US3377628A

US3377628A - Headpiece

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Publication number: US3377628A
Application number: US526288A
Authority: US
Inventors: Sante Jorge R Le
Original assignee: Jorge R. Le Sante
Current assignee: JORGE R LE SANTE
Priority date: 1966-02-09
Filing date: 1966-02-09
Publication date: 1968-04-16
Anticipated expiration: 1985-04-16

Description

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ATTORNE United States Patent 3,377,628 HEADPIECE Jorge R. Le Sante, 181 SE. Sth Ave., Hialeah, Fla. 33010 Filed Feb. 9, 1966, Ser. No. 526,288 4 Claims. (Cl. 2-207) This invention relates to a he'address, and, more particularly, to a headdress which may be worn either in a turban style or a bandanna style and which will remain in place on the head of a wearer irrespective of which style in which it is worn.

It is an object of this invention to provide a colorful and, where desired, a waterproof headdress which includes a skull cap adapted to hold the outer panel in position on the head of a wearer.

It is another object of this invention to provide an attractive headdress which may be worn either in a bandanna or turban style and which is inexpensive to manufacture, remains in position on the head of a wearer and is otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which it is intended.

`In accordance with these and other objects which will become apparent hereinafter, the instant invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective View of a wearer of the instant head-piece and showing it in turban style in solid lines and in dotted lines showing it in a bandanna style of application;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view of the headdress as seen in front elevation and shown in the position in which it would drape on the head of a wearer;

FIG. 3 is a view of the headdress as seen in plan when laid flat on a surface;

FIG. 4 is a view in cross section taken along the plane of the line indicated by the numeral 4-4 of `FIG. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows; and

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the cup-shaped head piece before it is formed as to which will be explained.

Referring to the drawings, whereinl like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts, and referring particularly to FIG. 1, the headdress piece is indicated by the numeral '12 and, as can be seen in FIG. 3, includes a triangular-shaped pliable sheet of cloth material 14 and a cup-shaped headpiece 16. The triangular sheet 14 is one-half of a square and, thus, the height h is oneJh'alf of the base b. The marginal edges of the sheet are folded under and stitched as along the dotted lines .18 to define finished edges. The cup-shaped headpiece 16 is fastened medially along one-third of the base length of the sheet. The headpiece is lfashioned from a rectangular planar sheet of foam material, the main length of the sheet being one-third of the base length of the triangular sheet and of a height which is one-half the length of the rectangular sheet. Thus, the rectangular sheet may be viewed as two square sections of foam material with the median height line being coincident and overlaying a portion of the altitude of the triangular sheet such that a diagonal of each of the square sections from the corner of connection to the triangular sheet would intersect at the edge of the rectangular sheet at the median height line. The rectangular sheet is provided with a cutout 22 in the opposite edge 24 to that 26 connected to the base of the triangular sheet which cutout is rectangular in form and with the sides thereof parallel to the sides of the rectangular sheet and a base edge 46 parallel to the opposing base edges of the rectangular sheet. The depth of the cutout is such that the opposing sides extend depthwise into the fo'am material to the intersection with the diagonal lines, and the base of the 3,377,628 Patented Apr. 16, 1968 cutout is made Ibetween the two intersections of the diagonal lines. The rectangular sheet is then folded along the diagonal fold lines so that the corners 34 and 36 are folded into over-laying relation with the base line corners 38 and 40. It is thus seen that when folded the

edges

42 and 44 will be adjacent one another and the side edges of the cutout will be coincident with the base edge 46 and when the confronting

top edges

42 and 44 of the planer sheet are stitched together along the seam line 45 and the base edge 46 of the cutout is stitched to the sides of the cutout along the seam line 47, a pocket will be defined to form a generally cup-shaped headpiece,

In use, the wearer merely positions the skull or headreceiving receptacle on the head and then the corner may be tied under the chin to the other corner and the remaining corner allowed to drape on the persons neck as indicated in FIG. l, or, alternatively, the turban style may be employed by tying the ends under the wearers chin and tucking the center corner beneath the tied portion. It will be noted that the seams are interiorly disposed in the head-receiving receptacle and that the exterior of the cupshaped piece over which the material lays will be smooth and that the cupshaped piece will define a pleasing and attractive underlaying surface to provide a well-shaped foundation for the outer piece on the head of the wearer. Further, the material being of foam, it will hold itself in place on the head of a wearer as there is a high frictional interengagement between the hair of a wearer and the porous foam material. In addition, there may lbe applied a water-resistant treatment or layer on the exterior surface of the cloth so that the device may be worn in the rain without the wearers hair becoming wet.

While the instant invention has been shown and described herein in what is conceived to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is recognized that departures may be made therefrom within the scope of the invention, which is therefore not to be limited to the details disclosed herein but is to be accorded the full scope of the claims so as to embrace any and all equivalent apparatus and articles.

What is claimed is:

1. A headpiece comprising: a triangular shaped pliable sheet of cloth material, the height being at least one-half the base length and said base length having a length which is adapted to encompass the periphery of the face of a normal sized head of a wearer, the marginal edges of said sheet being folded and stitched thereto forming a smooth peripheral edge about said sheet, a generally cupshaped headpiece, said headpiece comprising a planer foam panel having a high friction producing force when in contact with the human hair to hold it in position on the head of a wearer, said -panel having parallel opposing side and base edges and having right angles between each base and side edge, said panel having a 4base length twice the side length, one base edge being secured along its length along approximately the medial one-third of an edge of the base edge of the triangular shaped pliable sheet, said panel having a cutout formed in the opposing base edge with the center line of the cutout lbetween the opposing edges thereof being coincident with the center line of the panel between the base edges, said cutout having side edges parallel to the opposing side edges of said planer foam panel and a base edge parallel to the base edges of said planer foam panel, the intersections of said parallel opposing side edges of the panel with said one base edge of said planer foam panel and the intersections of said side edges of said cutout with the base edge of said cutout defining first and second diagonal fold zones therebetween, said planer foam panel folded along said first and second diagonal fold zones with the edges of the opposing base edge being in abutting relationship, with the side edges of said cutout being aligned with the base edge )f said cutout, the abutting edges of said opposing base :dge being secured together and the side edges of the :utout being secured to said base edge of the cutout formng said generally cup-shaped headpiece.

2. A headpiece as set forth in claim 1 wherein said `heet is Water-impervious.

3. A headpiece as defined in claim 1 wherein the securenent which forms the headpiece comprises stitching.

4. A headpiece as defined in claim 3 wherein marginal :dges of the rplaner foam panel adjacent the stitching are lisposed Within said cup-shaped headpiece have Ibeen Ldded.

4. References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,399,523 12/1921 Sable 2-203 3,234,563 12/1966 Tabbat 2-171 FOREIGN PATENTS 844,881 7/1952 Germany.

JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner.

O G. KRIZMANICH, Assistant Examiner.

Claims

1. A HEADPIECE COMPRISING: A TRIANGULAR SHAPED PLIABLE SHEET OF CLOTH MATERIAL, THE HEIGHT BEING AT LEAST ONE-HALF THE BASE LENGTH AND SAID BASE LENGTH HAVING A LENGTH WHICH IS ADAPTED TO ENCOMPASS THE PERIPHERY OF THE FACE OF A NORMAL SIZED HEAD OF A WEARER, THE MARGINAL EDGES OF SAID SHEET BEING FOLDED AND STITCHED THERETO FORMING A SMOOTH PERIPHERAL EDGE ABOUT SAID SHEET, A GENERALLY CUPSHAPED HEADPIECE, SAID HEADPIECE COMPRISING A PLANAR FOAM PANEL HAVING A HIGH FRICTION PRODUCING FORCE WHEN IN CONTACT WITH THE HUMAN HAIR TO HOLD IT IN POSITION ON THE HEAD OF A WEARER, SAID PANEL HAVING PARALLEL OPPOSING SIDE AND BASE EDGES AND HAVING RIGHT ANGLES BETWEEN EACH BASE AND SIDE EDGE, SAID PANEL HAVING A BASE LENGTH TWICE THE SIDE LENGTH, ONE BASE EDGE BEING SECURED ALONG ITS LENGTH ALONG APPROXIMATELY THE MEDIAL ONE-THIRD OF AN EDGE OF THE BASE EDGE OF THE TRIANGULAR SHAPED PLIABLE SHEET, SAID PANEL HAVING A CUTOUT FORMED IN THE OPPOSING BASE EDGE WITH THE CENTER LINE OF THE CUTOUT BETWEEN THE OPPOSING EDGES THEREOF BEING COINCIDENT WITH THE CENTER