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Application filed March 19,1896. Serial No. 583,890. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Simon S. Hirschberg, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, 5 have invented new and useful Improvements in Caps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in caps especially adapted for wear by bicycleio riders and other athletes and sportsmen, and it has for its object the provision of a cap wherein there is a ventilating-space and a crown-section of sufficient fullness, or having surplus material sufficient to close the ventir 5 lating-space when the condition of the weather renders this desirable.

To this end the invention consists in the novel construction,combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and 20 claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which—

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the cap with the ventilator open, and Fig. 2 is a like view showing the crown-section adjusted 25 to close or cover the ventilator.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 6 indicates the base-section of the cap, and 8 the vizor thereof.

The numeral 10 indicates the crown-band, 30 which is connected to and suitably held spaced apart or separated from the base-section 6 by means of isolated rigid braces 7. These braces are few in number and at a distance from each other, four being indicated in 35 the drawings. These braces are preferably riveted to the crown-band 10, and do not rise or extend beyond such band, and therefore do not interfere with the flexibility or collapsibility of the crown-section. The braces be40 ing comparatively short and few in number do not add materially to the weight of the cap, and being isolated from each other provide an almost entirely unbroken ventilating-space 1, through which the air has free access directly 45 to the head of the wearer.

The crown-section 2 3 4 5 5^a is of soft flexible or collapsible material and the form thereof is maintained by the crown-band 10. This crown-section is made full at the front portion, 50 as at 5^a, and at the rear portion, as at 3 4, in order that when the condition of the weather requires it may be folded down and over the ventilating-space 1, so as to close or cover the same and prevent access of air to the head of the wearer. The degree of fullness necessary 5 5 to be provided in order that the crown-section may perform this useful function may readily be determined by actual measurement. At the front of the cap or at the vizor 8 suitable ventilation can also be secured by well-known 6 0 means, such as a ventilating sweat-band. When the cap is on the head, the wearer can, without removing the same, manipulate the crown-section to cover the ventilating-space when it is raining or when it is otherwise de- 65 sirable, and may as readily move the same to uncover said space. This manipulation may be effected by the wearer merely passing his hand over the crown-section in a rearward direction to close the ventilating-space, and in a 70 forward direction to open the same. A button 9 may be provided, if desired, to be grasped by the wearer in manipulating the crown-section. The advantages of a cap constructed in accordance with my invention are obvious. 7 5 For example, in making tours, as on a bicycle, or in traveling, varying conditions of temperature may be encountered, as in going to and from the seashore, or when ascending or descending the mountains, or in continued ex- 80 posure, as for example, in going out by day and remaining out until nightfall. Its advantage for use by players of base-ball and other athletic games and sports is equally obvious. 85