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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7302710 | Hooded garment with circular knitted collar A garment for protecting the head and neck of a user including a garment body with a neck opening. A hood attached to the garment body. A stretchable tubular knitted collar, attached to the garment body approximate to the neck opening of the garment body and inside ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7272861 | Face-mask neck sash A method to manufacture a neck sash of elastic insulating material unitarily formed with a face-mask so as to contour and comfortably shelter the user's throat and upper sternum area against adverse weather conditions. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7231670 | Versatile scarf A versatile scarf includes an elongated rectangular neckband portion, a large half-fan shaped flap connected to one side of the neckband portion and a small half-fan shaped flap connected to another side of the neckband portion forming draping portions, and a loop c... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228858 | Protective garment A protective garment incorporates a face and neck mask adapted to filter out airborne particulates. The protective garment outwardly has the appearance of a conventional shirt, sweater or jacket, yet incorporates a convenient, easy to use, and readily accessible mas... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7188374 | Hat with scarf A hat member has a lower rim with a scarf attached thereto which extends between the temple areas around the back of the head. The scarf has and eye edge proximate the lower part of the eye sockets and extends from there to an area proximate the juncture of the neck... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7152252 | Convertible face and head covering An enhanced mask system including a mask portion, for covering the nose, mouth and lower face of a wearer. The mask portion has an inner surface for being closer to the wearer and an outer surface for being further from the wearer. A head covering or balaclava is se... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7137150 | Dickey with head cover A dickey with head cover is disclosed. The dickey with head cover includes a hat capable of covering at least a portion of the wearer's head, and a dickey. The hat releasably attaches to the dickey. The dickey includes a shoulder yoke portion attached to the dickey ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7117544 | Article of headwear There is provided an article of headwear to be worn over the head and ears of the individual encircling around the circumference of the individual's neck, and extending down a portion of the individual's chest. The article is formed by connecting two, generally doub... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7096511 | Article of clothing A clothing garment is formed in two loops or bands as unitary garment. A first of the two loops is an elongated member and the second is an elongated, non-rectangular member, having a wide central region. The two loops can be in the form of two pieces of fabric sewn... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6966072 | Hat with shading cover and hood with shading cover A cap has a cap body; a sunshade cover removably and rotatably connected to the cap body by means for connecting, having a cooling material; the connecting means having a projection received in a recess, arrangement of the projection in the recess allowing for rotat... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6948190 | Head and hair cover A head-hair cover comprises a body defining a chamber and an opening in the body. The opening has a peripheral edge and permits communication between the chamber and outside of the cover. An adjustment mechanism is provided at or near the peripheral edge for selecti... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6906472 | Articles with flashing lights Illuminating devices may be added to clothing and accessories worn by persons. Articles to which the illuminating devices may be added include footwear, hair-control articles, belts, suspenders, backpacks, purses, book-bags, vests and the like. The illuminating devi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6651256 | Wearable pillow A pillow is worn in the manner of a helmet and includes an inner layer of cotton type material, an outer layer and an intermediate layer of foam or the like. The pillow blocks noise from getting to the wearer and can block light as well. The pillow also i... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6088838 | Apparatus for head, neck and/or face protection An adjustable hood including a hood portion having a face opening and a rear portion disposed substantially opposite to the face opening, the face opening including a first edge portion and a second edge portion, the first edge portion having first and se... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5960478 | Hood with elongated neck A multifunction head apparel is disclosed and configurable into a variety of protective forms to provide varying degrees of protection of a user's head and face from the surrounding environment. The accessory is characterized as having a hood portion whic... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5873132 | Protective garment with attachable hood In a protective garment, such as one worn by a firefighter, a rescue worker, or a racing car driver, in which fasteners, such as snap fasteners, are used for attaching a liner detachably to a coat, a hood having a cape hanging downwardly is provided with ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5765230 | Multifunction head apparel A multifunction head apparel is disclosed and configurable into a variety of protective forms to provide varying degrees of protection of a user's head and face from the surrounding environment. The accessory is characterized as having a hood portion whic... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5628065 | Firefighter hood with label pocket The present invention is a protective firefighter hood in which a pocket is formed to protect the required garment label which must be attached to the hood. The hood includes a head portion shaped to cover at least a wearer's head and an optional bib port... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5575009 | Cold weather face mask and hood A cold weather face mask and hood combination is characterized by an elastic support strap which is releasably secured to at least one side of the mask and is trained through a retainer loop on the back of the hood so that the fit of the mask on the weare... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5339466 | Cold weather sleeping hood The cold weather sleeping garment of the instant invention, used in conjunction with a sleeping bag, allows a user to sleep in sub-zero temperatures. The sleeping garment is separate from the sleeping bag but comfortably and snugly fastened to the user. T... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5251336 | Head protector for inclement weather A head protector for inclement weather includes a hood having a facial port and a neck portion surrounding a neck channel. A dickey is attached to the outside of the hood at the neck portion to also surround the neck channel, and a collar is attached to t... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5214804 | Protective mask with scarf An article of clothing includes a mask member and a scarf member joined together. The mask is formed of a closed-cell neoprene with a fleece interior lining and a Lycraâ„¢ exterior surface. A scarf member is secured to the lower edge of the mask member to... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5211668 | Infant hair bib organization An infant hair bib is arranged for securement about an infant having an elastomeric rimmed facial opening and elastomeric rimmed neck opening to provide and afford protection for an infant's hair during a feeding procedure. The invention is arranged to in... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5115517 | Scarf garment A scarf garment includes an elongated strip of material with upper and lower portions connected along a foldable joint. The ends of the material strip are connectable with fasteners. In a second embodiment of the invention a hood portion is connected to t... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5035006 | Convertible mask, ascot and visor garment and method of conversion therebetween A garment selectively convertible between several different fashions, such as an ascot, a face and neck mask, and a visor, includes a body or bib portion having a protruding distal edge and opposing side edges. The garment further includes a nose portion ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5016287 | Evaporative cooled cloth hood An evaporative cooled cloth hood for use in high temperature atmospheres comprising a plurality of parts which when secured together fit over the head, forehead and chest of the user for cooling purposes.... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5007115 | Adjustable head and neck garment A tubular garment (10) which is worn around the neck and optionally at a variety of positions on the head, to provide protection which can easily be adjusted in response to weather conditions. Wearing positions range from covering the neck only, to coveri... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4593417 | Convertible survival cap The present invention relates to headwear and more particularly relates to a convertible survival hat which selectively covers multiple areas of the wearer's head, face and neck.... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4404688 | Combination scarf A combination scarf as fashionable wearing apparel comprising an elongated, generally rectangular, one-piece fabric member which has a short front panel section at one end and a comparatively long trailing panel section at the other end, this trailing sec... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4180868 | All-weather hat accessory An outer material layer is sized in length to extend from above the rim of a hat to below the collar area of a user and sized in width to extend around the rim of the hat rearward between about the temples of the user. An inner material layer is secured t... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4110846 | Combined scarf and hood A combined scarf and hood is made of a sheet of cotton terry cloth of approximately triangular shape affording three apices. One of the apices is truncated to leave a margin of a predetermined length, to which is stitched the corresponding major margin of... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4042976 | Protective collar A protective collar for shielding the wearer against inclement weather which includes a strip of waterproof material having loop pile fasteners along the edges and the top thereof, the bottom edge of which is designed to attach to a windbreaker or other p... | 08/23/1977 |
| 3968521 | Combined head and neck wear Head-wear is provided made of a tubular configuration of textile material. The tube is tapered in the lengthwise direction and is configured to cover the front of the head, the ears, and the front of the neck and chest of the wearer. Complementary separab... | 07/13/1976 |