OR IMPROVED MODE OF SUSPENDING HATS IN BOXES
Year: 1885

page_text: I, GEORGE VUITTON, trading as Louis Vuitton, of 289 Oxford Street, London,
Trunk and bag manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for
A NEW OR IMPROVED MODE OF SUSPENDING HATS IN BOXES, to be as follows :-
This invention consists in inserting at two sides of the box or other receptacle
for holding a hat, two longitudinal straps one on each side secured at each of their
ends to the other sides, for supporting the hat by the brim which rests thereon,
combined with another strap crossing over the two straps and having its ends fitted
to the sides, which strap is passed over the hat across the brim and at right angles
to the two straps thereby holding the bat firmly in position on and against the
longitudinal straps. Each strap has a buckle or adjuster by which it can be
adjusted to different sizes, but the buckles or equivalents are placed in the case
of the longitudinal straps as close as possible to the sides of the box, and in the
cross strap at or near the middle thereof. The straps may each be made of two
pieces, or each continuous and passed through eyes at the side.
HERBERT & Co.,
Agents, 67, Strand.

page_text: A New or Improved Mode of Suspending Hats in Boxes.
I, GEORGE VUITTON, trading as Louis Vuitton. of 289 Oxford Street London,
trunk and bag manufacturer, 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 consists in inserting at two sides of the box or other receptacle
for holding a hat, two longitudinal straps, one on each side, secured at each of their
ends to the other sides, for supporting the hat by the brim, which rests thereon,
combined with another strap crossing over the two straps and having its ends
fitted to the sides, which strap is passed over the hat across the brim and at right
angles to the two straps, thereby holding the hat firmly in position on and against
the longitudinal straps. Each strap has a buckle or adjuster by which it can be
adjusted to different sizes, but the buckles or equivalents are placed in the case of
the longitudinal straps as close as possible to the sides of the box, and in the cross
strap at or near the middle thereof. The straps may each be made of two pieces,
or each continuous and passed through eyes at the side.
The drawings hereunto annexed will show how the invention can conveniently
be performed.
Fig. 1 is a plan with lid open and up, of box furnished with two straps B for
supporting the hat by the brim which rests on the straps B-strap C having been
first thrown back-after the hat is in place the strap C is fastened over the brim
and at right angles to the supporting straps B and so the hat is suspended and
secured by the brim by means of the under straps B and over strap Ĉ—A is the
box-Fig. 2 is a cross section taken through box A.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
The supporting straps B and securing strap C for holding a hat in any convenient
shaped box, substantially as described.