MUSICAL HEAD GEARS
United States Patent 3705466
A festive head gear capable of emitting comic, sounds, or tunes used in various occasions and named "Musical Hat".
US Patent References:
Action headgear with spring actuated flying propeller
Ryan - May 1965 - 3182422
Novelty cap
Rockmore - September 1952 - 2611902
Sound-emitting hand-invertible dispensing container for fluent material
Bellandi - January 1957 - 2777607
Musical toy
Jefferson - December 1957 - 2817188
Greeting card or folder
Barker - September 1959 - 2906058
Action headgear with spring actuated flying propeller
Ryan - May 1965 - 3182422
Novelty cap
Rockmore - September 1952 - 2611902
Sound-emitting hand-invertible dispensing container for fluent material
Bellandi - January 1957 - 2777607
Musical toy
Jefferson - December 1957 - 2817188
Greeting card or folder
Barker - September 1959 - 2906058
Application Number:
04/889652
Publication Date:
12/12/1972
Filing Date:
12/31/1969
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Primary Class:
International Classes:
A63H5/00; A63H33/00
Field of Search:
46/1F,175,178,44
US Patent References:
Primary Examiner:
Mancene, Louis G.
Assistant Examiner:
Heinz A.
Claims:
Having thus described my invention I hereby claim
1. A pneumatic novelty hat comprising a brim adapted to be worn on a person's head; a crown having a sealed, self-supporting flexible container in the form of an accordion-like bellows having a first end attached to said brim and a second end unrestrained for free movement and having an aperture therein; a device in said aperture that emits sound in response to air passing therethrough; and control means comprised of straps connected to said second end of said container and passing through said brim for manually effecting the movement of said second end toward said brim to contract said container and force air thereinside through said device; said container being sufficiently resilient to return to its uncontracted position when said straps are released to effect the drawing of air into said container through said device.
1. A pneumatic novelty hat comprising a brim adapted to be worn on a person's head; a crown having a sealed, self-supporting flexible container in the form of an accordion-like bellows having a first end attached to said brim and a second end unrestrained for free movement and having an aperture therein; a device in said aperture that emits sound in response to air passing therethrough; and control means comprised of straps connected to said second end of said container and passing through said brim for manually effecting the movement of said second end toward said brim to contract said container and force air thereinside through said device; said container being sufficiently resilient to return to its uncontracted position when said straps are released to effect the drawing of air into said container through said device.
Description:
This invention concerns a sound making toy hat -- a musical hat. There exist many toy hats in various shapes and made of different materials, but no such toy hat is known that can emit any kind of sound while still a hat in any other respect.
The aim of this invention is to provide such a toy hat which, in addition to being a regular toy hat, can, when handled in a certain manner emit comic sounds or tunes intended to add to the merriment of the occasion.
The invention is embodied in the accompanying drawing in which the views are as follows:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment
FIG. 2 is an elevational section thereof
FIG. 3 same, in a contracted position
FIG. 4 the same invention embodied as a clown hat
FIG. 5 still another embodiment (a graduation cap)
The functional part of the hat 1 is a flexible sealed container 2, having one or several apertures 3 in which the sound device or whistle 6 is inserted. The container being both flexible and elastic -- preferably polyethylene, may be contracted as shown in FIG. 3, thus forcing out air through the sound devices, thus producing a comic sound, according to the nature of the sound device. As the container is also elastic, it decontracts when released and sucks in air through the same or an additional sound device (thus emitting an additional tone). The toy hat can be fitted with several sound devices, each on a different note and timed-through a set of valves, to operate in sequence so as to reproduce a tune or melody (this arrangement is also novel and I intend to describe it separately in the future).
The container can be contracted by ramming it against an obstruction, or pushed from above (with the hands); it also can be contracted by pulling chin-strap 4 or pull string 4' (if the hat is provided with separate straps for wearing and for operating the hat).
The chin strap is provided with a slide ring 5 for adjusting and securing the hat on the head; this hat thus is adaptable to different head-sizes.
The accordeon like structure is for better compressibility, though it may be deemed suitable in the future to do without it as long as the required compressibility is obtained.
An additional device to be fitted in the hat is foreseen: a powder box to be connected to the air exit so that every sound is accompanied by a puff of "smoke".
It is clearly shown by this description that the basic idea of my invention, because of its novelty, presents many possibilities for additions such as the two noted here. Therefore, I beg to claim priority on such obvious improvements which may occur in the future.
Although the present design is based on blow-molding of polethylene, the same invention can be manufactured by different methods (such as welding of pre-cut plastic sheets) without verily changing the original design.
The aim of this invention is to provide such a toy hat which, in addition to being a regular toy hat, can, when handled in a certain manner emit comic sounds or tunes intended to add to the merriment of the occasion.
The invention is embodied in the accompanying drawing in which the views are as follows:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment
FIG. 2 is an elevational section thereof
FIG. 3 same, in a contracted position
FIG. 4 the same invention embodied as a clown hat
FIG. 5 still another embodiment (a graduation cap)
The functional part of the hat 1 is a flexible sealed container 2, having one or several apertures 3 in which the sound device or whistle 6 is inserted. The container being both flexible and elastic -- preferably polyethylene, may be contracted as shown in FIG. 3, thus forcing out air through the sound devices, thus producing a comic sound, according to the nature of the sound device. As the container is also elastic, it decontracts when released and sucks in air through the same or an additional sound device (thus emitting an additional tone). The toy hat can be fitted with several sound devices, each on a different note and timed-through a set of valves, to operate in sequence so as to reproduce a tune or melody (this arrangement is also novel and I intend to describe it separately in the future).
The container can be contracted by ramming it against an obstruction, or pushed from above (with the hands); it also can be contracted by pulling chin-strap 4 or pull string 4' (if the hat is provided with separate straps for wearing and for operating the hat).
The chin strap is provided with a slide ring 5 for adjusting and securing the hat on the head; this hat thus is adaptable to different head-sizes.
The accordeon like structure is for better compressibility, though it may be deemed suitable in the future to do without it as long as the required compressibility is obtained.
An additional device to be fitted in the hat is foreseen: a powder box to be connected to the air exit so that every sound is accompanied by a puff of "smoke".
It is clearly shown by this description that the basic idea of my invention, because of its novelty, presents many possibilities for additions such as the two noted here. Therefore, I beg to claim priority on such obvious improvements which may occur in the future.
Although the present design is based on blow-molding of polethylene, the same invention can be manufactured by different methods (such as welding of pre-cut plastic sheets) without verily changing the original design.