US2859448A - Article of headwear - Google Patents

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Nov. 11, 1958 IQGAICHEL ARTICLE OF HEADWEAR Filed April 30. 1956 INVENTOR. .PEHRL G'A/CHE'L 3?; 62m

ATTORNEK United States atent O ARTICLE OF HEADWEAR Pearl Gaichel, San Francisco, Calif.

Application April 30, 1956, Serial No. 581,737

2 Claims. (Cl. 2-199) The present invention relates to improvements in womens headwear, and more particularly to a novel visor which is used in combination with a scarf to provide an attractive and serviceable head covering.

In many countries scarfs are commonly used as head coverings. The usual practice is to fold a square scarf into triangular form and then tie it around the wearers head. By attaching a visor to the long folded edge of the scarf, an eye shield may also be provided.

The present invention provides a novel article of headwear designed particularly for outdoor use while motoring, sailing, or otherwise participating in activities requiring a suitable head covering to keep the hair in place. My invention embodies a combination scarf and visor, the visor being provided with novel gripping means which holds the visor in a securely attached position with respect to the scarf when the latter is tied around the wearers head. The gripping means of the visor is adapted to release the scarf automatically when the latter is untied and removed from the wearers head. The visor being readily attached to and detached from a scarf,

makes it possible to substitute one scarf for another, thereby permitting a variety of different colored scarfs to be worn without altering the construction of either the visor or any of the scarfs.

An object of the present invention is the provision of a novel article of headwear comprising a combination scarf and visor which provide a head covering for holding the hair in place and also a sun shield for protecting the face and eyes of the wearer.

Another object of my invention is to provide a novel visor which embodies releasable gripping means for securing the visor to a scarf, such gripping means being actuated into gripping relation with the scarf when the latter is draped around the wearers head and tied together at its ends.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a novel visor of the kind characterized, one which is adapted for use with a scarf to provide an attractive and serviceable article of headwear, and one which employs novel scarf attaching means permitting the convenient substitution of one scarf for another so as to make it possible for one to wear a different colored scarf for different occasions or with different dresses.

Other and further objects of my invention will be pointed out hereinafter, or will be obvious to one skilled in the art upon an understanding of the present disclosure. For the purpose of this application, I have elected to show herein certain forms and details of an article of headwear which is representative of my invention; it is to be understood, however, that the embodiment of my invention herein shown and described is for purposes of illustration only, and that therefore it is not to be regarded as exhaustive of the variations of the invention in the art.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan view, partly in section, of an article of headwear embodying my invention, showing parts of the visor and also the scarf broken away;

provide the gripping action for attaching the visor to the scarf.

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Referring to the drawing, the articleof headwear embodying the principles of my invention comprises a visor designated by A, and a scarf B which may be either a square-shaped scarf folded into triangular form or a onepiece triangular scarf.

The visor A comprises two (2) half-moon shaped up per and lower panels or plies 1 and 2 of cloth or other flexible material which are sewed or otherwise suitably attached together at their outer edges and which provide a large pocket therebetween for holding a normally fiat stifiening member 3 of plastic material or the like. The panels 1 and 2 are superimposed one upon the other and are formed adjacent their straight edges with similarly shaped opposed elongated closed pockets 1a and 2a respectively, such pockets being formed by turning the straight edge portions or outward extensions of the panels inwardly to form opposed superimposed plies. The pockets 1a and 2a are superimposed one upon the other and are unattached to one another at their outer ends and at their outer edges so as to make possible a hinge-like movement toward and from each other along or near a longitudinal line of stitching 4 which extends through the superimposed plies and closes the inner longitudinal edges of the pockets and secures the panels together and connects the pockets longitudinally along the inner edges. The pockets 1a and 2a each contain an elongated flexible strip 5 of flexible plastic or steel material which is normally flat but which may be bent into the form of a how when the visor is being worn, as shown in Fig. 2.

Engaging with the outer ends of the flexible strips 5 and arranged to urge them toward each other are spring clips 6, which are positioned between the panels 1 and 2 and are thereby concealed. The spring clips 6 have opposed legs 6a which are urged toward each other by a U-shaped connecting spring portion 6b.

In the form shown on the drawings, the panels 1 and 2 along longitudinal straight creases 1b and 2b are turned inwardly to form the pockets 1a and 2a, the inwardly turned edge portions of the panels being secured together and to the panels themselves by means of the stitching 4.

The structure comprising the pocket 1a and the flexible strip 5 enclosed thereby constitutes one of two elongated gripping members while the structure comprising the is made preferably from a rectangular scarf B which is folded into triangular form, or if so desired a triangular piece of material may also be used.

The visor A is attached to the longitudinal edge of the scarf B midway between the ends of the same. The creased longitudinal edge portion of the scarf B is inserted between the pockets 1a and 1b while the latter are manually held apart against the tension of the spring clips 6. Upon releasing the pockets 1a and 1b, the latter are brought into firm gripping relation with respect to the scarf B by the spring clips 6, thereby normally holding it against its release.

When the article of headwear is to be worn, the scarf is plac'ed; over the head with the triangular rear portion thereof extending rearwardly, and the visor positioned" with the lower pocket 2a engaging with the wearers forehead. The two side portions of the scarf are drawn tightly dowm along the sides of the wearers' head' and tied together either behindthe' head or under the chin. When: the corners are" thus tied together, the: visor assumes a bowed or curved shape, and the pockets Ia and 2a: and the flexible strips 6- therein also become bowed, thereby causing the engaged scarf-B'- to be more firmly gripped andtsecured against detachment from the visor.

When the article of headwear is removed from the wearerslhead; the scarf may be'easily detached from the visor. and replaced; by another scarf if so desired. While thetvisor is showne asbeing used in combination with a scarf, it is to be noted that a cord or elongated strip maybe: inserted betweenthe gripping pockets Ia and 2a and: employed: in the manner described as means for securing: the visor inl place on the wearers head.

What I claim: is:'

1. In an article of headwear, a stiff-and bendable visor having a' curved edge and an elongated, substantially straight edge, apair of opposed elongated stitf and bendablegripping: members superimposed one upon the other and? flexibly connected together along adjacent longitudinal edges, the gripping members being also connected to the substantially straight edge of the visor along their same adjacent edges, the gripping members extending longitudinally along the substantially straight edge of the visor and arranged for hinge-like movement toward and away from each other, and spring means urging the grip ping members toward each other.

2. In an article of headwear, a stifi and bendable visor having opposed substantially half-moon shaped flexible panels superimposed one upon the other and connected together along their outer edgespthe panels having flexible outward extensions folded back upon themselves to form two (2) elongated closed flexible pockets superimposed one uponthe other, the pockets being connected together along their inner adjacent longitudinal edges, and such pockets being disconnected along their outer edges and at their ends, whereby the pockets are arranged for hinge-like movement toward and away from each other, an elongated stiflf and bendable strip fitting in each pocket, and spring means urging the pockets and strips toward each other.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,144,366 Levine Tune 29, 1915 1,239,910 Harris n. Sept. 11, 1917 2,089,427 Rose Aug. 10, 1937- 2,567,119 Naidor Sept. 4, 1951 2,718,010 Graham Sept. 20 1955 2,735,110 Baker Feb. 21, 1956

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