US1936473A - Lining band for headwear - Google Patents

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Nov. 21, 1933. DUNKERLEY r AL 1,936,473

LINING BAND FOR HEADWEAR Filed July 22, 1932 Patented Nov. 21, 1933 um'rso STATES LINING BAND Fen H ADW AR Alice Gertrude Dunkerley, Epping, near Sydney, New South Wales, and Stephen Keir, Burwcod, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, as-

signors to Dunkerley Hat Mills Limited, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, a company of New South Wales Application July 22, 1932, Serial Ne. 624,128, and in Australia February 10, 1932 3 Claims.

In the current practice, liner bands for mens headwear consist of a strip of leather or leather substitute stitched at its edge to a folded strip of greaseproof fabric, and the liner band is secured to the inner surface of the hat by another line of stitching which passes through the outer flap of the greaseproof strip and the hat. The greaseproof strip is thus interposed between the leather band and the inner surface of the hat, its purpose being to prevent sweat or grease from passing from the head to the body of the hat.

In the usual arrangement, the greaseproof interlining strip is folded over a cane strip to form a piped edge and it is sewn above the piping to the lower edge of the leather band; the greaseproof strip being thus attached to the band, the outer flap of it is sewn to the hat body. The two lines of stitching are generally disposed out of register in an endeavour to prevent grease or sweat from passing through the small holes made by the stitching, but this method is not entirely satisfactory. As the stitching holes pass through the liner band as well as through. both thicknesses of the greaseproof liner, grease and sweat pass directly from the head of the wearer through these stitch holes and along the sewing thread therein to the hat body, whence ultimately they reach the outside ribbon band. The known arrangement is, therefore, incompletely effective for the protection of the hat body.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a more effective arrangement for isolating the hat body from the head of the wearer, in

order to check sweat or grease from passing from the head of the wearer to the hat body. With this object in view, the flaps of the grease-proof strip are cemented respectively to the hat body and to the liner band, and the stitching which holds the usual cane filler in the fold of the greaseproof strip to make the piped edge finish, is covered by the liner band and by the cement film by which the inner flap of the greaseproof strip is fixed to the liner band. Any appropriate grease and water resisting flexible cement may be used for fixing the greaseproof strip to the liner band and to the hat body.

The invention will be better understood with reference to the accompanying drawing, in 'which:

Fig. l is a perspective side view of part of a mans hat with portion of the body side slitted to expose the liner band and greaseproof strip construction in which the invention resides;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional perspective View of an enlarged scale of the liner band and the greaseproof folded strip which is interposed between it and the hat body as seen in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is another fragmentary sectional View showing a modified optional arrangement in which the attachment of the outer flap of the greaseproof strip to the hat body is secured by a line of sewing which is shielded by the inner flap of the greaseproof strip. I

A is a hat liner band of leather or leather substitute; its lower portion B is skived down to a thin bottom edge and it is cemented to the inner flap of the greaseproof fabric strip after that strip has been folded and sewn through (C) to form a piped edge. The outer flap E of the greaseproof strip is cemented to the hat body. The lower edge of the liner band A completely covers and seals the line of stitching C which secures the cane strip filler L in the folded edge K of the greaseproof strip.

As seen in Fig. 3, a line of sewing F, which is covered by the inner flap D of the greaseproof interlining strip, may be used to secure the outer flap E of the greaseproof strip to the hat body X. There is not, therefore, in either case, any direct path for sweat or grease to pass from the head of the wearer to the hat body X, as the liner band is not punctured by stitch holes.

What We claim as our invention and desire to secured by Letters Patent is:

l. A hat liner band having a greaseproof interlining strip attached thereto, said strip folded longitudinally to provide inner and outer flaps, a piping material enclosed in the folded portion of the strip, a line of stitching securing the flaps adjacent the fold and securing the piping material therein, the outer flap of said folded strip adapted for fixing the band to the inside of a hat, the lower portion of the band being skived and cemented to. the inner flap of the folded greaseproof strip, covering and sealing the stitching in said strip the flaps being free above the line of stitching so that said liner band will be free to adapt itself to the shape of the head of a wearer.

2. In a hat, a hat body, a liner band having a greaseproof interlining strip attached thereto, said strip being folded longitudinally to provide inner and outer flaps, a piping material enclosed the folded portion of the strip, a line of stitching securing the flaps adjacent the fold and se curing the piping material therein, the lower portion of the band being skived and cemented to the inner flap of the folded greaseproof strip,

in its edge fold and secured therein by stitching, the lower portion of the band being skived and cemented to the inner flap of the folded greaseproof strip, covering and sealing the stitching in said strip, and the outer flap of said folded strip being sewn to the inside of the hat body above the line of stitching on the piped edge of said strip.

ALICE GERTRUDE DUNKERLEY.

STEPHEN KEIR.

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