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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM LOUIS RIDOUT, OF LUJLING, TEXAS.
SUNSHADE-GEAR FOR PERSONAL WEAR.No. 904,085.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WTLLrAM L. RDOUT,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Luling, in the county of Caldwell and State
5 of Texas, have invented a new and useful
Sunshade-Gear for Personal Wear, of which
the following is a specification.
This invention has relation to sunshade
gears for personal wear and it consists in
10 the novel construction and arrangement of
its parts as hereinafter shown and described.
'The object of the invention is to provide
a gear of the character indicated which is
adapted to be supported upon the shoulders
15 of the wearer and the parts of which are so
arranged as not to interfere with the stoop-
ing or bending movement of the body on
the part of the wearer or to bind or interfere
with the act of respiration.
20 The gear is especially adapted to be used
by persons working upon farms and with
this idea in view the parts are arranged so
that the shoulders may be used for support-
ing or carrying implements on and the hands
25 and arms of the wearer are left free and
unobstructed, at the same time the free move-
ment of the head is not interfered with nor
is the vision obstructed and the parts are
so arranged that the wearer may smoke and
30 be at liberty to turn the head without danger
of bringing an article held in the mouth in
contact with any of the parts of the gear.
The gear consists primarily of a relatively
rigid staff having at its lower end laterally
35 disposed anticlinal branches. A shade is
mounted upon the upper portion of the staff.
Flexible metallic strips form saddles and
are adapted to fit snugly over the shoulder
of the wearer and the said strips terminate
40 at their ends above the waist line of the
wearer and are provided with curled ex-
tremities. The lower end portions of the
said branches are attached to the rear por-
tions of the said strips and a flexible metallic
45 brace strip connects the rear portions of the
first said strips together at a point below
the points of attachment of the branches of
the staff therewith. A belt surrounds the
chest of the wearer and lies in the curled ex-
50 tremities of the said saddle strips.
In the accompanying drawings :-Figure
1 is a rear view of a person having the sun-1
shade applied to his shoulders, and Fig. 2 isI
a front view of a person having the gear
55 applied to his shoulders. IPatented Nov. 17, 1908.
The sunshade gear consists of the staff 1
upon the upper end of which is mounted a
shade 2. The lower end of the staff 1 is pro-
vided with the laterally disposed branches 3.
The said staff 1 and its branches 3 are rela- GO
tively rigid. The flexible metallic strips 4
form saddles and are adapted to fit snugly
over the shoulders of the wearer. The lower
ends of the said strips 4 terminate short of
the waist line of the wearer and the extremi- 65
ties of the ends of the said strips are curled
as at 5. A flexible metallic strip 6 serves as
a brace for the strips 4 and is attached at its
end to the rear portions of the said strips 4.
The brace strip 6 is disposed transversely 70
across the back of the wearer. The lower
ends of the branches 3 are attached to the
rear portion of the strips 4 at points above
the points of attachment of the brace strip 6
with the said saddle strips. The belt 7 is 75
adapted to pass around the chest of the
wearer and lies in the curled extremities 5
provided at the ends of the saddle strips 4.
From the foregoing description it will be
observed that a sunshade gear for personal 80
wear is provided the parts of which are so
arranged as not to interfere with the free
stooping or bending movement on the part
of the wearer and also that the wearer may
turn the head at liberty without danger of 85
encountering any of the parts of the gear at
the same time the shade supporting parts are
disposed at the back of the wearer and do
not interfere with his scope of vision. As
the branches 3 of the staff 1 are disposed or 90
located below the upper line of the shoulders
they are free and may be used for carrying
implements such as an ax or a scythe there-
on. As the strips 4 and 6 are flexible and
fit snugly over the shoulder the resiliency of 95
the said strips enable them to move during
the act of breathing thus the proper func-
tion of the respiratory organs of the wearer
are not interfered with.
having described my invention what I 100
claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-
Patent is:-
A sunshade gear for personal wear com-
prising a relatively rigid staff having its
lower end divided into laterally disposed an- 10
ticlinal branches, a shade mounted upon the
upper portion of the staff, saddles adapted
to fit snugly over the shoulders of the
wearer, and which are provided at their op-
posite ends with curled extremities, the lower 110Specification of Letters Patent.
Application filed May 22, 1908. Serial No. 434,408.
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Ridout, William Louis. Sunshade-Gear for Personal Wear., patent, November 17, 1908; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512051/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.