US1502160A - Winter or storm cap - Google Patents

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. 1924. July S. REINTHAL WINTER 0R STORM CAP Filed Aug. 5, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 .Hul 22 1924.

$.RHNTHAL WINTER OR STO RM CAP FiledAug 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet Patented July 22, 1924.

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SOL REINTHAL, OF-CLEVELAND, OHIO, :PLSSIGNOR TO THE BAMBERGEB REINTHAL COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION.

WINTER on STORM CAP.

Application filed August 3, 1922. serialNo. 579,321.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, S01. RE NTHAL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of'Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Winter or Storm Cap, of which the following is a specification.

Thi'sfinvention relates to an improvement in a winter or storm cap, the main object being to provide a snug and comfortable fitting cap of neat and attractive appearance which may be readily and instantly folded and unfolded or converted and changed in form and shape to protect the wearer variously, without using buttons, clasps or corresponding fastening devices to secure the component parts of the cap together, or to hold the cap in place on the head of the wearer, all substantially as hereinafter shown and described and more particularly pointed out in the claims. 7

In the accompanying drawing, Figs. 1 and 2 are front and side views, respectively of my improved cap as it appears when stretched and fitted upon a head with its band or rim portion folded upwardly above the ears. F 3 and 4 are side and edge views, respectively, of the same cap on a reduced scale, but flattened and with the rim or band portion completely unfolded 0r unrolled. Figs. 5 and 6 are front and side views respectively, of the cap with its band portion turned down at the sides and rear and the crown and chin strap covering the ears and chin of the person shown in dotted lines in these views. Figs. 7 and 8 are side and edge views, respectively, of the cap on a reduced scale flattened and completely unfolded.

As shown, cap A is made of woolen yarn or threads or other suitable material knitted in the form of a relatively long tube having rounded or ovate extremities 2 which are sewed together eventually to form a middle seam 3 extending from the front to the rear of the crown of the cap. The tube is first folded or turned within itself to provide a double thickness, the opposite end edges of the tube being brought together in register before sewing the seams. Thus, the seam actually involves four thicknesses of material, see Fig. 8, but the main body of the cap is only of double thickness with the bot-- tom edges rounded and without a break or seam, see Fig. 7 The body of the cap is also long enough to permit it to beturned outwardly and upwardly to form a wide band or rim portion 4 which enhances the appearance of'tlhe cap and provides four thicknesses of material around the forehead and also promotes a snug and elastic fit, The front portion of this band maybe raised and the rear and side portions lo'wered to protect the ears and the neck as shown in Fig. 6, and the protection to the ears is further supplemented by ayrelatively wide strap 5 of knitted material, preferably of finer and lighter yarn or thread than that from which the body of the cap is made of. Strap 5 is also aflat knitted tube of predetermined length sewed at its opposite ends to the opposite sides of the body of the cap a fixed distance above the bottom edge 3. The length of this strap and the places where sewed to the body is such that it maybe snugly and neatly turned across the crown of the cap as shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, with the sewed end portions of the strap entirely concealed within or behind the band portion, and further so that this strap may also be turned down to hug and cover the chin and the front part of the neck of the wearer substantially as delineated in Figs. 5 and 6. In the latter case the front portion of the band may remain in a raised position and the sides and rear of the cap may be lowered, and because the strap is fastened or sewed to the body at a substantial distance above the bottom edge 3 an additional thickness of goods is obtained to cover the ears aside from the turned down band portion of the cap. The lines of the knitting and purling extend in the same direction in both the body and the strap so that the strain on the knitted materials is uniformly distributed and a snug and elastic fit obtained. g

The strap is also wide enough to be stretched upwardly over the front portion of the chin if desired, and the peak or front band portion of the cap may be lowered more or less to more completely envelope the face than as shown.

As constructed the cap is made n two pieces only,the knitted tubular body telescoped and sewed as described, and the knitted tubular strap sewed permanently at its extremities a fixed distance above the bottom e ge fihe sides of the body, Gensequently, no buttons, button holes, or other fastening devices are required to permit the cap to be converted from a skull or closefitting top cap into a comfortable storm cap capable of adequately protecting the neck,

ears, chin and face of the wearer.

What I claim, is-

'1. A cap, comprising a tubular body of knitted material doubled upon itself to provide a double ply of material and rounded bottom edge without a seam, said plies being sewed together at their meeting extremities to provide amiddle seam of four thicknesses of the material extending from frontrto;

rear of the cap, and a strap of knitted material sewed at its opposite extremities to the opposite sides of said body above and apart from the bottom edge adapted to be turned upwardly over the crown of the cap or downwardly to cover the ears and chin of the wearer.

2. A convertible cap, comprising a knitted tube having rounded end edges and doubled back within itself with said end edges in register and sewed together and forming a crown seam extending from front to rear of said cap, and a flat knitted tube of smaller dimensions and finer yarn than said first tube sewed at its opposite extremities on lines parallel to the middle seam to opposite sides of said first tube a substantial distance back from the bottom folded edge thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

son REINTHAL.

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