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f H. 0. PBAROE. Ventilating Hats.

No.'225,235. Patented Mar. 9,1880.

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HENRY PEARCE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,235, dated March 9, 1880.

Application led January 5, 1880. V

To atl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY 0. PEAEOE, of

Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York,

i in which the lower part of the crown is outwardly offset and the sweat-band is centrally supported, so as to leave an annular space between it and the body of the hat for the purposes of ventilation; and my invention consists, first, in supporting the sweat-band in such hats upon iiexible strips or wires, preferably of brass, which-are secured at their lower ends to the inside of the hat, opposite the brim, and at their upper ends upon the offset in the body of the hat secondly, in' fastening the me-4 tallic strips in the hat-body by means of oppositely-turned burrs formed by diagonally slitting the edges of the strips, the burrs being inserted in suitable slits cut through the felt or other material of which the hat-body is made; and, thirdly, in providing the sweat-band with a sizing-band consisting of a Jdat strip of brass or other suitable material, which embraces the exterior of the sweat-band, and is preferably riveted to the vertical strips by which 'the sweat-band is supported.

The accompanying drawings, representing my invention embodied in a Ventilating-hat, are as follows: Figure l is a view of the inside of the hat, showing the sweat-band secured in place by meansof my metallic strips; and Fig. 2 is a central"`"s"ection of the same through the line x m on Fig. l, having a portion of the'sweat-band broken away for the purpose of showing the sizing-band surrounding the sweat-band.

The drawings, it will be seen, represent a hat the lower portion of the crown A of which has an outward oset, a, and which is provided with a sweatfbaud, B, centrally supported in position so as to leave the usual annular space C between the sweat-band and the body ofthe hat. The sweat-band is secured to and held in position by a number of flexible metallic strips, D. The upper end of each strip is bent to form the offset d, upon the opposite edges of which the two burrs E and F are cut. The burrs E and F are, it will be seen, turned in opposite directions, and are inserted through theslits c andf, cut in the body of the hat just above the offset. The lower end of the strip D is bent to a right angle outwardly from the place where it is fastened to the sweat-band, and then upwardly to form the bearing upon the inside of the hat, immediately opposite the brim, and to afford material for the burrs G and H, turned, respectively, in opposite directions, and inserted through the slits g and h, cut in the body of the hat just above the brim.

The eXteriorly-projecting ends of the burrs are so turned inward as to lie iiat upon the outside of the hat-body, and are, respectively, concealed by the hat bands or ribbons J and K, which are fastened to the exterior of the hat-body, one just above the brim and the other just above the offset.

rlhe sweat-band is exteriorly inclosed by the non-extensible sizing-band b, which is preferably perforated at intervals and sewed to the sweat-band and riveted to the several vertical strips which support the sweat-band. The sizing-band performs the double function of adding to the stability ofthe devices by which the sweat-band is supported in the hat and of fixing and preserving the size of the sweatband. As the sizing-band is a thin strip of iiexible material, the sweat-band yields readily and accommodates itself to the shape of the head upon which the hat is worn.

The sizing-bandmay be omitted, or the sweatband may have a spring-wire inserted in the hem upon its lower edge, and the sweat-band may itself be sewed or otherwise fastenedto the vertical supporting-strips. Iprefer, however, to rivet the sizing-band to the several vertical supporting-strips, as this mode of construction tends to preserve the radial alignment of the supporting-strips, and stiffens the entire structure, thus enabling me to employ very thin sheet metal for the supporting devices, which it is desirable shall add as little as possible to the weight of the hat.

t The ends of the strips, respectively, may be fastened to the two required points on the hat in any convenient way without departing from that feature of my invention which consists in staying the sweat-band in position by lateral supporting devices bearing upon the lower part IOO of the hat-body. Simple wires may,of course, be substituted for the strips; but I prefer the latter, and I prefer the method of fastenin g the strips herein shown and described, which I have found to be simple and effectual.

I claim as myinvention in a Ventilating-hat substantially such asy described- 1. The combination of a sweat-band with exible supporting Wires or strips of brass or other suitable material, the upper ends of which are, respectively, secured to and bear upon the under side of the offset in the body of the-hat, and the lower ends of which are, respectively, secured to and bear upon theinside of the hat opposite the brim, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. Metallic strips for supporting the sweat band of a ventilatinghat, provided with burrs formed by diagonally slitting the edges of the strips, in combination with cuts or recesses formed in the felt or body of the hat for receiving the hnrrs and securing` the strips in position, and thus sustaininga sweat-band attached to the strips, substantially as described.

set, a, the sweat-band B, provided with'the exterior sizing-band, b, in combination With the vertical supporting-strips D, substantially as described.

HENRY 0. PEARGE.

Witnesses:

J. H. NOBLE, `W. HUNTER.

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