Improvements in Caps for Military and other Purposes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Sept., 1899-Accepted, 11th Nov., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED.)
Improvements in Caps for Military and other Purposes.
We, FRANCIS JOSEPH STOHWASSER and GEORGE BIRTCHNELL WINTER, both of
39, Conduit Street, Regent Street, in the County of Middlesex, Merchants, 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, and accompanying drawings, that is to say:-
Our present invention relates to a light and convenient cap to be used by.
soldiers and others, and it has for its object a novel method of making such caps
so that they are very light, smart in appearance, and comfortable to the wearer,
can be closed together so as to occupy very small space when not in use, and can
be easily made waterproof, whilst they can be instantly converted into a cap
with a broad flexible brim, by which the rain or sun can be kept off, whilst one.
or other side of such brim can be turned up against the body of the cap when
desired, for the purpose of shading only one or other side of the face, and improv-
ing the appearance of the cap when so worn.
The accompanying drawings are in illustration of our invention.
Figure 1 represents a side view of the cap with the brim turned down.
Figure 2 is a front view of the same.
Figure 3 is a view from above.
Figure 4 represents a side view of the brim turned up and folded against the
body of the cap all round.
Figure 5 shows an end view of the same flattened together so as to occupy
very little space.
Figure 6 is a view from above, with the brim partly opened out and turned up.
against the body of the cap.
Figure 7 is an end or front view of the same.
Figure 8 is a similar view, but showing the brim folded together against the
cap, in the position where it is to be worn.
a is the body of the cap, made preferably of two flat flexible sides, secured
together at their front and back vertical edges, and tapering up at their top
side edges where they join a suitably shaped top, which forms a longitudinal
central fold or gusset l, capable of folding together when the cap is closed, as
shown in Figure 5, and opening out more or less when the cap is to be worn, as
shown in the other figures.
The lower edge of this body a is sewn or attached to the inner edge of a
flat brim b, shown clearly in Figures 1, 2, and 3. The brim has four folds or
joints at -y, which allow the parts of the brim at the front and back of the cap,
contained between these lines (a-y) to be turned up, folds or joints being also
provided at - so that the parts c and d between these lines can turn inward
and fit closely round the front and back of the cap at e, f. At the same time,
the parts of the brim g and h, at the sides of the cap, turn up along the lines
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page_text: of their junction with the body a of the cap, and the whole of the brim then
lies closely and snugly against the body a of the cap, as shown in
Figures 4, 5 and 8.
In order to hold the folds at i (which are bent or folded along the lines x-y)
close against the parts e and d, hooks and eyes or loops are fixed in the proper
positions by which they can be held together, as represented at j j.
The cap may be made of any suitable waterproof or other cloth or material.
The caps may be made of any desired colour, and with facings and trimmings
of the necessary kinds when used for military purposes. The caps may be
ornamented with braid lace or other material, in any suitable or required designs.
When one side only of the brim is to be turned up against the body of the cap,
it may be retained in its place by a hook or fastening, and a plume or feather
or other ornament may be used upon it.
We do not confine ourselves to the precise form and dimensions of the several
parts of the cap, which may be altered or varied more or less to suit different
circumstances, and the purposes for which the caps are to be used, but
Having now, particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1-A cap, for military or other purposes having a body with a brim attached
to its lower edge, the brim being so formed that it may be turned up and folded
together so that it lies flat against the body of the cap, substantially as described
and illustrated.
2. The combination of the body of the cap a, consisting of two flexible sides
attached together at their front and back vertical edges, and an expanding
fold or gusset joining their top edges, a brim 6 attached to the body a, and
capable of being folded along the lines x-y, and -w, so that it can be turned
up and folded together to lie flat against the body of the cap, substantially as
described and illustrated.
3. The combination with the folding brim b, of hooks and eyes, or equivalent
fastenings by which its folded parts can be held securely together against the
body of the cap, substantially as described and illustrated.
Th
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EDWARDS AND Co.,
Chartered Patent Agents, 65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicants.