US2214995A

US2214995A - Hat

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Publication number: US2214995A
Application number: US172205A
Authority: US
Inventors: Benjamin L Dorsey
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1937-11-01
Filing date: 1937-11-01
Publication date: 1940-09-17
Anticipated expiration: 1957-09-17

Description

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HAT

Original Filed Jan. 24, 1934 "Il l A 4 ,Z

Inventar FIG. 4. 55m/AMW 1 00,355,

Attorney Patented Sept. 17, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE Continuation of application Serial No. 708,161,

January 24, 1934'. This application November 1. 1937, Serial No. 172,205

8 Claims.

My invention relates to hats, and particularly to means for the fitting and Ventilating of hats. This invention is an improvement of my United States Letters Patent No. 1,855,795 for Devices to facilitate the Ventilating and fitting of hats and is a continuation of my abandoned application Serial No. 708,101 for Hats, filed January 24,

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a hat which is so made that a portion of the lower portion of the crown may be readily and permanently offset outwardly and held, or resiliently held, in such shape, to form a vertical passage, for Ventilating the head, to form an open space at the side of the head to relieve exterior pressure on the principal arteries and veins of the scalp, and to form a vresilient take-up for readily decreasing or increasing the hat size.

Another object is to provide such a hat in which the above functions are performed] by bendable and resilient stays or strands inserted or woven into the material forming the crown of the hat, thus avoiding undesirable bulk, weight and unsightliness in such a hat.

A further object of this invention is to provide such means for performing the above functions in a simple, economical, and efiicient manner.

With these and other objects in view as will appear hereinafter, I have devised a hat or means of this class having certain novel features of construction and combination of parts and portions as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the characters of reference thereon, which form a part of this application, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a hat embodying my invention in one fo-rm, showing the appearance of the desired offset from the outside of the hat, and showing, by dotted lines, the stays or stands for forming and holding the offset;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view, on a reduced scale, of the crown, showing my invention;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view thereof, taken through 3 3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective View of the outwardly bent portion of the cro-wn of the hat, showing the application of my invention to a woven or straw hat; and,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional elevation, similar to Fig. 2, showing a slightly modified form of construction.

Like characters of reference refer to similar parts and portions throughout the several views of the drawing.

In the embodiment of my invention, shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing, the foregoing functions are performed by stays or strands I, which may be malleable but resilient metal wires positioned at the sides and near the lower edge of the crown 2 of the hat 3, in vertically spaced relation. It will be noted, however, that these stays may well be made of other materials having the desired characteristics. In felt hats these wires may be fabricated in the felt, or secured together in such spaced relation and then secured to the inside of the hat. In forming the hat to shape, these stays or strands are bent outwardly 'to form the offsets 4.

These offsets provide vertical passages between the head and hat for Ventilating the head and hat.

These offset portions are also resilient, providing resilient contraction, and permit diametrical enlargement, thereby providing a hat which may be made to fit various sizes of heads, and also the same head either tightly or loosely.

My invention contemplates the employment of two of such outward offsets in the crown of the hat, at the lateral sides thereof, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to relieve pressure, exerted by the ordinary hat, on ythe nerves and main blood arteries and veins supplying and iiowing from the top of the head, and which feed the hair.

In Fig. `4 of the drawing I have shown the application of my invention to a woven fabric or straw hat. In this instance the; stays are woven under or within the other strands which form. the hat, or they are woven into the hat asA the strands themselves.

These stays or strands may be of short lengths or may entend completely around the crown lof the hat. Or the hat may be wholly made of material having the aforementioned characteristics so that permanent offsets may be made in the crown, as hereinbefore set forth.

In Fig. 5 of the drawing, I have shown the stays, strands or ribs embodied in or in connection with the sweat band 5 of the hat to give the lower portion of the crown the desired shape described above. The sweat band may be secured to the crown by threads 6.

Though I have shown and described a particular constructionv and combination of parts and portions, and certain modifications thereof, I do not wish to be limited to this construction and combination, nor to the modifications, but desire to includ-e in the scope of my invention the construction, combination, and arrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

l. In a means of the class described, a hat having a crown portion and at the lower portion of the latter a plurality of bendable wire-like stays positioned horizontally and spaced vertically from each other, a portion of the crown, at which the stays are located, being offset outwardly by said stays, providing an opening between the head and the crown.

2. In a means of the class described, a hat having a crown portion and at the lower portion of the latter' a pluralityv of bendable and resilient wire-llke stays positioned horizontally and spaced vertically from each other, a portion of the crown, at which the stays are located, being oiset outwardly and made resilient by said stays, providing an opening between the head and the crown and adapted to allow the crown resiliently to be enlarged diametrically.

3. In a means of the class described, a hat having at the lower portion of the crown thereof a plurality of bendable wire-like stays inserted horizontally thereinto and vertically spaced from each other, a portion of the crown containing said stays being oiset outwardly, providing an opening between the head and the crown.

4. In a means of the class described, a hat having at the. lower portion of the crown thereof a plurality of bendable and resilient wire-like stays inserted horizontally thereinto and vertically spaced from each other, a portion of the crown containing said stays being offset outwardly and resilient, providing an opening between the head and the crown and adapted to allow the crown resiliently to be enlarged diametrically.

5. In a means of the class described, a hat having at the lower portion of the crown thereof bendable wire-like stays Woven horizontally thereinto, a portion of the crown containing said stays being offset outwardly, providing an opening between the head and the crown.

6, A hat having a crown and having at the lower edge of the crown and as a homogeneous part of the hat material comprising the crown, a relatively stii outwardly bent portion, providing a passage between the head of the wearer and the crown, said passage being open at the head side,

said offset portion and the portion adjacent thereto being resilient to allow the crown resiliently to be enlarged diametrically.

7. In a means of the class described, a hat having a crown portion and imbedded at the lower portion of the latter a bendable wire-like stay positioned horizontally, a portion of the crown at which the stay is located, being oiset outwardly by said stay, providing an opening between the head and the crown.

8. In a means of the class described, a hat having a crown portion and imbedded at the lower portion of the latter a bendable and resilient wire-like stay positioned horizontally, a portion of the crown atwhich the stay is located, being offset outwardly, and made resilient by said stay, providing an opening between the head and the crown and adapted to allow the crown resiliently to be enlarged diametrically.

BENJAMIN L. DORSEY.