US482773A - Bathing-cap - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

H. B. WILLIAMS. BATHING GAP.

No. 482,773. Patented Sept.,20, 1892.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

H. B. WILLIAMS.

BATHING GAP.

No. 482,773. Patented Sep'p. 20, 1892.

4 y a 2mm z fim M NrTnD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY B. WILLIAMS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BATHlNG-CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,773, dated September 20, 1892.

Application filed December 3, 1891. Serial No. 413,947. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY B. WILLIAMs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bathing-Caps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bathing-caps whereby the hair of the wearer is kept dry.

The characteristic feature of my invention is that it is made of two flat disks of material united at the edges, and the disk which lies adjacent to the head of the wearer is madeof exceedingly-elastic india-rubber and the head-opening made through it is reinforced by a supplemental or added rubber ring, which is preferably seamless and is cemented or otherwise attached to the other portion. The rubber composing the lower section of the cap is also preferably seamless.

In the drawings hereof, Figure 1 shows an elevation, partly in perspective, of one of my caps, it being distended as in use. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l, the cap, however, being collapsed more than in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a View from the under side of the cap shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is an elevation, partly in perspective, of an alternative construction of the cap. Fig. 5 is a View from the underside of the cap shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail of the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Fig. 7 illustrates an enlarged view of my cap when made in one piece.

A is the crown of the cap. I prefer to make it of rubber; butitmay be made of any equivalent waterproof material-such as silk or other fabric-suitably treated with a waterproofing substance. It is in the form of a flat disk.

B is the part of the cap which under my invention must be of rubber or equivalent elastic and waterproof material. It is also in the form of a flat disk and is united to the" crown or upper disk ofthe cap at the edges O in any suitable manner.

D is the head-opening, and E is a reinforcing-band of rubber, which is attached to the edge of the head-opening in any preferred manner, as by an elastic waterproof cement or by the employment of naphtha when it would be suitable. It will be observed that by the employment of my reinforcing-strip E, which is preferably cut out from a single flat piece of rubber, so that it is seamless, the edge of the head-opening, which is very aptto split when carelessly adjusted,is reinforced, so that splitting isavoided and, also, the edges are made to hug closely to the forehead and about the head generally, so that the entrance of water to wet the hair is avoided.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I show an alternative construction to that shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. In them it is practically essential that the two pieces or disks of rubber which constitute the upper section A and the lower section B shall be cut out in substantially circular form from flat sheets of rubber. This necessitates waste. To avoid this, I sometimes make my caps as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6--that is to say, the lower disk B is made of a single straight strip of rubber, and to give it the necessary annular disk form it is folded in gusset-like folds, (shown at F F, &c.) The material which is taken up by these gusset-like folds on one edge gives, of course, an annular form to the strip. The gussets run out as they approach the other edge of the strip. After the entire strip has been folded into an annular shape then to give it the disk form the meeting ends are united and cemented or otherwise fastened. Then the elastic band, which I call the cap fitting, strengthening, and water-excluding band, is placed over the inner ends of the gussets, and naphtha or its equivalent is preferably, although not necessarily, applied. The ring is fastened in place, and the gussets are likewise cemented shut or flat underneath the ring E, and I preferably apply the naphtha so that under the heavy pressure applied to the article during the cementing operation it will be squeezed into the folds of the gussets under and adjacent to the band E, so that they will all be firmly attached together, making, practically, a single firmstructure having a substantially flat disk-like shape.

In Fig. 6 I show the band E as broken away and the gussets F as somewhat elevated, not flattened down, as they are in the completed article. The upper disk A of the cap in this instance, as in the other, may be made of a single piece of rubber integral with the part B, or it may be made of silk or other suitable material, preferably waterproofed; also, in-

stead of making the lower section B of the cap of a straight piece the upper section A and the lower section B may be made of a single piece of rubber out out, as in the first instance, in the form of a substantially round disk, and then its edges being bent over toward the center of the disk, the gussets will be formed in the bent-over edge and suitably fastened, thus forming the two disks the same as in the first instance, and then the band E is applied about the centrally-located headopening, making the cap substantially as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 and all of one piece of material, except, of course, the band.

It will be obvious to those who are familiar with this art that certain alterations may be made in the details of construction of my improved bathing-cap and still the essentials of my invention be employed.

I claim 1. A bathing-cap comprising, essentially, two fiat disks of waterproof material, the lower one being elastic and having a headopening in it, and an elastic rubber band attached flatwise to the lower disk about the 'opening and a reinforcing-band of elastic rubber attached flatwise upon said disk around the edge of the head-opening, substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 31st day of August, A. D. 1891.

HARRY B. \VILLIAM S.

Witnesses:

PHILLIPS ABBOTT, J. E. HOFFMAN.

Images