US1563910A - Decorated hat leather or sweatband - Google Patents

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Dec. 1, 1925- 1,563,910

A. MARLOR DECORATED HAT LEATHER OR SWEATBAND Filed April 10, 1925 nbentoz Patented Dec. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrics.

ALFRED MARLOB, OF HYDE, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-THIRD TO ERNEST AXON, OF SOUTH NORVTALK, CONNECTICUT.

DECORATED HAT LEATHER OR SW'EATBAND.

Application filed April 10, 1925. Serial No. 22,004.

useful Decorated Hat Leather or Sweat-' band, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a hat leather or sweatband, and has for an object to provide an improved means of decorating the band to give ita neater and more attractive appearance.

It is also an object of the invention to provide an improved means of decorating such band which may be varied as desired to give different effects, and which will be inexpensive to manufacture so that it will not add materially to the cost of the leather.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, I have devised the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, similar ref erence characters being employed throughout the various figures to indicate corresponding elements. In this drawing,

Fig. 1 is a view looking toward the inside of a section of a hat showing the short strip of the leather or sweat band with my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a section substantially on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail section through a portion of the leather on an enlarged scale and taken substantially on the same line as the section of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a detail section of a portion of the leather on an enlarged scale and taken substantially on line tt of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a different design.

Fig. 6 is a section thereof substantially on line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a section through a. portion of the leather on an enlarged scale, the section being on the same line as the section of Fig. 6, and

Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section through a portion of the leather substantially on line 8-8 of Fig. 7

Various ways of decorating hat leathers or sweat bands have been devised, one means being to out series of spaced slits in the leather and then thread a ribbon alternately back and forth through the slits leaving p01.- tions of the ribbon on the front face of the leather. This type of decoration is expensive, and therefore, is prohibitive as adding too much to the cost of the hat except on very high priced articles. In my invention, however, the leather may be decorated in an almost unlimited number of different designs which may be done almost entirely by machinery and very quickly and cheaply. In carrying out my invention I cut in the leather plurality of openings which may be arranged as desired and also of any desired shape, and then attach to the back of the leather .a strip of paper or other suitable material which has a surface of a contrasting color to that of the leather, the strip being so attached to the leather that it will cover the openings so that its colored surface will be visible through the openings,

and the outline of the openings will, therefore, be visible on the leather as a contrasting color. It is preferred, although not necessary, to emboss the paper to force it into the openings on the rear so that its colored surface is substantially flush with the front face of the leather to give a more even surface to the leather and a neater and more attractiveappearance.

In the drawing I have shown two different designs, but it will, of course, be apparent that the number of different designs is practically unlimited. In the design shown in Figs. 1 to 4 the leather or sweat band 10 in the hat 11 is provided adjacent its upper or free edge with a row of spaced openings 12 of substantially V-shape and placed on their sides as shown, although the shape, of course, is merely illustrative and not a limitation. Attached to the rear surface of the leather is a strip of paper or other suitable material 13 which is so attached to the'leather as to cover the openings 12, and the inner face of this strip or the face next to the leather is of a color different from the color of the leather, preferably of a color contrasting therewith so that the outlines of the openings 12 will appear in the leather of this color. The shading shown on the drawing is intended to indicate this contrasting color. I have found that paper having an enameled surface is very satisfactory as being durable and giving a very neat and attractive api it pearance. To improve the effect the paper strip 13 is preferably embossed as shown at 1 1 to force its forward surface through the openings 12 and to bring this surface substantially flush with the inner-surface of the leather, as shown, as this gives a smooth surface and a neat-er and more attractive appearance, and it also does'away with any recesses in the face of the leather. The ap pearance may be also improved if desired by forming slight ribs-or ridges 15 on opposite sides of the row of openings adjacent the edges ofthe openings as shown.

In Figs. 5 to 8 I have shown a different design. This design comprises a row of openings 16 as in the first form but of different shape. Inthis particular design the openings are parallelograms and inclined to the horizontal, and they are spaced. as in the first form with strips of leather 17 between them. A strip of paper or other suitable material 18 is attached to the rear of the leather as in the first form, and this strip is provided with an inner surface of a contrasting color to that of the leather so that when the paper is in position to cover the openingsas shown, parallelograms of this color will be shown in the face of the leather. This strip may also be embossed as shown at 19, the same as the first form, to bring the colored surface of the paper in the openings, substantially flush with the surface of the leather.

It will be apparent that this means of decorating theuleather will be practically unlimited in the number; of different designs whicheinay be used, that it may be quickly andeasily appliedv and with very little cost as the openings may be punched rapidlyby a machine and the colored strip applied as a whole, and that, by using different colored strips thev same design may be produced in the leather in different colors as desired.

Having thus set forth the nature of my invention, what I claim is:

1. A decorated hat leather or sweat band comprising a strip of leather provided with a row of openings therein, and a strip of flexible material having a surface of a contrasting color to that of the leather secured to the back of the leather over the openings so that the surface of the strip will show through the openings, said strip being enibossed so that it is pressed into the openings and by its own stiffness will maintain its colored surface substantially flush with the front face of the leather.

A decorated hat leather or sweat band comprising a strip of leather provided with a series of openings therethrough, and a strip of paper having a surface of a contrasting color to that of the leather secured to the back of the leather over said openings so that the surface of the paper will show through the openings, said paper being embossed so that it is forced into the openings and it. is self supporting with its colored surface substantially flush with the front face of the leather.

3. A. decorated hat leather or sweat band comprising a strip of leather provided with a row of openings therethrough, and a strip of paper having a surface of a contrasting color to that of the leather, said strip being attached to the rear of the leather over said row of openings so that the surface thereof will show through said openings, the paper being embossed to force it into the openings and it is self supporting with its colored surface substantially flush with the surface of the leather, and the leather being pro vided with raised ribs running longitudinally and at opposite si-des of said row of opemngs. 3 I

Intestimo'ny whereof I afiix my signature.

ALFRED interior.

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