion running round the inside of the rim at the place occupied
by the sweatband with the object of making the hat more comfortable to the
wearer & at the same time of insuring a more perfect fit. This is effected by the
pneumatic tube or cushion accommodating itself to the head of the wearer as the air
inside of said tube or cushion will recede from the place where the hat is too tight
fitting & will inflate the place where too easy fitting so that an equal pressure will
be exerted right round the head of the wearer.
For the same reason the hat will
adhere very much better to the head.
The pneumatic tube or cushion may be made round, flat or of any other suitable
shape or it may consist of two or more tubes or cushions running parallel to one
another round the bat or at right angles to the opening of the same or one or more
tubes may be placed inside an outer one & said tube or tubes may be made of india
rubber or of any other suitable material & be either plain or corrugated.
Further the said tube or tubes may be used loose or affixed in any suitable
manner between the sweat band and the hat or may take the place of the sweat
band itself.
Dated this 14th day of February 1894.
Improvements in and relating to Hats, Caps, and other Head
Coverings.
I, ADAM M MEEKIN, of Cogry Mills, Doagh, in the County of Antrim,
Ireland, Flax Spinner, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in hats and other coverings for the head,
and consists in the application to and combination with hats, caps, and other head
gear, of a pneumatic tube or cushion running round the inside of the rim at the
place occupied by the sweat band, with the object of making the hat more
comfortable to the wearer, and at the same time of insuring a more perfect fit.
This is effected by the pneumatic tube or cushion accommodating itself to the head
of the wearer, as the air inside of said tube or cushion will recede from the place
where the hat is too tight fitting, and will inflate the place where too easy fitting, so
that an equal pressure will be exerted right round the head of the wearer.
the same reason the hat will adhere very much better to the head.
For
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in
which :-
Fig. 1 is a side sectional elevation of a hat to which my improvements are
applied, two different sections or shapes of pneumatic tube or cushions being

page_text: According to this invention, the pneumatic tube or cushion is made round as
at 1, or flat as at 2, or of other section or shape, or it may consist of two or
more tubes or cushions running parallel to one another round the hat, or at right
angles to the opening in same, or one or more tubes may be placed parallel to one
another inside an outer and larger one, and said tube or tubes are made of india-
rubber or any other suitable air-tight material, and either plain or corrugated.
The said tube or tubes affixed in the hat or cap by stitching, cement, or in any
suitable manner, either between the sweat band and the hat, or may take the place
of the sweat band itself.
The pneumatic tube or band is specially applicable to military, police, and
firemen's helmets, and other heavy head gear.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
Hats or other coverings for the head, in which a pneumatic tube or tubes is
or are fixed, either in place of, or along with the ordinary sweat band as herein
.described.
Dated this 31st day of October 1894
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicant.