A Combination Cap and Bolster or Pillow.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 16th June, 1891-Accepted 18th July, 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combination Cap and Bolster or Pillow.
I, JULIUS DURCHHOLZ, of Wehlan, East Prussia, in the Empire of Germany,
Chief Prison Warder, 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 :-
The combined cap and bolster or pillow hereinafter described has been chiefly
designed for the comfort of travellers.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a front view of the cap,
Fig. 2 a section of the same and
Fig. 3 a representation of the cap inflated to form a bolster or pillow.
The cap consists of an outer covering of fine fabric and of an inner air-tight
lining. It has two small metallic pipes for inflating and emptying purposes. In
its inflated state, the article serves as a pillow or bolster for the convenience of
passengers in railway carriages whether to support them in a sitting or in a
recumbent posture. After use, the pipe a is opened by exerting a little pressure,
the air is allowed to escape and one half of the bolster or pillow is pushed into the
other when the lower half being folded over as far as the brim, the cap is ready for
use. The small pipe a now lies in the inner part of the cap and the pipe b may be
used to blow air therein.
This cap may be used by itself or it may be used in its collapsed condition as a
covering to be placed on a cap of finer fabric serving solely as a head covering.
When this second cap is inflated and used as a bolster or pillow, the head of the
wearer will thus not be left bare or denuded. When the cap is used as a head
covering, it may advantageously be supplemented by a sort of cushion, adapted to
the said сар and extending upwards, the small tube or pipe b assuming in the side
the form of a tassel or ornamentation.
When giving up the use of his support, the traveller merely opens the small
pipe 6 and the cushion previously filled with air is again adapted to the original
cap without having an unsightly appearance.
The lower cap may also be used independently of the upper cap and be obviously
utilized alone by forming around the same a folded air-tight mass which in its
ordinary state will represent the brim, and the ends of which will be fixed in front
or at the side to the cap.
Should the cap require to be used for comfort, the ends are simply loosened, air
is blown into the small pipe which is found there, the cushion is developed towards
the rear and downwardly and the air pad or bolster is completed as a support for
the head and the nape of the neck. This bolster can be removed and used as a seat
cushion.
The travelling caps above described, especially of the latter class may be used
with comfort in all postures and positions.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A combined cap and bolster or pillow consisting of a cap, the outer covering
of which is made of fine fabric while its inner lining is air tight, the said cap being
provided with two small pipes a and b for inflating and emptying purposes so that
by means of these pipes the cap may be converted into a bolster, cushion or pillow,
or the latter may be re-converted into a cap.
2. A thin air tight fabric mass firmly glued or loosely fixed to the combined cap

page_text: and bolster or pillow above claimed, and assuming when folded up the exact form
of a brim or peak for convenience of use, this mass being loosened in front and
sidewise, inflated by means of a small pipe so as to be drawn backward and fall
upon the nape of the neck whereby a pillow or cushion for the head and neck is
formed for resting purposes, the said pillow or cushion being further used after
removal as a seat.
Dated this Fifteenth day of June 1891.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.