US781059A - Hat-lining. - Google Patents

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No. 781,059.- PATENTED JAN.31,1905. R. s. 0. FULLER. v

HAT LINING.

AI PLIOATION FILED FEB. 25,1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT S. O. FULLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-LINING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,059,. dated January 31, 1905.

' Application filed February 25, 1904:. Serial No, 195,144:-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT S. O. FULLER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, in the city and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement Relating to Hat Linings,

The fastening means involve a thin spring extending around the hat.

The ends overlap to varying extents, thus allowing one length of spring to serve with considerable variations in the sizes of the hats. Spurs, which may be formed from the same metal by cutting with a die, are bent outward from the spring, and it requires but little skill or practice to enable the operator to properly engage the previously-formed lining with the spring and to secure both in the hat by thrusting the spurs outward through both materials and clenching.

My provision for holding the lining contributes to also maintain the correct shape of the hat when wetted or otherwise subjected to adverse conditions.

The following is 'a description of what 1 consider the best means of carrying out the invention.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification.

. Figure 1 is a general perspective View of the springs and spurs and tip. Fig. 2 is on a smaller scale. It is a central vertical section through a completed hat with this invention in position for use. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a portion on a larger scale. This shows the lining, which extends down while the spring is being secured and is afterward folded up into place. Fig. 4: is a horizontal section showing a spurafter it has been folded and caused to lie against the crown of the hat.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figureswhere they appear.

The invention may be applied to hats of any material and size for either sex; but it is more especially intended for ladies hats. I have in my experiments applied the invention very successfully to hats of china chip and will describe it as thus applied.

A is the crown, and A the brim, ofahat.

B is the lining, and (J the tip.

Although in the process of introducing the I lining the hat will be usually in the opposite position, I will in referring to it term the upper side that which lies uppermost when the hat is in use on the head.

D is a spring of hard brass bent around to approximately correspond to the contour of the head, smoothly flanged outward along its lower edge, as indicated by D, and having slender spurs D D &c., formed by cutting and bending the metal outward on the other (the upper) edge. All that portion D of the spring between the first spur D and the next spur D is narrower than the remaining portion of the spring. The spring is also formed with two small horizontal slots (Z (Z at approximately opposite points. The metal is formed inward. a little above each slot.

E is a transverse spring which is folded at one end. E, to a fixed amount and engaged in one of the slots (Z. Two claws or spurs E are formed by cutting and bending the metal near the mid-length. The other end, E of the spring is inserted through the opposite slot (Z, the fold being longer or shorter, according to the style of the crown. A uniform length of the encircling spring D and a shorter but uniform length of the cross-spring E, which latter may be lighter than the spring D, will serve for a wide range of sizes of hats.

The view in Fig. 3 shows a spurafter it has been thrust outward through the lining and through the body of the hat. The strong lines show the lining before it has been folded inward under the flanged edge of the spring. The dotted lines show the same after it has been so folded and caused to properly extend up within the crown of the hat.

In the use of the invention the lining B and tip 0 being previously manufactured and the tie-ribbon G being inserted in the hem around one edge of the lining in the ordinary manner, a previously-flanged springDD' is taken 1 cause it is less liable to corrosion.

from the pile and its spurs D D &c., are bent at right angles, and beginning with the spur D at the narrow end of the spring they are successively thrust through the material B of the lining a little distance from the raw edge and outward through the hat near the junction of the crown with the brim. Thespring should not only extend quite around the interior of the hat, but should overlap considerably. The point of the last spur D is presented within the lining B, near the end of the spring first set, and it is thrust outward in that position above the previously-secured portion. In the inverted position in which the hat is usually held at this stage this spur D is below the narrow end of the spring. The broad end of the spring last applied receives the narrow end, that first applied, between the flange and the spur of the broad end. Now the outer end of the several spurs D D 850., being flattened down upon the hat, the narrow end is stifliy held relatively to the broad end and to the hat and lining, and the securing of the lining is complete unless there is required to be a tip securedby the same means. In the latter case the transverse spring E is engaged by its spurs E with the tip C, and the short folded end E is engaged in one of the slots d. Then the other end, E is rove through the opposite slot (Z to just the required extent and then sharply folded upon itself.

The flange D performs the triple function of, first, insuring a broad and smooth edge of the lining to be presented to the eye; second, a reinforce to the spring D, contributing to maintain the form of the hat under all conditions, and, third, resisting any tendency of the transverse spring E to be thrust past the spring D, and thus to injure the lining or the appearance of the hat.

Modifications may be made without departing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of the invention.

I use spring-brass as preferable to steel, be-

in the manufacture of the springs I propose to coat them with varnish, preferably a strong varnish hardened with heat-Japan-of a color and shade corresponding to the hat; but such coating may be omitted. The thickness and breadth of the springs and the number and length of the spurs, &c., may be varied.

I claim as my invention 1. As an improvement in hats the curved spring described having spurs on its upperedge and smooth flange on its lower edge in combination with a lining secured thereby, the said spring performing the triple function of aiding to maintain the shape of the hat under all conditions, properly holding the lining in place and presenting a broad flat surface by the folding of the lining inward thereunder all substantially as herein specified.

2. In a hatthe eurvedspring I) having spurs l) D on one edge and a flange D on the opposite edge adapted to perform the double function of stiffening and insuring a broad and fair surface at the bottom of the spring, and having a narrow portion D near one end matching the width of the space between the spurs and flange to vertically stiffen the junction when set in a hat, all substantially as herein specified.

3. The combination with a hat and a lining of a metallic spring provided with spurs performing the double function of holding the hat-lining and stiffening and supporting the form of the hat, and a tip G and a transverse spring E secured to the main spring and to the tip and extending across over the head of the wearer, all substantially as herein specifled.

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth 1 aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT S. U. FULLER.

\Vitnesses:

L. L. FREEMAN, M. F. BOYLE.

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