Integral rain cape and hat
OwnerBernice S. Kennyinventor
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Abstract
A garment particularly for rainy weather includes a cape body and a neck section rising from the upper margin of the cape body and being open at the front. The upper margin of the neck section extends into and is attached to the crown of the hat and also attached to the crown of the hat immediately inside of the neck section is a comparatively short strip of material having fastener elements adapted to coact with mating elements on the hat, whereby the cape body and neck section can be folded or rolled into a compact form within the crown of the hat and held in place within the crown by said short strip and fastener elements. The cape body is divided at its front and provided with fastener means. The garment can be made wholly or partly from sheet plastic material or from suitable water repellent fabric.
Claims3
A garment comprising a cape body, a neck section attached to and rising from the cape body and having a frontal opening, a hat section attached to the top of the neck section, a retaining skirt-like element attached to the hat section interiorly of both the hat section and the neck section, the hat section having a crown portion receiving, surrounding and at least partly enclosing the neck section and the skirt-like element when the latter are extended below the hat section, a first set of fastener components on the interior of the hat section, and a cooperating set of fastener components on the skirt-like element, whereby the entire cape body and neck section can be rolled into a compact form inside of the hat section and retained therein by engaging the fastener components of the skirt-like element with the fastener components of the hat section, the rolled cape body and neck section then being enclosed and held between the hat section and retaining skirt-like element.
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