US563280A

US563280A - Joseph kornfeld

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Publication number: US563280A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-07-07
Anticipated expiration: 1913-07-07

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPHKORNFELD, or NEw YORK, N. Y.

CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 563,280, dated July 7, 1896. Application filed May 25, 1896. Serial No. 592,942. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OSEPH KORNFELD, of

New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Caps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of caps provided with means for ventilating the same, and has for its object to provide a cap which will permit of more thorough ventilation than those heretofore constructed.

A further object of the invention isto provide a cap of the character indicated which can be folded without injury thereto, to permit it to be placed in the pocket or satchel.

The invention consists of a cap having strips of flexible perforated material interposed between the several sections of its body and extending from the lower edge of the body to the center thereof.

The invention further consists of a cap having its body formed of a plurality of sections of fibrous material, and having strips of fibrous netting interposed between the said sections and extending from the lower edge of the body to the center thereof.

The invention also consists in the particular construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is an inverted perspective view, and Fig. 3 a view of the cap folded.

In the drawings, A is a cap of the kind known as golf, B the body, and G the visor thereof.

The body B of the cap is formed of a series of sections a, in the present instance six, of cloth or other suitable pliable material, and between the several sections and extending the whole length thereof I interpose strips 1) of perforated material, wherebya thorough ventilation of the cap is secured. The sections a are secured to the perforated strips 1), so as to space them apart about a quarter of an inch. The strips b are preferably formed of some perforated flexible material, such as rice netting, or other fibrous netting, so as to render the cap light, and also to permit it to be compactly folded for conveniently placing it in the pocket or in a satchel. The strips 1) may be of a length to extend only from the center of the body to the lower edge thereof, but I prefer to employ strips of sufii cient length to extend entirely across the body, the strips crossing each other at the center, as shown in the drawings. By employing continuous strips the sections of the cap are more firmly and securely united, and the cap thereby rendered more durable.

The visor G will preferably be formed of some suitable soft pliable material, so as to permit the cap to be compactly folded.

The cap is provided with a sweat-band c. and it may be provided with a lining, if desired.

A cap constructed as above described will afford thorough ventilation, is very light, and can be folded into a small compass.

While I have shown the improvement applied to a particular style of cap, yetI do not restrict myself to the same, for the invention is equally applicable to other styles or forms.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a cap having its body formed of a plurality of sections, and strips of flexible perforated material interposed between the sections, said strips extending from the lower edge of the body to the center thereof, as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a cap having its body formed of a series of sections of fibrous material, and strips of fibrous netting interposed between the sections, said strips extending from the lower edge of the body to the center thereof, as specified.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a cap having its body formed of a series of cloth sections, and strips of fibrous netting interposed between the sections, the said strips extending entirely across the body, crossing each other at the center, as set forth.

JOSEPH KORNFELD. lVitnesses:

'lnno. G. HOS'IER, JAMES M. HENLEY.