US2442825A

US2442825A - Ear muff arrangement

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Publication number: US2442825A
Application number: US673468A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hyman M Rabushka
Original assignee: PREMIUM CAP Co
Current assignee: PREMIUM CAP Co
Priority date: 1946-05-31
Filing date: 1946-05-31
Publication date: 1948-06-08
Anticipated expiration: 1965-06-08

Description

June-8, 1948. H. M. RABUSHKA EAR MUFF ARRANGEMENT Fil'ed May :51, 1946 m w w M N m Y H HrTo RA/EKS.

Patented June 8, 1948 EAR MUFF ARRANGEMENT Hyman M. Rabushka, Clayton, Mo., assignor to Premium Cap Company, St. Louis, Mo., a firm Application May 31, 1946, Serial No. 673,468

3 Claims. (Cl..2'199) The present invention relates to an ear muff arrangement. More particularly, it relates to an ear muif arrangement for use upon a cap.

It is an object of the invention to provide an ear muff construction for use on caps, which will be inexpensive and yet strong and durable in use. A particular object is to provide a construction that will simplify manufacturing operations.

It is a particular object of the invention to provide a reenforcing clip combination for securing an ear muff device to a cap, which will hold the parts together, permit pivoting of the ear muff to inoperative position, and prevent the ear mufi from pulling off the cap.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cap with the ear muff thereon;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fi 1, the same being a vertical section through the attachment means and the associated parts;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the ear mufi device with the covering removed from the ear muff frame;

Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 3, but with the ear muff frame turned upward to its retracted position;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 6 is a view of the clip used in this construction.

A cap is shown generally at N). This may be any style of cap. It includes an outer piece of material H turned under and there united by stitchin i2 with a lining i3 similarly turned under. The foregoing represents familiar parts of a cap that is lined, although it will appear, from the description to follow, that the lining is not an essential part of the invention.

A stiffening strip I5 is employed in the cap, and it conventionally extends around at least the back part of the lower edge of the cap and is secured in the turned under part of the outer material H of the cap, The particular way of securing the stiffening strip is not necessarily a part of this invention.

Ear muffs have heretofore been secured by rivets or similar means to certain ones or all of the foregoing cap elements. It is particularly section of the line 5-5 desirable to secure the ear muff to the stiffening strip. However, owing to the fact that such strip is usually of fibrous or fabric material, the conventional attachin means are apt either to pull out or to deform the stiffening strip. This difficulty has been overcome in the present invention by the use of bent metal clip-like members I 6 that preferably have depressed or indented portions l1 therein, as shown more particularly in Fig. 6. The overlapping portions of the clip members are provided with aligned openings l8 and I9.

The clips are slipped over the edge of the stifiening strip l5 at the proper locations for the ear muffs. This may be done after the stiffening strip is sewed into place, if desired. The ear muff has an attaching element 2| to which the ear muff frame 22 is pivotally attached. This element 2| is desirably of metal, or the like. It has a hole to receive a rivet 23 that passes through the cap portion H, through the hole It of the clip l6, through the stiffening strip l5, and then through the other hole [6- of the clip. The rivet has heads outside the element 2| and the inner end of the clip [6 to hold the parts together. The rivet 23 forms a pivot so that the entire car muff may be pivoted from its full line position of Fig. 1 to the dotted line position. In this operation, the heads of the rivet 23 bear against the metal supporting member 2| and the inner leg of the bracket is. The bracket is of such size as to distribute any forces applied to the ear muffs and to prevent such forces from pulling the ear muffs out of the cap or out of the stiffening strip.

In the fabrication of caps, the clips it may be disposed over the stiffening strip at proper points at any time during the fabrication of the cap. The detents I! hold them in position until they are secured finally by the rivets 23. Thus, the assembly of the ear muffs onto the cap is a very simple operation.

What is claimed is:

1. An ear muff arrangement for a cap, or the like, which cap includes an outer coverin portion of fabric, or the like, and an inner strip, a reenforcing clip having connected legs formed so that the clip may be fitted over the edge of the strip with the legs projecting on opposite faces of the strip and in contact with said faces, the legs of the clip having aligned openings therethrough, an ear muff support, and attachment means rotatably attaching the support onto the cap, the attachment means comprising a rivet-like element extending from the ear muff support through the fabric of the cap, the openings of the clip and the strip, and having an extending end portion on its inner end engaged with the inner leg of the clip.

2. An ear muff arrangement for a cap, or the like, which cap includes an outer covering portion of fabric, or the like, and an inner strip, a reenforcing clip having connected legs formed so that the clip may be fitted over the edge of the strip with the legs projecting on opposite faces of the strip, the legs of the clip having aligned openings therethrough, an ear muff support, and attachment means extending from the ear mufi support through the cloth of the cap, the openings of the clip and the strip, and engaged with the inner leg of the clip, said clip having retaining means for engagement with t he strip when it is disposed thereover.

3. An ear mufi arrangement for a cap, 'orth'e like, which cap includesan outer covering ,por-

tion of fabric, or the likeyand an inner "strip, 'a

reenforcing clip having connected legs formed 'so that the clip may be fitted over the edge oftthe strip with the legs projecting on opposite faces of the strip, the legs of the clip having aligned REFERENQES CETED The vfollowing references are or" record in the file of this .patent:

, UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Liederman Dec. 1, 1942