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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7398560 | Hat/visor with brim vent Headwear such as a hat, cap, or visor with a headband and a brim extending outwardly therefrom includes a crescent shaped opening defined by an inner portion of the brim and an external leading edge of the headband. Beyond the opening the opaque brim extends away fr... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7310828 | Collapsible hat with spring A collapsible hat, comprising a crown formed of a flexible or bendable material, with inner and outer portions, a brim attached to the inner portion of the crown, a spring connected between the inner and outer portions of the crown for holding the crown in an uprigh... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7278173 | Adjustable baseball cap The invention is an article of headwear that incorporates an adjustment system for accommodating individuals with various head dimensions. The headwear may be formed of a crown and a visor. With respect to the crown, the adjustment system includes a first elastic ma... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7257174 | Method for processing a digital input signal of a channel equalizer A baseband digital signal block is processed at an output of a matched filter and at an input of a channel equalizer. This signal is fed to a whitening filter estimated for the block by taking into account interfering signals in the frequency band of the useful sign... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7225475 | Hat having elasticity and method of manufacturing the same Enhanced wearing comfort and a free-size feature of a hat may be achieved, without deteriorating exterior aesthetical features, when the hat includes a crown portion for being worn on a head of a wearer and an elastic brim formed by a plurality of fabric panels and ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7191702 | Method for applying ink A method for silk screen printing a design on a visor of a cap using high-density ink is disclosed. The method of the present invention includes the steps of: (1) loading a fabric from which a visor of a cap will be fabricated onto a template formed in the shape of ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7168100 | Headwear piece with associated rim A headwear piece has a crown defining a receptacle for the head of a wearer and a rim projecting angularly away from the crown. The rim has a core layer that is made from at least one of an animal hide and a synthetic animal hide, and a second layer. The core layer ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7152251 | Foldable bill cap A headwear piece or cap comprises a crown portion and a bill portion conjoined at one end with the crown portion. The bill portion includes a stiffening insert configured to fold in at least one location by way of an interior slot and adjoining terminal crease secti... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7069599 | Collapsible headgear Headgear which can be formed into a compact unit such as a carrying case comprising a headband portion and a bill portion, the bill portion being comprised of at least two bill sections which are hingedly connected to one another, the bill sections being made of a s... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6990692 | Cap with curved visor A cap with a curved visor includes a crown formed of a plurality of panels and a visor consisted of a rigid material and inner and outer fabric panels, which covers the rigid material. The visor is secured to a front side of the crown. At least one incision line is ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6928659 | Sweatband for a cap A sweatband used for headwear that is woven of 100% polyester wrap-way and weft-way, made to single or two-ply without any polyurethane or additional stitched portion. The resulting sweatband, which preferably has a width between 25-70 mm and provides excellent swea... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6735782 | Cap with a freely transforming visor A baseball-style cap having a freely transformable visor which includes an upper fabric portion, a lower fabric portion, and a resilient stiffener placed therebetween. The cap further includes a piped fabric portion that is located between the upper and lower fabric... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6721961 | Cap with a pliable visor A baseball-style cap having a pliable visor which includes an upper fabric portion, a lower fabric portion, and a resilient stiffener placed therebetween. The cap further includes a piped fabric portion that is located between the upper and lower fabric portions, ad... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6634030 | Cap with a pattern mold sheet A cap with a pattern mold sheet including a crown main body formed by a plurality of panels, and a visor portion that is secured to a forward edge of the crown and which extends outwardly therefrom. In order to give an improved three-dimensional effect to... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6588021 | Headwear piece with brim/visor A headwear piece having a crown and a brim/visor projecting away from the crown. The crown has a wall with a surface for engaging a wearer's head to maintain the headwear piece in an operative position on a wearer's head. The brim/visor has an exposed upw... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6408443 | Reversible visor A visor structure for hats and sun visors in which a visor material of a soft or rigid material is partially cut from the upper and lower ends at predetermined intervals to allow the cut visor to maintain its curved shape when bent along the cut lines so ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6357051 | Cap having a foldable visor According to the present invention, a cap having a foldable visor is provided, the cap comprising a visor core and cloth fixed to a upper surface and a lower surface of the visor core, the visor located in a wearer's forehead portion when the wearer wears... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6138279 | Visor cap, the visor insert therefore and the methods of manufacturing This invention relates to hats and especially caps which have a visor such as a brim or bill and more particularly to the visor insert for maintaining a lasting shape to the visor once the insert has been positioned in the visor portion of the hat and the... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6076192 | Headwear piece with projecting bill A headwear piece having a crown portion to extend at least partially around the head of a wearer to maintain the headwear piece in an operative position on a wearer's head and a bill projecting from the crown portion. The bill has a core element with a ba... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5845339 | Collapsible visor or cap Headwear, such as visor or cap, which has a bill for shielding the wearer's face, which bill extends from the headband that encircles the wearer's head. The bill is attached to the headband along its inner edge and has a wire-like, flexible member which e... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5832537 | Multi-layer bill for headgear with shape retaining properties An improved flexible bill for caps and other head covering devices is disclosed. The improvement comprising a four layer construction of the bill with upper and lower layers made of a relatively stretchable material such as cotton and with a non-stretchab... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5781933 | Aerodynamic peaked cap The aereodynamic peaked cap is constructed with a crown, as a turned upside down bowl to cover the wearer's head and an outwardly projecting visor. The visor comprises: a) a middle frame with one or more apertures inside. b) a mesh cover below,which air c... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5729830 | Protection headgear A protection headgear against ballistic projectiles for use where a helmet is in-appropriate or where the headgear is wanted not to differ in appearance from conventional headgear and the problem has been the lack of a proper headgear. The problem is solv... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5669075 | Hat providing ultra violet radiation protection A ligtweight cloth hat for warm weather use and for protection from the sun's ultraviolet rays including a main section capable of covering the top of a user's head and having a top with a side wall extending down from the top to a peripheral edge. A Viso... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5253369 | Method of making a reversible scarf with visor A method of making a reversible scarf with visor includes the steps of: (1) cutting two identical size crescent-shape fabric pieces from two different materials; (2) providing a crescent-shape flexible polycarbonate or equivalent stiffener; (3) placing th... | 10/19/1993 |
| 4982449 | Backing for flexible materials on cap brims or the like A cap brim or the like, comprising outer fabric layers joined to an intermediate backing by stitching. The backing comprises a middle layer of a foamed thermoplastic material, and outer layers of solid thermoplastic material bonded to both sides of the mi... | 01/08/1991 |
