US2372911A - Article of headdress - Google Patents

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-April 3, 1945. M. e. ROSENTHAL 2,372,911

ARTICLE OF HEADDRESS Filed May 26, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet l F|r ..2 l2

Snnentor MANUEL G. Rest. NTHAL Gttorneg April 3, 1945.

M. G. ROSENTHAL ARTICLE OF HEADDRESS Filed May 26, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fl Cr Flt, l2

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. attorney Patented Apr. 3, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ARTICLE OF HEADDRESS Manuel G. Bosenthal, New York, N. Y.

Application May 26, 1941, Serial No. 395,216 Cl'aims. (01. 2-198) Thisinvention. relates to articles of headdress.

headdress with which the present invention. is. concerned i in general of such character that can be readily made up in. various forms on; the weareris head in. self-shaping and selffitting relation thereto, for example, in the manner of. a. wrap-around turban, and my invention resides. more particularly in the construction of such. headdress whereby to obtain certain desirable results which will hereinafter be pointed'out.

One feature. of the present invention resides in the provision of an article of headdress. which comprises a plurality of fabric parts of. different character, respectively, as to texture or color or both. texture and color whereby to improve the ornamental. effect. provided when said article. is worn, and in this connection. another feature of the invention is to construct the article in such manner that one of the parts thereof can be removed from another of its part and replaced by a. fabric part of. a different texture or color for providing an article of headdress having a different. color or texture combination. As each fabric part can be composed of fabric of one color: or texture or of. a plurality of colors or textures, it is obvious that by replacing one fabric part of. one character with a fabric part of a. different character, the appearance of the article. can be varied within wide limits. Moreover, by making the article in separable parts, one of the latter can be used as a hair band or otherwise, when the complete headdress is not desired.

Another feature of the invention resides in constructing the article of headdress in such mannor. as to provide an opening therein through which end portions of the fabric parts can be threaded when the article is formed and positinned on the wearers head, so that said end portions, instead of being tucked in, can be arranged. as ornamental elements of the headdress without, however, sacrificing the proper securement of the article on the head. This feature of the invention can be provided in the article whether the. above mentioned fabric parts thereof are detachable or are permanently connected to each other.

A. further feature resides in constructing the article. so that it can be arranged selectively to cover, the top and back of the wearers head or to leave. the same wholly or partly uncovered.

Another feature of the invention resides in the provision of means for holding the fabric parts in. proper relation for obtaining either the above mentioned feature of the interchangeability and variability or for providing the article of head'- dress with said opening for the threading of the above mentioned nds. of the article or for providing both of. said features simultaneously in the article.

Theinvention willlbe more fully explained hereturban, hat or other type of headdress.

inafter with reference to the accompanying illustrative drawings.

In. the drawings:

Fi I is a View of the article of headdress in flat condition as it appears before it is made up on, the wearer' -head;

Figs. 2 and 3 are fragmentary views, on a larger scale, of the companion. parts of the article shown in Fig. 1, said parts being separated from each other and said views being of the side of the article opposite that shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a View, on a larger scale, of the central portion of the article illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fi 5 is a view of one of the companion conhector parts utilized in the article illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is an end view of one of the connector parts looking in the direction of line 6iiof Fig, 5.;

Fig. 7 is an end view of the companion con nector parts showing them engaged in one relation;

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 showing. the connector parts engaged with each other in a relation opposite to that shown in Fig. '7;

Figs. 9 and 10 are views similar to Fig. 4 showing other devices for connecting the fabric partsof the headdress to each other;

Fig. 11 is a rear view of the headdres made up on the wearers head and showing the parts in closed condition for covering the top of the head;

Fig. 12 is a View similar to Fig. 11 showingthe parts separated for uncovering the top ofthe wearers head;

Fig. 13 is a rear view of the headdress and illustrates the end portion which are threaded through the opening the article and arranged as ornamental elements of the headdress.

Referring now to the drawings in further detail, the article of headdress l0 comprises as shown in Fig. 1 two fabric parts !2 and It arranged'in end to end relation and held in said relation by connecting mean l6 which provides an opening [8- between the adjacent ends-of said fabric parts. Any suitable fabric can be used for forming parts I2 and M, for example, knitted or woven fabric formed of any suitable yarns or combinations of yarns. Said fabrics, however, should preferably be limp, relatively soft and in general readily drapable on the wearer's head so as to conform to the contour thereof, when the article is made up, and on the head as a The adjacent end portions 20 and 22 of parts l2and I4 are gathered and are provided with stitched hems 24- and 26 forming tunnels through which the companion members "3a and I'Bb of connecting means 16 are positioned, respectively; said members bein as here shown separable from each other.

In the preferred form of the invention the connecting means I6 is separable and the companion members Ilia and I6b of said connecting means are of the same construction except that the end portions 28 of part IBb extend from the body portion 38 of said member in a direc tion opposite to the direction'in which the end portions 28 of member I60. extend from its body portion 30, whereby to provide the opening I8 in the article when the companion members IBa and I6!) are connected to each other at their adjacent end portions 28. Connecting members Mia and I8!) can be made of any suitable material, for example, metal or plastic. Each end portion 28 is formed with a hook'32 and a slot 34. Also, each end portion is preferably provided with a plurality of apertures 36 so thatthe outer ends of the hemmed portions 24 and 26 can be stitched to the companion connecting members Ilia and H31), respectively, as indicated by the lines of stitching 38 in Fig. 4. When the connecting members IBa and I6?) are in the tunnels provided by-the hems 24 and 26, they are completely covered by the .hemmed portions of the companion parts I2 and I4, but the outer ends of said hemmed portions can be moved along the adjacent end portions 28 to facilitate engagement and disengagement of the ends 28 of one of the connecting members with the ends 28 of the companion connecting member.

As illustrated in Fig. 7, the connecting mem- Y bers are engaged with each other at their ends by the projection of hooked ends 32 of connecting member I6a throughthe slots 34 of the companion connecting member Ifib. Each hooked end 32 is provided with a projection 40 which snaps through the slot or opening 34 in the adjacent end 28 of the companion connecting member to prevent accidental disengagement of the connected ends of the two connecting members. As illustrated in Fig. 8 the two connecting members can be arranged in reversed relation to that illustrated in Fig. 7, that is, so that the hooked ends 32 of connecting member I6b projects through the slots 34 in the adjacent ends, respectively, of connecting member I6a. Connecting members IBa and I6b are thus constructed so that fabric part I 4 having a connecting member I61) can be readily replaced by a part such as the part I2 which has a connectin member Ito and yet have the folded hem forming portions of both parts on the same side of the article, it being understood that if the connecting members were not provided with reversible interengaging ends, as just described, the replacement of a part I4 by a part such as the part I2 would require that opposite sides of, said fabric parts be positioned at the same side of the article when the parts are connected to each other, thus exposing the hem forming folded edge of one of the fabric parts on each side of the article. In other words, by thus constructing the connecting members with reversible interengaging portions the hem forming folded edges of the two fabric parts are both disposed on the same side of the article when the two parts are connected to each other. It will be observed thatthe outer end portions of the hems follow the contour of the projectin end portions 28 of the connecting members and are held in said position by stitching 38, referred to above. i v

The fabric parts I2 and I4 are of elongated and relatively narrow form as illustrated in Fig. 1, the combined length of the two parts being suflicient to permit the article to be wound twice around the wearers head and to afford sufficient material for forming bow knots;or other ornamental portions, as illustrated at42 in Figs. 11 to 13, and also, if desired, to provide depending end portions 44 which can be arranged as ornamental elements as illustrated in Fig. 13.

It will be noted that parts I2 and I4 are not stitched to each other or otherwise secured to each other along side edges and are, therefore,

free of a central head enclosing pocket such as that provided in made-up or partially made-up turbans of certain prior art constructions. ,By thus leaving the parts I2 and I4 free from securement to each other, said parts can be arranged at the option of the wearer either in overlapping relation as illustrated in Fig. 11 for cover ing the top andback of the wearers head or said parts can be arranged in spaced relation as illustrated in Fig. 12 to leave the top and back of the wearers head uncovered or partially uncovered by the headdress. It will be understood that in making up the headdress on the wearer's head, portions of parts I2 and I4 can be passed through opening I8 and arranged in various ways as will' construction as the parts I2 and I4, illustrated in'Fig, 1 and in the companion figures of the drawing, are detachably connected to each other by a connecting member IBA which is similar in construction to a large safety pin or the like, it being understood that connecting member ISA can be removed by disengaging the prong 46 from the guard 48 of said pin to permit the latter to be withdrawn from the hems of parts IZA and MA. Similarly in the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 10 the fabric parts I2B and MB are of the same construction as the parts I2 and I4 and are detachably connected to each other by companion tapes 48 and 50, respectively, which are threaded through the hems of said parts I2B and I413, respectively,

and are detachably engaged at their adjacent .outer ends by separable fasteners 52 such as, for

example, snap fasteners. -As indicated, each of the articles illustrated in Figs. 9 and lo is provided with a central opening I8 as in the case of the article ID illustrated in Fig. 1 so that outer end portions of the fabric parts can be drawn through said opening for the purpose described above in connection with the headdress article illustrated in Fig. 1. It will be understood also that the headdress article can be formed with a central opening I8 without the fabric parts of the article being detachable from each other, for example, by utilizing instead of any of the above described or other separable connecting members a non-separable connecting member having spaced side portions around which the hem forming edge portions of the adjacent ends of the fabric parts are folded and stitched. Further, it will be understood in this connection that the fabric parts even when thus permanently connected to each other canbe of different colors or textures, Also, the feature of interchangeability of the fabric parts I! and H! can be provided, if desired, without the provision of the opening i3.

Thus it is seen that the articles of headdress described above are well adapted to accomplish the several objects of the present invention, but they are by no means exhaustive of the possible embodiments of this invention. In reference to the'illustrated embodiments it will be observed that each of the latter has provision for the replacement of one of the fabric parts by a similar part of a different character whereby to form with the retained fabric part an article of headdress of an entirely different appearance. Further, it will be noted that either of the fabric parts can be detached from the other fabric part of the article and used as a head band which is long enough to be wrapped around the wearers head for retaining the hair in position or for the purpose of ornamentation, or both article forming fabric parts can be superimposed on each other and similarly used as a head band, the different colors or textures of the two bands providing a pleasing ornamental appearance. It will be understood further that while several modes of utilizing the article of headdress have been illustrated or described there are various other modes of utilizing said article either as a headdress or for other purposes. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited to the uses or modes of making up the headdress illustrated or described herein. Further, as the articles can be constructed otherwise than as herein specifically shown or described and as such other constructions will occur to those skilled in the art in view of the present disclosure, I do not wish to be limited to the embodiments herein described or illustrated or to the details of construction herein shown or described except to the extent which may be required by the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An article of headdress comprising longitudinally extending, fabric parts arranged in endto-end relation, and means engaging the adjacent ends of said parts for holding them in said endto-end relation. the other ends of said fabric parts being separated from each other, said connected fabric parts being drapable in various arrangements on and conforming to the wearers head and having a combined length sufficient to extend in wrapped relation around the head of the wearer in draped relation thereon, the adjacent ends of said fabric parts being hemmed and said holding means comprising parts which are disposed in said hems, respectively, and position confronting portions of said adjacent ends in spaced relation for providing an opening through which portions of said fabric parts wrapped around the wearers head can be threaded in arranging and fastening the headdress on the head of the wearer, said parts of said holding means having portions which are disengageable from each other whereby said fabric parts are secured detachably to each other with said adjacent ends thereof in said spaced relation.

2. An article of headdress comprising longitudinally extending fabric parts arranged in endto-end relation, the other ends of said fabric parts being separated from each other, and means connecting the adjacent ends of said parts detachably in said relation, said means comprising companion members carried by said ends of said fabric parts, respectively, each of said members having a portion extending transversely of the fabric part by which it is carried, and end portions extending substantially lengthwise of the article toward the adjacent fabric part, each to-end relation, and means engaging the adjacent ends of said parts for holding them in said relation, the other ends of said fabric parts being separated from each other, said connected fabric parts being drapable in various arrangements on and conforming to the wearers head andhaving a combined length sufficient to extend around the head of the wearer in draped relation thereon, the adjacent ends of said parts being hemmed and said holding means comprising companion members disposed in said hemmed ends, respectively, and each provided with end portions detachably engageable with the adjacent end portions of the companion member in reversible relation with each other.

4. An article of headdress comprising longitudinally extending fabric parts arranged in endto-end relation, the other ends of said fabric parts necting the adjacent ends of said parts detachably in said relation, said means comprising two companion members carried by said ends of said fabric parts, respectively, each of said members having a portion extending transversely of the fabric part by which it is carried and spaced from the corresponding portion of the companion member, and end portions extending substantially lengthwise of the article toward the adjacent fa'bric part, portions of said first mentioned fabric parts extending longitudinally of said last mentioned portions of said connecting members, respectively, said end portions of said connecting members having releasable interengaging portions for holding said connecting members together, said connected fabric parts being drapable in various arrangements on and conforming to the wearers head and having a combined length sufficient to extend around the head of the wearer in draped relation thereon, said interengaging portions of the companion connecting members being engageable with each other in either of two reversible relations.

5. An article of headdress comprising longitudinally extending fabric parts arranged in endto-end relation, the other ends, of said fabric parts being separated from each other, and means connecting the adjacent ends of said parts detachably in said relation, said means comprising companion members carried by said ends of said fabric parts, respectively, each of said members having a portion extending transversely of the fabric part by which it is carried, and end portions extending substantially lengthwise of the article toward the adjacent fabric part, each of said end portions of each of said connecting members having a hook and a slot, the hooks of either one of said connecting members being releasably engageable in the slots of the other connecting member.

MANUEL G. ROSENTHAL.

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