Year: 1897

page_text: We, FRANCIS JOSEPH STOHWASSER, and GEORGE BIRTCHNELL WINTER, both of
39, Conduit Street, in the County of Middlesex, Merchants, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates more especially to caps to be worn by players at "polo,"
or in other circumstances where the head of the player is liable to be injured by
blows, or in cases where it is desired that the cap should be capable of displaying
certain distinguishing colours or designs at the will of the wearer.
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In order to put our invention in operation, we take a cap of suitable more or less
soft and flexible material and of a size to fit the head of the wearer, the shape of
the cap being more or less hemispherical in its upper part, and a projecting peak
being provided in the front and back_connected with a narrow edge projecting
outward and downward at the sides. In the crown of the cap we fit and sew or
otherwise fix between the outer cap and an inner lining a sufficient thickness of a
fibrous material, preferably what is well-known as loofah," not injuriously
affected by heat or wet, which serves as a pad to receive any accidental blow upon
the top of the cap. A. thickness of similar material may also, if desired, be pro-
vided round the sides of the cap as well as in the crown, and a band or strip of
suitable section of the same material may also be fitted round the cap inside the
lateral projecting edges already described and the upper part of the front and back
peaks.
When it is desired that a cover of silk or other suitable material of special colour
or design shall be substituted (at the will of the wearer) for the white or other
covering with which the cap is ordinarily covered, we cover one half (either the
front or the back) of the cap with a covering of such coloured or other silk or
material, which is sewn or attached to the lower edge of the hemispherical part
of the cap, and also to the latter at each side, on a vertical line passing transversely
through the centre of the cap. The other, or alternate, part of the cap is also fitted
with a similar material sewn or attached to the cap at the same lateral vertical
lines, but is not otherwise attached to the cap but is left free so that it can be
either turned down over the uncovered part of the cap which then becomes entirely
covered with the coloured silk, or it can be turned back-inside out, and it then
covers and fits over the permanently covered half of the cap. This moveable half of
the covering is lined with a lining of white or other material, and the half of the
cap over which it can be turned down as described is also covered with similar
material, so that when this part of the cover is turned back as described over the
permanently covered part of the cap, the latter presents a uniformly white or other
appearance.
We preferably fit a curved more or less semicircular wire round the edge of the
movable half of the cover, this wire lying against the lower edge of either the front
or back of the cap, in its opened or turned-back position respectively. It may be
held down in either position by a clip or fastening.

page_text: It is evident that instead of one, two or more reversible covers of different colours
or design may be used, one above the other.
The details of shape, material, and construction, may be varied more or less as
may be found desirable.
The method of varying the colour or design upon the cap may be used either with
or without the method of padding with fibrous material.
Dated this 18th day of November 1897.
EDWARDS & Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Caps or Hats.
We, FRANCIS JOSEPH STOHWASSER, and GEORGE BIRTCHNELL WINTER, both of
39, Conduit Street, in the County of Middlesex, Merchants, 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, and
accompanying drawings, that is to say:-
Our invention relates more especially to caps to be worn by players at "polo,"
or in other circumstances where the head of the player is liable to be injured by
blows, or in cases where it is desired that the cap should be capable of displaying
certain distinguishing colours or designs at the will of the wearer,
In the accompanying drawing, which is in illustration of our invention, Figure 1
is a side view of a "polo" cap or hat made according to our invention, and being
white or having no distinctive pattern upon it.
Figure 2 shows the same cap with the covering partly turned back, so as to
display a different pattern or colour;
Figure 3 shows the covering still further turned back, and in Figure 4 it is
entirely turned back, leaving the design or colour displayed over the whole of the
сар.
Figure 5 is an end view of the cap as shown in Figure 1, and Figure 6 is a
section through Figure 5.
In order to put our invention in operation, we take a cap of suitable more or less
soft and flexible material, and of a size to fit the head of the wearer, the shape of
the cap a being more or less hemispherical in its upper part, and a projecting
peak 6 being provided in the front, a similar peak c being also preferably provided
at the back, (the two peaks being shown, in Figures 1, 5, and 6), connected by a
narrow edge e projecting outward and downward at the sides. In the crown of
the cap we fit and sew or otherwise fix (as shown in Figure 6) between the outer
cap a and an inner lining d a sufficient thickness f of a fibrous material-preferably
what is well-known as loofah," not injuriously affected by heat or wet, which
serves as a pad to receive any accidental blow upon the top of the cap. A thickness
of similar material may also, if desired, be provided round the sides of the cap
at g, as well as in the crown, and a band or strip h of suitable section of the same
material may also be fitted round the cap inside the lateral projecting edges e
already described and the upper part of the front and back peaks.
When it is desired that a cover of silk or other suitable material of special
colour or design shall be substituted (at the will of the wearer) for the white or
other covering with which the cap is ordinarily covered, as shown in Figure 1, we
cover one half (either the front of the back) of the cap with a covering i of such
coloured or other silk or material, which is sewn or attached to the lower edge of

page_text: the hemispherical part of the cap at k, and also to the latter at each side, on a
vertical line 1, 1, passing transversely through the centre of the cap. The cap
is also fitted with a similar material m white upon one side, and having the colour
or design upon its other side, sewn or attached to the cap at the same lateral
vertical lines 1, 1, but not otherwise attached to the cap, but is left free, so that it
can be either turned down or over the uncovered part of the cap, which then
becomes entirely covered with the white or plain silk, when the part m is turned
down over the coloured half of the cap, as shown in Figure 1, or it can be turned
back, inside out, as illustrated in Figures 2, 3, and 4, and it then covers and
fits over the uncoloured half of the cap, its reverse side completing the pattern of
the cap at i, the latter then presenting a pattern or colour of uniform appearance,
as shown in Figure 4.
We preferably fit a curved more or less semicircular wire round the edge of the
moveable half m of the cover, at n, this wire lying against the lower edge of either
the front or the back of the cap, in its opened or turned-back position respectively.
It may if desired be held down in either position by a clip or fastening.
It is evident that instead of one, two or more reversible covers of different colour
or design may be used, one above the other.
The details of shape, material, and construction, may be varied more or less as
may be found desirable.
The method of varying the colour or design upon the cap may be used either with
or without the method of padding with fibrous material, as first described.
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:-
1. In hats or caps, the method of padding the crown and sides between the outer
cap and an inner lining with flexible material, such as "loofah," substantially in
the manner and for the purpose described and illustrated.
2. In hats or caps, having more or less hemispherical crowns, the separate cover,
covering one half of the crown, and only attached to it at a line passing trans-
versely over the centre of the crown, one half of the cap being provided with a
design or colour corresponding with a similar design on the outer side of the separate
cover, the other half of the cap, and the inner side of the separate cover, being pro-
vided with a different design or colour, so that the entire cap may display one
design or colour when the separate cover is turned over to the front, and a different
design or colour when it is turned over to the back, substantially as described and
illustrated.
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EDWARDS & Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicants.