Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left. 7th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 9th Feb., 1895
Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left. 7th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 9th Feb., 1895
I, RICHARD CHARLES GRAHAM, of 4, Stewart Street, Hinksey, near Oxford,
in the County of Oxfordshire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to the square-topped caps ordinarily used by students and
others in schools and colleges, and it has for its object a novel method of construc-
tion by which such caps are capable of being folded up into a small compass so
that they become very conveniently portable, and can be easily packed or put
away.
Such caps as ordinarily made consist of a square board covered with cloth and
fixed upon the top of a cloth or other cap or body fitting upon the head. By my
invention make the square board in three parts attached together by flexible
joints and kept in their open position so that they form a square, by indiarubber or
other springs which allow them when required to be folded down upon one another.
I make the cap, below the board constructed as described, of sufficiently strong and
thick but flexible cloth, silk, or other suitable material, so that it, too, can be
folded against the folded square top and the whole then occupies very little space,
both in plan and in thickness, and can be readily and conveniently packed away or
carried. Fastenings may be used to retain the folded parts in position.
In school or college caps of the kind described, two of the points of the square
top are directed to the front and back respectively, and I prefer to make the
flexible joints of the kind described parallel with the line connecting the front and
back points, and dividing the cap into three parts of equal width, to the central one
of which the lower cap is attached.
The joints are preferably made of cloth or other material of sufficient strength
and flexibility, cemented to the board, and the springs consist of strips of strong
elastic material, also cemented or otherwise attached to the separate parts of the
board, underneath the cloth or other covering.
The parts of the board are so arranged that, when opened, they form a surface as
nearly flat as possible.
1 do not confine myself to the precise details of the invention, such as the
number of parts into which the square board is divided, the method of hinging
them together, and the kind of elastic springs used, and the materials employed,
which may be varied more or less as may be found desirable.
Dated this 7th day of December 1894.
EDWARDS & Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, RICHARD CHARLES GRAHAM, of 4, Stewart Street, Hinksey, near Oxford
in the County of Oxfordshire, 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, and
accompanying drawing, that is to say :-
This invention relates to the square topped caps ordinarily used by students and
others in schools and colleges, and it has for its object a novel method of con-
struction by which such caps are capable of being folded up into a small compass so
that they become very conveniently portable, and can be easily packed or put
away.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of my invention.
Figure 1 is a plan of the square top or board with the sides partly turned or folded
up and down respectively, the cover being removed.
Figure 2 is a plan of the finished cap, folded up.
Figure 3 is a view from below of the finished cap folded up.
Figure 4 is a plan from above of the finished cap, opened out.
Figure 5 is a side view of the finished cap, opened out.
Such school or college caps as ordinarily made consist of a square board covered
with cloth and fixed upon the top of a cloth or other cap or body fitting upon the
head. By my invention I make the square board in three parts a, b, and c, attached
together by flexible joints d and kept in their open position so that they form a
square, by indiarubber or other springs e which allow them when required to be
folded down upon one another, as shewn in Figures 2 and 3.
I make the cap f,
below the board constructed as described, of sufficiently strong and thick but
flexible cloth, silk, or other suitable material, so that it, too, can be folded against
the folded square top as illustrated in Figure 3, and the whole then occupies very
little space, both in plan and in thickness, and can be readily and conveniently
packed away or carried. Fastenings may be used to retain the folded parts in
position.
In school or college caps of the kind described, two of the points x, y of the
square top are directed to the front and back respectively, and I prefer to make
the flexible joints d of the kind described, parallel with the line connecting the
front and back points, as shewn in dotted lines in Figures 4 and 5, and dividing the
cap into three parts of equal or nearly equal width, to the central one of which
the lower cap fis attached. At g are shewn flexible stays which retain the square
top in a flat position.
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The joints d are preferably made of cloth or other material of sufficient strength
and flexibility, cemented or otherwise attached to the board, and the springs e
consist of strips of strong elastic material, also cemented or otherwise attached to
the separate parts of the board, underneath the cloth or other covering of the
latter.
The parts of the board are so arranged that, when opened, they form a surface as
nearly flat as possible.
I do not confine myself to the precise details of the invention, such as the
number of parts into which the square board is divided, the method of hinging
them together, and the kind of elastic springs used, and the materials employed
which may be varied more or less as may be found desirable.

page_text: 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-
1. In school or college caps, the method of making the square top in separate
parts, substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated.
2. In combination with the square top made in separate parts, the flexible
joints d, and the elastic springs e, arranged and operating substantially as described
and illustrated.
3. In combination with the square top, made in separate parts, the lower capf
of flexible material, so that it can be folded against the bottom of the square top,
substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 4th day of January 1895.
EDWARDS & Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.