US290017A

US290017A - Hannah t

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Publication number: US290017A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-12-11
Anticipated expiration: 1900-12-11

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' H. T. FARMER. HEAD PROTECTOR;

N0. 290,017 Patented D610. 11, 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HANNAH T. FARMER, OF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND.

HEAD-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,017, dated December 11, 1883.

Application filed March 1, 1881. (No model.)

, port, in the county of Newport and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pads for Protecting the Head from Heat, of which the following is a specification.

I am aware that heretofore leaves, wet cloths, sponges, and pads havev been worn within the hat to protect the head from the rays of the sun. My invention, however, consists in animproved construction of a pad to be worn within-the hat, possessing certain advantages over those heretofore in use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View of my improved pad, and Fig. 2 shows a central section of a hat containing the pad in place above the head of the wearer.

The pad A is composed of sponge cut or tornv into small particles and inclosed in a case or bag, B, of netting, and stitched or quilted in a manner well understood and illustrated in the figures. When the sponge is wetted, it is prevented from unduly swelling or changing its shape by its quilted cover. It will therefore readily remain in place and conform to the shape of the head, and will at the same time hold in suspension a sufficient quantity of water or other liquid with which it may be moistened. As the cover is constructed of netting, the pad is very light, and therefore not cumbersome to the head of the wearer. This has been an objection to padsheretofore in use, as well as to the cloths which have also been used. These would not absorb a sufficient quantity of waterto keep the head cool and moist, while ordinary sponges, if large enough to cover the top of the head, were too bulky, and, if wetted enough to keep the head properly moist and cool, were too heavy. They were also, on account of their size and shape, liable to wet the hat and injure its shape. 1 Small sponges would also get out of place and roll against the sides of the hat.

My pad, being constructed of fragmentary sponge inclosed in and firmly stitched to the netting-cover, requires a comparatively-small quantity of sponge, which, with the cover of netting, constitutes a light and durable pad, obviating all the objections referred to.

If desired, the pad may be secured to the lining of the hat by a device which permits it to be readily detached and removed when not needed. I have-shown, for this purpose, two short pieces of elastic tape, D D, which are provided with metallic hooks d d. Similar tapes, E E, provided with corresponding eyes, 0 e, are sewed at two opposite points upon the periphery of the pad. Byclasping the hooks and eyes in the usual manner the pad is effectually secured in place.

The pad may be used for horsesor other animals with advantage, the mode of attachment to the head-gear of the harness being obvious without detailed explanation.

I do not broadly claim herein, as a means of protecting the head from heat, a pad composed of absorbent material to be worn within the hat, as I am aware that such head-pro 7c tectors are old and well known.

I claim as my invention In a head-protecting pad, the combination of the fragmentary sponge and the nettingcov'er inclosing the same, the sponge and cover being stitched together or quilted, as set forth. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 1st day of January, A. D. 1881.

HANNAH T. FARMER.

Witnesses:

DARIUS BAKER, Mosns G. FARMER.