US1818764A

US1818764A - Cap

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Publication number: US1818764A
Application number: US413702A
Authority: US
Inventors: William I Silverstein
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1929-12-13
Filing date: 1929-12-13
Publication date: 1931-08-11
Anticipated expiration: 1948-08-11

Description

g- 1931- w. I. SILVERSTEIN 1,818,764

CAP

Filed Dec. 13, 1929 I INVENTOR.

, mlbam I $1 l/eraieziw Patented Aug. 11, 1931 UNITED STATES WILLIAM I. SILVERSTEIN, OF BROQKLYN, NEW YORK CAP Application filed December 13, 1929. Serial No. 413,702.

This invention relates to caps and particularly to devices of this class employing removable crown portions to facilitate the cleaning or laundering of such crown por- 6 tions; and the object of the invention is to provide an improved means for detachably mounting the crown portion of a cap of the class described with the head encircling band thereof in such manner as to facilitate the quick attachment and detachment of the crown portion and to maintain said crown portion in proper position upon the head encircling band; .a further object being to provide the upper edge of the head encircling band with a spring ring flexibly coupled with said band in such manner that the ring is disposed above the upper edge of the band and is of greater circumferential dimensions than said band; a further object being to provide the lower edge portion of the crown of the cap with a non-stretchable band facilitating the proper fitting of the crown upon the head encircling band portion of the cap; and with these and other objects in View, the invention consists in a cap of the class and for the purpose specified which is simple in construction, efiicient in use and which is constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views. and in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one form of cap made according to my invention with part of the construction broken away.

Fig. 2 is a transverse, sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. l; and,

Fig. 3 is a side and sectional View of the crown portion of a cap, detached.

My invention relates primarily to what are known as officer. caps or caps used in conjunction with uniforms of various kinds and classes. In Fig. 1 of the drawing, I have shown one form of cap of this class which consists of a head encircling member 5 made up of an outer finishing band 6, an inner sweat band 7 and intermediate filling and stiffening bands 8. At the front part of the member 5 is attached the usual peak 9 which is pref erably composed of rigid or'semi-rigid material and the head encircling band or member 5 is ornamented by a front strip 10 detachably or otherwise attached to the side is a coupling strip 16, the material of which is preferably cut on the b-iasin order to render the same flexible, and this strip extends above the upper edges of the bands 6 and 8 and is formed into a loop in which is arranged a spring ring 17, the diameter of which is greater than the diameter of the band 6 so as to arrange said ring readily beyond said band and form between the ring and the upper edge of the bands 6 and 8 an annular-pocket or recess 18 in which the strip 15 and lower edge of the wall 14 of the crown 12 are adapted to be placed as clearly seen in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawingso asto form a neat and finished appearance between the crown and head encircling member or band-5.

In the construction shown, the ring 17 is formed from'a strand of wire," the ends of which are joined as seen at 1741, but it will be understood that strip material of any kind or class may be employed' in'forming this ring, and when the. crown 12 has been assembled, the ring 17 serves to retain said crown against displacement from the band 5 and yet facilitates the forcible removal of the crown when it is desired/to clean or launder the same. 1 a Y I Incaps of the class described,.the crown portions are usually composed of white duck, linen or other material, and by virtue of the color thereof become soiled and require laundering from time to time. It will be understood, however, that any suitable material may be employed in the crown to facilitate interchanging of the crown portions whenever desired, and for any purpose. In reion placing the crown upon the band 5, this result may be readily accomplished by flexing the sides of the cap inwardly and placing the front and rear ends of the rink 7 within the lower edge portion of the crown and then allowing the sides to flex outwardly to proper position. By pulling upwardly upon the side wall 14: of the crown, the strip 15 will find its proper position in the annular recess or pocket 18.

It will be understood that while I have shown one form of cap to illustrate one use of my invention, that I am not necessarily limited in this respect, and various other changes in and modifications of the construction herein shown and described may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a cap, a head encircling band, means adjacent the upper edge of said band for forming a relatively small annular recess opening outwardly at the upper edge'of said band, a crown detachable with respect to said band, said crown including a depending wall member, the lower edge of which is provided 9 with a non-extensible strip adapted to be arranged in said recess in coupling the crown with said band, said means involving a spring ring adapted to be arranged within the crown adjacent the non-extensible strip at the lower 5 edge thereof, to retain said crown against accidental displacement from said band.

2. In a peaked cap, a head encircling band, a crown portion including a depending annular wall, said crown portion being detachable with respect to the upper edge of said band, a spring ring flexibly attached to and arranged adjacent and above the upper edge of said band and cooperating with the lower edge of the depending wall of said crown por- 5 tion to hold the same adjacent and against displacement from said band,-and the diameterof said ring being greater than the out side diameter of said band.

3. In a peaked cap, a head encircling band including inner and outer members and a sweat band, a crown portion including a depending annular wall, said crown portion being detachable with respect to the upper edge of said band, a spring ring flexibly attached to the inner member of said band and arranged above the upper edge thereof and cooperating with the lower edge of the depending wall of said crown portion to hold 60 the same against displacement from said band. i I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name this 5th day of December, 1929.

'5 WILLIAM I. SILVERSTEIN.