US1420689A - Hat sweatband - Google Patents

Description

'1. T. Dov/DALLIk HAT swEATBAND.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23

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HAT SWEATBAND.

T o all whom t mag/"concern:

Be it known that I,'JAMEs Dov'vlALL,l a citizen of the United States of America,

residing at Glen y Morris, Queens County,

Specicaticn of Letters Patent.

Patented June L27, 1922.'

lApplication led November 2,3, 1920. Serial Np. 425,944'.

f and thewire placed in the bight V11 thereof. vWhen the wire is applied to the folded strip,

one end will have 'connected therewith a tube 12, the other end being free. The wire will State of New York, have invented certam \he somewhat longer than the circumference new and useful Improvements in Hat Sweatbands, of which the following isa f ull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in sweat bands for hats. My invention has `for one of its objects to. provide a sweat band for a hat that will act as a cushionto afford comfort and also to act as a gripping agent to maintain a hat on the head of the wearer; in other words, to make it more difficult to blow the hat olf' the head. A further object of the invention is to provide a sweat band that can be preshaped and applied to a hat in assembled condition. My improved sweat 'band is arranged so that it can'be completed,

entailing connecting the ends of Va strip of suitable material and applying a yieldable or flexible stifl'ening element to cause the band to hold its shape.

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail, the novel features of which I will hereinafter finally claim, reference be. accompanying drawing,

ing had to the wherein Fig. lis a sectional view of a hat embodying my improvement, details of construction being omitted;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view, illustrating one way of apply- -ing the band;

Fig. 3 is a similar view of another way of applying the band;

Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of the sweats band as it would appear when viewed in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1; and

l Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail view, illustrating one ofthe elements of the combination.

My improvement is made up of a strip 6 of suitable material secured at the ends to form a sweat band for the inside of a hat 7. In combination with the band 6 I provide a flexible element or reed, preferably a relatively thin hardened wire 8 which is located adjacent the lower edge 9 of the band. The wire or flexible reed 8 will be preferably carried by a supplemental band or strip 10 made out of material which isvon the bias in order that said auxiliary band or strip will yield or give lon `tudinally. The supplemental strip will be olded over of thestrip 10, which will be approximately.

of the proper size for a .given size` hat; hence, when the free end of the wire is inserted 1nto the open 'endl of the tube 12, the

strip will be stretched or placed under tenone of. its longitudinal edges, to the circular.

band 6. After having secured the strip 10 and band 6 together, said .strip will befolded over upon' itself, and the\reed or wire 8 placed in the bight 11 and may be secured by stitches '15'. The ends of the reed or wirewill not be connected until thewire has vbeen placed in said bight or fold4 11.' As the length of the wire will be slightly greater than the diameter of the band, it will be necessary to stretch the bias strip 10 invorder to insert the free end of the wire into tube 12. One of the objects of using bias'material for the backing strip 10 is that it can be stretched more readily than non-bias material.

-The article produced in thefabove manner will be complete in itself; that is to say, will be a complete sweatl band which will be preshaped and of such size as will enable it to be placed in a hat of corresponding size. To secure the band in a hat, the strip 10 will be stitched to the hat, as indicated by 16 in Fig. 2. A sweat band formed in this manner provides a yieldablecushioning element a band, I may secure same to an apron 17- c'arried by the band, (See Fig. 3.) In either case the effect will be thev same.

A still further advantage of my improved sweat` band is that it renders itself readily to machine sewing. Asjthe 0band will be .ing element.

formed, and under tension, before it is placed in a hat, it is a simple matter to stitch the reed to a hat by machine, which is a great saving over hand sewing. i

It will be noted that the band 6 will be separated or spaced somewhat from the hat; hence, is free to stretch or act as a ycushion- My improved constructionmakes it possible to maintain the band 6 spaced from the hat. It will-be also noted that the wire or reed 8 is notdirectly secured to the band 6, but is located suiciently approximate thereto to exerta tensioning action thereupon.

'Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a hat, a sweat band, a strip aiixed to said band and a reed carried by the' strip the reed adapted to tension the strip outwar from said band to Aform a cushion between the reed and band. y j

2. A sweat band consisting of a band,"a strip of bias-material carried-by the band,

a ring carried by the strip and provided with a telescoping joint, the ring normally of materiallygreater diameter than the biased material; in placing afyieldable reedv 35 into the. bight or folded portion of the strip, said reed being disconnected at its ends and of greater diameter than the diameter of f the band; andin placing the bias strip un- Y der tensionby causing the ends of the reed toabut.

signed at New York Cay, N; r.','this1^r day of November, '1920.

` y JAMES T. DOWDALL. Witnesses:

MAURICE BLOCK, EDWARD A. JARvIs.

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