Improvements in Hats and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 27th Jan., 1891-Accepted, 28th Feb., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hats and the like.
We, CHARLES WELCH, Engineer, of 5, Barber's Lane, and CHARLES
BARTLETT, Straw Hat Maker, of 21-23, Williamson Street, both of Luton, in
the County of Bedfordshire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
Our invention relates to improvements in hats and the like, which consists of a
combination of a straw crown or top with a hard felt brim or rim.
We construct our invention by forming a crown or upper part of the hat of straw
interwoven in the usual manner, of any desirable shape. To the aforesaid crown or
upper part of straw we fix a hard felt rim of any suitable shape, by means of a
perpendicular ring at the top of the hard felt rim, or brim, fitting inside the base
of the straw crown, the whole being rigidly attached to each other.
A band of any
suitable material may be placed on the outside as now in common use.
The object of this invention is to supply hats of any suitable shape for the head-
gear of either sex, of a light, and more durable nature than the ordinary straw hat;
but yet to allow the free passage of air to pass through the crown as in the case of
a straw hat. The brim being constructed of hard felt does not get out of shape so
quickly as one of straw, which is advantageous to the wearer.
Dated this 20th d.. SML 1000
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hats and the like.
We, CHARLES WELCH, Engineer, of 5, Barber Lane, and CHARLES
BARTLETT, Straw Hat Maker, of 21-23, Williamson Street, both of Luton, in
the County of Bedfordshire, 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:-
Our invention relates to improvements in hats and the like, which consists of a
combination of a straw crown or top, with a hard or soft felt brim or rim.
We construct our invention by forming a crown or upper part of the hat of straw,
Brazilian plait, mohair, cotton braids, and the like, interwoven and formed in the
usual manner of any desirable shape. To the aforesaid crown or upper part of
straw, we fix a hard or soft felt rim or brim of any suitable shape, by means of a
perpendicular ring at the top of the hard or soft felt rim or brim, and fitting inside
the base of the straw crown; the whole being rigidly attached to each other.
A band of any suitable material may be placed on the outside as now in
common use.
And in order that our invention may be thoroughly understood, we now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawings thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Figure 1 represents the front elevation of a hat constructed with a straw crown a,
fixed to the rim or brim b, and the band c.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of Figure 1, describing the perpendicular ring d
of the brim b, fixed to the straw crown a.
The object of this invention is to supply hats of any suitable shape for the head
gear of either sex of a light and more durable nature than the ordinary straw-hat,
but yet to allow the free passage of air to pass through the crown as in the case of
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page_text: an ordinary straw-hat. The brim or rim being constructed of hard or soft felt does
not get out of shape so quickly as one of straw, which is advantageous to the
wearer.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
:-
1. The combination of a straw crown, Brazilian plait, mohair, cotton braids, or
the like, rigidly fixed to a hard or soft felt brim or rim, to form a head covering for
either sex, substantially as herein described.
2. The hard or soft felt brim or rim with a perpendicular ring d to fit inside the
bottom of the straw crown for the purpose of rigidly fixing the two combinations
together, substantially as herein described.
3. The brim or rim to be constructed of any shape, with a crown any shape but
constructed of straw, Brazilian plait, mohair, cotton braids, or the like, fixed
together, substantially as herein described.
Dated thin 27th dov of Lonow 1901
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicants.