US1660896A - Eye shade - Google Patents

Description

Feb. 28, 1928. 1,660,896

A. R. TALLMAN ET AL EYESHADE Filed Jan. 4. 1926 '6 A .12. Tallmiz' anoeutoi Patented Feb. 28, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EYE SHADE.

Application filed January 4, 1926.

This invention aims to provide a shade adapted to be worn by the driver of a vehicle, to prevent the glare from the lamp on an approaching vehicle from blinding the driver,

6 novel means being provided for suspending the shade from a hat, removably, in such a way that no change may be made in the structure of the hat, the shade being so located that it will not interfere with the spec tacles of the wearer, and the construction being such that the wearer need look through the shade, only when there is occasion for doing so, the view being unobstructed at other times.

'It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combina tion and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invcntion herein disclosed, may be made Within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in perspective, a hat whereunto the device forming the subject matter of this application has been applied;

Figure 2 is an elevation of the article per se;

Figure 3 is a sectional viewshowing how the device is suspended from a hat.

The eye shade forming the subject matter of this application includes a body 1 having spaced lobes 2 separated by a notch 3, there being an inwardly extendedflange 4 at the upper edge of the body and disposed about at right an les to the body, the flange having an upstan ing wing 5 of about the same width as the flange, the wing being located parallel to the body 1 and carries areduced upstanding neck 6 provided at itsupper end with a depending hook 7, there being lateral extensions 9 on the neck 6, the wing 5, the neck 6 and the extensions 9 beinglocated in the same plane.

The eye shade above described is made from some translucent material, such as celluloid, for instance, or any other similar ma- Serial No. 79,185.

narrow neck 6 is that there will not be much material between the sweat band and the head otthe wearer to cause perspiring or discomfort. The lateral extensions 9, cooperating with the sweat band 10, prevent the article from twisting ona vertical axis. In

Figure 3, the lateral extensions 9 are shown spaced from the sweat band 10, but it is to be understood that Figure 3 is diagrammatic,

to some extent, and that when the hat is on the head of the wearer, the extensions 9 are pressed against the sweat band. Owing to the fact that the lower end of the neck (3 is connected to the body 1 by the wide wing 5 and the wide flange 4, the device is stiffened, so that it will not flop or spring about in the wind, and strike the face of the wearer, Be-

cause the flange 1- is interposed between the wing 5 and the body 1, the body is set for ward far enough so that it will not strike the spectacles of the wearer, it spectacles are worn. The lower edge of the body 1 is high enough so that the wearer ordinarily peers out below the body 1, the body in no wise interfering with vision; but when a car hearing a bright light approaches,the wearer can tilt his head forward a little, and bring the bodyl into the line of vision. The flange 4 sets the body 1. forward enough so that the operator does not have any difliculty in getting the body intothe line of vision when he wants it to be there, and in getting the body out of the line of vision when he does not want it to be there.

The device contains no hinges, joints, springs, fastenings, buttons, cords or the like. It consists merely of an integral sheet, properly shaped, and capable of being connected to a hat and disconnected from a hat without making any changes in the hat.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with a hat including a sweat band, of a depending eye shade having a hook detachably engaged with the upper edge of the sweat band and constituting the sole means for supporting the shade.

2. An eye shade of the class described comprising a body and a reduced neck located in different parallel planes and connected by a flange and a Wing disposed about at right angles to each other and Wider than the neck, the neck being supplied intermediate its ends With lateral extensions, and having a hook at its upper end.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own, We have hereto affixed our signatures.

ALBERT R. TALLMAN. WVALTER C; TANKSLEY.

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