US942678A - Hat-guard. - Google Patents

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M. R. (K; M. J. SODEN.

HAT GUARD. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1909.

Patented Dec.7,1909.

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MICHAEL R. SODEN AND MATTHEW J. SODEN, 0F PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

HAT-GUARD.

Application filed June 25, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MICHAEL R. Semen and Ma'rrrinw J. SODEN, citizens of the United States, residing in Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hat- Guards; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a hat guard which may be applied to the hat in such a way as to be as inconspicuous as possible and which may be secured to the hat in such a way as not to damage the same or produce unsightly holes in it and as to be proof against being withdrawn from the hat.

In furtherance of our invention we provide a cord or string having means whereby to form a loop in the same so that when the guard is not in use the cord may be made to encircle the crown of the hat in the usual manner, and a means for attaching the cord to the hat so constructed as to produce a neat and inconspicuous button.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 shows in perspective a hat having our improved guard attached thereto; Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a fragment of the hat, showing the manner in which the guard is attached thereto; Fig. 8 is an inside view of the hat, a portion of the sweat band being broken away to show the attaching means; Fig. 4c is a central sectional view of the attaching means, showing the cord in place; Fig. 5 is an inside view of the prong member of the attaching device, the dotted outline illustrating the shape of said member in the blank; Fig. 6 shows in plan and sec tion the button member of the attaching device; Fig. 7 is an inside view of the parts of the button member, assembled; Fig. 8 is a detail showing the device for maintaining the loop in the cord; and, Fig. 9 is a sectional view of the device shown in Fig. 8.

a designates the brim, Z), c and (Z the vertical wall of the hat crown, the hat band, and the sweat band, respectively.

6 is the cord the same being formed with a slip-noose or loop f which may be maintained by the clip 9. The clip 9 is in the form of a tongueless buckle, its cross-piece h Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. *2, 1909.

Serial No. 504,302.

being free at one end and adapted to be received at said end by a slight recess 2' formed in the body of the clip. A knot j is first formed in the cord, then a loop is formed in the cord .and entered between the cross-piece h and the body of the clip, then the crosspiece It is introduced into the knot and finally the cross-piece is pressed into the recess 2'. The construction of the clip allows the cord to be looped and assembled therewith with very considerable facility and without undue loss of time. In order to secure the other end of the cord to the hat in a neat and inconspicuous manner, we provide the securing means shown best in Figs. 2 to 7. Here Z is a concavo-convex button having a +-shaped cut centrally therein. m is a prong member comprising a concavoconvex disk at having a central hole 0 and four radial prongs p, p, the prong 19 being shorter than the others and the prongs 3) being sharpened. The prong member and button member are assembled by arranging them as shown in Fig. 4t and then displacing inwardly the lugs 9 produced by the shaped cut in the button member and finally bending said lugs outwardly so as to clamp the disk portion a of the prong member securely to the button member (see Figs. t and 7). The form of the prong member is initially that shown by dotted outline in Fig. 5; subsequently, its prongs may be bent more or less into a position where they stand substantially parallel with the axis of the device. The end of the cord 6 is now introduced through the opening in the latter formed by the hole 0 in the prong member and the hole produced by bending back the lugs Q of the button member, whereupon a small knot r is tied in the end of the cord. Then the prong p is bent down against the disk a in such manner as to overlie said opening and grip the cord. This arrangement allows the knot in the cord to be made very small, with the result that the entire securing device for the cord may be also made very small, of little convexity and hence relatively inconspicuous. The device with the cord, attached, is now secured to the hat by forcing its prongs 29 through the band 0 and the vertical wall I) of its crown, the prong p lying next adjacent the brim a of the hat and the whole being placed as near to the brim as possible. The prongs p are then bent outwardly flat against the inside of the wall 6 of the hat crown, but before doing so We prefer to introduce over them a triangular gasket 8, which serves to cause the prongs when bent outwardly to assume right angular bends, thus avoiding crushing the material of the hat, and to afford such a hold or anchorage for the prongs as Will prevent them from being drawn out of place.

The entire device is so constructed, it Will be obvious, that it may be applied to the hat Without being at all conspicuous and Without producing any undesirable projection at the inside of the hat.

Having thus fully described our invention,

What We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination, With a hat, of a hat guard comprising a cord and a securing device for the cord attached to the hat and consisting of apart bearing squarely against a Wall of the hat and having a plurality of prongs projecting therefrom and penetrating said hat Wall and bent back against the material thereof, said part being concave and open for substantially its full Width on the side thereof adjoining, and having a penetrating opening in the portion thereof farthest from, said Wall, and the cord having a knot interposed between said Wall and said part and inclosed in the concavity of the latter and restraining the cord from Withdrawal from said part, substantially as described.

2. In combination, With a hat, of a hat guard comprising a cord and means for securing the cord to the hat comprising a part bearing squarely against a Wall of the hat and having a plurality of prongs projecting therefrom and penetrating said hat Wall, and a gasket penetrated by the protruding ends of the prongs, said prongs being bent back at their protruding ends and said part having a penetrating opening receiving the cord and being concave on the side thereof adjoining said Wall and the cord having a knot interposed between said Wall and said part and inclosed in the concavity of the latter and restraining the cord from Withdrawal from said part, substantially as described.

3. In combination, with a hat, a hat-guard comprising a cord and a securing device therefor attached to the hat and consisting of a parthaving, a plurality of prongs projecting therefrom and penetrating the hat and bent back against the material thereof, said part having an opening receiving the cord and another prong bent into clenching relation to the cord, substantially as described.

In testimony, that We claim the foregoing, We have hereunto set our hands this 24th day of June, 1909.

MICHAEL R. SODEN. MATTHEW J. SODEN. Witnesses:

JOHN l/V. STEWARD, M. D. BELL.

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