US589307A

US589307A - Hoodwink

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Publication number: US589307A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1897-08-31
Anticipated expiration: 1914-08-31

Description

(No Model.) I

H. SEFPER.

HooDWINK.

No. 589,307. y Patented Aug. 31,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT, rricn.

HBERT'SEFFER, OF HGUSTON, TEXAS.

HOODWINK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,307, dated August 31, 1897'.

Application filed December S0, 1896. Serial No. 617,486. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, HUBERT SEFFER, a citil zen of the United States, residing at Houston,

in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Hoodwink, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hoodwinks or goggles; and the principal object of the invention is to provide a device of this character in which the eyepieces or hoods are adjust able toward and away from `each other, so that the positions thereof may be accommodated to the eyes of the wearers, whereby the same hoodwink may be used repeatedly upon' different persons and adjusted accurately to suit the width between the eyes and to render the eyepieces comfortable to the wearer.

The invention also has for its obj ect to connect the eyepieces by means of an elastic disposed in such manner that it will not press with any considerable force against the nose of the wearer and thereby detract from his comfort.

With the above objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features and details of construction, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings7 and finally embodied in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the improved hoodwink or goggles. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View of the same.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures ofthe drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, l designates an elastic cord or web of a length sufficient to enable the same to be passed around the head of any person and the endsV tied in any convenient manner. Upon this elastic cord is arranged a pair of eyepieces 2. These eyepieces may be of any suitable material-such as metal, rubber, leather, felt, enameled glass, ctc. -and are preferably made perfectly opaque, although, if desired, the said eyepieces may be lconstructed of a material which is to any desired extent translucent. The eyepieces 2 are of an ellipsoidal form and are also made concavo-convex in cross-section, the concaved surfaces of such pieces being disposed inward, so as to afford balls and sockets and permit the eyes to be freely opened without any inconvenience whatever.

Each of the eyepieces 2 has arranged centrally thereof and attached rigidly to its outer surface an eye or loop 3, and a similar eye or loop is located at or near the outer corner or edge thereof. Through these eyes or loops is passed the elastic cord l, and as such cord naturally takes a straight line from the central eye of one eyepieceto the corresponding eye ofthe other eyepiece the space between the eyepieces and the elastic cord is left per-V fectly free for the nose of the wearer, so that no material pressure of the elastic cord against the nose is had.

By means of the construction above described, and as the elastic cord is rove loosely through the eyes 3, the eyepieces maybe slid together or apart upon said cord, so as to correspond exactly to the distance apart of the eyes of the particular person upon whom the progress of an electrical storm, as it will ef-` fectively exclude flashes of lightning from the vision and thereby obviate shocks, Which'are so distressing to the nervous systems, especially of weak and delicate women. The device may also be used for other purposes, which will readily suggest themselves.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted 'to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the adavantages of this invention.'

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. The combination with an elastic cord or web, of a pair of eyepieces mounted thereon and capable of adjustment longitudinally thereof, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a pair of eyepieces provided with eyes or loops, of an elastic cord cavities or cups, which will surround the eye 1 distance apart, substantially as described.

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Io near their outer edges, of a. cord passing through the several eyes or loops, substzrnn tifrlly as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that; I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HUBERT SEFFER.

Witnesses:

F. R. DE (IRENE, JN0. H. RUBY.