US1331876A - Protector for hats and caps - Google Patents

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l. ROSENFELD.

PROTECTOR FOR HATS AND CAPS.

APPLICATlON HLED MAR. 11. 1919.

1,33 1,876. Patented Feb. 24,1920.

ISAAC ROSENFELD, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

To all whomz't may concern:

Be' it known that I, ISAAC RosENFEtn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Malden, county Of'MidCllBSGX, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Protectors for Hats and Caps, of

p which the following is a specification.

In selling hats and caps at retail, a cus- "tomer'frequently tries on several of'these articles before deciding-on a purchase, and consequently he tries onseveral hats which he does not purchase.

This practice is believed to be unhygienic and liable to result in the communication of skin diseases from one to another. Moreover, customers, as a rule, prefer not to place hats on their heads, which havebeen on the heads of others, for other reasons.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, convenient and effective means for protecting the sweat bandof a hat or cap before it is sold at retail,which will not substantially effect the size of the hat, whereby each customer may be assured, that, when he tries on a hat, his head does not come into actual contact with the same surface as that which came into contact with the head of the customer who may have previously tried it on.

I accomplish this object by providing within the hat or cap a package of thin papers, so arranged that the sheets thereof may be successively turned into a position to cover the sweat band, or other portion of the hat which fits on the head, while it is being tried on by the prospective purchaser, the arrangement being such that the sheets may be either successively torn off, so that a fresh sheet may be employed for the next customer, or the whole'package may be readily removed in case the hat is sold.

I accomplish these objects by the employment of the means shown in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure l is alongitudinal sectional view of a cap provided with an embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view thereof.

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of a somerno'rnc'ron FOR HATS AND oars. V

Specification of Letters Patent,

"mately half the length of the sweat band and the width thereof being sli htl scribed.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920. I

Application filed March 17, 1919. Serial No. 283,079.

, Figs. 1, 2 and 3, as applied to a common form of cap a, having the usual leather sweat band I), attached thereto at the brim.

According to my invention, I provide a package 0, composed of strips of thin, tissue paper and secured together by eyelets d, along one longitudinal edge, the length thereof being 'suflicient to extend approxigreater than the width of the sweat an I This package is arranged with its edge hav ng the eyelets 03 therein within the un attached edge portion of the sweat band, so that it extends from points approximately at the middle at one side, about the front,

to the corresponding point at the opposite side.

The edge portion of the sweat band may be provided with eyelets e in its edge portion, one at the middle of the front and two at the middle of the sides. Theeyelets d. are correspondingly arranged in the package, and fasteners f, which may be 'ofthe ordinary -McGill type, are passed through the corresponding eyelets d and e to attach the package of papers to the sweat band, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

A similar package 0 may be applied in like manner to the rear half of the sweat band, and secured in position by fasteners f, in a manner similar to that before de- In case a cap, thus fitted, is to be tried on, the saleman turns down the innermost strip, or sheet of each package, so that it is bent sharply over the edge of the sweat band and lies against the surface thereof, as shown in. Figs. 2 and 3, completely covering the outer surface thereof. As thus arranged, when the cap is tried on, the head of the person on which the cap is placed cannot come in contact with the surface of the sweataband, aswill be obvious.

As each sheet of pa er is very thin, it

will not appreciably a ect the size of the cap when'it is tried on. If the customer decides not to purchase a particular cap, the sheets which were turned down will be torn off, so that the next sheet may be turned down when the cap is to be tried on the next package will be entirely removed.

'While the paper package may be conveniently attached to the sweat band, as, above described, when the cap is not procustomer, or if the hat is purchased, the

vided with a sweat band, the advantages of my invention may be secured by securing the package directly to the cloth of the cap by the employment of small wire staple fasteners g, as indicated in- Fig. 4. Such fasteners may be applied without injury to the materialand may be easily removed.

The manner in which this form of my invention is employed is similar to that already described, the sheets being turned down to cover the rim portion of the hat which fits on the head, asindicated.

I claim: g V

1. In combination with a hat or. cap, a package, composed of a plurality of thin paper strips, disposed therein at a substantial distance above the rim thereof, and extending about the front portion thereof, at

" taching means at the lower edge of said package for securing it in said position, to

permit each strip to be successively turned down tocover the] head engaging portionof,

the hat orcap above which the package is disposed.

2; In combination with a hat or cap having a sweat band attached adjacent its rim, a package composed of a plurality of strips of thin paper removably attached at one longitudinal edge to the free edge portion of the sweat band, normally to extend thereabove, and arranged to be I successively folded down over said band.

3 In combination with a a package of thin paper strips attachedto gether at one longitudinal edge and disposed p p g hat or cap new ing a sweat band attachedadjacent its rim,

means. for temporarily connecting the over-1' lying portionsof the package and band;

In testimony whereof,,1 have signed my name tothis specification. I I

ISAAC ROSENFELD; 1

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