US2735110A - Baker - Google Patents

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Feb. 21, 1956 Q BAKER 2,735,110

HEADWEAR FOR WOMEN v Filed March 16, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet l Y? INVENTOR. OID/4L 64kg@ BY and v x10 fawn/V34 Feb. 21, 1956 o. BAKER HEADWEAR FOR WOMEN 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 16, 1954 INVENToR. 64x56 @PHL froid/5K5( "ijnited States Patent O HEADWEAR FOR WOMEN Opal Baker, New York, N. Y., assignor to Far East Associates, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application March 16, 1954, Serial No. 416,482

3 Claims. (Cl. 2-198) This invention relates to headwear for women, and more particularly to an improved scarf cap.

It has long been the practice for women to wear a scarf as a head covering. For this purpose a square scarf may be folded to form a triangle, which is then tied around the head, or the scarf may itself be triangular. It has also been suggested to secure a visor to the center portion of the long edge of the scarf, and such a combination of visor and scarf may be called a scarf cap.

The primary object of the present invention is to generally improve scarf caps. More particular objects are to provide a scarf cap which may be worn in a variety of ways with the long edge of the scarf either at the front of the head, or behind the neck, and with the corners tied beneath the chin, or behind the neck, or over the visor, or drawn rearwardly and tucked beneath the scarf.

Further objects are to provide such a scarf cap which is easy to apply and wear, and which remains securely in adjusted position after being applied to the head.

To accomplish the foregoing objects, and other objects which will hereinafter appear, my invention resides in the scarf cap elements, and their relation one to another, as are hereinafter more particularly described in the following specication. The specication is accompanied by drawings, in which:

Fig. l shows my improved scarf cap worn with the corners tied beneath the chin;

Fig. 2 shows the same with the corners tied above the visor;

Fig. 3 shows the same with the corners drawn rearwardly and tucked beneath the scarf;

Fig. 4 shows the same with the corners tied behind the head;

Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the scarf cap spread out, with the long edge of the scarf beneath the headband;

Fig. 6 is a vertical section drawn to enlarged scale in fore-and-aft direction, with the long edge of the scarf disposed in front of the headband and behind the loop;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary side elevation looking in the direction of the arrows 7-7 in Fig. 5, but with the long edge of the scarf disposed transversely of the headband;

Fig. 8 is a horizontal section taken approximately in the plane of the line 8-8 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 9 is a horizontal section taken approximately in the plane of the line 9 9 of Fig. 6; and

Fig. l0 is explanatory of a detail, and is taken approximately in the plane of the line 10-10 of Fig. 9.

Referring to the drawing, and more particularly to Fig. 5, the scarf cap comprises a visor assembly generally designated V, and a triangular scarf generally designated S. The visor assembly V includes a patterned visor 12 of relatively stiff material, a headband 14 the forward portion of which is secured along the rear edge of the visor 12, and a loop 16 secured at the top center of the visor at the headband. The scarf S is a triangular half of a square of fabric, the original square preferably being approximately one yard, say 35 inches along its side edge.

2,735,110 Patented Feb. 21, 1956 ICC The long edge 18 of the resulting triangular scarf has an elastic insert in the center region, as is indicated at 20. The edge 18 is secured at two spaced points, one on either side of the elastic insert 20, to the visor assembly V near the corners of the visor, this being at the points marked 22 in Fig. 5.

Considering the arrangement in greater detail, the visor 12 is here made of straw, and is patterned with appropriately curvedrfront and rear edges, so that it will assume a visor shape when the rear edge is drawn about the head. However, the visor may be made of fabric, appropriately stilened by means of a stilfener between layers of fabric.

The headband 14 in the present case is an inelastic woven cloth tape, provided at the rear with an elastic insert 24. It will be seen that this insert is an elastic cord bent to form a band or loop, one end of which is secured in a reversely folded end 26 of the headband, while the other end of the loop is secured in the other reversely folded end 28. This construction is more clearly shown in Figs. 6 and 8 of the drawing. If desired an elastic tape might be used for the entire headband, but the elasticity of the front part of the band would be wasted, and I lnd it preferable to use an inelastic tape, with an elastic insert to adapt the headband to differently sized heads. The insert may be elastic tape, although elastic cord as here shown is so readily stretchable as not to exert undue pressure on the head.

The forward part of the headband is preliminarily stitched to a cloth binder 30, as is best shown at 32 in Fig. 6. The binder is then folded around and stitched to the rear edge of the straw visor 12, as is shown at 34. At the same time the free ends of the loop 16 are stitched in place, these being located beneath the upper edge of the Vbinder 30, as is clearly shown in Fig. 6.

The scarf S is preferably made of silk or like sheer fabric. The edges are hemmed in conventional fashion. The elastic insert 20 may be applied in a manner best shown in Figs. 9 and 10 of the drawing. Specifically, a loop of elastic cord 40 is employed, one end of the loop being held by a reversely folded bit of fabric tape 42, and the other end being held by a similar reversely folded bit of fabric tape 44. The ends of the tapes 42 and 44 are stitched to spaced points on the scarf, and the edge of the scarf later is folded upwardly around the cord 40 and stitched on a curve, as shown at 46 in Fig. lt). Thus an enclosed pocket is formed within which the elastic insert 40 and the tapes 42 and 44 are concealed. Of course, the points at which the strips 42 and 44 are secured to the scarf are spaced apart much further than the contracted length of the insert. In the specific construction here shown they are spaced apart about three times the length of the insert, or about six inches apart for a two inch insert, thus providing approximately four inches of contraction at the gathering shown at 20 in Figs. 5 and 10 of the drawing.

The long edge 18 of the scarf is secured to the visor assembly by stitching or tacking the same to the headband, near the corners of the visor. Referring to Fig. 7, the hemmed long edge 18 of the scarf is tack stitched to the headband 14 at 5l). It is preferred that these tack stitches be taken through the band 14 rather than the visor, because the visor 12 here is made of straw. However, with a cloth visor the tack stitches could be taken directly into the corners of the visor, if it were so desired.

In Fig. 7 the scarf may be assumed not yet secured at the opposite corner of the visor. In practice the scarf is secured nearly diametrically, as shown in Fig. 5, that is, it extends directly across the headband when the elastic insert at 20 is contracted as shown. However, the scarf may lie over the headband, instead of beneath the headband as shown in Fig. 5, because it is stitched to the out- 3 sidev of the headband as shownl in Fig. 7. It may readily lie beneath the headband because. the.. tuck. stitching. is at the lower edge of the headband.

Some of the ways in which the scarf cap may be worn are illustrated in Figs. 1 through 4 of' the drawing; In Fig. 1 the long edge of the scarf has been placed'i'n front of the headband and loop, so that onlythe` visor itself'is visible. Two corners of the scarf' are tied beneath thet chin while the thirdcorner hangs behindfthe'back ofthel wearer.

Fig. 4V is similarexcept that all'three cornersare-appropriatelytied beneath the hair'behind the neck.

In Fig. 3 the long edge of the scarf isldrawn) away from the visor and disposed behind the neck beneath the hair. The hair is exposed at 52'; The corners-of the scarf arex passed through the loop 116'.v Two-cornersmay be passedin one direction, and one corner in the other direction. The corners of the scarf', after being passed through loop 16, are drawn rearwardly and tucked beneath the scarf', as shown at 54.

In Fig. 2 the long edge of thel scar-f is similarlydisposed behind the neck beneath the hair, and the corners' are similarly passed through the loop 16. However, in'

this case the scarf is drawn over thel top and the-heads fully covered. The corners; after*being'passedthrough the loop, are knotted ornamentally above thevisor, as shown at 56.

The style of Fig. 2 may be varied by exposingthe hair' at the top, as in Fig. 3, and the style of Fig. 3-v may be varied by covering the hair atV the top, as in Fig; 2.

It is believed that the construction and' method ofuse of my improved scarf cap, as Well as theadvantages thereof, will be apparent from the foregoingdetailed description. It will also be apparent that whilel I4 have shown and described my invention in a preferred form, changes may be made inthe structure shown, without departing from the'scope ofthe invention, as sought to-be defined in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A scarf cap for feminine wear comprising'a visor.'

assembly including a patterned visor of relatively sti material, said visor having a rear edge, as headband the forward portion of which is secured along therear edge of 2. A scarf cap for feminine wear comprising a visor assembly including a patterned visor of relatively stiff material, said visor having a rear edge, a generally elastic headband the forward portion of which is secured along the curved rear edge of the visor, and a loop secured at the top center of the visor at the headband, and said scarf cap further comprising a triangular half square fabric scarf, an elastic insert in the center portion of the long edge of the scarf, means securing' spacedV points only on the long edgevof. the scarf on either side of the elastic:l

portion-ofv whiclr'- hasaan4 elastic insert; anda loop securedv atthe'top center of-l the' visor at the headband, and said scarff capv furthercomprisingf a triangular` half of an approximately' yard square ofsilk or like sheet fabric scarf, arr elasticv insert iny the' center portoin of the long edgeof the sca-rt', means't securing" spaced points onlyon the` long` ed'geof theJ scarfon either sidek of the elastic insertto thex headband near the-corners of the visor, the

aforesaidarrangement beingsuch=thatthe scarfcap may be wornfin a' varietyofr ways such' as with the long edge int front` of the headband and thev corners tied; beneath the chin-or behindthe'neck', or with'the long vedge behind thei'neck and with thecorners'passedl through the loop andr` tiedover the visor; or drawnrearwardly and tucked beneath thescarf.

References Ctedin the 4lle of' this patent UNITED' STATES PATENTS 1,073,345 Hanris Sept. 16, 1913` 1,239,910 Harris Sept. 11, 1917` 1,256,204 Coolbrothv Feb. 12, 1918 1,769,761 Sutton July 1, 1930 2,005,361 Rollins etL al. Jan; 18, 1935 2,343,155 Paul Feb. 29, 1944 2,704,366r Arnold Mar.x22, 1955 FOREIGNJ PATENTS 229,872 Great Britain Mar. 5, 1925 965,688 France Feb. 22, 1950

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