Improvements in Caps.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 15th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 15th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 21st Mar., 1896
1 MICHAEL SCHNEIDERS of Durward Street Whitechapel Road in the
County of Middlesex Hat and Cap Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
1
My invention consists in the combination of an inflatible bag of air-proof or
virtually air-proof material with a travelling cap or other cap in such a manner
that the said bag when inflated may serve as a pillow or cushion for the head or
head and neck of the person wearing the cap. The said inflatible bag is
provided with a nozzle for convenience in inflating it and with means for closing it
when inflated and may be secured to the outer or innerside of an ordinary back-flap
or back-band or be arranged so that when uninflated it constitutes a cape or back
flap or back-band of ordinary appearance and so that when not required for use it
may be turned within the cap or be folded on the outerside of the cap and be
secured in place either in the same manner as an ordinary back-flap or back-band
or by passing it over a band or strap secured to the back part of the cap. Or the
said bag may be otherwise arranged in combination with the cap.
Dated this Fourteenth day of May 1895.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Caps.
I, MICHAEL SCHNEIDERS of Durward Street, Whitechapel Road in the
County of Middlesex, Hat and Cap Manufacturer 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 consists in the combination of an inflatible bag of air-proof or
virtually air proof material with a travelling cap or other cap in such a manner
that the said bag when inflated may serve as a pillow or cushion for the head or
head and neck of the person wearing the cap. The said inflatible bag is provided
with a nozzle for convenience in inflating it and with means for closing it when
inflated and may be secured to the outer or innerside of an ordinary back flap or
back band or be arranged so that when uninflated it constitutes a cape or back
flap or back band of ordinary appearance and so that when not required for use it
may be turned within the cap or be folded on the outerside of the cap and be
secured in place either in the same manner as an ordinary back flap or backband or
by passing it over a band or strap secured to the back part of the cap. Or the said
bag may be otherwise arranged in combination with the cap.
An ordinary cloth cap having an inflatible bag combined therewith according
to my said invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings Figure 1 of which
is a side view and Figure 2 a back view of the cap showing the bag inflated and in
position for use by the wearer of the cap as a cushion or pillow for the head or
head and neck. Figures 3 and 4 are side views of the cap the rear part and the
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page_text: bag forming the cushion or pillow being in section and the said bag being repre-
sented inflated and in position for use in Figure 3 and collapsed and turned within
the cap in Figure 4. In Figure 5 the inflatible bag is shown separately from its
covering or envelope by means of which it is connected to the cap as shown in the
other figures.
Referring to the said figures a is the fabric constituting the outer part of the
cap is the lining thereof and c is the inflatible bag which consists of india rubber
and is provided with a tube d furnished with a nozzle and screw valve e to admit
of inflation and retention of air within it and of deflation as required. The said
bag is connected to the cap by placing it within a covering or outer bag of textile
or other suitable fabric f the upper part of which is secured between the outer
fabric a and the lining 6 of the cap at the band part as shown in Figures 3 and 4.
The said valve e may be of the well known construction ordinarily used for air
cushions.
Although in the accompanying drawings I have illustrated but one method of
carrying my invention into effect I wish it to be understood that I do not limit
myself to the precise details illustrated as they may be considerably varied without
departing from the nature of my invention which is hereinbefore stated. For
instance instead of the bag of air proof material being formed of ordinary india
rubber and connected to the cap by means of an envelope or covering of textile
fabric the said bag may consist of the material known as "india rubber cloth" and
be of a form suitable to admit of direct connection thereof to the cap.
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
The combination of an inflatible bag with a travelling cap or other cap sub-
stantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described that is to say the
combination of such a bag with a cap in such a manner that the bag when inflated
may serve as a pillow or cushion for the head or head and neck of a person
wearing the cap.
Dated this Fifteenth day of February 1806
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.