US2742910A - Crease preventing hair net and method and apparatus for its manufacture - Google Patents

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April 24, 1956 E BERG 2,742,910

CREAsE PREVENTING HAIR NET AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ITS MANUFACTURE Filed Oct. 25, 1953 Ll-ll-EZI .1-; L l-1; /0" L i yw United States Patent 2,742,910 g CREASE PREVENTING HAIR NET AND METHOD AND APPARATUS ron, ITSMANUFACTURE Elaine. nergcinca b; m. Application October 23, .1953, Serial No. 387,990 2 Claims. 0-13249 One of the objects of the invention is the provision ofv an improved hair net and :shield assembly in which the 'elastic is free to stretch, inside the shield, and tofiadjust itself to thehead of the wearer, and'in which the elastic .is located generally rnidwaybetween the edges of the shield, so that the tributed over the full area-of the shield.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved hair net and shield assembly in which the elastic and net are so secured to the shield that the elastic automatically takes a central position midway between the edges of the shield and spreads the pressure of the elastic evenly over the entire area of the shield against the forehead.

Another object is the provision of an improved shield and hair net assembly in which the elastic does not tend to pull down into the U shaped apex of the shield; and it does not tend to draw the apex of the shield against the forehead; but instead, the elastic holds the shield flatly against the forehead in the most comfortable position.

Another object is the provision of improved hair net and shield assemblies which are durable, sanitary, washable, capable of economical manufacture, and which involve a minimum amount of labor in their manufacture.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved hair net and shield assembly in which the shield may have a padded characteristic so that it rests more comfortably upon the forehead'of the wearer.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings, in which similar characters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several .views.

Referring to the single sheet of drawings accompanying this specification,

Fig. l is a view in perspective of one of the users of the hair net and shield assembly, showing the adjustment of the shield on the forehead;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary front elevational view, showing the location of the elastic inside the shield, after the shield has been completed;

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view, showing theform for mounting the hair net while the shield is being applied to its edge;

Fig. 4 is a front elevational view of the completed hair net and shield assembly, with the elastic contracted to its normal position, which it assumes when it is not on the head; i

pressure of the elastic is equally dis v from the cut-out 22. Then the other side stretches across the cut-out 22in convenient position the forehead is spread I straight outline 21,

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Fig. 5 is a fragmentary Referring to Figs. land 4, the present shield and hair net assembly includes a hair net 10 and ashield 11, which is permanently applied to the edge of the hair: net midway between the knots 12, 13 of the hair net along 7 one of its elastic edges.

The hair net 10 may consist of a net of hair or other .fiber or reticulated material loosely woven and provided along its two selvage edges with an elastic strip which is interwoven with the hair net. The rectiulated material and two elastic bands are cut off at a proper length and secured together at 12 and13 in what appears to be a knot, but which is actually a gathering together of the net and elastic, which is tightly wrapped'with a thin sheet metal clip and secured together.

The shield 11 may consist of a thin elongated strip of flexible plastic or'any suitable fabric or heavy fabricord. If desired, it may have a fuzzy characteristic on the inside, but is preferably smooth and impervious onits outside. The shield 11 line 14, which is half way between its sides; and it is preferably applied to the hairnet 'by a line of stitching 15, which passes throughithe reticulated portions of the hair net, the stitching passing through the mesh and through the other fold of the shield at a point spaced from the elastic 16. .The elastic is seen in Fig. 1 passing I through .the shield, which takes the form of a flat'tube;

and the elastic is located substantially midway between the edges of this fiat tube- The stitching does not interfere with the stretching of the elastic in any way; and the force of the elastic on over the full area of the shield 11, as distinguished from the'devices of the prior art, where the elastic is applied at a point 17 (Fig. 5) inside the U shaped bend.

With the present shield draw the U shaped bend instead the elastic tends to against the forehead.

the elastic does not tend to 18 against the forehead, but pull the entire flat shield flatly The shield should be applied to the hair net midway between the knots 12 and 13; and such hair nets being diflicult to handle, I provide a fiber, cardboard, or thin wood form 20 for mounting the hair net while the shield is being applied thereto. This form may have a lower which is provided with a rectangular cut-out at 22 large enough to receive the entire shield 11 for a purpose further to be described. 1

The form 20 is adapted to stretch the hair net 10 to a workable conditionand preferably has a pair of V grooves 23, 24 located through the straight side 21 on a curved portion 25 of the form, which may be substantially circular and is big enough to hold the hair net in a flat condition, although not necessarily stretching the elastic as much as it is stretched on the head.

The hair net with its elastic is mounted on the arcuate plate 20 and located with its knots 12 and 13 adjacent the grooves 23, 24 in which the elastic is located. This draws the elastic straight along the line 16 (Fig. '3) of both sides of the form; but I prefer to provide an arrangement for getting one side of the elastic out of the sewing area.

For this purpose I punch a tab 26 out of the form midway between its ends and above the cut-out 22, and use it as a hook upon which one of the elastic bands 16 is hooked todraw one whole side of the net upward, away of the net to have the shield llvfolded about it and placed under the sewing machine column. l

The'shield his then folded lengthwise midway besectional view, taken on 'th'e plane of the line 5-5 of Fig. '2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

is bent back upon itself along a I tween its edges along the line 14 with the net and elastic between it; and the line of stitching 15 is made in the shield through the net with the sewing machine. The entire net is then removed with the shield from the form 20; and the shield is automatically located midway between the knots 12 and 13.

It will thus be observed that the shield then assumes a tubular shape, although it is fiat; and I find that when the net and elastic are stretched and applied about the head, the elastic 16 is located between the edges of such a tube. The elastic tends to press the entire shield flatly against the forehead; and the pressure of the elastic on the forehead is evenly distributed over the entire shield.

There is no tendency for the elastic to draw the sharp lower edge of the shield against the forehead; and the present net and shield assembly is more comfortable than any of those of the prior art.

Such an assembly can be washed in water or cleaned with other cleaning fluids because the stitching is unaffected by water or cleaning fluids, which might detach the shield if it were glued. The elastic may stretch as necessary to adjust itself to the head inside the tubular shield; and the same is true of the hair net, except those portions which are engaged directly by the stitching.

While I have illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, many modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of all changes within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. The method of making a hair net and shield assembly which comprises mounting a hair net, having a reticulated body, and an elastic band at its edges, and having a pair of gathered knots upon a rigid segmental form, the net being spread out flat, anchoring one of the elastic edges of the net away from the other edge to prevent interference during the next step, and folding a rectangular strip of relatively stitf material about the other elastic band of the net, and stitching it to the net by a line of stitching located at the adjacent edges of the folded shield.

2. A crease preventing hair net comprising a net of reticulated material provided at its opposite edges with an elastic band, the ends of said material being tied together to form a knot, including the elastic, and a crease preventing member carried by the edge of said net, and comprising a rectangular strip of relatively stiff fabric, which is folded upon itself along a median line, bringing its opposite edges into registry, and forming a flat, tubular member, the said opposite edges being secured together by a line of stitching, which also passes through said net at a point spaced from said elastic band, locating said elastic band substantially midway between the lateral edges of said tube when the net is stretched and located about the head of a wearer, the said elastic band drawing said flat tube against the forehead of the user and distributing the pressure of the elastic band over substantially the full area of the inner side of said flat, tubular member to avoid the formation of a crease in the forehead of the user and to increase the comfort of the user.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,450,416 Freshorn et a1. Apr. 3, 1923 1,519,016 Bellitz Dec. 9, 1924 2,023,683 Horn et a1 Dec. 10, 1935 2,101,734 Chapple Dec. 7, 1937 2,279,435 Berg Apr. 14, 1942 2,552,811 Palmer -s. May 15, 1951

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