THE IMPROVED SAFETY TRAVELLING CAP
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Redgrave, of Croxley Green, Rick-
mansworth, in the County of Hertford, for the Invention of
"THE IMPROVED SAFETY TRAVELLING CAP."
Sealed the 26th May 1854, and dated the 13th December 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Redgrave
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 13th December 1853.
I, WILLIAM REDGRAVE, of Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, in the
County of Hertford, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "THE IMPROVED SAPETY TRAVELLING CAP" to be as follows:-
The principle of my Invention consists of a cap with one, two, or
three (according to the option of the wearer) india-rubber, air-tight,
circular tubes, inflated by small mouth-pieces or valves, when required
for use, or contrariwise when not wanted, and can be made up of any
materials, such as silks, satins, velvets, alpacas, woollen cloths, &c., and
into all and every shape, and combines warmth, safety, ease, and comfort
to the wearer.
1, safety. It protects the head from accident when travelling by
railway, carriage, chaise, omnibus, or any other mode of conveyance, to
which travellers are liable. Thus, should a person wearing it be
violently thrown against the sides of a railway carriage or in contact
with a person on the opposite seat to him, or be thrown from a carriage,

page_text: chaise, or any other conveyance, his head is perfectly secure from
injury.
2rd, ease and comfort. A person wearing the cap can repose with
the greatest comfort in any position, quite as well as if he had a pillow
placed beneath his head, and is werewithal as light as any ordinary 5
cap;
it is excellently adapted for travellers to and residents in hot
climates, forasmuch as they can throw themselves on the deck of a
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Redgrave in the Great Seal l'atent Office
on the 13th June 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, J,
WILLIAM REDGRAVE, of Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, in the
County of Hertford, send greeting.
WHEREAS Iler most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the
seventeenth year of Iler reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said William Redgrave, Her
special licence that I, the said William Redgrave, our executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Redgrave,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"THE IMPROVED SAFETY TRAVELLING CAP," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said William Redgrave, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Redgrave, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement thereof (that is to say):-
The principle of my Invention for the improved safety travelling
cap consists of one, two, or three, or any number, at the option of the
wearer, of air-tight circular tubes, to be inflated when required for use,
or contrariwise when not wanted, and to be made of any materials, as
silks, satins, velvets, alpacas, woollen cloths, &c., or in fact of any
material that is manufactured or known, and can be made into any
shape; it combines both safety, ease, and comfort to the wearer.
1, safety. It protects the head from injury and accidents when
travelling by railway, carriage, chaise, omnibus, horse, or any other
mode of conveyance that it is possible to mention; thus, should a person
wearing it be violently thrown against a person sitting opposite to him,
or his head come in contact with any hard substance, his head will be
perfectly secure from injury.
2nd, case and comfort. A person wearing the cap can repose with
the greatest ense and comfort in any position, as if he had a pillow
placed beneath his head, and is wherewithal as light as any ordinary
cap, and quite as elegant, and is excellently adapted for travellers to
and residents in hot climates, forasmuch as the wearers can throw
themselves on the deck of a vessel or anywhere else, and enjoy a very
comfortable repose; and every person going to the Australian diggings
should possess one, he would find it the greatest comfort, nay, even
luxury, he could possibly have.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Redgrave, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of June, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
WILLIAM REDGRAVE. (L.S.)