US2383396A

US2383396A - Hat adjusting means

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Publication number: US2383396A
Application number: US522437A
Authority: US
Inventors: Orban Jane Lipton
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1944-02-15
Filing date: 1944-02-15
Publication date: 1945-08-21
Anticipated expiration: 1962-08-21

Description

8- 1945- s. LIPTON HAT ADJUSTING MEANS Filed Feb; 15, 1944 INVENTOR 5/76? LIPTON M WfM ATTORNEYS Y Patented Aug. 21, 1945 HAT ADJUSTING ,MEANS Sarah Lipton, New YorkQN. 'Y.; Jane Lipton O -ban administratrix of said Sarah Lipton,

deceased Ap'pncatrm February 15, 1944, :Serial No. 522,437

'4 Claims.

This invention relates to hats and to means for adjusting a hat to the head of the wearer.

In millinery shops aigreat variety of styles of hats must be carried, and since there are ,many different head sizes, the amount of stock which must be kept .on hand is very large. The ordinary hat has no provision for adjustment to the head of the wearer so that between two standard sizes the customer is forced to elect the size which is nearest to a lit without securingan exact fit.

It has'previouslybeen proposed to provide various means for reducing the head size of a hat but these means have in general possessed the disadvantages that they must be sewn, into the hat or stitched through the hat band, both of which operations are time consuming and, because of the nature of the retail trade in hats, often result in loss of sales which otherwise could be quickly consummated. Other prior constructions have been of a too bulky nature to justify their use on the hat band.

securing adjusting means to two spaced points in the upper or free margin of the hat band and by providing a point or points of securing intermediate sai spaced points, also in the hat band.

It is an object of the invention to provide a l at size adjuster which will cause contraction of the hat band to be distributed substantially equally between the two outer points of connection thereto.

This invention is an improvement upon the hat adjusting means covered in my previous Patent No. 2,092,808, and in Patent No. 2,325,473 issred jointly to myself and Ruby Lipton Brill.

In accordance with the present invention a cord is provided, preferably of elastic material, which has upon each end thereof an anchor pin and which has one or more intermediate steps thereon also in the form of an anchor pin or pins. The device may be formed of a single piece of cord having the anchor pin or pins secured at an intermediate point Or points thereof, for instance by doubling the cord and clamping the anchor pin around the doubled cord, or otherwise securing the anchor pin or pins to the intermediate parts of the cord; or to the device may be made out of two pieces of cord, one or both of which may be elastic, and which pieces of cord are secured together by clamping the intermediate anchor pin thereon. The device, may be secured to the hatband by inserting the same through the hatband as-described in my Patent No. 2,092,808, orit may be simply secured thereto by the end and intermediate pins similarly to the manner described in Patent No. 2,325,473. The present construction therefore combines the advantages of the constructions shown in both of said patents, and has the particular advantageover .the construction shown in Patent 2,325,473 in that it requires less material and less labor to manufacture. The saving of material, particularly of elastic material, is especially importantat the present time because of the shortage of such critical materials.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a front view of a hat looking into the crown thereof and showing the device secured to the hatband by means of the two end pins and the center pin.

Figure 2 is an elevation showing the adjusting device formed out of a single length of elastic having anchor pins on each end thereof and an anchor pin secured to a loop of the material at an intermediate point.

Figure 3 is an elevation of a modified form of adjuster in which the adjuster is made out of two pieces of material secured together by the center pin.

Figure 4 is an elevation of a modified form of adjuster provided with. the intermediate pins.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the hat shown has a band [6 secured to the'inside of the crown in the usual manner. The adjuster of the form shown in Figure 2 comprises a cord Zil preferably of elastic material which has an anchor pin 2] at each end thereof and which is looped or doubled at the center into a loop 23 around which is clamped an anchor pin 24. The anchor pins may be of any suitable construction, those illustrated each-having a tubular body 25 which is clamped upon the cord, a point 21 at one end of the body, and a tail portion 28 at the other end of the body. The points 2'! permit the pins to be pushed through the hatband after which th pin body can be turned at an angle to the cord so that it engages behind the hatband permitting the cord to come out through the hole in the hatband pins. In this case an additional anchor pin or pins may be provided. Figure 4 shows an example of such a construction in which three intermediate anchor pins are provided.

It will be understood that the adjusters may be made of any desired length and that any I suitable material may be used in their construction, and that any type of anchor pin may be employed.

While I have illustrated and described in detail certain preferred forms of my invention, it is to be understood that changes may be made therein and the invention embodied in other structures. I do not, therefore, desire to limit myself to the specific constructions illustrated, but intend to cover my invention broadly in whatever form its principle may be utilized.

What is claimed is:

1. A head size adjusting device for hats, having a flexible cord-like connecting element, an anchor pin clamped on each of the outer ends of the element, each of said anchor pins comprising a tubular body embracing the end of the flexible element and clamped in fixed engagement therewith and having point and tail portions extending from opposite ends of the body, and an anchor pin having a tubular body embracing and clamped to two adjacent cord portions intermediate the length of the flexible element, .said anchor pin having point and tail portions extending from opposite ends of the body.

2. A head size adjusting device for hats as claimed in claim 1 in which the flexible element comprises a single piece extending from one end pin to the other end pin, and doubled at an intermediate point for attachment of an intermediate anchor pin, both parts of the doubled portion being embraced by the body portion of said intermediate pin.

3. A head size adjusting device as claimed in claim 1 in which the flexible adjusting element is formed of two pieces, each extending from an outer anchor pin to the center anchor pm, the two adjacent ends of said cord portions being embraced and clamped together by said center anchor pin.

4. A head size adjusting device for hats as claimed in claim 1, comprising a flexible con necting element, anchor pins at each end thereof, and a plurality of spaced anchor pins attached to the flexible element at intermediate points thereof.

SARAH LIPTON.