US2009855A - Semifinished article of manufacture and method of making same - Google Patents

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J. L. OSMER July 30, 1935 SEMIFINISHED ARTICLE OF MANUFACTUREAND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Filed Oct. 12, 1934 room s LINE-UP 1 5 .s E o D M J E w .s E .o o N H o .J E s u E w m m m INVENTOR JOHN 'L. OSMER "ATTORNEY Patented July so, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME John L. Osmer, Newark, N. J. Application October 12, 1934, Serial No. 748,073

2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved, semifinished article of manufacture which is so constructed that it may be formed, at will, into two articles for use as sports accessories; it also relates to a method of making said semi-finished article.

The primary semi-finished article of this invention, in the form in which it is intended to be distributed to the public is formed from paper; it hasan oblong shape, the sides of which are preferably parallel; one end is square and the other end is semi-circular, or approximately so shaped; within, and spaced from the boundaries of this primary article is an interior field, the delineating line of which is of such a nature as to weaken the paper, whereby said interior field is adapted for ready removal from said primary article; the field so removed is adapted to be formed into and to be utilized as a megaphone; said removal transforms the primary article into a shape'which is readily formed into a visor or eye shade.

Said removal, formation and transformation are intended to be performed by the users of the respective articles.

The use for which these articles are intended clearly indicates that they are well adapted for use of spectators at football and baseball games,

the visor to enable the wearer thereof to more clearly see the activities on the field, the megaphone to enable its user to more vehemently and emphatically express his approval or disap proval of activities of the players, and the results thereof, and to finally cheer the victors or to deride them in accordance with the time honored customs of the game.

The construction of my improved, semi-finished article of manufacture and its objective derivatives are clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:-

Fig. 1 is a face or plan view of the primary semi-finished article in the form in which it is distributed to the user.

Fig. 2 is a face view of the transformed primary article, said transformation being produced by the removal of an interior portion thereof.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a visor which is readily made from the Fig. 2 transformation of the primary article.

Fig. 4 is an elevation of said removed, interior field arranged in its objective form, a megaphone.

Fig. 5 illustrates one way in which the ends of the head-bands of the visor may be attached together to form a self adjusting band for retaining the visor in place, upon the head of the wearer.

The constructions shown in said drawing are respectively as follows:

As shown in Fig. 1 the primary article, which is formed from any suitable flexible material, is an oblong figure, the sides I, I, of which are par- 5 allel; the end 2 is square, that is, formed at a right angle to the sides I, the other end 3 being substantially semicircular.

An interior field 4 is defined within the primary article, the shape of which conforms closely to the primary article; the delineation 5 of said interior field is shown as being perforations, but it may be partly perforations, and partly slits extending through the material, or it may be of any other character which will so weaken the material as to render the inner field readily removable, and to leave the primary article in the transformed shape shown in Fig. 2, which is adapted to be formed into and utilized as a visor, which is illustrated in Fig. 3. The strips I, l, are to be united at their extremities to form the head band, and for the purposes of said union there are shown in Fig. 2 in dotted lines, two strips of adhesive paper, 6, 6, which are utilized, as shown in Fig. 3. 3

The field 4 which is removed from the primary article, as stated above, is adapted to be formed into and utilized as a megaphone, said adaptation consisting of two parallel slits l, l which are formed adjacent one side of the rounded end of the inner field; this secondary article is rolled into a cone shaped article and the corner 8 thereof is inserted through said slits; the projecting portion of said corner is then folded over in such manner as to retain it in position, thus forming a megaphone, as shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 5 illustrates one way in which the ends of the strips I, I may be united, whereby the head band thus formed will be caused to be self adjusting to heads of various sizes. As here shown, a forwardly-extending tongue 9 is formed adjacent each of said ends, the slit which forms said tongue is provided at its base with perforations II], It, for the reception of a rubber band II, or a like article, which band is caused to engage said tongue, by raising its free end and slipping the band thereunder.

The nature of the primary article is such that it affords a suitable surface for the reception of informative matter, to be printed or otherwise applied thereto.

As an illustration of such matter, the megaphone section is shown as having the line up of the players of the particular game, at which the accessories are to be distributed and used. The

- ing press may be visor member is shown as having advertising matter applied thereto.

For the manufacture of this article, a printsuitably equipp d to form or cut out, perforate and print the primary article in a single operation, but a more readily employed method is set forth in the claims hereof.

I claim the following:

1. In an article of manufacture for use as a sports accessory, a primary article formed from flexible material and havingan oblong form, the sides of which are parallel, one of its ends being square and the other end substantially semicircular, there being delineated within and spaced from the two side edges and the semicircular edge, an inner field having substantially the shape of said primary article, said delineation being such as to cause said field to be removable at will and in the form delineated, and by which removal said primary article is transformed into a shape readily formable into and utiiizable as an eyeshield, said removed piece being readily formable into and utilizable as a megaphone.

2. The method of manufacturing a semi-finished article from flexible material which comprises the following steps: forming such material into an oblong article having parallel sides, one square end and one round end; perforating said article to form a weakening line spaced inwardly from said sides, farther inwardly from said round end and extending through said square end, whereby a readily removable field is formed within three of the borders of said article and including a portion of the other border; forming two parallel contiguous slits through said field at a point adjacent the mergence of the round and one of the straight portions of said perforations, and adapting the extremities of the resulting straight marginal portions for attachment each to the other, as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN a. cam.

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