US2455619A

US2455619A - Hat

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Publication number: US2455619A
Application number: US658086A
Authority: US
Inventors: Shrager Hymen; Shinberg Barney
Original assignee: American Felt Co
Current assignee: American Felt Co
Priority date: 1946-03-29
Filing date: 1946-03-29
Publication date: 1948-12-07
Anticipated expiration: 1965-12-07

Description

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HAT

Filed 4March 29,1946A /5 .v f l' v I4 /5 Hymen Shr-ager and @ar-neg 'hinberg Patented Dee. 7, 1948 Hymen Shrager and Ba R. I., assi Glenville, Conn.,

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rney Shlnberl. gnors to American Felt l a corporation of Massachusetts Westerly, Company,

Application March 29, 1946, Serial No. 658,086 s claim.. (ci. a-isii This invention relates generally to the class oi' apparel and pertains particularly to 'improvements in hats.

A principal object ofthe present invention isV to provide an improved construction in hats,

particularly hats made of felt containing wool and other textile fibers, by the incorporation with the felt, ibers of a speciiic type of synthetic resin material whereby there is imparted to the hat, and particularly to the brim portion thereof, an additional flexibility and resiliency.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved felt hat having a brim constructed in a novel manner by the inclusion therein of iibers of a specific type of synthetic resin material, whereby such brim is made relatively stiii, iiexible and resilient and at the same time retains the very desirable woolly feel or, in other words, is free of any feeling of board-like stiffness.

A still further object of the invention is ton provide an improved hat having a stratied brim wherein one of the layers contains synthetic resin fibers to give to the brim a desired increased stiifness, flexibility and resiliency, while the surfaces of the brim retain the natural woolly feel of a hat brim made solely of wool and other textile iibers commonly presently employed in the manufacture of felt hats.

A more specific object of the present invention is to provide an improved felt hat construction having synthetic resin iibers of a copolymer of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate incorporated therein, either in the brim alone or in the brim and crown, but particularly in the brim thereof.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the description of the same proceeds and the invention `will be best understood from a. consideration oi' the following detailed description takenin connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part `oi' the speciilcation, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not conilned to a strict coniormity with the showing oi' the drawing but may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a cross section of a conventionally illustrated hat constructed in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.`

Figure 2 is a detail section on an enlarged scale of the brim and a portion of the crown illustrating the use of the resin ilbers in both.

,f in the material are designated Il higher percentage or a greater y `one form in which another i'orm in which Figure s isa detail similar to Figure 2, but showing the use of the ilbers in the brim only.

Figure 4 is a sectional detail of an embodiment y in which the crown and brim are both stratiiled and a stratum of each contains the resin fibers.

In Figure 1 of the drawing there is conventionally illustrated a cross section of a felt hat of brim and crown construction, which is generally designated I0 and which comprises the crown portion Il and the brim I2. It will be understood, of course, that the crown and brim portions'have been illustrated disproportionately thick in order that the invention maybe better illustrated and described and that in the manufactureof a felt hat inA accordance with the present invention the brim and the crown will be of the usual standard thickness for the particular type of hat underconstruction. i

The present invention is not limited in any manner as to the character of the material making up the felt employed, it being understood that such material may be made in any way and may be of any of the usual kinds used in connection with the manufacture of Ielt hats.

In carrying out the present invention the iibers of Vinyon, which is a copolymer of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate. are combined in diierent proportions or `quantities in the hat brim and/or crown, and the hat brim and crown may both consist of a single thickness of felt or they may be in various stratum combinations having differing proportions of the Vinyon fibers combined therein or some of such strata of the brim and crown, or the crown alone, may be entirely free of the resin fibers', all as here set forth.

Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawing show con-` ventionaliy a hat in which the crown is formed of a single thickness of formed in three strata. These iigures illustrate a hat may be madeup and the hat may be constructed is shown in Figure 4.

As one example of which Figures land 2 are illustrative the Vinyon fibers may be incorporated in the material ci' the crown in any desired quantity and each of the three strata of the brim, which are designated il for the outside strata and `l5 for the intermediate stratum, has such `ilbers combined therein. The Vinyon iibers and the central or intermediate stratum preferably contains a quantity of the resin ilbers than the outer strata and than the crown portion.

inai'ter particularly material while the brim is Preferably, the proportion of the Vinyonfibers in the outer strata il is approximately Ithe same as that in the crown portion, but the proportions may be varied as desired. If a stier crown is desired. a larger proportion of Vinyon fiber is used in the crown felt. 1f a softer, less resilient crown is' desired, a smaller proportion of Vinyon fiber is used in the crown felt.

In another illustrative form or embodiment, the hat construction. as' illustrated in Figure 3, may have the crown portion il entirely free of the resin fibers and of single thickness construction, while the three stratum brim may have the resin fibers incorporated in the dlerent strata in the same quantities or proportions as described in connection with Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is illustrative of a construction wherein the crown and the brim are both of three stratum construction. In the crown, which is designated Ii', the center stratum ilcontainsthe Vinyon fibers. In the brim, which is generally designated i2. the center stratum I1 also is the only stratum containing the Vinyon fibers, the inner and outer strata i8 of the crown and I9 of the brim being entirely free of the resin ibers. yBecause of this construction vthe center stratum provides a desirable stiffness with resiliency, while the outer strata provide a soft mellow feel and woolly texture, such as would be obtained in an all wool felt.

In making up the three stratum material for the brim construction, or for the making of a crown where a three stratum crown is to be employed, an unhardened batt is prepared containing the desired amount of Vinyon fibers and this is inserted between two unhardened batts containing smaller amounts of the resin bers, or having no resin fibers at all therein, and the three batts are then subjected -to the hardening operation so as to form a single thickness sheet of the desired thickness.

This hardening operation is one which is commonly employed in connection with the manufacture of pressed felt and since such operation is well known to those familiar with the art, it is not believed a detailed description of the same is necessary.

In making up a felt hat of crown and brim construction, after the brim has been made in the desired manner and the crown has also been made as desired, the two are sewed together and the entire hat is then put on the saddle, and then placed in a mold, where it is subjected to heat and pressure. It is in the molding operation upon the felt that the included Vinyon bers produce the desired eil'ect. In this operation the Vinyon fibers soften and permit the felt to conform readily to the contours of the mold.

The Vinyon fibers impart to the molded hat excellent shape retention.

We claim:

1. A hat formed of a single thickness of felt material having incorporated in the brim only, synthetic resin bers of a copolymer of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate.

2. A hat construction having a brim and a crown, the crown and brim being formed of a single thickness of felt material, the crown and brim each having synthetic resin fibers of a copolymer of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate incorporated therein, the proportion of the synthetic resin bers being greater in the brim than in the crown.

3. A hat having a brim formed of `a single thickness of felt material of stratified form, there being an intermediate stratum and outer strata. the strata having synthetic resin fibers of a copolymer of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate incorporatedV therein, an outer stratum containing proportionately less resin fibers than the intermediate stratum, the strata being merged one with the other whereby they are nonseparabie as identifiable layers.

4. A hat of crown and brim construction, the hat being formed of single thickness .felt material, the brim comprising three strata, synthetic resin fibers of a copolymer of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate incorporated in the strata of the brim, the outer strata containing proportionately less 'of such fibers than the middle stratum, and the strata being merged one with the other whereby they are nonseparable as identifiable layers.

5. A hat of crown and brim construction, the hat being formed of single thickness felt material, the brim comprising three strata, synthetic resin fibers of a copolymer of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate incorporated in the strata of the brim and in the crown, the synthetic resin fibers in the middle stratum of the brim'being in greater pro-4 portion than in the outer strata of the brim and in the crown, and the strata being merged one with the other whereby they are nonseparable as identifiable layers. l

6. A felt hat construction as described in claim 5 wherein the proportion of the synthetic resin fibersl in the outer strata of the brim and in the crown is approximately the same.

7. A hat of crown and brim construction formed of a single thickness of felt material, in which both the crown and the brim consist of three strata, the center stratum onlyl of both the crown and the brim containing synthetic resin bers of a copolymer of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate, and the strata being merged one with the other whereby they are nonseparable as identifiable layers.

8. A hat construction consisting of crown anfl brim parts formed of a single thickness of true felt material, synthetic resin bersof a copolymer of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate incorporated in one of said parts, and the said fibers in the said one part being concentrated in a stratum lying between and spaced from the surfaces of the said one part, said stratum being a non-separable but identifiable portion of the single thickness of true felt.

HYMEN SHRAGER.

BARNEY SHINBERG.

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