US3212214A

US3212214A - Blank for forming a head having a vizored headpiece

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Publication number: US3212214A
Application number: US267656A
Authority: US
Inventors: Chet A Patterson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1963-03-25
Filing date: 1963-03-25
Publication date: 1965-10-19
Anticipated expiration: 1982-10-19

Description

Oct. 19, 1965 A. PATTERSON 3,212,214

BLANK FOR FORMING A HEAD HAVING A VIZORED HEADPIECE Filed March 25, 1963 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. CHE T A. PATTERSON Oct. 19, 1965 c. A. PATTERSON 3,212,214

BLANK FOR FORMING A HEAD HAVING A VIZORED HEADPIECE Filed March 25, 1963 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. CHE T A. PATTERSON Oct. 19, 1965 A. PATTERSON 3,212,214

BLANK FOR FORMING A HEAD HAVING. A VIZORED HEADPIECE Filed March 25, 1963 3 Sheets-Sheet S INVENTOR.

CHE'T A. PATTEZSON United States Patent 3,212,214 BLANK FOR FORMING A HEAD HAVING A VHZORED HEADPIECE Chet A. Patterson, 70 Corte (Zayuga, San Rafael, Calif. Filed Mar. 25, 1963, Ser. No. 267,656 7 Claims. (Cl. 46157) This invention relates to the production of a simulated human head formed from a blank of semi-rigid sheet material such as paper.

The main object of the invention is to provide a simulated head representing a person wearing a headpiece. For example, the present invention is particularly adapted for forming heads simulating baseball players, golfers and other persons normally wearing headpieces.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a simulated human head from a blank of semi-rigid sheet material such as paper in which the shape of the head formed very closely approximates the actual shape of a human head.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a simulated human head formed of paper and the like in which a close approximation to the shape of the human head is achieved through use of the portions of the blank that are employed to form the visor of the headpiece.

Yet another object of the invention is the provision of a paper head adapted to simulate outstanding athletes and others by which a human likeness is achieved by means of a paper blank on which appropriate art work may be incorporated so that the head when finally formed bears a striking resemblance to the person whom it is intended to simulate.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following specification and from the drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the blank in its fiat unbent form.

FIG. 2 is a rear elevation of a partially formed head after the opposite vertical marginal portions of the blank have been brought into engaging relation-ship so as to form a generally cylindrical shape.

FIG. 3 is a side elevation of the partially formed head after the lower central portions have been brought together to form the neck and after the visor portions have been folded over from the rear of the head through the opening in the front to form the Visor.

FIG. 4 is a horizontal cross section through the head as taken in a plane indicated by lines 4-4 of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the completed head of FIG. 6.

FIG. 6 is a perspective of the complete head in its final form with appropriate art work on the surface of the blank omitted.

In detail, and first with reference to FIG. 1, the invention comprises a blank designated 1 which is generally rectangular in shape having a pair of vertically extending

opposite side edges

2 and 3 and horizontally extending bottom edge 4. The upper portion of the blank is irregular and is formed with tabs to be employed in forming the head in a manner to be subsequently described.

Centrally of the blank the same is formed with arcuate slits 5, 6 simulating the eyes of the head and an arcuate slit 7 simulating the nose of the head.

At about the forehead of the head the blank is formed with a relatively long arcuate generally horizontally standing slit 8 for a purpose to be described and at the lower portion of the head an arcuate slit 9 defines the jaw portion of the head and for this purpose extends outwardly from opposite sides of the central plane of the head and upwardly to a point spaced from two slits 10, 11 representing the ears of the head.

3,212,214 Patented Oct. 19, 1965 At this point it will be noted that with respect to

slits

5, 6, 7, 10 and 11 no score line is incorporated in the blank to define fold lines, but in each instance the portion defined by the slit may be bent outwardly along a generally straight line connecting opposite ends of the slits to form the particular appendage involved.

Intermediate the ends of slit 9 and the slits 10, 11 are pairs of score lines under each ear and designated 12, 13, 14 and 15. These score lines form hinges permitting the face portion of the head to be bent outwardly relative to the neck portions in a manner that will be more clearly apparent later on. Adjacent the vertically extending side edge 3 are a pair of vertically spaced

arcuate slits

20, 21 which are adapted to receive

therethrough tabs

22, 23 respectively which extend outwardly from the other side edge 2. It will be apparent when the blank is bent into a generally cylindrical shape with the marginal portion that is adjacent side edge 2 overlapping the marginal portion that is adjacent side edge 3 that the

tabs

22, 23 may be received within

slits

20, 21 thereby holding the blank in a generally cylindrical form.

Adjacent the lower corners of the blank

arcuate slits

24, 25 are formed so that they register with each other when the blank is bent in the above described manner. By pushing the tab formed by slit 25 through the opening formed by slit 24 additional securing means is effected for retaining the blank in its generally cylindrical form. The shape of the partially completed head at this point is best seen in FIG. 2.

Adjacent the lower edge 4 the blank 1 is provided on the one side with a pair of slits 31, 32 for receiving therethrough tabs defined by

arcuate slits

33, 34 respectively. After the blank has been bent to the cylindrical shape described above the two lower portions of the blank on opposite sides of a generally vertically extending central slit 35 are placed in overlapping relationship with the tab 33 entering slit 31 and the tab 34 entering slit 32 (see FIG. 6). At this point it will be noted that by overlapping said lower portionsthey define the neck of the head so that the chin portion defined by slit 9 projects outwardly to simulate the general configuration of a human head.

The upper opposite corners of the blank are provided with

slits

40, 41 on the left hand side and slits 42, 43 on the right hand side to form a pair of relatively large

visor forming flaps

44, 45 respectively. After the head has been formed to the shape shown in FIG. 2 said

flaps

44, 45 are bent forwardly to a generally horizontal position and inserted through the slit 8 (FIG. 1) at the forehead of the face so that said flaps project outwardly from the plane of the face to simulate the visor of a headpiece such as a baseball cap or a golfers cap.

Along the outer edges of

flaps

44, 45 are provided relatively

short slits

46, 47 respectively which, when the visor is in its proper position, can receive the portion of the face adjacent the ends of slit 8 (see FIG. 3).

Along the edge of the flap that is in continuation of the slit 41 are a pair of relatively

short slits

50, 51 defining a tab 52 that may be overlapped with the flap 45. In a position on flap 45 corresponding to slit 51 is another short slit 53 which is received in slit 5]. when the two visor portions are assembled so as to hold said portions in their proper relative relationship to form the unitary visor.

At this point it will be noted that the folding of

flaps

44, 45 creates an extremely rigid structure since said flaps are in tension between their junctures with the remainder of the blank and the

slits

46, 47 so that the tension in the flaps is acting against the rear and front sides of the head which, being formed to a cylindrical shape, are inherently strong. The above described visor structure can be best seen in FIG. 4.

Inwardly of

slits

41, 43 another pair of slits 60, 61 are provided forming

flaps

62, 63 which are folded inwardly of the head as the next step in the assembly.

The central upper portion of the blank 1 is formed with a relatively large recess 70 defining a pair of

flaps

71, 72 adjacent slits 60, 61. Adapted to cooperate with flap 71 is a flap 73 which is defined by slit 42 and the side edge 3 of the blank. When flap 71 is bent rearwardly and flap 73 bent forwardly they cooperate to form one side of the upper surface of the headpiece. To provide a means for joining said flaps, slit 74 is formed in flap 71 and slit 75 is formed in flap 73 so that said flaps may be releasably secured together. Similarly, the flap 72 is provided with a slit 77 and a corresponding slit 78 is formed on flap 79 which is similar to and on the opposite side of the blank from flap 73. As can be seen from FIG. the function of

flaps

62, 63, 71, 72, 73 and 79 is to form the top of the headpiece and at the same time simulate the typical seamed construction used in baseball caps and the like.

Flap 72 may be provided with a tab 80 formed by short slit 81 and which tab when bent upwardly when the head is assembled simulates the button usually provided on the crown of such a headpiece.

To provide a base for the head so that it may be displayed a pair of

slits

82, 83 are provided on the blank to form

wings

84, 85 respectively which, as best seen in FIG. 6, may be swung outwardly from the neck portion to provide the front part of the base of the head. The rear part of the base is, of course, provided by the outer ends of the lower edge 4. Said outer ends being indicated as 87, 88 in FIG. 1.

In FIG. 6 the completed head is shown plain in order to emphasize the structural aspects of the same. It will be understood, however, that the blank 1 is provided with appropriate surface coloring and art work to very closely simulate the facial characteristics of an actual person. It will be noted in this connection that the headpiece may be colored black with a suitable insignia on the forward portion of the same and that the

wings

84, 85 as well as the remaining central portion of the front of the head may be shaded or colored to display an appropriate uniform.

It will be apparent that the three dimensional head shown in FIG. 6 creates a striking simulation of the shape of a human head despite the fact that it is formed from a unitary sheet of material and further despite the fact that no pleats or folds are employed to create the projecting elements such as the visor of the headpiece.

The effectiveness of this invention resides, to a great degree, in the use of the visor flaps not only as an important structural member but also to provide an interruption in the front face portion of the head. In this connection it is important to note that the life like appearance of FIG. 6 could not be achieved in the absence of the visor.

The above very specific description of a preferred form of the invention should not be taken as restrictive thereof as it will be apparent that various minor modifications may be resorted to by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. In a head construction simulating a human head wearing a headpiece having a visor and formed from a blank of semi-rigid continuous sheet material,

a central face forming portion on said blank,

a pair of side portions on opposite sides of said central portion,

said central and side portions being wrapped into a generally cylindrical shape about a vertically extending axis with the opposite vertically extending margins of said side portions brought into engagement to form the face, sides and back of said head,

said blank being formed with a horizontally extending opening at the forehead of said face portion,

said blank including vertically extending flaps in continuation of said side portions bent generally horizontally from said side portions and extending across said axis through said opening and forming said visor of said headpiece projecting forwardly and outwardly of said face.

2. Construction according to claim 1 wherein additional flaps are provided on said side portions and bent generally inwardly toward said axis to form the top of the head construction.

3. Construction according to claim 1 wherein said blank is cut along a line from the lower edge of said face forming portion to the lower edge of said blank, and the portions on opposite sides of said line are overlapped to form the neck of the head.

4. Construction according to claim 3 wherein said blank is cut at said side portions along lines extending outwardly and downwardly from said neck to the lower edge of said blank to form flaps to provide supporting elements for said head.

5. In a blank construction of semi-rigid sheet material, such as paper, and adapted to be folded to simulate a human head wearing a headpiece having a visor.

a blank having a pair of vertically extending side edges and a lower edge generally perpendicular to said side edges,

a central portion simulating a human face and defined by an upper generally horizontally extending slit in said blank at the forehead of said face, and a generally arcuate lower slit defining the chin line of said head,

interengaging means along the opposite marginal portions adjacent said side edges for securing said marginal portions together when said blank is bent to a generally cylindrical form about a vertical central axis,

the upper portion of said blank being formed with a pair of generally upwardly extending slits extending to the upper edge of said blank on each of the op posite sides of said blank from said central portion and forming elongated visor flap means adapted to be passed through said upper slit to positions extending outwardly of said face.

6. Blank construction according to claim 5 wherein a pair of parallel score lines are formed at each of the opposite sides of said face to provide the juncture between the face and the neck.

7. Blank construction according to claim 5 wherein another pair of generally vertically extending slits are formed in said upper portion extending away from said face to provide additional flaps adapted to be bent generally inwardly toward said axis to form the top of the head or headpiece.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,187,721 1/40 Wolfson 40-126 2,289,858 7/42 Angrave 46157 X 3,055,142 9/62 Palm 46 157 X RICHARD C. PINKHAM, Primary Examiner,

Claims

1. IN A HEAD CONSTRUCTION SIMULATING A HUMAN HEAD WEARING A HEADPIECE HAVING A VISOR AND FORMED FROM A BLANK OF SEMI-RIGID CONTINUOUS SHEET MATERIAL, A CENTRAL FACE FORMING PORTION ON SAID BLANK, A PAIR OF SIDE PORTIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID CENTRAL PORTION, SAID CENTRAL AND SIDE PORTIONS BEING WRAPPED INTO A GENERALLY CYLINDIRCAL SHAPED ABOUT A VERTICALLY EXTENDING AXIS WITH THE OPPOSITE VERTICALLY EXTENDING MARGINS OF SAID SIDE PORTIONS BROUGHT INTO ENGAGEMENT TO FORM THE FACE, SIDES AND BACK OF SAID HEAD, SAID BLANK BEING FORMED WITH A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING OPENING AT THE FOREHEAD OF SAID FACE PORTION, SAID BLANK INCLUDING VERTICALLY EXTENDING FLAPS IN CONTINUATION OF SAID SIDE PORTIONS BENT GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY FROM SAID SIDE PORTIONS AND EXTENDING ACROSS SAID AXIS THROUGH SAID OPENING AND FORMING SAID VISOR OF SAID HEADPIECE PROJECTING FORWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY OF SAID FACE.