US2870452A - Garment hood - Google Patents

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1959 J. DE GRAZlA 2,870,452

GARMEN'I: HOOD Filed 001:. 24, 1956 VIENTO!R Josepie, De G122 ATTORNEY United States Patent GARMENT HOOD Joseph De Grazia, Washington, D. -C., assignor to the United States of America as-represented by the Secretary of the Army Application October 24, 1956, Serial No.'618,158 3'.Claims. :(Cl. 2-203) (Granted under Title 35, U. 'S.'Code (1952),'sec. 266) The invention described :herein,iif patented, may be manufactured and used .by or for the Government for governmental purposes, withoutthe payment'to me of any royalty thereon.

The invention relates to garment hoods particularly hoods of the type which include cape or like portions.

Such garments insofar as is known are worn either outside of the body garments so as to overlie the shoulders or are detachably secured to such garments inside the collar portion of the latter. When worn, at last described, rain, snow, sleet or the like running down the hood readily penetrates the joint between the hood and garment and is a source of discomfort or worse.

Also, although such hoods usually have drawstrings or the like for tightening the face opening aboutthe face, such drawstrings are ineffective when the hood is worn over a substantially rigid head'covering such as a derby hat or a protective helmet. This is because the brim of such a head covering extends laterally and forms triangular spaces'below the same between the hood and checks.

With the foregoing in view, it is an object of the invention to provide a garment hood which is capable of being worn either inside or outside of the outer body garment and which when worn inside, includes means providing a weather shield for the neck opening of such body garments.

A further object is to provide a hood which includes means for holding side portions thereof closely against the sides of the face even when the hood is worn over head coverings having laterally extending brims or the like.

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 with each other and/or a body garment, all of which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art upon reference to the attached drawing illustrating the invention in connection with the following specification wherein the invention is described and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front View of one form of the invention apart from any body garment;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view thereof;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view of the same with a body garment illustrated fragmentarily in vertical section;

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary, vertical sectional view taken substantially on the plane of the line 4-4 of Figure 2; and

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view taken substantially on the plane of the line 5--5 of Figure 2.

Referring specifically to the drawing wherein like reference characters designate like parts in all views, designates generally the garment of the invention which includes a hood or head covering portion 11, a neck opening, a neck covering portion 12 which is tubular in form and disposed concentrically of the neck opening. The hood may include also a body portion 13 which is in the form of a vest. Body portion 13 may have a front opening secured closed by any suitable separable fastener means 14 and size adjusting means 15 may beprovided at both sides beneath the arm-holes 16.

The neck portio-n12 mounts an annular weather shield 17 in the region of theneck opening. In the embodiment illustrated,the weather shield 17 comprises a flap which preferably takesthe form of a turn-down collarhaving an upper edge secured to the neck portion 12 by any suitable means such as-the line of stitching 18. 'As best seen in Figure 3, the weather shield 17 is located above the marginal or collar portion '19 which defines theneck opening of an outer garment 20 so that the flap of the shield 17 overlies such collar portion and prevents drafts or droplets which may run down the hood or neckportions 11 and 12 'fromentering the garment 20 through the neck opening aforesaid.

Asillustrated, the weather shield 17 extendsmorethan entirely around the neck portion 12, there'being an outer end 21 which overlaps the inner end 22 beneath the wearers'chin. The outer end 21 is secured to the inner end'22 -by any suitable separable fastener means 23.

The device according to the invention may be worn outwardly of the outer garment 20 as well as inwardly of the same. However, when worn outwardly, the weather shield 17 does not function as such as the entire body portion 13 or at least the lower neck portion 12 operatesas a weather shield. Thus, when so'wor'n, the weather shield 17 is more decorative than functional. The main feature of this portion'of the invention is, of 'course,-toprovide a hood wherein the neck portion may be worn inside theneck opening of an outer. garment without providing a channel for the entranceof drafts or droplets of water or like liquids.

To enable the hood 11 to fit closely along the sides of the face even when the hood is worn over a head covering such as the helmet 30 which has a brim 31 projecting laterally outwardly of the cheeks 32, means now to be described have been provided. Such means may have different forms but in the embodiment illustrated comprises two strips of ductile material 33. One strip 33 is secured along each side of the hood 12 in any suitable manner as by being secured beneath strips 34 of textile material which are sewed to the outer surface of the hood in the region of the front edge of the hood. The strips 33 may be of any suitable ductile material such as soft metal and are generally vertically disposed. The ductile means 33 is preferably located in the region of the front edge 39 of the head covering portion 11. As shown, the strips 33 are substantially parallel to the front edge 39. The upper ends of the strips 33 cross and extend slightly above the brim 31 of the helmet. The lower ends of strips 33 are located well below the brim 31 and extend down the cheeks 32 a substantial distance. Preferably, the inside of the hood is provided with two opposed patches 35 of suitable cushioning material such as pile fabric in areas encompassing those of the strips 33. Preferably such patches 35 extend well below the lower ends of the strips 33.

Instead of two strips 33, the ductile means may comprise a single inverted U-shaped strip or wire disposed concentrically of the face opening. In use, after the hood has been seated over the helmet 30, triangular openings will exist on either side of the facebetween the wearers checks, the hood and the brim 31. However, these are readily closed by deforming the strips 33 around the brim 31 and conforming them to the cheeks 32 of the wearer. This forces the cushioning or sealing patches 35 tightly against the face to form an effective barrier to the entrance of cold air. By the use of the ductile means 33, there is no need for a drawstring the same is, therefore, omitted from the construction.

The hood of the invention includes the structure of the patent to Rinis, No. 2,560,598, dated July 17, 1951. This comprises a ductile wire 36 in the free forward edge of the tubular curtain 37 which is concentric to the face opening and projects forwardly of the hood and helmet. However, such wire 36 does not duplicate the function of the ductile means 33 because its location is in the forward edge of the curtain 37 and forwardly of the helmet 30. Thus, it cannot function like the strips 33 unless the curtain 37 and its fur ruff 38 are folded back over the hood 12 to the Warm weather position. Obviously, in that position, it would be undesirable to close the spaces which are controlled by the ductile means 33. Indeed, under such warm weather conditions, it is understood that the strips 33 preferably are bowed outwardly or otherwise deformed to enlarge the air spaces and admit air rather than the reverse. It may be noted that deformation of the ductile means 33 and front edge 39 of the helmet covering portion does not deform the ductile means 36 in the free forward edge of the curtain or the fur ruff 38. Thus, there is no reduction of vision when the ductile means 33 is deformed to close the air spaces below the helmet brim 31.

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

I claim:

1. In combination with a protective helmet or the like having a substantially rigid and laterally extending brim; I

a fabric hood comprising a helmet covering portion having a front edge defining a face opening, a substantially tubular curtain carried by said front edge concentrically thereof and adapted to extend forwardly of the same and said helmet, said curtain having a free forward edge, said front edge of said helmet covering portion crossing said brim on opposite sides of said helmet and being spaced thereby from the wearers checks to form air spaces below said brim, substantially vertically disposed semirigid ductile means carried by said helmet covering portion rearwardly of said front edge thereof, said ductile means crossing said brim on opposite sides of said helmet, said ductile means and said front edge of said helmet covering portion being deformable about said brim toward and away from the wearers cheeks to open and close said air spaces, and said free forward edge of said curtain being undeformed by said deformation of said ductile means.

2. A hood according to claim 1, wherein said ductile means comprises two strips of ductile metal, there being a strip on each side of said head covering portion, each strip extending from a point slightly above said brim to a point a substantially greater distance below the same.

3. A hood according to claim 1, wherein said head covering portion is provided with sealing means of cushioning material immediately underlying said ductile means.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 148,515 Silberstein et a1. Mar. 10, 1874 1,142,990 Stern June 15, 1915 1,167,058 Finberg Jan. 4, 1916 1,592,562 Graham July 13, 1926 1,984,521 Deegan Dec. 18, 1934 2,131,248 Astrove Sept. 27, 1.938 2,206,402 Howland July 2, 1940 2,370,158 Grice et al Feb. 27, 1945 2,560,598 Rinis July 17, 1951 w FOREIGN PATENTS 614,668 Great Britain Dec. 20, 1948

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