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EP0018792A2
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Surface ornamented caps and method of making panelled caps with surface ornamentation
Assignee: LOUISVILLE Manufacturing CO Inc
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Filing: 1980-04-24
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2000-04-24
Abstract
Abstract A cap is made from a plurality of panels each having an upwardly extending tapered portion assembled with hems along the tapered edges of each panel sewn to the hems of adjacent panels to form the cap. The tapered portions of the panels are surface ornamented priorto assembly with a decoration having directionally oriented portions defined by lines extending across the seam of the cap at angles inclined to the lines of the seams. The said portions of the decoration are extended across the hems to the tapered edges of said panel in directions perpendicular to the tapered edges. When the panels are assembled into the crown of the cap, the portions of the decoration on the hem of one panel are placed against corresponding portions of the decoration on the hem of the adjacent panel before sewing the panels together, so that the said portions of the decoration on the panel on one side of a seam will be in exact register with the corresponding portions of the decoration on the panel on the other side of the seam. The said portions of the surface ornamentation can in the same way be arranged to extend from the panels on to the outer surface of the visor of the cap.
Inventors
- 👤 Tom Sewell-Wood
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 21:23
CPC Classifications
A; A42; A42B; A42B1/00; A42B1/04; A42B1/004
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
259 words
A method of making a cap by forming a plurality of panels each having a base portion and an upwardly extending tapered portion defined by curved edges, and assembling the panels into a cap including turning the upwardly tapered edges of each panel inwardly of the cap in a hem and sewing the hems of adjacent panels together along the junction of the panel and the hems in seams to form the crown of the cap, in which method surface ornamentation on the cap is provided by surface ornamenting the tapered portions of at least some of the panels prior to assembly with a decoration having one or more portions defined by lines which extend across a seam of the cap at angles inclined with respect to such seam, extending the said portions of the decoration on each ornamented panel up to the line of the seam at said inclined angles and then across the hem from the line of the seam to the adjacent edge of the panel in a direction at right angles to said adjacent edge of the panels and, when assembling said panels, placing the portions of the decoration on the hem of one panel against corresponding portions of the decoration on the hem of the adjacent panel before sewing the panels together along the seams, thereby to cause the portions of the decoration on the panel on one side of a seam to be disposed in correct register with the portions of the decoration on the panel on the other side of the seam.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
259 words
A method of making a cap by forming a plurality of panels each having a base portion and an upwardly extending tapered portion defined by curved edges, and assembling the panels into a cap including turning the upwardly tapered edges of each panel inwardly of the cap in a hem and sewing the hems of adjacent panels together along the junction of the panel and the hems in seams to form the crown of the cap, in which method surface ornamentation on the cap is provided by surface ornamenting the tapered portions of at least some of the panels prior to assembly with a decoration having one or more portions defined by lines which extend across a seam of the cap at angles inclined with respect to such seam, extending the said portions of the decoration on each ornamented panel up to the line of the seam at said inclined angles and then across the hem from the line of the seam to the adjacent edge of the panel in a direction at right angles to said adjacent edge of the panels and, when assembling said panels, placing the portions of the decoration on the hem of one panel against corresponding portions of the decoration on the hem of the adjacent panel before sewing the panels together along the seams, thereby to cause the portions of the decoration on the panel on one side of a seam to be disposed in correct register with the portions of the decoration on the panel on the other side of the seam.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
102 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 in which said steps of surface ornamentation of the panels comprise preparing a layout of the surface ornamentation for the panels which are to be surface ornamented with the location of the seam lines indicated; separating the layout along the seam lines; extending the said portions of the decoration outward beyond the seam lines a distance equal to the width of the hem; preparing a pattern from the thus modified layout for transferring the layout of the surface ornamentation; and transferring the surface ornamentation onto the panels by the use of the thus prepared pattern.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
98 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 in which said steps of surface ornamenting comprise: sewing blank panels together to form the crown of a cap with seams along hems on the edges of the panels; placing the surface ornamentation on the thus formed crown; separating the surface ornamented panels; extending the said portions of the decoration outward from the seam lines of each panel across the hems to the edges of the panels; preparing a pattern from the thus modified panels, and transferring the surface ornamentation on the panels by the use of the thus prepared pattern.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
244 words
A method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3 in which making the cap further includes assembling the base of a visor having a concavely curved base edge with a hem to hems on the lower edges of the base portions of the panels forming the front portion of the cap along a visor seam parallel to said curved base edge, the said portions of the decoration on said panels being extended across the hems of said base portion in a direction perpendicular to the edge of said hems, and in which the step of providing surface ornamentation on the cap further comprises surface ornamenting the visor prior to assembly into the cap with a decoration having portions defined by lines which extend across the visor seam between the base portions of the panels and said visor at angles inclined with respect to a tangent to said visor seam, the said portions of decoration on the visor extending up to the line of the seam along said base edge at said inclined angle and from the line of the seam to the edge of the hem at an angle perpendicular to the curved base edge; and, when assembling said visor to said panels, placing the said portions of the decoration on the hem of the visor against the corresponding portions of the decoration on the hem of the adjacent panels before sewing the visor to said panels along their respective means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
109 words
A surface ornamented cap comprising a plurality of panels which are joined by sewn seams to adjacent panels, hems of the panels being disposed internally of the cap, surface ornamentation on at least some of the panels, said surface ornamentation having been provided prior to assembly and having one or more portions defined by lines which extend across a seam of the cap at angles inclined with respect to such seam, each of said portions of the decoration on each ornamented panel extending up to the seam at said inclined angle and thence across the hem to the edge of the panel in a direction perpendicular to the edge.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
109 words
A surface ornamented cap comprising a plurality of panels which are joined by sewn seams to adjacent panels, hems of the panels being disposed internally of the cap, surface ornamentation on at least some of the panels, said surface ornamentation having been provided prior to assembly and having one or more portions defined by lines which extend across a seam of the cap at angles inclined with respect to such seam, each of said portions of the decoration on each ornamented panel extending up to the seam at said inclined angle and thence across the hem to the edge of the panel in a direction perpendicular to the edge.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
109 words
A cap as claimed in claim 3 in which the cap has a visor having a concavely curved base edge connected by a sewn seam to the lower edge of the panels forming the front portion of the cap, with hems of the panels and visor internally of the cap, portions of decoration on said panels having continuations on the visor which portions of decoration are defined by lines extending across the connecting seam between the visor and said panels at angles inclined to the seam, said lines extending across the hems from the seam to the edges of the panels and visor in directions perpendicular to such edges.
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