Top hat ribs and springs. His patent was described as: Some sources have taken this to describe an early folding top hat, although it is not explicitly stated whether Dollman's design was specifically for male or female headgear. Dollman's patent expired in 1825. In France, around 1840, Antoine Gibus's design for a spring-loaded collapsible top-hat proved so popular that hats made to it became known as "gibus". They were also often called "opera hats" due to the common practice of storing them in their flattened state under one's seat at the opera, though the term can also refer to any tall formal
Shapoklyak she wears — borrowed from the French word chapeau claque, an obsolete spring-loaded top hat, which sounds funny for the Russian ear. Shapoklyak Shapoklyak ( - Old Lady Shapoklyak) was a popular villain from a story about Cheburashka written by Russian writer Eduard Uspensky. The first appearance of Shapoklyak (in the movie) was in the animated film "Gena the Crocodile" (1969) by Roman Kachanov (Soyuzmultfilm studio). She appears as an old woman, wearing an outdated hat and carrying a purse, in which she carries her pet rat Lariska. In the film "Cheburashka Goes to School" (1983) she admits that she