Improvements in Sweat Bands.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 18:h Apr., 1896-Accepted, 23rd May, 1896
343RES
I, THOMAS WILLIAM MAY, of Abbey Street, Bermondsey, in the County of
London, Manager of Factory, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
My invention relates to sweat bands for hats, caps and the like and to that class
of such bands in which a pad or facing of different material from the main part of
the band is used over the forehead, the object of my invention being to provide for
fixing such pad or the like without the necessity for placing stitching along the
lower or outer edge.
According to my invention the material of the pad is made broader than the pad
appears when in position and the lower edge is turned up, the turned up portion
being stitched to the body of the hat along its edge behind the pad so that the
stitching is invisible. Or instead of attaching the said turned up part directly
to the hat body it may be attached to a piece of stiffening material which is designed
to be stitched to the hat.
Dated this 8th day of October 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Sweat Bands.
I, THOMAS WILLIAM MAY, of Abbey Street, Bermondsey, in the County of
London, Manager of Factory, 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 sweat bands for hats, caps and the like and to that class
of such bands in which a pad or facing of different material from the main part of
the band is used over the forehead, the object of my invention being to provide
for fixing such pad or the like without the necessity for placing stitching along the
lower or outer edge.
According to my invention the material of the pad is made broader than the pad
appears when in position and the lower edge is turned up, the turned up portion
being stitched to the body of the hat along its edge behind the pad so that the
stitching is invisible. Or, instead of attaching the said turned up part directly to
the hat body, it may be attached to a piece of stiffening material which is adapted
to be stitched to the hat.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is an elevation of part of my improved sweat band:
Figure 2 is a detached view of the pad :
Figure 3 is a section on the line 3--3 of Figure 1; and,
Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 but shewing the turned up part of the pad
attached to a piece of stiffening material.

page_text: a represents the ordinary band of leather, and 6 represents the pad or facing of
soft material; this pad as clearly shewn in Figures 2 and 3 is made broader than
usual so as to leave a part which can be turned up; this additional width is
marked c, and is stitched to the body of the hat and the rest of the band is stitched
to the hat body in the usual manner so that when the band is turned up inside the
hat the stitching of the pad is invisible, and there will be no stitches to come
against the forehead of the wearer of the bat. As shewn clearly in Figures 3 and 4
a part of the ordinary band of leather a behind the pad b is cut away and is replaced
by a layer d of felt or other similar substance.
In Figure 4, I have shewn a piece of stiffening material e attached to the turned
up portion c of the pad. In this case the pad portion of the band can be stitched
to the hat body either through the stiffener e or through both the stiffener and the
turned up portion c of the pad.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A sweat band having a pad of a width such that a portion can be turned up
to allow of the pad portion of the band being connected to the hat body without
the stitching appearing and so that the stitching does not come into contact with
the forehead of the wearer of the hat, substantially as described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved sweat bands hereinbefore described
and illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 and in Figure 4 of the accompanying
drawing.
Dated the 18th dor of April 1896
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.