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n. L. DAVIS.

HAT. APPLICATION FILED mu. m. 1919.

Patented May 20, 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID L, DAVIS, OF SOUTH NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN HAT MFG. CO., INC., OF NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OFCONNECTICUT.

HAT.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I,"DAVI'D L. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing -at South Norwalk, county of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvement in Hats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a piped welt edge for soft felt hats and to a process of making the same.

One of the objects of the invention is. to produce a strong and durable edging of attractive appearance, which is so constructed as to be self-curling and to maintain its curl.

Another object is to provide a soft felt hat with a welted edge having an ornamental piping extending around the edge.

A further object is to provide a process for making a piped welt edge out of the material of the hat brim and with minimum waste.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention:

Figure 1, is a side elevation of a soft felt hat embodying the invention and showing a portion of the brim removed to disclose the construction of the piped welt edge, and;

Figs. 2 to 9, inclusive, are diagrammatic views illustrating the various operations performed in making the edging.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

To make the completed article shown in Fig. 1, I take a soft felt hat 1 having a substantially flat brim 2, as shown in Fig. 2, and curl the brim upward, as indicated in Fig. 3, by means of a suitable curling machine. The curl is then reversed, as represented in Fig. 4:, after which the curled edge is doubled under the brim and pressed smooth. During the doubling operation it is necessary to shrink the felt so as to compensate for the consequent reduction in the diameter of the edge of the brim.

The operations heretofore described result in the production of a brim of the character shown in Fig. 5, that is, having a doubleunder welt 3 and a creased or folded edge 4:. While I prefer to make the welt in the manner set forth, it will be understood that I do not limit myself thereto. For example, the brim may be initially curled downward as in Fig. 4:, or other modifications may occur in the production of the welt 8.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 20 1919.

Application filed January 10, 1919.

Serial No. 270,453.

The welt is then sewn to the under surface of the brim by a row of stitching 5 formed near the folded edge 4. After the welt has been stitched, the folded edge 4 is cut away, as seen in Fig. 7, and the inner edge of the welt is trimmed to remove the pucker caused by the shrinking of the felt in doubling the border of the brim. The purpose of cutting away the fold 4 is to allow the weltto fit tightly against the upper surface ofthe brim when the edging has been completed. If desired, however, the folded edge may remain intact and the cutting operation may be eliminated.

According to the process to which this invention relates, the welt 3 is made from material constituting a part of the hat brim in its original state. The article may also be made by cutting a band of the size and shape required for the welt 3 from a separate piece of material, and then swing the band to the brim as shown in Fig. 7. It will be obvious that my process eliminates the waste of material which would be caused by making the welt separately.

After the welt 3 has been stitched and trimmed, it is snapped or turned over the edge of the brim, as seen in Fig. 8, and the inner or free edge of thewelt is drawn tightly and secured to the upper surface of the brim by a row of stitching 6, as shown in Fig. 9. The seam or piping 7, which extends around the edge of the brim, gives it an ornamental and attractive appearance.

It will be seen that the piped welt edge herein described is self-curling in that the turning of the welt over the brim will automatically curl the edge upward and will maintain the edge in curl.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. The process of making a piped welt edge for soft-felt hats which consists in doubling down the, marginal portion of the brim to form a welt, then stitching the welt to the brim adjacent to the folded edge, then turning the welt over the edge, and finally securing the free edge of the welt to the upper surface of the brim.

2. The process of making a piped welt edge for soft felt hats which consists in doubling down the marginal portion of the brim to form a welt, then stitching the welt to the brim adjacent to the folded edge, then cutting away the fold, then turning the Welt over the edge, and finally securing the free edge of the welt to the upper surface of the brim.

3. The process of making a piped welt edge which consists in taking a soft felt hat having a fiat brim and curling the marginal portion downward, then flattening the curled portion against the under surface of the brim to form a Welt, then stitching the Welt to the brim adjacent to the folded edge, then trimming the Welt and cutting away the folded edge, then turning the welt over the edge, and finally securing the free edge of the Welt to the upper surface of the brim.

4. The process of making a piped welt edge which consists in taking a soft felt hat having a flat brim and curling the marginal portion upward, then reversing the curl, then shrinking and pressing the curled portion against the under surface of the brim to form a welt, then trimming the welt and cutting away the fold, then turning the welt over the edge, and finally securing the free edge of the welt to the upper surface of the brim.

5. A soft felt hat having a seam extending around the brim substantially parallel to the edge and having the portion which extends beyond the seam folded over the seam and secured to the upper surface of the brim so as to form a piped welt edge.

6. A soft felt hat having a turned Welted edge consisting of a band secured to the under surface of the brim adjacent to the edge, turned over the edge, and secured to the upper surface of the brim.

DAVID L. DAVIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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