Transformable christening bonnet and bride's handkerchief
OwnerKathryn S. Burtisinventor
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Abstract
In combination with a message containing folder of opaque material that holds a bride's decorative handkerchief that by light stitching has been transformed to a baby's christening bonnet, with the stitching when removed permitting the handkerchief to be used as such by a bride of succeeding generation, and thereafter by light stitching again returned to the configuration of a baby's christening bonnet. The opaque folder not only provides for safekeeping of the decorative handkerchief but also serves as a medium for a message and record of the number of times and date when the handkerchief was used as a christening bonnet, but also protects the handkerchief from deteriorating due to exposure to light.
Claims7
In combination with a protective folder, a substantially square handkerchief of woven material and first and second ribbons of substantially equal length, said handkerchief capable of being carried as such by a bride at a wedding and subsequently said handkerchief and first and second ribbons when removably combined cooperating to define a baby's christening bonnet, said handkerchief after use at said wedding and a christening being stored in said protective folder, said handkerchief formed from a foldable cloth and being substantially square and having first and second side edges and first and second end edges, said handkerchief prior to defining said christening cap having first, second and third fold lines formed therein, said first fold line intermediately disposed between said first and second edges and parallel thereto to divide said handkerchief into first and second rectangular panels, said second panel overlying said first panel, said second and third fold lines dividing said first and second panels into first and second generally triangular shaped segments that are separated by a generally trapezoidal intermediate segment, said first and second triangular segments each having first and second segments overlying a major portion of said intermediate segment, with portions of said first and second segments adjacent said intermediate segment overlapping one another;
- first means for removably securing said portions of said first and second segments together to define said bonnet, said bonnet having the top and sides thereof defined by said first panel and the rear thereof by said second panel, with the forward edge of said bonnet defined by said first end edge of said first panel, and the lower side edges and rear edge of said bonnet by said first and second side edges of said first panel;
- and second means for removably securing said first and second ribbons to the lower forward extremities of the sides of said bonnet, said first and second ribbons capable of being extended under the chin of a baby and tied to retain the bonnet in place on the baby's head, with the first and second means capable of being removed to permit the bonnet to be returned to the initial hankerchief configuration to again be used for the same purpose by subsequent generations.
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