US2269322A - Combined cap and eyeshield - Google Patents

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Jan. 6, 1942. F E 2,269,322

COMBINED CAP AND EYESHIELD Filed May 6, 1938 INVENTOR PULL/AM FJEE/P.

ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 6, 1942 2,269,322 ooMBrNEn CAP AND EYESHIELD William F. Serr, New York, N, Y}, f i Q Pusinelli,;New YorkgNLY. Application May. 6, 1938, ammal (01.2%16") I 2 Claims.

This invention has reference to articles of sportwear forlthe head, such ascaps, bandeau, or any similar articleof headwear commonly provided with a visor, and more particularly it has reference, to eyeshields and/or Windshields associated with the visors of such hea dwear.

All outdoor sports require devices of the nature" aforesaid, whether winter sports such as skiing,

skating, tobogganing, or the like, or summer sportssuch as golf, tennis, baseball, fishing or the like.- For winter sports my invention will commonly be utilized with warm, heavy caps,

whereas for summer sports it will be utilized with any form of light headwear employing a visor in association therewith. e

- My invention in one of its'aspects comprehends, broadly stated, an eyeshield and/or windshield so associated with the visor of the cap or the like that it may be snugly secured substantially flat against the under side of the visor when not in use, from which position it is adapted to. be swung downwardly into operation beforethe eyes of the wearer whenever desirable for protective purposes. I g

The primary object of my invention is the provision of such a shield which may be associated in inoperative position with the visor without being unsightly and which will be available for ready and easy positioning as a shieldbefore the eyes.

Another object is the positioning of the eyeshield so that itwill, in use, surround the foretrzisaibottom plan view of the parts oc-.

cupyingfithe same relative position as illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view looking up undera cap visor andshowing my invention, associated therewith :in'inoperative position;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line 4'4ofFig. 3. r

Proceeding now to. a detailed description of my invention and referring firstto Fig. 1 of the drawing which is -illustrative of one embodiment of my invention, the reference character I0 indi-- cates theskull partof'a cap which is provided with a visor II, The eyeshield l2, which is here shown in operative position, is made of a trans parent sheet of material such as any one of the numerous materials generally known as synthetic plastics; it will be preferably tinted any color suitable for the protectionof the eyesagainst glaring --li-ghts,'such[for instance as amber or green.

- This eyeshield l2 has an outer, peripheral edge outline, as at l3, which is substantially coincident I with the outer front edge of the visor I l', but is provided, as at ll, with a cutaway portion adap'tedto straddle the nose of thewea'rer when it is in operative position beforethe eyes! The inner edge l4 of theeyeshield l2 extends straight across the visor, when notin use, as shown in 'Fig. 3, but its longitudinal extremities, as at, l5,

are bowed rearwardlywhen it'is adjusted in operative posltion before the eyes, in substantial conhead of the wearer in such bowed conformity therewith as to shield the eyes of the wearer in front and at each outer side, without interruption of the field of vision.

A further object is to provide an eyeshield which may be readily attached to and detached.

theadvantages of goggles while 'being free from many of the disadvantages of the latter.

Other objects are simplicity of construction,

cheapness of manufacture and easiness of manipulation for assembly and disassembly and for operative and inoperative positioning.

formation vviththefront of the skull part of the cap and with theforehead of the wearer, as shown in Fig; 2.

In Fig. 3 the eyeshield I2 is shown as being attached to the visor out of operative position, and ithas, it will be seen, a hinged connection with the visor as is generally represented by the reference character H, which connection is positioned along the straight edge [4 at a point intermediate theextremities l5. I

This hinged connection H comprises a short strip of leather, or'of similar tough material, l6, suitably attachedat one end I! to the visor as by stitching-cementing or the like, where it is provided with a pair of one of the cooperating Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear as the specific description thereof proceeds as taken in connection with the dis closures of the accompanying drawing, in which:

a Fig. 1 is a side view in elevation of a visored cap,

showing one embodiment of my invention applied thereto in operative association;

elements of a snap fastener, the cooperating pair of cooperating elements of which are attached to the'othe'ni'ree end I8 of the strip IE, to make up the two complete snap fasteners indicated by the reference numerals l9 and 2'll. The eyeshield [2 at a point corresponding with the location of the strip [6' is provided with an elongated slot 2|,

. f for the inserted reception of saidstrlp. The end by means ofa plurality of short tab-strips of leather or similar material, four of such tab-strips being shownand being respectively indicated by the reference numerals 22, 23,24 and 25 with each of which snap fastener elements are associated as plainly illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive.

In the case of the tab- strips 22 and 23 one end of each is attached to the visor in any suitable manner, and each is provided with one of the cooperative elements of a snap fastener, the other ends of said tabs being free and being provided with cooperating snap fastener elements, as clearly indicated in the drawing.

The eyeshield at points corresponding to the location of the attached ends of the tabs 22 and 23, is provided with apertures 26 and 21. In order therefore to secure the eyeshield to the visor at this point, the tabs 22 and 23 are passed about the edge of the'former, after which the snap fastener elements may be lockedlysecured to each other through the said apertures. A

The tabs 24 and 25 are cementitiously or otherwise suitably attached to the under side of the eyeshield, as clearly shown in Fig. 3,'and they are each provided with one of the members of a snap fastener on their free ends. The visor is provided, opposite the tabs 24 and 25, with snap fastener members 28 and 29 designed to engage lockedly with the cooperating members on the free ends of the tabs 24 and 25 when the latter are passed about the edge l4 and over the eyeshield.

To operatively position the eyeshield in front of the eyes of the wearer, the snap fastener mem- Y bers of the tabs 22, 23, 24 and 25 are disengaged thereby releasing the eyeshield and permitting it to be swung downwardly about the hinge H. At the inner side margins of the visor snap fastener members 30 and 3| are suitably attached. The outer extremities l5 of the eyeshield are then bowed backwardly until the snap fastener members on the tabs 24 and 25 are brought into registry with and lockedly engaged by the members 30 and 3|. The eyeshield will thus be secured to the visor in bowed relationship substantially conforming with the front edges of the cap band, as appears in Figs. 1 and 2, and is thereby positioned in front and on each side of the eyes of the wearer, so that it affords complete protection for the eyes, both front and side, without interrupting the normal field of vision.

For some purposes it may be found desirable to render opaque the body of the eyeshield and provide eye-windows directly in front of the eyes, all as will be readily understood without further illustration.

The term cap as employed in the appended claims is to be construed as embracing any type of headgear which comprises a head-band and a visor.

I claim:

1. The combination with a cap having a visor, of an eyeshield having at least a portion thereof transparent, means including a flexible strap member, a snap fastener member carried thereby, and a, cooperating snap fastener member on said visor for det'achably and hingedly connecting said eyeshield to said visor substantially at the central portion of one edge of said eyeshield, the opposite edge of said eyeshield being substantially free of fastening means adjacent the central portion thereof and being provided with a nose notch therein, snap fastener elements secured to said eyeshield adjacent the lateral extremities thereof and each including a member flexibly and hingedly attached to said eyeshield, snap fastener elements on said visor substantially in alignment with said central snap fastener element and positioned for cooperation with the snap fastener elements on said eyeshield for maintaining said eyeshield in inoperative position substantially fiat against the visor, and a second set of snap fastener elements on said visor rearwardly of said first set and positioned to cooperate with the snap fastener elements on said eyeshield whereby tofiex said eyeshield rearwardly in bowed position and substantially at right angles, rigidly with respect to said visor inoperative position.

2. The combination according to claim 1 in which the visor has additional strap members secured thereto near the forward edge thereof, said additional strap members carrying additional snap fasteners, said eyeshield having openings through which said additional snap fasteners may engage with each other to assist in holding said eyeshield in inoperative position.

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