US1148311A - Hat. - Google Patents

Description

H. GOODMAN.

HAT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 19. 1914.

Patented July 27, 1915.

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COLUMBIA PLANDURAPH E0., WASHINGTON. D. C.

HENRY GOODMAN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed December 19, 1914. Serial No. 878,055.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY GOODMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hats, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to improvements in hats and has for its object to provide'an. improved construction of hat whereby thev crown and brim may be vertically adjust-v able,-one with respect to the other, in order that the height of the crown may be readily varied to suit the fancy of the customer and be altered by the wearer at will after purchase.

Une of the objects of this invention is to provide a hat Whose crown and crown wall may be adjusted vertically in a direction away from the brim without producing an open space that will be observable.

It frequently happens that a merchant is compelled to carry over from one season to another unsold hats, or that a hat after being worn during one season is still good enough to be used another season, but a change of style, such as in the height of crowns, will render those carried over hats unsuitable for sale, andin the case of many wearers, undesirable forI use, because of such change in style. lit also frequently occurs that a sale is not effected because the merchant is unable to suit the customer as to the height of crown.

By means of my invention the difficulties referred to may be overcome because the crown may be readily adjusted to suit the whim of each customer.

A. practical application of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein,-

Figure 1, shows a detached crown of a hat to which my invention is applied,one edge being broken away to show one of the fastening devices employed. Fig. 2, illustrates the brim portion which also is broken away to show one of the adjusting fastening devices. Fig. 3, shows an enlarged vertical section through the brim portion of the hat. Fig. 4f, illustrates an enlarged vertical section through the brimand attached crown. Fig.v 5, shows in perspective a form of fastening member detached, employed in effecting an adjustment of the crown with respect to the brim. Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate two views of the other fastening member employed ineffecting the adjustment, and Fig. 8, shows a hat in side elevation to which the invention is applied and by broken lines indicates an adjustment in the height of the crown that may readily be made.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 9, designates the crown of the hat, which may be of any shape. desired as well as of any material. On the interior, the depending wall 10, of the crown is provided with one part, 11, of a twopart fastening device, see Fig. 1, the other part of said device being seen at, 18, in Fig. 2. The particular construction of this fastening device is immaterial, but the form shown will presently be explained. The brim 12, of the hat may also vary in shape and material but is preferably provided with an upturned annular fiange 13, around its inner circumference.

The usual sweat-band 14, is provided for the hau-the lower edge being secured at the inner circumferential edge of the brim in the usual manner. The sweatband 11i, extends up into the hat with its upper annular edge 15, encircled by the wall 10, of the crown; this depending crown-wall and the annular flange, 13, of the brim have the same diameter.

Fastening plates 1G, see Figs. 3 and 5, are illustrated as one form suitable for a meinber of the two-part fastening device for adjustably securing the brim and crown together, and while the precise form of this fastening is immaterial to the present invention, the form shown comprises a plate having substantially parallel lower and upper offset vertical portions 17 and 18, respectively that are connected by a horizontal portion 19. The lower vertical portion 17, of the member is shown in Fig. 3, as extending vertically on the outer side of the annular rip-turned flange 18, of the brim, while the horizontal portion 19, seats on top of the said flange and extends toward the inner side of said flange. The upper vertical portion 18, of this fastener then extends vertically at the outer side of the sweat-band 14, andat the inner side of the depending wall, 10, of the crown. See Fig. 1. The plate 16, may be attached to the brim flange bv means of a tang 20, punched therefrom and lby stitching that may pass through perforations 21, inthe lower portion 17 Any desired number of these plates may be employed.

On top of the brim 12, and encircling the iange 13, and the fastening plates thereon, l provide a vertical stiifening ring 22, which is preferably formed of a fabric that is suitably stiffened bv a cement so that it will stand vertically around the exterior of the brim flange. This ring serves two functions in that it forms a vertical support for the exterior ornamental ribbon band 23, and also forms between it and the sweat-band 14, an annular channel 241, into which the depending wall 10, of the crown may telescopically slide.

The upper vertical portions 18, of the fastener members or plates therefor have position around the inner circumference of the annular channel 24, and when the crown wall 10, is telescopically fitted into said channel, these plate portions will be presented at the inner side of said wall, as

shown in Fig. Perforations 25, are provided in the upper portions 18, of the fastener members so that studs 26, on the fastening devices 11, on the crown wall may be engaged with said perforations to secure the crown to the brim portions. Obviously by moving. the crown vertically with respect to the brim to effect the desired adjustment, and then entering the studs 26, in the proper perforations 25, the adjusting operation will be completed.

It will be noted that the outer ornamental ribbon band 23, and the Astiifening ring 24, have fixed relation to the brim 12, and both are'carried by the brim. It will also be seen that said outer band 23, is sufficiently high to conceal the upper edge of the stifl'ening ring. The crown wall 10, therefore has no connection with the ornamental ribbon band and may move vertically without moving said band.

From the foregoing explanation it will be understood that the sweat-band 14, may bev turned down to expose the fastening devices and that by releasing the latter, say from thev lower perforations 25, and pushing the crown up, a vertical extension of the crown will be effected. rIhe fastenings will then again be engaged and the adjusted crown thus locked in place.

. The invention is equally applicable to felt or straw hats and is not to be restricted in this respect.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is,'- Y

1. In a hat the combination with a brim, of a crown having a depending stiff wall said crown and stiff wall being movable bodily toward and from the brim; means for adjustably securing the crown wall and brim whereby the height of the crown from the brim may be varied and means to prevent the formation of an open space in the crownwall that will be observable.

2. In a hat the'combination with a brim,

a crown having a stiff' wall to telescopically move within said ornamental band without any movement of the latter, and means for adjustably securing the crown wall at varying heights with respect to the brim.

3. In a hat the combination with a brim, of a sweat-band extending upwardly at the inner circumference of the brim; an ornamental band exposed only on the exterior and in fixed relation to the brim; a crown having a stiff wall to tclescopically enter an annular space formed between the ornamental band and the sweat-band and means for adjustably securing the crown wall with respect to the brim.

4. In a hat the combination with a brim, of a stiffened ring carried by the brim; a crown having a depending wall of less diameter than said ring to telescopically fit within the stiffened ring, and means for adjustably securing the crown wall with respect to the brim.

5. In a hat the combination with a brim, of a stiffened ring carried by the brim and extending upwardly therefrom; an exterior ornamental band around said ring and in fixed relation to the brim; a crown having a depending wall of less diametrical size than the stiff'ened ring said crown wall being movable vertically with respect to the ornamental band, and means for adjustably securing the crown wall at varying heights with respect to the brim.

6. In a hat the combination with a brim having an upturned annular flange, of a band exteriorly encircling the said flange; a crown having a depending wall of the same diameter as said iiange and movable vertically within the band and independently of the brim and flange, so that when in its lowest position the crown wall may seat upon the said flange; and fastening means for adjustably securing the crown wall at varying heights with respect to the brim.

7. In a hat the combination with a brim having an up-turned annular flange, of a sweat-band at the inner side of said flange; a stiffened ring around the outer side of said flange; an ornamental band encircling the ring and always in fixed relation to the brim; a crown having a depending wall which telescopically enters an annular space formed between the sweat-band and said stiened ring, and means for adjustably securing the crown-wall at varying heights with respect to the brim.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY GOODMAN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES B. MANN, Jr., BERTHA K. WALTER.

Copies of this patent l:may be `obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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