Class 2/181.2 - Discontinuous contact

Subclass of Class 2 - Apparel
Definition: Head coverings in which the head-contacting means has only
No. of patents: 25
Last issue date: 10/09/2007

Number	Title	Issue Date
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
7219374	Visor A visor assembly includes a visor portion for blocking sunlight, a front portion coupled to the visor portion, a first elastic band coupled to both sides of the front portion to encircle a head, and second elastic bands coupled to a portion of the first elastic band...	05/22/2007
7020900	Elastically retained hat and band A hat includes an elasticized band that extends around the periphery of the hat's crown to retain the hat on the head of a wearer. The elasticity of the band in a longitudinal direction is not uniform across its width. Instead the elasticity is greater in one region...	04/04/2006
6971122	Sweat diversion band Worn flat on the forehead as a headband, the Sweat Diversion Band diverts perspiration from the upper forehead and away from the eyes using laminated neoprene. Laminated neoprene is a commercially available, low cost, off-the-shelf material. Laminated neoprene posse...	12/06/2005
6571396	Stretch band construction for caps A stretch band construction for caps or hats includes an additional folded-over layer of stretchable material that serves to reinforce and support the cap or hat. Circumscribing the open end of the cap, the stretch band construction provides additional el...	06/03/2003
6499144	Three component elastic band A three-component band has two outer rows of tighter contraction than a middle row which may be offset from the tops of the outer rows in order to provide a groove or recess. Stitching or the like may be sewn into the groove or recess and the top of such ...	12/31/2002
6363537	Cap with size adjustable sweatband A baseball cap includes a crown composed of a plurality of panels. The crown defines an opening. A visor is secured to a front portion of the crown. A sweatband is attached to an inner side of a lower periphery of the crown. The sweatband is extended at b...	04/02/2002
6339844	Peaked cap A baseball type hat includes a main body portion formed by a plurality of pie shaped panels secured to one another and a front bill secured to the main body portion of the hat. The main body portion of the hat has a lower edge provided with a head band. T...	01/22/2002
6138280	Sweatband for headgear A sweatband for headgear is disclosed. The sweatband has a plurality of laminated absorbent non-woven fabric strips. One or more first unabsorbent non-woven fabric strips are interposed between the laminated absorbent non-woven fabric strips. A second una...	10/31/2000
6122774	Free size cap A free-size cap is capable of fitting wearers having a range of head sizes. The free-size cap structure is further provided with inwardly folded portion at the crown edge, and with a flexible material therein. The cap has a number of axially stretchable g...	09/26/2000
6108818	Skin adherent sweat band A novel sweat band absorbs perspiration on the forehead, permits unrestricted air flow to portions of the head other than the forehead, and does not dishevel the wearer's hair. The sweat band secures to a person's head in a manner other than encircling th...	08/29/2000
6006362	Cover for headband size regulator A cover for a headband size regulator used on a typical baseball style cap or visor. The cover cushions the wearer's head against the gouging and discomfort of headband size regulator straps. The cover is aesthetically pleasing and allows the wearer to di...	12/28/1999
5926849	Baseball cap with a channeled, laminated inside head band A baseball cap having an inside head band made of a layer of material such as polyester lycra heat laminated in a mold to a layer of spongy material such as polyurethane foam and formed, as a part of the molding process, with a pattern of open channels th...	07/27/1999
5802617	Ventilated headgear A hat or other headgear having a cord, preferably an elongated flexible plastic tube, with a portion extending across the interior of the hat between opposite sides of a lower portion of the crown, at a location to contact the user's forehead and position...	09/08/1998
5765229	Sun visor cap headgear for use during water activities A sun visor headgear includes a band for fitting around the head of a wearer and defining an opening for receiving the top of the head of the wearer, a front bill connected to the band and extending outwardly and downwardly therefrom for shielding the fac...	06/16/1998
5704070	Cap for head wear having an internal pocket A cap for head wear is provided with a pocket on an interior surface of a crown portion of the cap. The pocket is defined by attaching pocket panels along the interior surface of a front portion of the crown wherein the pocket extends from a top of the cr...	01/06/1998
5659900	Sizing and stabilizing apparatus for bicycle helmets A bicycle helmet is disclosed having a flexible, articulated member depending from the rear of the helmet, providing a closer fit to an individual wearer's head and improving stability of the helmet on the head, particularly for mountain bike riding. The ...	08/26/1997
5647064	Baseball cap having a shape retainer and support assembly A baseball cap having an internal shape retainer and support assembly affixed to the interior of the crown portion of the cap. The shape retainer and support assembly comprises a flexible body having a spine and several prongs or arms projecting outwardly...	07/15/1997
5319808	Impact absorbing protective cap An impact absorbing protective cap includes a rigid shell which fits on the head of the wearer. The shell is generally hemispherical in shape and terminates in a peripheral edge which defines an open space. An attenuator band is mounted to the inner surfa...	06/14/1994
5226180	Protective cap for golfers A protective piece of headgear including an outer cover of conventional appearance in place about and concealing an impact absorbing shell of STYROFOAM or the like. Elongate openings in the shell serve to ventilate the shell and are shaped and sized to pr...	07/13/1993
5155868	Perspiration evaporation enhancing cap The head band of a cap has a resilient member positioned around the rear of the cap with end portions of the resilient member secured to a frontal head band portion in the vicinity of the temples of the wearer of the cap. The end portions of the resilient...	10/20/1992
5101516	System for ventilating brow band area of a cap/sun visor The ventilating system is proposed for use with a head cover including a visor like structure engaged to the forehead of a wearer by a sweat band and includes spaced apart resilient, porous, absorbent members removably engaged to an area of the sweat band...	04/07/1992
4970729	Helmet A helmet with an interior element which fits around the head. The interior element has space therein adjacent the front of the head in order to ensure that there is less pressure on the front hair by the interior element and good air circulation inside th...	11/20/1990
4951320	Inner rim of a cap An inner rim of a cap comprising a flat band having a hair contact portion and a forehead portion, a plurality of semi-rigid projecting members disposed on the inside surface of the hair contact portion of the flat band, a forehead supporter disposed on t...	08/28/1990
4551857	Hot weather hat A hot weather hat is disclosed having a solar-powered Peltier-effect thermoelectric device mounted to a headpiece such that the cold surface of the thermoelectric device is in communication with the forehead of the wearer and the hot surface of the thermo...	11/12/1985

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