US2138225A - Hat structure - Google Patents

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Nov. 29, 1938. QRBORKLAND- 2,138,225-

HAT STRUCTURE Filed July 5, 1935 Inventor attorneys.

Patented Nov. 29, 1938 UNITED fs'rnras PATENT OFFICE '7 Claims.

The present invention relates to improvements in hat structures and more particularly relates to a harness for supporting the hat upon the head of the wearer.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved hat support which eliminates the sweat band now commonly employed and permits ventilation from below to the inside of the hat without use of holes or interstices of the hat.

I Another object of the invention is to provide an arrangement of hat harness of such a simple nature as to permit of the sale of the harness independently of the hat and its subsequent ready assembly upon the hat by the seller or wearer.

A further object of the invention is to provide an imp-rov ed hat construction which will permit the close nesting of hats to facilitate shipping, it being understood that the hats are, or may be, supported without the elastic harness being fastened thereto and therefore the crown of one hat can be packed within that of another without the harness preventing.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an elastic head supporting harness which will permit adjustment by wearer to any size by pulling the harness tight or loose.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will bemore fully describedhereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawing, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a hat showing the improved harness as applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a side view of the hat, with parts broken away and parts shown in section and illustrating the application of the hat to a human head indicated in dotted lines.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the method of applying one form of fastening.

Figures 4, 5, 6 and '7 are similar views showing modified forms of fastenings, and

Figure 8 is a horizontal section taken through the crown of the hat and showing a further method of mounting the elastic tape.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the hat harness is applicable to any type of hat, but in the drawing there is illustrated a lightweight fibre helmet type of hat constructed with a crown l0 and a brim ll.

According to one form of the invention the crown is provided with slits or openings I2 for receiving therethrough the eye shanks l3 of button eyes M. Preferably four such button eyes are employed, two at the front portion of the crown of the hat and two at the rear and the eyes 13 will lie with-in the crown H] of the hat while the buttons M will prevent the eyes from being pulled inwardly, such buttons 1 4 being wider than the openings or slits I2. Strung through the yes 13 is a thin light elastic tape, the endsof which are brought together and tied as indicated at l5 after the tape has been passed through all of the four eyes Hi to provide a rectangular form of head harness or support in which longitudinal side members l6 and H, a transverse front member l 8 and a transverse rear member l9 are component parts. The band slips loosely at all four anchorage points through the eyes l3 so-that strain upon one member of the bandmay be communicated through the eye to the remainder of the band. The harness thus provided is very light and thin having only fourpoints of suspension and presenting a rectangular construction within the crown of the hat.

The elastic relatively long runs of the tape between adjacent anchorage points subtend very wide arcs in the circumference I of the brim whereby ample space is left between the tapes and the arcs for the purpose of adequate ventilation and of allowing the head ample'space to expand the tapes radially outward in the act of fitting the hat to the head so that the matter of applying the hat to the head is a very easy operation. The conformation of the harness to the head is easy and accurate owing to the light, thin and elastic nature of the harness band. The suspension is easy on the head and creates a sensation of light-weight which would be im possible with the sweat band type lying against the inside of the brim and fitting close to the head all around. The ventilation is very sure in this type of hat and there is no pressure of the hat upon the head such as might cause baldness. The invention eliminates head sizes in hats and it also eliminates sweat bands. The hats may be all of the same size and will automatically conform to either large or small heads; or the slits l2 may be punched at advantageous points for various heads, such for instance for narrow heads, the front and rear pairs of slits l2 could be set closer together whereby to bring the tape runs l6 and I! nearer one another. In other cases such slits could be set further apart so as to cause the tape runs l6 and Il to be more remote.

Various other fastening devices may be used to hold the tapes in place.

In Figure 4 a fastener 20, such as a paper fastener, is employed, which fastener is inserted from the inside through the tape and its ends bent over the outside of the crown of the hat.

In Figure a hook type of device is used, the intermediate portion 2| of the hook passing through an opening in the: hat while the inner clamp 22 of the hook may beturned down, as shown in full lines, to clamp the tape, or if it is desired to have the tape in a higher position the clamp member 22.1 naybe turned up ..as,.. shown in dotted li es? lj similafrlythe outer'clampEmeinber 23 may'be turned down as shown in 'full lines or up as shown in dotted lines.

As shown in Figure 6 a staple 24 may be used" for clamping the tape upon the insideiof thel crown, the outer ends of the staple after passing M through the crown being clinched'over upon the outside of such crown. As shown in Figure '7 a permanent loop 25 of wire or other suitable material may bemade to ak i -PlaQfi-P the uit nsha an the pe m hara s d-freel t r i shr eh 0 9r. s s w i F u es Pai s. 91; 1 3 1 y .6; amt. 1 may mad th ou e. w ia 91x o r, points si rp h whi to: w ave: the e ..bandwi he bv eu t at r ous m nses m -he made infil s n t u t on c mb na io a e ra semeni iart .Whi hFOlUQ si sd W h t dep r in -.f. i 2n. he eir -.-Q inv tio a .1 d9 n me n to limit th inyei p t asu hidet s weet s. Peri wlarlr mint d. o l n. thema Hav n r l d r fid y .n en n What-I claim and re o- .e. u e1b v Le sPa entaof the :United Statesis o .1, combination wit h at, the crownpore tionof said- -hat shaving slits therein, buttons largenthansaid slitsfitted on the outside of the rown. a a nstusa dr-s ts, anc o a e. devices. on saidhuttons Pr ec in -t u h-said;. its i o the inner space of the crown of the hat, and an elastic ;.tape engaged in; said. anchoragedevices and'havingits runs subtending arcs of;the circle oft the crownof'the hat, said runs extending continuously aroundthe circumference; of the hat ZOWIL aid. u.n at theane or se: p intsbem spaced away fro m. the inner wall of the brim to avoid ,moisture being transferred-v from the tape L H v I l-t impro e .ha s uct e ncl i g a crown and brim, the combination -of anchorage deyices carried. by the? crown portion-of the hat adjacent the brim andproiecting inwardly away from the innerwall of thecrown portion, said n hor e d ices. n ur in nu ber a d located two at the front portion of the hat and two at the rear portion of the hat, and a single length of thin narrow elastic tape strung slidably through the inner portions of said anchorage devices out of contact with all portions of the hat, said tape having its ends secured together, said tape extending in four runs, the front anchorage devices being so positioned as to stretch a single run of the elastic tape across the forehead, the rcananclzrorage .deyices so positioned as to stretch ifi efs e. H 1 use i s. aei sjs ther in of the head, said front and rear anchorage devices being so. positioned as to stretch single runs of the tape along the sides of the head, said single runs of thei'tape being of considerable length whereby the head will bulge such runs outwardly without the tape" coming in contact with the hat at any pointyandnleaving space between the head and he. .ea e t er oir q sw at ba d vipelco n is ns subobrt e e. ur d to; t e. hat pa edr at q .a

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7. A hat, attaching elements connected thereto at wide intervals, a.-hat;-supporting .band, eachof said attaching elements having means foruslidably receiving the sweatband, said sweat band being slidably mounted in said means andhavingfree ends, the, free ends of thesweat sband; :being adapted to be. secured together win;- any" one of. numerous different positions as desiredrfor giyen-size of head.:-. s

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