US1683233A - Head covering - Google Patents

Description

Sept. 4, 1928.

' H. T, BLUM 1,683,233

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Patented Sept. 4, 1928.

UNITED STATES- HAROLD T. BLUM, OF GLENMONT, OHIO.

HEAD COVERING.

Application led .Tune 23,

This invention relates to improvements in head coverings, having for an object to provide a novel form and construction of sweat band for caps and hats which with arrangement of an equipped cap or hat upon a wearers head will follow and conform with the curvature of the head and byfsuch snug disposition, will serve as an efficient means for retaining said wearers hair in properly groomed arrangement and against disarrangement, hence, insuring, with removal ot the equipped hat or cap, a well and properly groomed appearance, the device being espe- Acially advantageous for usage in caps whereby to positively prevent disarrangement or mussing of the wearers hair during wearing and during removal or adjustment otl the cap, a disadvantage well recognized as being incident to cap wearing.

It is also amongst the'principal desideratums ot the invention to provide a sweat band of the character mentioned whose arrangement in a cap will in no way necessitate any change or deviation from the general style or design of caps now prevalent, but which, to the contrary, will cause an equipped cap to be retained more nearlyin its original shape.

Other objects of the invention will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

In order that the invention and its mode of operation may be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains, I have in the accompanying illustrative drawings and in the detailed following description to which it appertains, set out one possible embodiment of the invention.

In these drawings:

Figure l is a bot-tom plan view ot a cap equipped with the improved form ot sweat band,

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse and fragmentary section taken on the linev 2--2 ot Figure l looking in the direction in which the arrows point, and

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of a cap equipped with a slightly modified form of sweat band embraced by my invention,

Having more particular reference to the drawings, in connection with which like characters of reference will designate corresponding parts, it will be noted that I have shown in this adaption of the invention, the improved sweat band as being' arranged 1927. serial No. 201,002.

within caps. It isto be understood, however, that the adaption of the invention may `be equally well made in hats and in fact, in

circling band within which and adjacent.

the inner side thereof a sweat band designated by the numeral 2, composed of leather, imitation leather or other suitable 'material is secured, one marginal portion of the band bemgstitched or otherwise suitably joined to the adjacent portion ot the cap head encircling band, as is common in this particular art. The sweat band 2 may be formed ot a single or of a multiplicity of strips of material and herein, it is to be noted' that the forward and rearward portions of said band are comparatively narrow as is designated by the numerals 3 and 4, whereas the opposite sides otl said band are n'iaterially wider, as indicated by the numerals 5 and 6, these wider oppositeside portions 5 and 6. being regulated in their respective dimensions according .to the particular size or dimension of an equipped hat. For example, or illustration, in a cap generally known in the art as a size numbered seven, it is pre-- erable that 'the widened opposite side portions of the sweat band 2, designated by the numerals 5 and 6 shall be approximately iive inches, while in equipped caps of greater or lesser sizes, the dimensionsv of the widened opposite sides ot the sweat band will vary accordingly.

At this point, it will be noted that the general contour or formation of the sweat band 2, including the portions 3, 4, 5 and 6 are formed with a substantially coneaved inner surface or head engaging side, so that with arrangement of the cap l upon the head ot a wea-rer, said portions ot the sweat band 2 will follow and conform to the curvature of such wearers head. By reason of the snug disposition or engagement of the sweat band 2 over the head of a wearer, it will be understood that the wearers hair will be positively engaged thereby and will be thus secured in properly combed position against disarrangement or mussing, either during wearing of the cap, adjustment'of the same, or its removal from the wearers head. Con- ,sequently uponthis particularmode of engagementofV the improved' sweat band 2" the sweat band 2 and thek wider opposite sides' and 6 are gradually ei'ected'by reduc- Vtion'of .the adjacent portions of the wider sides 53nd 6, thus giving proper and desirable continuityV to the sweat band A2 as a whole, Furthermore, by'dforming the portions 3 and 4 comparatively narrow, that is, of widths approximately corresponding to the widths of the now ,prevalent types `of Vhead covering sweat bands,` the invention will not cause any discomfort uponpart of a wearer and furthermore, thewearerwill not experlence any discomfortingY `warmth as l might be occasioned, should the forward and rearward portions 3 and 4 of the sweatiband 2 be of widths corresponding or approximately corresponding to the side portions 5 and 6. t y

d It is-to be furthermore noted that the depth of the widened portions 5 and 6 of the sweat band 2 with arrangement of the band in the manner shown inthe Figure 2, are

such that they willV be `slightly less than `the i depthof'the bod portion of the cap l,

hence, permitting't e cap to arrange itself in proper or desirable folds or positions over the head of a'wearer and' furthermore, to insure its retention in its original yor near "original vblock or shape.`

In the Figure 3 I have" shown a slightly wherein the band 2 is arranged within the cap .1 in the usual manner` and is formed with thel comparatively narrow, forward `and Y rearward `portionsr and 4 and with 'the materially lwider;opposite side portions 5 and 6; portions of said wider opposite sides 5 and 6 being corrugated, fhited, pleatedor Vsimilarly formed as is indicated by the nu- "iny hand.l y

meral 7, so' that with Aengagement of the equipped capl"` uponfthe wearers head, said fluted or corrugatedportions 7 will permit theiwider side portions 5 and 6 of the sweat Aband 2f toa fully and accurately form to and follow the curvature of the We'arers 'head' and thus insure a positive and snug 51 contact with the hair of the wearer, hence, the retention of this hair in properly combed. position'or arrangement. y v From the foregoing, itfwill 'be understood by personsskilled in thisparticular artthat 6| d I haveprovid'ed a sweat band for headcov- ,erings andjespecially `for caps which with yinstallation in a; cap', willjipermit the wearer ofthat cap. to insure retention or arrange nient of his hairin properly groomed posi- 0 tion or, condition at alltimes, irrespectve of arrangement of they capl upon thehead, adjustment of the capY upontheA head,'or` removal of thecap from the head.

i "Manifestly, theconstruction Vshown is ca- 7 pable` of considerable modification and such modification as is within the spirit of my claims, I considerwithinthe scopeof my invention.v i Iclairn: d f t jl. A sweat'band for head coverings comprising` a body having comparatively-wide opposite side portions and `comparatively narrow forward andrearward portions,said

body being adapted tol` have snug engagei a wearer. y

2,'. A d combined Vsweat and hair retainer .for capscomprising aband. having its' lower edge 'secured to andextendin'g about the .mentthroughout its `area-` with the/head of vhead receiving openingoffthe cap,flanges d d `formed with andfextending from theA oppomodiiied form ofthe improved sweat band` posed ends, andthe outerends of saidiianges y being corrugated. l

In witness whereof havel hereunto fset'

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