US1969352A

US1969352A - Sweat band for hats

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Publication number: US1969352A
Application number: US705999A
Authority: US
Inventors: Cavanagh John
Original assignee: Hat Corp America
Current assignee: Hat Corp of America
Priority date: 1934-01-10
Filing date: 1934-01-10
Publication date: 1934-08-07
Anticipated expiration: 1951-08-07

Description

Aug- 7, 1934 J. CAVANAGH SWEAT BAND FOR HATS Filed Jan. 10, 1934 Patented ug. 7, 1934 unirsi; :STAT-ss (6 Claims :present 'invention zrelates to hats :and 'sweat bands therefor, such as farefmore -icomnionly used in connection with mens i'hats.

The purpose ci Ithe inventi'on .is to provide .a sweat band for hats that will be rela-tively f'soft and comfortable Ito wear and '.whi'ch 'will zserve to prevent ythe 'perspiration 'from therorehead 'of the wearer contacting iwi-th and soiling the body of 'the fh'at, 'in which ithe :sweat .band is mounted, and vespecially "to lprodu'ce fa novel dorm of :sweat bandwhich will present an. attractive appearance to hat when applied thereto, and which maybe readily andldurably'appli'ed withnut visible'means of attachment such for .instance .as stitching.

'Theinvention accordingiy consists inthe features "of construction, .f'combination foi fel'ements and 'arrangement :of parts wherein the Tower annular flanged -edrge 4portion of the 'sweat fband fis uniformly 'disposed outward against the fundersurfaceof the i'innenedge :portion ofthe hat brim in Va manner Tto form a facing r.so to speak fof `the sweat 1band, which stands :out`in pleasant :relief and in a @way 'to :distinguish fthe :hat :from other makes upon the market.

'Similar lcharacters .of 'reference will b'e .ifound to designatelike or corresponding partsthroughout the several figures 'of the :accompanying drawing, and in which "Fig. l''s'ho'ws :a bottom perspective :View kof a Ipanama hat which my .novel form o'f :sweat band is shown applied;

Fig. 2 'shows fan fenlarg'ed cross sectional View of the form ci sweat leather 'employed in the make-up of vthe sWeatband;

Fig. 3 shows a somewhat vsimilar :cross-'sectional view o'f vthe fsweatres'isting backing mem-Y bei' "forming apart of the sweat band, --an'dalso illustratesthenarrowstrip of rubber iti'ssue covering the looped portion of fthe sweat-resisting L strip; and

Fig. 4 shows an enlarged vertical `cross sectional View vtaken on Iline 4-'4 of Fig. 1,"throug`h aportion of the body of `the 'hat andthe assembled members `of the sweat vband, including the wire .enclosed within the, outer annular flanged lp'o'ra few instances these bands have been made of other materials. Therefore, while I prefer to use leather for the principal or head-contacting member of my sweat-band, I do not wish to be limited in this particular.

My improved type of sweat band is Well adapted (Cl. '2L-TST) shwnito besubstantially straight, can be slightly scoped .andcurved 'as .is commonlythe case in thedormati'on'o panama and-some forms 'oi felt hats. I speak 'of the brim portion ofgthe hat more 'particularly since my invention in part covers a portion 'of the underiace of the brim as ywill .later lbe Y:more vfully explained,

Inth'e use herein fof the temfUleather I mean to v'designate `one .particular member of my improved sweat band, fand which in practice can be :made fofll'eather or other suitable material. This leatlier, :as fa whole is l'designated as l2 and includes .an fannular head engaging Vportion 13,

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an outwardlyfdispos'ed rflange portion 14 and-an inwardly and vupwardly disposed annular edge portion 15 which serves for :the attachment, by means of stitches i6, for the sweat band to the hat. f

In 'addition to Tthi's leather member, I provide a stripof sweat-resisting `material 1-7 such for instance'as o'iied silk which is'obviously very light and in this case would be cut and -formed to eX- tend around the inner 'band portion of the hat bet-weentlre leather and the inner side wall of the crown s'o that suc'h 'sweat or .dampness which might .penetrate the leather would contact with said material and be directedldownward between the two folded lportions of the leather, and 'thus prevented from Ycontacting with the body of the hat `and soiling the same. y

This .sweat-resistingstrip `is `formed to include ari-outwardly wdisposed folded lhanged portion `18 somewhat similar 'to 'the leather, Vand is vdesigned and proportioned to be placed within the folded flanged portion of the leather, as is clearly shown in Fig. 4. In the formation of the flanged portion 18 of this sweat-resisting member, the lower edge portion is disposed outwardly and folded around an annular reed or wire 19 and then returned and disposed against the main body of the silk strip, as at 20, the said folded flanged portion being attached to the reed by a row of stitching 21 that follows along adjacent to the reed.

In addition to the foregoing, I also cover this folded flanged portion of the sweat band with a thin strip of sheet rubber 22 which is attached by means of said row of stitching 21 so as to complete the assembly of the sweat-resisting strip, the reed and the rubber, preparatory to its placement in between the folded flange portion of the leather which as will be understood has been previously attached to the hat body by means of the stitches 16.

After this flanged portion of the sweat-resisting strip, together with the enclosed wire and attached strip of rubber, see Fig. 3, have been placed in position within the leather, as in Fig. 4, the same are placed on a suitable hat brim flange not shown, bottom up, whereupon rthe leather, more particularly the folded annular flange portion 14 is pressed in the usual manner, thus conforming it to the shape of the hat brim, the sweatresisting member and the leather so as to form an assembled sweat band which is held in the hat by the first mentioned row of stitching 16.

This assembled structure forms a sweat band wherein perspiration is absolutely prevented from contacting with the hat body since any sweat which may by chance work through the leather is by means of the sweat-resisting strip 17 deilected down into the annular pocket formed within the annular fold of the leather, from which it naturally sooner or later evaporates and passes off into the crown of the hat. -In addition to this feature of protecting the hat body, there is also the remaining and important one of the production of the annular flange 18 beneath the brim that is snugly held against the underside of the brim by means of thereed or wire 19 enclosed within the several thicknesses of material. So far as we have found out, this flange portion of the sweat band will snugly hold its position against the brim by reason of the annular wire contained therein, without any additional means.

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

l. The combination with a hat body, yof an annular sweat leather having an outwardly disposed lower edge portion that is folded over and returned beneath the hat brim forming an annular flange, means for securing this returned annular edge portion to the hat body, a strip of sweat-resisting material positioned between the leather and the hat body and extended outwardly within the folded portion of the leather, and folded and returned against the inner side of the attached edge, the folded portions of the'sweatresisting material being secured together.

2. The combination with a hatbody, of an annular sweat leather having an outwardly disposed lower edge portion that is folded over and returned beneath the hat brim, means for securing this returned annular edge portion to the hat body, a strip of sweat resisting material positioned between the leather and the hat body and extended outwardly within the folded portion of the leather and folded and returned against the inner side of the attached edge, and

a stiffening means within the folded edge portion of the flange to support the same.

3. The combination with a hat body, of an annular sweat leather having an outwardly disposed lower edge portion that is folded over beneath the hat brim, returned and disposed upward against the inner wall of the crown, means for securing this inwardly and upwardly disposed annular edge portion to the hat body, astrip of sweat resisting material positioned against the side of the leather, between it and the hat body and extended outwardly within the folded portion of the leather, and folded and returned against the inner side of the attached edge, and means within the folded edge portion o-f the flange to stiien and support the same.

4. The combination with a hat body, of an annular sweat leather having an outwardly disposed lower edge portion that is folded over beneath the hat brim, returned anddisposed upward against the inner wall of the crown, means for securing this inwardly and upwardly disposed annular edge portiontothe hat body, a strip of sweat-resisting material positioned against'the back of the leather, between it and the hat body and extended outwardly within the folded portion of the leather, and folded and returned against the inner side of the attached edge, and an annular wire within the folded edge portion of the sweat-resisting material and sweat leatherto stiffen the folded edge portion of the same. Y

5. The combination with ahat body, of an annular sweat leather having an outwardly disposed lower edge portion that is folded over beneath the hat brim, returned and disposed upward against the inner wall of the crown, means for securing this inwardly and upwardly disposed annular edge portion to the hat body, a strip of sweat-resisting 'material positioned against the back of the leather, between it and the hat Vbody and extended outwardly within the folded portion of the leather and folded and returned against the inner side ofthe attached edge, Athe folded portions of the sweat-resisting material and the sweat leatherbeing held together, and means for holding the flanged portiony of the sweat leather.

:6. The combination with a hat body, of an attached annular sweat leather having an outwardly disposed lower edge portion that is folded over beneath the hat brim, returned and disposed upward against `the inner wall of the crown, means for securing this inwardly and upwardly disposed annular edge portion of the hat body, a strip of sweat-resisting material positioned against the back of the leather, between it and the hat body and extended` outwardly within the folded portion of the leather and folded and returned against the inner side of the attached edge, and an annular wire within the folded edge portion of the sweat-resisting material and sweat leather, the folded portions of the Vsweat-resist-v ing material and thesweat leather being heldk together.

JOHN CAVANAGH. Y