US645783A - Apparel-cap. - Google Patents

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No. 645,783. Patented Mar. 20, |900. S. M. BLUMENFIELD.

APPAREL CAP.

(Application ledrNov. 1S, 1899.;

(No Model.)

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SAMUEL M. BLUMENFIELD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SAMUEL COHEN, OF SAME PLACE.

.APPAREL-CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming para of Letters Patent Ne. 645,783, dated March 2o, 190e. Application filed Novemher 18.1899. Serial No. 737,452. (llo model.)

To @ZZ whom it' may concern.:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. BLUMEN- AFIELD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cap, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invent-ion is to provide a new and improved cap more especially designed for the use of bicycle-riders and other persons and arranged to permit a .thorough 'circulation of air through the cap to keep the head, and especially the forehead, of the iwearer of the cap in a perfectly-cool condiion.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cap which,while possessing the desired stiffness to maintain its proper shape, yetrwill be so pliable that it will readily conform to the shape of the head of the wearer and canbe readily folded, so as to be carried in the pocket.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as.

will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claim.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is asimilar View showing the cap in a different position, and Fig.` 3 is a transverse section on line 1 l of Fig. 1.

The improved cap has 4its sides and a .portion of the crown formed of a single strip A of a woven-fabric material arranged spirally and formed with a foraminated portion A and selvage edges A2, of which the edges of adjacent coils overlap, as plainly indicated in the drawings, the overlapping edges being fastened together by stitches B, so as to produce solid or non perforated portions arranged spirally and alternating with the spirally-arranged foraminated portions A.

The body of the cap is completed by securing to the uppermost coil of the strip A by stitches B2the circular piece of fabric A3, such as cloth, felt, or the like. The piece A? forms the top portion of the crown of the cap and being non-perforated protects the head of the wearer from the rays of the sun. The cap is provided with a suitable vizor C, as shown, and the lower portions of the sides may be provided on the inside with the usual sweat-band. (Not shown.)

The spirally-arranged solid non-perforated,

portions A2 of the cap give th e desired strength and stiffness to the sides of the same to cause it to retain its shape and at the same time the cap is so pliable that the upper portion thereof may be doubled upon itself to permit the crown to assume the position shown in Fig. 2, which is its normal position. Owing to the greater portion of the body of the cap being forami'- nated, the outside air is free to pass to the inside of the cap and circulate around the wearers head, thus keeping the same in a per fectly-cool condition when the cap is worn.v

This is especially true relatively to the fore head, as the air` can pass in at the forward portion of the cap above the vizor O and keep the forehead cool, especially when the person is walking or otherwise moving in a forward direction. By thus forming the cap a thorough ventilation will be permitted and at the same time protection afforded tothe head of the wearer from the sun and weather. By this construction also any desired shape can be given to the sides and crown of the cap and the cap is rendered soft and pliable, so that it will readily conform to the head of the wearer and will not become heated, like wire-netting ordinarily employed forventilat-ing hats and caps. The pliability of the sides and a portion of the crown of the cap also permits it to assume the position shown in Fig. 2 without injury thereto and also to be folded, so as to be carried in the v pocket when desired.

I am aware of the fact that head-coverings formed of spirally-arranged strips of foraminated straw braid having the edges of the adjacent coils overlapped and secured together are old and well known; but in my cap the strip of foraminated material is Woven out of textile threads with very open meshes, thus forming a pliable very flexible body when secured together in the form of a cap. I thus secure all the advantages of a soft cap and at the same time complete ventilation,

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advantages not possible to secure in caps cured at its edge to the uppermost coil of the made out of straw braid or Wire-gauze. strip and forming the top portion of the Having thus described my invention, what crown, as set forth.

I claim as new, and desire to secure byLet-ters In testimony whereof I have signed my I5 5 Patent, sname to this specification in the presence of As a neT article of manufacture, a cap two subscribing Witnesses.

consisting of a strip of foraminated Woven 1 fibrous material, spirally arranged and hav- SAMUEL M' LLUMENFIELD ing the edges of its adjacent coils overlapped Witnesses:

xo and secured together to form the sides anda THEO. G. IIOSTER,

portion of the crown, and a piece of fabric se- EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL.

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