US1056433A

US1056433A - Headwear.

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Publication number: US1056433A
Application number: US61478211A
Authority: US
Inventors: Anna Mcdermott
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1911-03-16
Filing date: 1911-03-16
Publication date: 1913-03-18
Anticipated expiration: 1930-03-18

Description

A. MODERMOTT.

HEADWEAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.16,1911.

1,056,433. Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

q vihlcmco UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNA menmo'r'r, or TOLEDO, OHIO.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA MGDERMOTT,

a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Toledo, Lucas county,

5 ,Ohio, have invented new and useful Headwear, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to headw'ear.

This invention has utility when embodied in a device for variously shielding portions of the head or neck of the wearer and being particularly adapted for iise as an automobile veil, a yachting hood, or an opera scarf.

Among the objects of this invention is the provision for headwear service of a device of attractive appearance, readily adaptable to varied conditions of use. r

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 shows an embodiment of the invention with the flap held in position as a veil over the face of the wearer and with the ends of the article thrown about the neck; Fig. 2 shows in full lines the article with the flap folded underneath the hood portion thereof to expose the face, and with the ends of the article tied in a bow in front; Fig. 3 shows a pair of the fasteners adapted to hold the flap as well as coact with the hood portion or with the flap; Fig. 4 shows the hoodporwith the flap in face shielding position and .held thus by the fasteners, while the ends are left flowing in front; Fig. 5 shows the hood drawn and fastened under the chin with the veil-portion or. flap in' face shielding position, while the ends of the article are left flowing in front; and Fig. 6 is a view on a reduced scale of the article besembled.

The article is shown as comprising a single strip of material having the flowing end portions 1 shown as finished in a decorative way as'by hemstitching 2. Medially of the length of the material and from one side thereof is the flap or veil portion 3 which may also be provided with a finished portion say by hemstitching 4:.

Upon each side of the flap 3 are shown incuts or reentrant portions 5 giving the flap an independent freedom of movement relatively to the streamer sections 1. Opposite the flap 3 and medially of the length of the material is a stitched portion 7 medially closed upon itself to form the back of the a hood section. Adjacent this stlt-ched portion Specification of Letters Patent.

tion of the article distended over a hat and fore the gatherings and back seam are as-' Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

Application filed March 16, 1811. Serial R 'o. $14,782.

is the gatherine 8 which is yieldable by having disposed therein an elastic cord. Between this ba'ck gathering 8 and the flap 3 is a second gathering 9 shown as of loop form and also containing a yieldable cord or tion to shield the face with the reentrant portions 5 permitting the fasteners 6 to clasp at the back of the head and thus hold the face shielding portion 3 over the wearer. The yieldable gatherings 8' and 9 permit the hood portion 11 to properly shape to the head of the wearer, while the end portions of the article 1 are thrown loosely back over the shoulders of the wearer.

Fig. 2 shows in full lines the article worn as a hood and with the flap turned back underneath the hood 11 with the ends of the article tied beneath the wearers chin to form the bow 1". In this view (full lines) the face shielding ortionof the veil or article is folded with1n the hood, while in the dash line 3" is shown this veil portion or flap thrown back over the outside of the hood and so held by fasteners 6" as indicated in the dotted line showing, and the flap 3" may have its fasteners 6 coact with the hood fasteners 10 to hold the flap in a medial position over the hood section 11.

In Fig. 4 the hood section 11 is shown as distended overa hat, while in Fig. 5 the hood section 11 is shown with its gathering 9 distended to permit the fasteners 10"." to coact beneath the chin of the wearer with the flap or veil portion 3 in full lines over the face. In Figs. 4 and 5, the

ends 1" of the article areshown as freely.

hood section provided with an extension flap from the forward portion thereof and movable'to shield the face of the wearer, and fastening means for the flap in shielding or nnshielding position.

2. An article of headwear comprising a strip of material having a pair of notches therein to form on one, side thereof a flap, and fastening means on portions of the flap remote from the hood for holding the flap in face shieldingor unshielding position.

3. An article of headwear comprisin a hood section provided with an extension ap from the forward portion thereof and movable to shield, the face of the wearer, and gathering means on the hood' section thereof opposite the flap to form the neck of the hood.

4. article of headwear comprising a strip of material having a pair of notches therein to form on one side thereof a fiap movable into face shielding or unshielding position, and a loop gathering near the base of said flap to form the head portion of the hood, and a second gathering opposite the flap to form the neck of the hoo In witness whereof I afiix my signature in -Witnesses:

MARY A. DAY, Gno. E. KIRK.