A NEW OR IMPROVED HOOD FOR PERSONAL WEAR
Year: 1879

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LETTERS PATENT to Ernest de Pass, of the Office for British and Foreign
Patents, 68, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent Agent, for the Inven-
tion of A NEW OR IMPROVED HOOD FOR PERSONAL WEAR" A commu-
nication from abroad by Louise Rose Foucqueteau (nee Bignon), of 17,
Boulevard Saint-Martin, Paris, France, Widow.
Sealed the 12th December 1879, and dated the 25th June 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Ernest de Pass at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th June 1879.
ERNEST DE PASS, of the Office for British and Foreign Patents, 68, Fleet Street,
in the City of London, Patent Agent.
A NEW OR IMPROVED HOOD FOR PERSONAL
WEAR." A communication from abroad by Louise Roso Foucqueteau (née Bignon),
of 17, Boulevard Saint-Martin, Paris, France, Widow.
This Invention relates to a new or improved hood for personal wear, which is so
contrived that it serves at the same time the purposes of an umbrella or parasol,
whereby the hands of the user are left entirely free for other purposes.
This improved hood is composed of a suitable number of blades or bands of steel
or other appropriate material, so arranged and combined as to form a cage or frame,
the upper portion of which encircles and covers the head, and the lower portion
extends over and surrounds the shoulders. This cage or frame is covered with
waterproof material, or other suitable material or fabric. The bands or blades are
so articulated as to allow the hood, when not in use, to be folded up, and to occupy
very little space.
The improved hood is secured to the person of the wearer by means of cords or
straps, and buttons or hooks and eyes, or by other suitable fastening contrivances.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Ernest de Pass in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 15th December
1879.
"
ERNEST DE PASS, of the Office for British and Foreign Patents, 68, Fleet Street,
in the City of London, Patent Agent. A NEW OR IMPROVED HOOD FOR PERSONAL
WEAR." A communication from abroad by Louise Rose Foucqueteau (nee Bignon),
of 17, Boulevard Saint-Martin, Paris, France, Widow.
This Invention relates to a new or improved hood for personal wear, and is so
contrived that it serves at the same time the purpose of an umbrella or parasol,
and for this reason I give it the name of "hygienic hood." It is composed of a
suitable number of bands, strips, and blades of steel, or other suitable material, so
arranged and combined as to form a double cage or frame, the upper part of which
encircles and covers the head, while the lower extends over and surrounds the
shoulders. This cage or frame is covered with waterproof material or other
suitable material or fabric. The bands, strips, and blades are so articulated as to
allow the hood, when not in uso, to be folded up so as to occupy very little space.
The improved hood is secured to the wearer by means of straps, cords, buttons,
or books and eyes, or by any other suitable fastening contrivances.
I now proceed, with reference to the accompanying Drawings, to explain the
Invention more fully.
Fig. 1 is an isometrical perspective view of the skeleton frame or cage of the
hood, together with its attachments, and seen from behind, and opened; Fig. 2 is a
perspective view showing the manner of wearing the hood.
The skeleton frame or cage is composed,-
1st. Of a flexible curved or bent band or strip A of steel or other suitable
Ipaterial, arranged in a horizontal plane, and to which all the other bands or strips
are attached.
2nd. Of three flexible curved or bent bands or strips a, a, a³, of steel, or other
suitable material, arranged in vertical planes, or approaching verticalness, and
articulated at their ends to the curved or bent band or strip A.
3rd. Of a stretcher blade as of steel or other suitable material for firmly holding
the bands or strips a, a, a, in their respective positions; for this purpose the
blade a³ is capable of revolving around a stud a on the intermediate band or strip
a'
its two ends are notched on its opposito edges in the manner shewn in dotted
lines;
these notches, when its stretcher blade a³ is in the position shewn in full
lines engage in two pins or studs a', a², on the inner surfaces of the bands or strips
a, a²; on disengaging this blade from the studs, it can be readily brought into the
same plane as the band or strip a¹.
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4th. Of two flexible curved or bent bands or strips a', a³, of steel or other
suitable material, arranged in horizontal planes.
5th. Of three stretcher blades a, a, a³, exactly alike as regards form and
mounting as that marked a³, and performing the same function with regard to the
blades or strips A, a, a; for this purpose, the central points of articulation and
rotation are on the intermediate band at at B, Y, ô,
Hence it will be seen that the above named constituent parts being arranged in
the position shewn, the whole forms a solid frame or cage, which can be covered
over with a suitable fabric or material, waterproofed or not, the stretcher blades
being however exposed to view from the interior, and by virtue of the flexibility of
the article the front stretcher blades a, a, can be readily brought together so as
to close the hood. It will thus be readily understood also that if all the stretcher
blades be brought into the planes of the intermediate blades on which the points of
articulation and rotation of such stretcher blades are situated, all such blades,
together with the covering fabric, can be brought together, so that the hood can be
at once rolled up, so to speak, in the form of a muff.

page_text: The cords, ribbons, straps, or other fastening attachments are shewn in Fig. 1 in
dot and dash lines; they start from the ends of the principal or foundation band or
strip A, and form as it were braces; the two attachments b, b', uniting together at
the point 6, and the two free ends of these attachments being tied in front to the
front attachments b³, b.
In Fig. 2, the fastening attachments are supposed to have been tied together, and
the straps and buttons c, c', c³, then complete the fastening of the hood.
Amongst the numerous advantages resulting from this improved hood, besides its
purpose of serving as an umbrella, parasol, &c., the following may be cited :-
The hood when closed and rolled up occupies very little space, and can be readily
carried in the hand or in a bag.
The hood when in use allows perfect freedom to the hands and body when
walking, riding, or otherwise occupied, and as the body is situate just in the centre
of the hood, it is sheltered from the rain, sun, &c.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same may be performed, I declare that I claim,---
First. The new or improved hood for personal wear, having its parts arranged
and combined as herein described, and shown by way of example, such hood
serving at the same time the purpose of an umbrella or parasol, whilst leaving the
hands and body free.
Second. The special arrangement of hood as described and shown by way of
example in the Drawings, while reserving the right to vary at pleasure its shapes,
sizes, proportions, materials employed, and accessories, in so far as such variations
do not affect the really characteristic points of the Invention.
Third. The new combination of parts constituting the "hygienic hood," as herein
described, for the purpose set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Ernest de Pass, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twelfth day of December, in the year One thousand eight
hundred and seventy nine.
ERNEST DE PASS. (L.S.)