US579603A

US579603A - Marion c

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Publication number: US579603A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1897-03-30
Anticipated expiration: 1914-03-30

Description

(No Model.)

-M. C. PADGETT.

HAT.

No. 579,603. Patneed Mar. 3o, 1897.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,603, dated March 30, 1897. Application filed August 12,1896. Serial No. 602,583. (vNo model.)

` citizen of the United States, residing at Augusta, in the county of Richmond and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Hat, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hats, being especially designed for childrens use; and the object of the invention is to provide a sectional hat composed of a number of separable pieces which may be taken apart and laid out fiat, whereby the hat as a whole is adapted to be laundered, thus rendering the purchase of incre than one hat in a single season unnecessary.

lVith the above general object in view the invention consists in a hat embodying certain novel features and details of construction, as hereinafter particularly described,illustrated in the drawings, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a hat constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2

' is a plan view showing` the several segments which together constitute the rim of the hat. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the crown-sections.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, thc rim of the hat is composed of four (more or less) seg- :ments 1,0f textile material, preferably of some stiff fabric having sufficient body to insure the preservation of the shape of the completed hat. The segments l are preferably formed with rounded outer edges 2, radial side edges 3, and curved inner edges 4, to which are stitched or otherwise secured reinforcingstrips 5, forming also the sweat-hand of the hat. Along the radial edges 3 the segments l are provided with perforations or eyeletholes G, the eyelet-holes of one segment being located opposite those of the adjacent segment and adapted to receive suitable ties or cords 7, by means of which the segments are interconnected to form the hat-rim. These ties or cords may be provided with tassels or other ornamentations.

The outer portion of the rim-segment edges is deflected away from a radial line, whereby a iiaring space is provided between adjacent edges of contiguous segments, and these edges when drawn together give the proper set or curl to the rim.

The hat-crown is composed of four (more or less) sections'S, having five sides. Each of said sections is creased intermediately on the line 9 to form the edge of the crown, thus dividing the section into a rectangular portion l0, forming a portion of the side of the hatcrown, and a triangular portion 1l, forming a portion of the top of the crown. The triangular portions ll all center at a common point and are connected by a suitable tie or lace 12, threaded through perforations 13. Corner-ties` la pass through perforations 15 at the corners of the crown, and other ties 1G pass through perforations in the lower corners of the sections S, and also through perforations 17 in the rim-segments, thus uniting the crown and rim.

The crown-sections S are provided with other perforations 18, through which pass ties or laces, the saine extending through the perforations at the inner corners of the rim-segments for still further assisting in the union of the crown to the rim, after which the ends of the ties are extended through the perforations or eyelet-holes in the outer corners of the rim-segments, thus fastening said corners together and rendering it possible to draw said corners inward to any desired eX- tent for giving a jaunty appearance to the finished-hat.

From the foregoing description it' will be seen that the several pieces which forrn the hat may be readily disassociated, washed and cleansed, ironed out straight or Iiat, and then again associated. A neat and attractive hat for children is thus made, and the same is adapted to be laundered, thus rendering the purchase of more than one hat in a season unnecessary.

It will be apparent that changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction niay be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is l. In a hat, the combination of a crown, a separable rim composed of a plurality of segments having their meeting edges formed on radial lines for a short distance from their inner edges, thence deflected for the remainder of their length toward their outer edges, forming flaring spaces, and fastenings detaehably connecting the segments and drawing their opposing or meeting ends together, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A hat comprising a eroWn composed of a plurality of sections detaehably connected together, a rim Composed of a corresponding number of segments arranged to break joint with the Grown-sections, and fastenings detaehably Connecting the rim-segments together and to the crown-sections, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 1n y own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presenee of two Witnesses.

MARION C. PAD GETT.

Witnesses:

W. E. RIVERS, JAS. E. DEAs.