US2613358A

US2613358A - Bathing cap

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Publication number: US2613358A
Application number: US124793A
Authority: US
Inventors: William D Timmons
Original assignee: Pretty Products Inc
Current assignee: Pretty Products Inc
Priority date: 1949-11-01
Filing date: 1949-11-01
Publication date: 1952-10-14
Anticipated expiration: 1969-10-14

Description

Patented Oct. 14, 1952 to Pretty Prodirctsglnc Goshocton, Qhlo, arbor-" poration of Ohio 7 Application November 1 scr ens. (on. 2-68) This invention relates caps.

tothe art of bathing;

It has of course always been desirable for a bathing cap to prevent the entrance'of water thereunder so as to keep the user's hair dry; and

there have been various attempts to producesuch a cape However, there appears to'have been experienced considerable difficulty because of the fact that. in applyingthe cap to the head of the user, it is pulled in a direction transverse to that of normal engagement-of the sealing means that is provided upon the inner surface of the. cap and: such transverse pulling of the sealing means has seriously interfered with its assuming .proper position for effective sealing engagement.

Accordingly, the object of the present invention is to devise a bathing cap with sealing-means upon the inside thereof that will permit application of the cap to the head of the user inxthe usual manner and at the same time .will ensure 1 effective engagement of the sealing means with the head of the user.

More specifically, my object isto devise a bathing cap with such a sealing means that will respond to the usual pulling or stretching action during application of the same to the users head and will at once resume normal effective condition for most efiective sealing engagement upon release of the same when such pulling stretch-a ing action has been completedand the cap has been placed in the desired position.

Other objects will appear from the following description and claims when considered together with the accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 illustrates, in side elevation, the present bathing cap in position upon the head of the user and with a portion of the same turned back so as to expose my improved sealing means;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of my improved sealing means; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on either line 3-3 of Fig. 1 or line 33 of Fig. 2.

It is to be understood that the present form of disclosure is merely for the purpose ofillustration and that there might be devised various modifications thereof without departing from the spirit of my invention as herein set forth and claimed.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing in detail, the cap I of rubber or rubber-like material is provided upon the inner surface thereof, near the edge, with my improved sealing means which forms an integral part of the cap itself; and this sealing means extend entirely about the edge portion of the cap. The rubber or rubberhence of a resilient nature.

Also, upon opposite :sides of the middlerib 2,.

.1949, Serial No. 124393, j 1-.

like of thecapibeingof resilient nature, the sealing means is also resilient, as will be explained.

This sealing presentiillustration,

consists of a clov 'en or double-middle rib 2 and the single ribs 3 and [which extend along opposite sides of the middle rlb Z- and in .parallel'relation thereto. All of

theseribs

2, 3"andA' project inv wardly from the inner surface of the bathing cap and, under normal conditions occupy.position,

substantially normal to the surface of.. -the.cap'..

Each of these ribs may beofntapered, or wedge form, as clearly indicatedinEig. 3 ofthefdraWi-ng, Along the inside of eachlof the ribs. 3 and 4 I, have provided buttresses ia and qa, respectively, which extend in a direction normal to their ribs and are inclined away therefromafter the manner of a mechanical buttress, These buttresses are formed integrally with the cap and ribs and are I have provided the integraL-buttresses 2a which I are of the same formasthe buttresses 3a and 4a. The buttresses 2a, uponthe oppositesidesof the rib, 2 are arranged opposite each otherrandare staggered with respect to the buttresses 3c and. 4a which are located opposite eachether. Also, as clearly indicatedin Fig. 2 of the drawing, the

staggered buttressesvextend into the opposite spaces between the opposite row of buttresses in each instance; but all of the buttresses of one rib terminate decidedly short of the opposite rib, with the result that the buttresses of each of the

ribs

3 and 4 act independently of the buttresses of the other rib and independently also of the buttresses 2a of the middle rib. The ribs may be all of the same height and the

ribs

3 and 4 are of duplicate form and dimensions. Also, all of the buttresses of the several ribs may be of the same form and dimensions, and the buttresses are of less depth or height than the ribs at the points where they join the ribs.

Except for my particular sealing means, as herein described, the bathing cap in all other respects may be of the same form as the familiar bathing cap, including the strap 5 which has its one end attached to one side of the cap and is adapted to extend beneath the users chin and to have snap engagement at its other end with the other side of the cap, as indicated in Fig. 1 and as will be readily understood.

Such a cap will of course have a close fit upon the head of the user and it will be pulled over the head in the same manner as the familiar rubber bathing cap. During such application of the cap, the

ribs

2, 3 and 4 will be flexed towards flattened condition against the resistance of their buttresses, the buttresses 3a and adjacent buttresses 2a being compressed and the buttresses 4a and adjacent buttresses 211 being stretched, so that all of the buttresses are temporarily deformed while pulling the cap onto the head to theproper position, Then when the cap has. been fully placed upon the head and released, the natural tendency of the buttresses to again assume their normal condition, will cause their respective ribs to return to upright condition, that is substantially normal to the body of the cap and the head of the, user;

and the entire action of each rib during its terne I porary deformation and return to normal condiallel. spaced resilient sealing ribs near the edge thereof including a middle double rib and a rib Jupon each side thereof, and said cap being provided also with separate resilient buttresses extion will be entirely independent of that of the I other ribs by virtue of the independentarrangement of the buttresses of each rib, as above explained.

Thus,,in .the event that the cap fits the users head so tightly thatfone, of th'e several ribs; might tending substantially normal to and connected independently of 1 each other with the sides of said ribs, the buttresses upon the sides of the middle rib'being opposite each other, and the buttresses of the respective sides of the outer ribs not return completely to itsnormal' condition-11 upon release of the same, such binding of the.

one rib will not affect theotherribswhich, be

cause of the independentfaction of their but tresses, will be permitted to respond to the flex ing of their buttresses and to be returned thereby to normal condition for most effective sealing; The result is that, with the severai ribs and their independently acting buttresses, there is ensured a water-tight seal between the marginal portion of the. cap and the head or the user and consequently there is no danger of leakage. Furthermore, by virtue of the resilient nature'of the cap body and'the integrally formedseparate ribs with their individual ands'epa'rate and hide-pend ently acting buttresses, this sealing meanswill be self-accommodating to the 'shape ofthej-head of the 'user so as to still furthenensure water ing in "a most complete'and effective manner.

. a '40 tight engagement at all points. That is'to say," my improved sealing means isfs'elf accommodat those who are familiar with the art'towhich this invention relates.

What I claim is:

l. A bathing cap of resilient rubbei' like mate rial having its inner surface providedwithinte gral inwardly extending parallel'spa'ced resilient sealing ribs near the edgethereof'and provided adjacent the middle rib being opposite each other and in staggered relationship with respect to the buttresses of the middle rib, so as to permit flexing action of said ribs independently of each other. I v

3 A bathing cap of resilient rubber-like material having its inner surface provided with a plurality of integral inwardly extending parallel spaced resilient sealing ribs near the-edge-thereof including a middle double rib and arib upon each side thereof, and said'capbeingprovided also with separate resilient'integralbuttresses extending substantially normal to and connected independently of each otherxwith 1 the sides of said ribs, the buttresses upon the sides of the middle rib being opposite each other, and the buttresses of the respective sides of the outer ribs adjacent the middle rib being'opposite each other and in staggering relationship with respect to the buttresses of the middle rib, so as to permit flexing action of saidribs independently of each other." I

' WILLIAM DTIMMONS.

. Name Date 1,781,842 Howland Nov. 18, 1930 2,285,659

Howland June9, 1942