Improvements in or applicable to Caps, Hats, or other Coverings for the Head.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 28th Jan., 1899
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
Improvements in or applicable to Caps, Hats, or other Coverings
for the Head.
I, NATHANIEL JACOBSON, of Clarence Hat Works, Dutton Street, Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Hat and Cap Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
:-
The object of this invention is to provide a cap, hat, helmet, or other head
covering with a guard to protect the eyes or face of the wearer, when moving
rapidly forward, say on a bicycle, or horse, or in a vehicle, from unpleasant con-
tact with insects, dust or the like.
According to this invention the guard is made to be brought down in front
of the eyes (or lower if desired) only at such times as it may be required, at other
times being hinged up out of sight inside the head covering or in some cases
removed altogether.
The guard consists of a light curved wire, or other frame which is connected
by light chains, links, cords, or "elastic," or otherwise, to the inside of the head
covering near the lower front edge and at each side thereof.
This frame is filled in with a piece of soft netting gauze or similar transparent
flexible protecting material.
Thus when the guard is not required, the frame can be raised up (carrying
with it the gauze or like material) out of sight inside the head cover and when
required brought down below the head cover and in front of the face of the
.wearer.
In the case of a loose removable guard applicable to a head cover at pleasure
the frame is pivotted to a metallic or other suitable wire or band curved so that
it can be fitted at the lower edge of the brow of the head-cover.
The annexed drawings ustrate how my invention may be carried into prac-
tical effect.
On Sheet 1, Fig. 1 thereof is a sectional elevation of a cap fitted with one of
my guards.
Figs. 2 and 3 are side and front views, of a detachable guard, set or viewed at
a slight angle.
Fig. 4 shows the cap with the guard in use.
On Sheet 2 Figs. 5 and 6 show the guard applied to a hat.
Referring to Fig. 1 on the drawings, a is the cap and a the peak thereof.
b is a light wire forming a frame to which the transparent gauze, or netting ¹
of soft, flexible material is attached in any convenient way say by a suitable
binding fabric.
The upper edge of this gauze or netting 61 is attached to a strip of suitable
soft absorbent material 62 such as thin felt which is attached to the brow of the cap.
The wire or frame is attached at each end or side to one end of a light short

page_text: chain c seen dotted at Fig. 1 (preferably concealed or covered by the material 68)
the other end of which is fastened to the cap a.
By this means the guard b b can be put up inside the cap (as shewn by dotted
lines Fig. 1) and the brow of the wearer is only in contact with the soft absor-
bent material 62.
Figs. 2 and 3 shew a guard made according to this invention which can be
applied by means of a hook or stitching to a cap or head covering and removed
therefrom if required.*
In this case the upper part of the fabric 62 is fastened to a light curved wire d
which can be hooked or stitched in the brow of the cap or head covering and its
action and use will then be the same as above described.
I would remark in conclusion that in the case of hats or similar head coverings
the guard would be arranged in a similar way but it would be raised up inside
the crown of the hat instead of over the peak as illustrated on Figs. 5 and 6 but
it would be quite out of the way of the head of the wearer.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I would have it under-
stood that I am aware that gauze and like eye protectors have been previously
fitted to caps and hats for cyclists and others and I make no general claim for
such arrangements but I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The combination with a head covering of a gauze or similar guard so
mounted therein that it can be brought down in front of the face or raised up
inside the said head covering as desired, substantially as herein before described.
Dated this 14th day of October 1898
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.