US2870449A

US2870449A - Double cap

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Publication number: US2870449A
Application number: US575294A
Authority: US
Inventors: Theodore L Bailey
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1956-03-30
Filing date: 1956-03-30
Publication date: 1959-01-27
Anticipated expiration: 1976-01-27

Description

Jan. 27, 1959 T. BAILEY DOUBLE CAP Filed March 30, 1956 IINVENTOR g O M m 1 m5 3 m p F0 United States Patent DOUBLE CAP Theodore L. Bailey, Natick, Mass., assignor to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Application March 30, 1956, Serial No. 575,294 1 Claim. (Cl. 2--172) (Granted under Title 35, U. S. Code (1952), sec. 266) The invention described herein, if patented, may be manufactured and used by or for the Government for governmental purposes, without the payment to me of any I royalty thereon.

The invention relates to head coverings and more particularly to double head coverings such as caps without being specifically so limited. By a double cap is meant an inner cap and an outer cap which are at least partially separate and which may be either permanently or separably connected together, by a single spot connection. A structure such as this permits the inner head covering to be made in a variety of sizes to insure a good fit but permits the outer head covering to be formed in but a single size or at least a lesser number of sizes each sufficiently large to fit over a plurality of smaller sized inner head coverings. Thus, the inner cap or the like may be relatively light and formed of thin material suitable for warm weather wear but insufficiently warm for wear alone in cold weather. Where the inner and outer head coverings are readily separable, the inner may be worn by itself in warm weather with the outer being attached thereto to transform the garment for cold weather wear. Also, by making the inner and outer head coverings separate, one may be formed of replaceable or readily washable material so that it can be replaced when worn out or repeatedly laundered while the other hat or the like may be made of sturdier though less readily washable material such as wool as it will normally require less cleaning. Other advantages will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.

With the foregoing in View, it is an object of the invention to provide a novel head covering comprising at least partially separate inner and outer head coverings.

A further object is to provide a double cap or the like wherein inner and outer caps are connected together only in a single limited area, the connection being either permanent or a readily detachable one.

Other objects and advantages reside in the particular structure of the invention, the structure of the several elements thereof, combinations and subcombinations of such elements, all of which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art upon reference to the attached drawing in connection with the following specification wherein the invention is shown, described and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view taken from above of a double head covering according to the invention;

Figure 2 is a view'like Figure 1 but taken from below;

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the two head coverings entirely separated;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken substantially on the plane of the line 44 of Figure 1 but showing a modification; and

Figure 5 is a view like Figure 4 but showing a further modified form of the invention.

Referring specifically to the drawing wherein like reference characters designate like parts in all views and referring at first to the form of the invention of Figures 13,

2,870,449 Patented Jan. 27, 1959 inclusive, 10 designates generally a double head covering according to the invention. In the embodiment illustrated, the head covering 10 comprises a double cap which as best seen in Figure 3 comprises an inner cap 11 which is nested in an outer cap 12. I

This formof the invention contemplates a cap having a visor as well as a combined ear-nape-chinfiap. The visor and flap may be on either the inner or outer cap or, as shown, one'may be on one and one on theother. In' the species illustrated, the inner cap 11 comprises a crown which comprises a top piece 13 and a side wall 14. It also includes a visor 15. Also, the side wall 14 is formed with circumferentially stretchable elastic inserts 16 on opposite sides thereof to permit a single size of cap to fit a number of heads of different sizes.

The outer cap of this form of the invention comprises a crown formed of the top piece 17 and side wall 18 from which depends any suitable flap such as the combined ear-nape-chin flap 19 shown which may be lined on the inner side by for or the like 20. Preferably, the front of the side wall 18 is cut-away or upwardly arched to provide an arcuate notch 21 which exposes a similarly shaped area of the side wall 14 of the inner cap 11 above the visor 15.

In this form of the invention, the inner and outer caps are more or less permanently connected together by a single short line of stitching 22 which extends horizontally across the fronts of the caps above the apex of the notch 21. As this is the sole connection between the two caps 11 and 12, it is obvious that the flap 19 may be stored in the space provided between the two top pieces 13 and 17 and

side walls

14 and 18, as shown in broken lines in Figures 1 and 2.

In the form of invention of Figure 4, the double cap 30 comprises the inner cap 31, nested in the outer cap 32. The inner cap 31 is substantially the same as that of the first form whereby it includes a crown formed of a top piece 33 and a side wall 34 from which extends a visor 35. Also, the side wall 34 may have one or more circumferentially stretchable elasticizing inserts as. However, in this form of the invention, the outer cap 32 is flapless and comprises only a crown comprising a top piece 37 and a side wall 38. As in the first species, the side wall 38 may be formed with the frontal notch 39 and the outer cap may be semi-permanently secured to the inner cap by a short line of stitching til.

Figure 5 shows a further modification of the invention wherein the double cap comprises inner and outer caps 51 and 52. The inner cap 51 includes a top piece 53, side wall 54, visor 55 and circumferentially stretchable elastic insert 56. Likewise, the outer cap 52 comprises a top piece 57 and side wall 58 having a frontal notch 59. Here however, the two caps are readily detachably connected together above the notch 59 by any suitable separable fastener element 60 on the side wall 58 of the outer cap 52 and a complementary separable fastener element 61 on the side wall 54 of the inner cap 51. This form of the invention is particularly desirable when a summer cap is to be transformed into a winter cap; where either the inner or outer cap must be laundered more often than the other; where one or the other of the caps is subject to greater wear and more frequent replacement than the other; or for other reasons.

In all forms of the invention whenever the elasticizing inserts 16, 36, or 56 are formed of pervious material the side walls of the outer caps overlie the inserts and provide draft bars which prevent drafts of air from reaching the head through the inserts.

While there has been shown and described what are now thought to be the preferred embodiments of the invention, it should be understood that the same is susceptible of other forms and expressions. Hence, the invention is not limited to the exact structures shown and described hereinabove except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

A double head covering in the form of a cap adjustable to heads of various sizes comprising an inner cap and an 5 oversized outer cap, each of said caps comprising a crown and an annular side wall, said inner cap having a visor and a pair of circumferentially stretchable elasticizing inserts in the side wall spaced rearwardly of the visor, the side Wall of the outer cap having an arcuate cut-out portion straddling said visor, elongated flaps hinged to the side Wall of the outer cap positioned to overlap the inserts in the inner cap and normally folded onto the top side of the crown of the inner cap, and means for detachably securing the inner and outer caps together.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Kneeland Mar. 6, 1883 Seldner Feb. 8, 1887 Rochet June 12, 1906 Steinberg et a1. Jan. 14, 1913 Burke July 28, 1914 Le Pierre Sept. 22, 1914 Brav Sept. 15, 1942 Lesser Aug. 12, 1947 Loy July 26, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain Oct. 11, 1904