A New or Improved Lining for Hats, Shoes, and other Garments.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 11th June, 1897--Accepted, 17th July, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Lining for Hats, Shoes, and other Garments.
I, WILLIE PACKER, of 2 Well Walk, Hampstead Heath, in the County of
Middlesex, Clerk, 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:-
My invention relates to a new or improved lining for hats, shoes and other
garments by means of which certain advantages are obtained.
The main object of my invention is to ensure ventilation and I accomplish this
by means of a lining of such nature as to provide channels or passages by means of
which air can pass to or from the inside of a hat for example or of a boot or the
like.
I procure such channels or passages by forming on or applying to the fabric,
tissue or other material of which the lining is composed projecting ribs or ridges
which form the lateral walls of the said channels or passages.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood I shall now proceed
to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 is a plan view of a detached portion of my lining and
Figure II a cross section thereof.
Figure III is a diagram illustrating a method of obtaining the ribs and channels
which differs from that shown in Figures I and II.
Figures IV, V, and VI, show modified forms of the type illustrated in
Figure III.
Referring now to Figures I and II, 1 is a sheet of any convenient material such
for example as silk, calico, felt or leather and 2, 2, 2 are strips of material attached
thereto by sewing, cementing or the like. Let us assume that the material 1 con-
sists of calico and that the strips 2 consist of thick tape, wick or other like material
stitched to the sheet of calico through the dotted line a-a of Figure II. These
strips 2 constitute the ribs or ridges before mentioned and the spaces between
them 3, 3 constitute air channels or air passages.
It will be seen that with such a lining air can freely pass from one part to
another through the air channels 3.
In Figure III, I illustrate diagrammatically a type of my invention which
differs from that shown in Figures I and II in this respect that instead of the ribs
or ridges being separate parts attached to the sheet as in the case illustrated in
Figures I and II, the said ribs or ridges are integral with the said sheet and are
formed by folding in the following way. It will be seen that starting from the
eft hand side of the figure the sheet is first bent upon itself upwards and back-
wards towards the left, then upwards and forwards towards the right to form the
apper surface 4 of the rib. Then downwards and backwards to the left, downwards
nd forwards to the right and so on to the next rib where the same process of
ending is repeated. The parts are secured in their folded positions by sewing as
or example by parallel lines of stitches a--a as shown in Figure III.
In Figure IV, I show a form of the same type as that illustrated in Figure III
ut differing therefrom in this respect that instead of all the ribs being formed on

page_text: one side of the plane of the sheet they are formed alternately on both sides.
Ventilating channels are therefore in this form provided on both sides of the sheet.
Figure shows yet another modification of my invention this form being well
suited when channels of extra depth are desired. The manner in which the sheet
is folded is clearly shown in the figure.
Figure VI shows yet another modification. This modification resembles that
shown in Figure IV but differs therefrom in that the ribs on alternate sides are
placed close together. It will be seen that an air channel or passage occurs
between each pair of ribs or ridges.
It is obvious that the particular form of the ribs and the method of folding the
sheet to obtain the said ribs may be varied within very wide limits.
I have hereinbefore referred to single lines of stitching as indicated by the
dotted lines - but in practice it is preferable wherever the lining is subjected
to strain to provide it with additional stitching. It will be obvious for example
that such a single line of stitching for each rib would not retain the lining in the
form shown in Figures IV and V for example. In such forms additional lines
of stitching should be employed.
In the case of a hat lining I prefer to have the ridges on the part next the wall
of the hat and in attaching the lower edge of the lining to the body of the hat I
take care that the channels are not so attached as to block up the air channels
at the said edge. In the case of a boot I prefer to have the sheet on the side next
the leather so that the ribs project towards the foot.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inyen-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
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1. The new or improved lining for hats, boots, and the like substantially as set
forth.
2. In a lining for hats, boots and the like the combination of sheets and ribs
substantially as set forth.
3. The specific form of lining set forth with reference to Figures I and II.
4. The specific forms of lining set forth with reference to Figures III, IV, V,
& VI respectively.
Dated this 11th day of June 1991.
For the Applicant,
J. G. LORRAIN, M.I.E.E., M.I.Mech. E.,.
Norfolk House, Victoria Embankment, London, W.C.,
Chartered Patent Agent.