SECURING SKULL-CAPS WITHIN GENTLEMEN'S HATS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JOHN WILLIAM WALKER of New Street, Huddersfield, Yorkshire Draper do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for "SECURING SKULL-CAPS WITHIN
GENTLEMEN'S HATS," to be as follows:-.
My Invention has reference to certain means or methods to be employed for
securing a light skull cap within gentlemen's hats, so that the said cap when
required to be used can readily be detached from the hat.
In order to secure such caps within a hat "I employ a piece of flat steel spring,
one end of which is made fast to the inside of a hat by an eyelet or other suitable
means; behind which spring the cap is placed and held secure thereby.
Instead of using a steel spring, a flat elastic band may be employed, both ends
of which are made fast to the inside of the hat by eyelets.
By this means a cap would be securely held in position without any incon-
venience to the wearer, and as the steel spring or elastic band would be of light
weight, no perceptible difference would be detected in the weight of the hat.
By the employment of means such as is herein mentioned, a skull cap is more
easily found by gentlemen when travelling than is the case when it is packed and
locked up in a portmanteau.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Patent Agents,
1, Commercial Street, Halifax,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: CUMPLEIE DIEULICATION.
Securing Skull-caps within Gentlemen's Hats.
I, JOHN WILLIAM WALKER of New Street, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Linen
Draper do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "SECURING SKULL-CAPS
WITHIN GENTLEMEN'S HATS," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention has reference to certain means to be employed for securing skull
caps in gentlemen's silk or felt bats, which is effected by an elastic or steel spring,
so that when travelling the hat may be removed from the head and the skull cap
used instead thereof.
Such being the nature and object of my invention I will now proceed to describe
the same more fully, being aided by the accompanying Sheet of drawings, wherein
Figure 1 is sectional elevation of a silk hat having my improvements applied
thereto, shewn at A and which consists of an elastic or other hand or strap both
ends of which are made secure (when building up the hat) by means of shellac or
other means.
Hats provided with these elastic straps will be found exceedingly useful for
carrying a light skull cap as shewn at B, but the said strap may be employed for
carrying papers or other light articles.
By this means when gentlemen are travelling long railway journeys and require
to change the heavy silk hat for a light silk cap, such cap will be found ready at
hand, instead of having to unpack a portmanteau as is the case now.
In addition to the elastic band or steel spring carrying a light cap, the owner's
name may be marked on the said band, instead of having it marked on the crown
of the hat as is now frequently done.
Figure 2 shews the application of the elastic band or steel spring to felt hats, in
this case it is preferable to connect the band or spring by means of eyelets.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The application to hats, of elastic bands or steel springs, for the purpose of
securing skull caps therein in manner substantially as described.
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