US1609215A - Adjustable cap - Google Patents

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Patented Nev. 3e, 192e.

STATES;

remis MAX SOLI-LSH, OF NEVI YORK, lT. Y.

ADJUSTABLE CAP.

Application filed June 21, 1924.

My invention relates to that class of caps or hats which are adjustable around the head .to fit heads of widely different sizes and to compensate for shrinkingI or ill fitting'.

Caps of this kind have been heretofore proposed with slits or openings in the lower edge of the cap fabric at each side of the visor, tabs extending from the rear portion of the cap over the slits to the front of the cap and adjusting` means for drawinp; the ends of the straps together. Stiffened tongues have also been proposed attached to the sides of the visor and projectingl rearwardly between the lining and the cap fabric to guide and keep the lower edqje of the cap in its varied adjustments.

But said slits or openings are objectionable in appearance and weaken the structure of the cap.

ltfy invent-ion consists primarily in a peculiar construction of the pattern and fabric blank from which the cap is made and of the guiding tongues so that when the cap is put together full allowance is made for the ad j ustment of the head band or portion without slitting; or opening that portion of the cap and without causing` any discomforts to the wearer, all substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

ln order that my invention may be fully understood l shall first describe in detail the mode in which I at present carry my invention into practice and then particularly define the invention in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming` part of this application in which the same parts are designated by like numbers in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an adj ustable cap made in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a plan of the pattern from which the body of the said cap is made, before stitching.

Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the inside of the cap partly broken away showing' the special formation of the adjustable portions thereof.

In the cap shown in the drawings7 9 is the fabric blank of cog-wheel pattern from which the fabric body 10 of the cap is made, the adjacent radial edges of the fabric seg- Serial NO. 721.470.

ments 11, 12, 13and 14 on each side being stitched together to form the fulled body of the cap.

In making caps, these Cog-wheel patterns and blanks are usually made in three sizes 1) ,arge for the sizes from 71]@ to Z5/S inclusive, (2) medium for the most common sizes 7 and Z1/8, and for the sizes below 'i'.

In my invention I avoid the lateral lower edge openings heretofore left or cut to permit the peripheral adjustment and provide for stitching` together the adjacent edges of the segments 12 and 13 on each side throughout to the bottom edge without using a pat tern larger than the required size.

l. accomplish these important results by eitendingr the lower portions of the segments of the pattern and fabric on each side of the visor forwardly so as to form triangular extensions 15 tapering` from nothing` at about the middle of the front edge of the segment 13 to a considerable width at the outer edge of the segment and its extension, as best shown in Figure 2.

Then when the adjacent edges of the segments 12 and 13 on each side are stitched together to form the seams 16 a downward bell or flare will be formed in the lower portion of the cap at each side of the visor.

Around the rear of the cap between the lining` 17 and the cap fabric is placed the usual inside rear stiffening strip 18, which is stitched to the lower edge of the cap fabric and terminates at its forward ends a. short distance from the respective ends of the visor. rI'he front stiifening strip 19 is eX- tended upwardly from the stiifening of the visor and terminates at its rear ends at about the ends of the visor so that spaces are left between the respective ends of the rear and front stiifening strips, which are covered by the soft fabric extensions 15 of the segments 13. .l

To. the rear ends of the front stiffening strip 19 are stitched, or may be formed integrally therewith, rearwardly extending stiifened tongues 20 preferably of fabric, sliding,` lengthwise in loops or keepers 21 also preferably of fabric and attached to the inside of the cap fabric inside the lining. To loosen or tighten the adjustable head band thus formed, I in the present example of my invention employ forwardly extending tabs 22 stitched or attached on each side to the loWer fabric of the cap at the seams 16 and extending forwardly around the lfront of the cap Where they are joined together by an adjustable strap 23, Which can be shortened or lengthened at Will by a buckle 2%.

lVith this construction and arrangement when the adjustable strap 23 is shortened to tighten the head band of the cap, the triangular soft fabric extensions are gathered or f-olded between the tongues on the inside and the tabs 22 on the outside as the respective separated ends of the front and rear stiifening strips 18 and 19 are brought nearer together. Thus the folds ofthe soft extensions 15 are kept flat and do not cause any discomfort to the wearer While the undesirable slits or openings in the fabric heretofore proposed are avoided. It must be kept in mind that the slits or openings have been heretofore left to avoid using a larger pattern and more cloth than usual for the size, and that my triangular soft extensions or projections'15 from the front edges of the pattern segments 13, also render unnecessary the use of an oversize pattern, but Without leaving the sides of the cap open.

l claim as my invention:

A cap, the body of which is formed With radial segments, opposite ones of which are provided with substantially triangular eX- tensions, the adjacent edges of the segments and extensions being attached together, tabs attached to the outside of the cap body and covering the said extensions, means for drawing said tabs together to form folds in the extensions and take up any excess fullness in the cap body, two stiffening strips attached to the inside of the cap body along the periphery of the head opening, one of said strips being located in front of the eX- tensions, and the other being located at the rear of said extensions, keepers on the rear stiffening strip, and stiff tongues stitched to the ends of the front stilfening strip covering the extensions and slidable in the said keepers to press the folds against said tabs and keep the stifening strips aligned to any adjustment of the cap body.

ln testimony whereof l aiix rny signa ture.

MAX SOLASH.

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