Improvements in and Connected with Hats and other Head Coverings.
Year: 1888

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Connected with Hats and other Head
Coverings.
I, ANNA SCHULTZ, residing at Milwaukee, in the County of Milwaukee and
State of Wisconsin, one of the United States of America, of no calling, 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 articles of head-wear, especially such as are designed
for ladies' use, and will be fully set forth hereinafter, and pointed out in the
claim.
In the drawings:
Figure 1, is a side view of a hood or bonnet, constructed according to my
invention, and showing in dotted lines, the use or application thereof.
Figure 2, is a top view of the same, with the upper flap extended, and the
others as shown in the full lines in Figure 1.
and
Figure 3, shows my invention applied to a hat, or cap, with all the flaps folded,
Figure 4, is a view of the same form of my invention but with all the flaps
extended.
A, is the crown or body of the bonnet, hood, hat or cap, which may be of any
shape or construction preferred that being wholly immaterial, so far as my invention
is concerned. B, is the front flap, which is designed, when extended, to pull over
or down, and thereby to protect the brow or forehead of the wearer. C, C, are the
side flaps and, D, is the rear flap, and these are designed, when extended, to
protect and cover the ears, the throat and the back of the neck of the wearer.
When not needed for such protection, all four of these flaps may be turned up
or back against the crown or body, A, as shown, and the ear flaps, C, C, may be
held in place by means of a button, a, on the end of one, and an elastic loop, b,
at the end of the other, as best shown in Figure 2, and the same (or any
analogous) fastening device may be utilized, when the flaps are used for protecting

page_text: the wearer's ears, for holding the ends of said flaps together under the wearer's
chin.
The great advantage of my improvement consists in the fact that it can be
brought instantly into use, or as quickly turned back, out of the way, when not
needed, without removing the bonnet, hood or hat from the wearer's head, thereby
making it a particularly convenient device, as well as a most comfortable one, in
a variable climate, or when the wearer has to be alternately in-doors and out,
and it does away with the necessity for numerous and cumbrous other wraps, such
as veils, scarfs, and ear-muffs, being thus a great saving of time, trouble and
expense.
The described flaps may be of the same material as that which covers the crown
or body, A, and wholly or in part integral therewith, or separate, and of different
material, if desired, and secured in any suitable manner thereto.
Though especially designed for ladies' use, my invention is adapted for use in
connection with men's hats, or caps, or those intended for children.
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. In an article of head-wear, the combination of the crown, or body, with front,
rear, and side flaps, adapted to be extended for protection, or turned back out of
the way, while the article is in use.
2. The described article of head-wear consisting of a suitable crown or body, in
combination with a front brow-protecting flap, and rear and side flaps for protecting
the neck and ears, the ear flaps having suitable fastening devices whereby they may
be joined together either under the chin of the wearer, or on top of the crown or
body, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 6th day of July 1888.
ANNA SCHULTZ.
By Jensen & Son,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Patent Agents.