US3618140A - Scarf hat - Google Patents

Abstract

A SCARF HAT COMPOSED OF A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR THIN SHEET OF FIBROUS MATERIAL, WHICH CORNER PORTIONS ARE SUCCESSIVELY FOLDED, STITCHED AND GATHERED TOGETHER AROUND A LONGITUDINAL PLIABLE FILLER INSERT, WHICH PROVIDES AND RETAINS THE SHAPE OF THE FINISHED SCARF HAT HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY THE APPEARANCE OF A BONNET.

Description

B. L. GLUFARB SCAR}? HAT Filed May 25, 1970 INVENTOR.

BARBARA L. GOLDFARB.

CULLEN, SETTLE, SLOMAN & CANTOR ATT"YS.

United States Pate 3,618,140 SCARlF HAT Barbara L. Goldfarb, 30165 Stellamar Drive, Birmingham, Mich. 48010 lFiled May 25, 1970, Ser. No. 40,230 Int. Cl. A42b /00 US. Cl. 2--207 3 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A scarf hat composed of a substantially rectangular thin sheet of fibrous material, which corner portions are successively folded, stitched and gathered together around a longitudinal pliable filler insert, which provides and retains the shape of the finished scarf hat having substantially the appearance of a bonnet.

BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an article of wearing apparel such as a headdress and more in particular to a bonnet shaped scarf hat and the method of making the same.

The scarf hat of the present invention is made from a rectangular sheet of fibrous material commonly known as a scarf. The material of the scarf may be silk, acetate, crepe, wool or any other commonly used fibrous material. The fibrous sheet is folded over a pliable longitudinal filler and formed by gathering and stitching of the corner portions of the fibrous sheet into a bonnet like hat structure, wherein the pliable filler material maintains the shape of the hat structure. The pliable filler material is preferably a soft foam rubber composition.

The structure and method of making the scarf hat of the present invention will be described in detail in the hereafter following description, having reference to the accompanying drawing, which, in several figures, illustrate the various steps of making the present scarf hat.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the drawings, forming part of the following description:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the sheet of fibrous material and pliable filler insert placed in position thereon used in the manufacture of the present scarf hat;

FIG. 2 illustrates the initial step of manufacture of the present scarf hat;

FIG. 3 illustrates a further step in the manufacture thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side view of the partially manufactured scarf hat illustrating still another step in the manufacture thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right hand end view of the partially manufactured scarf hat of FIG. 4; and

FIG. 6 is a side view of the completely finished scarf hat of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT With continued reference to the figures. In the drawing, FIG. 1 illustrates a sheet of fibrous material 10, preferably having a substantially rectangular shape providing triangular corner portions, A, B, C and D longitudinal edged A, B, C, and D. The sheet of fibrous material 10, as is common in scarfs, can be made of silk, acetate, crepe, wool or any other such material used in the manufacturing of scarfs.

The sheet of fibrous material 10 has an imaginary diagonal center line X extending through the opposite corners designated D and B in FIG. 1.

3,fil&l40 Patented Nov. 9, 197T In FIG. 1, as the first step in the mode of making the present scarf hat, a rectangular piece of pliable material 12 is placed flat on the sheet 10 with its inner longitudinal edge 13 being aligned along the diagonal centerline X.

The piece of pliable material 12 can be made of any soft, rubber like material such as foam rubber, and has preferably a thickness of approximately one quarter to three quarters of an inch. The length and width of the piece of pliable material 12 is such as not to extend over the next adjacent longitudinal sides B or C of the sheet 10.

Referring now to FIG. 2, a further step in the mode of making the present scarf is illustrated in which the lower corner portion C of the sheet 10 nearest to the pliable insert 12 is folded over the pliable insert towards the diagonal centerline X, as shown, providing a fiat side 14 extending along the outer edge of the pliable insert 12 in parallel relation with the diagonal centerline X.

The pliable insert 12 is then stitched along stitch lines 16 to both the folded over corner portion C and the main portion of the sheet 10.

Referring now to FIG. 3, the further step in making the scarf hat of the present invention requires the structure of FIG. 2 to be turned upside down so that the folded-over corner portion C is at the bottom of the sheet 10', whereafter the opposite corner portion A of the sheet 10 is folded together along a line extending perpendicular to the diagonal centerline X of the sheet 10 in such fashion that the edges of the diagonally opposite longitudinal sides A and D are parallel in line with each other. The folded together section 18 of the corner portion A of the sheet 10 is then stitched along the parallel aligned sides A and D at 32 as indicated in FIGS. 3 and 4-.

With reference to FIGS. 4 and 5, after the foregoing step, the pointed tip 20 of the folded together portion 18 is tucked inwardly as shown in FIG. 5 to provide a straight edge 22 having ends 34 and 36.

Still referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, in a further step of the mode of making the diagonally opposite corner portions D and B are then each gathered separately and fastened by stitches 24 to provide opposite tails 26 and 28 adjacent both ends of the filler 12.

Thereafter, one corner each at the ends 34 and 36 of the straight edge 22 of the folded and stitched together portion 18 is then stitched to its adjacent tail at the gathering sitches 24, which causes a portion of the hat structure containing the filler 12 to be bent around an arc to assume a substantial U-shape as shown in the rear view in FIG. 5.

As further illustrated in FIG. 5 a resilient band 30, such as a rubber band, may be connected at both ends to the opposite tail sections 26 and 28 thereof to normally draw the sections together if the hat is not in use but which will readily expand when being worn and provides sufiicient contraction to maintain the hat in position on the head of a user.

This completes the steps in the mode of making of the present novel scarf hat and provides a bonnet like hat structrue as illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6 in which the pliability and resilience of the filler 12 forms and maintains the arc of the bonnet like hat structure.

The present novel scarf hat structure is subject to various modifications concerning the size and shape of the sheets 10 and filler 12 and modifications in the material thereof, the only requirement being that the sheet 10 is made of a relatively thin easily foldable material having substantially no stiffness and the filler 12 being made of a soft pliable and somewhat resilient material. Such size and material modifications which do not depart for, the essential spirit and characteristic of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An article of manufacture, particularly a wearing apparel, to be Worn on the head of a user, comprising: a sheet of fibrous material having a generally rectangular shape, a diagonal first corner portion of said sheet of material being folded over towards the center of said sheet; a filler comprising a flat rectangular piece of pliable material disposed on said sheet between said folded over first corner portion and the main portion of said sheet, the inner longitudinal edge of said rectangular piece of pliable filler material being aligned with the diagonal centerline of said fibrous sheet of material; said filler being stitched to both the folded over first corner portion and the main portion of said sheet along its longer sides; the diagonal second corner portion opposite from said folded over first corner portion of said sheet being folded along a line including the apex of said second corner portion and extending normal to said diagonal centerline of said sheet with the corresponding outer free edges of the second corner portion parallel and in engaging registry in a line and stitched together on said line along a predetermined distance, the opposite third and fourth corner portions of said sheet disposed on said diagonal centerline adjacent the outer ends of said stitched in filler being individually gathered and stitched to provide opposing tails, the pointed tip defined by said stitched together outer free edges being tucked inwardly to provide a transverse rearstraight edge; the opposite ends of said straight edge being respectively secured to said gathered portions to thereby provide a bonnet like hat shape, the pliable filler having a suflicient resilience to maintain the bonnet shape.

2. The article of manufacture as defined in claim 1, in which said pliable filler material comprises a plastic foam rubber.

3. The article of manufacture as defined in claim 1, in which a resilient band is provided connected between and to said opposite gathered portions.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,211,807 1/1917 Aidenland 2-203 2,109,248 2/1938 Hibshand 2-203 X 2,199,427 5/ 1940 Dohen 2198 2,574,208 11/1951 Crowthers 2-207 2,624,884 1/1953 Degnon 2198 2,903,705 9/ 1959 Price 2207 JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner G. H. KRIZMANICH, Assistant Examiner

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