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Class 2/175.5 - For brim


Subclass of Class 2 - Apparel
Definition: Head covering wherein the form is configured to impart a
No. of patents: 23
Last issue date: 06/05/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7225475Hat 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
7191702Method 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
7168100Headwear 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
7152251Foldable 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
7082619Bill adjuster with indicia
A device for adjusting and securing the bill of a cap in a user chosen arc having indicia on the top surface. ...
08/01/2006
7073206Cap with unique rubber piping
Piping for the crown of a cap and a cap so disposed with piping. The piping is formed into the crown as by attachment to cloth covers, gores, or otherwise. The piping may be made if plastic and may have a logo attached or formed therein as by embossment, engraving, ...
07/11/2006
7073207Cap linked by strings
A cap or visor consisting a crown portion or rim portion and a visor protion is secured to the front bottom of the crown portion. The crown portion, rim portion, or the visor portion, or any combination thereof is separated with at least one gap, both sides of the s...
07/11/2006
6990692Cap 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
6964064Rubber piping on cap bill edge
Piping for the bill of a cap and a cap so disposed with piping. The piping is formed into the bill as by attachment to cloth covers or direct attachment to a stiffener. The piping may be made if plastic and may have a logo attached or formed therein as by embossment...
11/15/2005
6735782Cap 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
6721961Cap 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
6561393Collapsible hat and method of collapsing the hat
To prevent a top panel of a crown of a collapsible hat from being crushed and creased, first portions of a frame member extending along a periphery of a brim of the hat are folded to overlap an exterior side of the top panel, and second portions of the fr...
05/13/2003
6216277Collapsible hat and method of collapsing the hat
To prevent a top panel of a crown of a collapsible hat from being crushed and creased, first portions of a frame member extending along a periphery of a brim of the hat are folded to overlap an exterior side of the top panel, and second portions of the fr...
04/17/2001
6138279Visor 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
6101632Foldable protective hats
Protective hats having a crown and broad brim provide protection from the sun and by surfaces reflecting light and/or radar waves provide distress signalling means. The hats can be colored international orange for enhancing their usefulness as a distress ...
08/15/2000
6061835Shape-changeable hat
A hat having a resilient wire stretcher wrapped in the rim thereof along the border to stretch the brim into shape, and an endless binding cord mounted in the brim and surrounded by the resilient wire stretcher, the endless binding cord having a part exte...
05/16/2000
5937439Combination head and eye-protective apparatus and goggles
Combination head and eye-protective apparatus including a head-protective helmet provided with a brim including a rearward brim portion, and goggles including an elastic member and a mounting member mounted to the elastic member and for wedgedly engaging ...
08/17/1999
5915533Inertia golf hat
A hat having a brim configured to extend substantially around the head of a wearer, wherein a weight increasing means is provided on the brim to increase a radius of gyration of the hat. Typically, the weight increasing means is provided at, or adjacent t...
06/29/1999
5857219Collapsible hat for maintaining a wearers hairstyle with structure to reduce wrinkling
A hat having elongated support members extending from the exterior of the crown of the hat, for supporting the hat upon the head of the wearer, to prevent the hat from causing any undue adverse affect to the wearer's hair style. An alternative embodiment ...
01/12/1999
5802616Folding hat with stiff surrounding brim
A folding hat includes a crown and a brim which extends around the entire periphery of the crown. The brim is relatively stiff and flat so that it extends outwardly from the crown. The brim is provided with a hinge for folding the brim into a compact conf...
09/08/1998
5657490Hat for maintaining a wearer's hairstyle
A hat having elongated support members extending from the exterior of the crown of the hat, for supporting the hat upon the head of the wearer, to prevent the hat from causing any undue adverse affect to the wearer's hair style. An alternative embodiment ...
08/19/1997
4999851Collapsible hat
A collapsible hat comprising a body and a frame, with the frame including a frame member and a connecting device. The body is provided to cover at least a portion of a head of a wearer, and the frame is secured to the body, preferably within a circumferen...
03/19/1991
4096590Collapsible hat
A snap brim hat is disclosed which has a crown, a brim assembly and tie straps. The brim assembly is manipulable between a pair of stable configurations. The brim assembly defines a sinuously configured brim periphery and includes an annular brim member f...
06/27/1978
 
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