Improvements in Hats and other Articles of Wearing Apparel
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 6th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 5th Dec, 1895-Accepted 25th Jan 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Hats and other Articles of Wearing Apparel
We COOPER Box & Co LIMITED, of 7 Love Lane Wood Street, in the City of
London Hat Manufacturers and Outfitters and GEORGE WILDMAN of 13 Rebecca
Terrace, Gomm Road Rotherhithe, in the County of Surrey, Warehouseman do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
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This invention is designed to improve the fit of hats, caps and other articles of
wearing apparel and to gain other advantages
In carrying out the invention, say in the case of a straw hat, there is provided
around the interior one or more projections or films or narrow pieces of fabric and let
into or attached to the inner edge thereof is a band, or cord, preferably of india
rubber or similarly elastic material, so disposed that whenthe hat is pressed onto the
head the piece or pieces of fabric take a clinging hold which tends to prevent the
hat being blown off, but yet does not interfere with easy removal by hand
The narrow spring inner rim or rims thus formed may be of net, or leather, or
other convenient material, and may be applied to hats, caps, bonnets and other
articles of apparel
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED)
Improvements in Hats and other Articles of Wearing Apparel
We COOPER Box & Co LIMITED, of 7 Love Lane, Wood Street, in the City of
London, Hat Manufacturers and Outfitters, and GEORGE WILDMAN of 13 Rebecca
Terrace, Gomm Road, Rotherhithe, in the County of Surrey, Warehouseman do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same 18 to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement
This invention is designed to improve the fit of hats, eaps and other articles of

page_text: In carrying out the invention, say in the case of a straw hat, there is provide
around the interior one or more projections or films or narrow pieces of fabric and le
into, or attached to the inner edge thereof is a band or cord preferably of india
rubber or similarly elastic material, so dispo ed that when the hat is pressed onto
the head the piece or pieces of fabric take a clinging hold which tends to prevent the
hat being blown off, but yet does not interfere with easy removal by hand
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig 1 shews a part sectional view of a straw hat having one projection applied to
illustrate the invention by way of example
Fig 2 shews the hat by a sectional view drawn to a smaller scale than Fig 1
Fig 3 shews like view to Fig 2 but with the knot in the elastic cord untied
allowing the projection to be placed out of use
Fig 4 shews in underside view of the hat shewn in Fig 2
Figs 5 and 6 shew modified forms to be described
The strip a is connected by suitable stitching a¹ to the pad or leather or other
lining b of the hat c This strip is caused to project inwardly by means of an elastic
cord a passing around the hat and tied preferably at the back, the tension on the
cord a² pulls the free edge a³ of the strip into as small diameter as possible thus
causing it to normally project as shewn in Figs 1, 2 and 4
In some Cases instead of a continuous band or strip it is preferred to apply
projecting pieces as shewn in the upper half of Fig 5, or the projections may be
longer, as shewn in the lower half of that figure
In the modification shewn in Fig 6 the projecting strip a is interrupted at the
front part thus relieving the forehead of the wearer of pressure
The projecting strip a or the cord a² or both may be carried through the pad leather
or other lining b and come out again at the opposite side say as at * Fig 6
Or the holding edges of the part a² may be shaped as shown by the dotted lines a
in Fig 5 or alternatively the dotted lines as in Fig 6 instead of those outlines already
referred to with respect to Fig 5
The narrow spring inner rim or rims thus formed may be of net, or leather, or other
convenient material, and-may be applied to hats, caps, bonnets and other articles
of apparel
This construction and use of flexible projecting and holding flanges to hats and
other articles--to which the-invention-is-similarly applicable also promotes most
efficient ventilation of the interior of the hat or other article
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
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The improvement in a hat, and other article of wearing apparel capable of being
similarly secured, consisting of the provision or attachment around the interior or
fitting surface of the article of one or more projections, films or narrow flange pieces
of flexible fabric, said flanges having provided thereto suitable ightening or distending
means such as a band or cord of india rubber or other suitable elastic material or
combination of materials constructed or arranged and used substantially as and for the
purposes herein before set forth
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