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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7178173 | Apparatus for shaping and/or placing information on a baseball-style cap The combination of a headwear piece and an attachment. The headwear piece has a crown with a circumference and a bill projecting away from the crown and extending less than fully around the circumference of the crown. The bill has a peripheral edge including a front... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168577 | Cap storage and display assembly A cap storage and display assembly (10) that is comprised of three elements: a cap support (12), a swivel arm (32), and a mounting plate (70). The cap support (12) is dimensioned to accept a cap (90) preferably consisting of... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7140946 | Flexible coiled lasso toy The present invention discloses a retractable coiled toy, made of a material having a memory, which has a handle integral with the coil or body of the toy. The slinger is preferably made out of polyurethane, a coiled steel, other plastics or some other material whic... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6976612 | Method of manufacturing a fur hat using tail fur A method of making a fur plate includes cutting lengthwise at least one elongate animal tail skin having fur to form a plurality of split tail pieces, and cutting at least one of the split tail pieces to form a plurality of short tail pieces. A plate backing materia... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6968985 | Hat shaping and drying support assembly A hat shaping and drying support assembly includes a base with a back portion and a front portion. Each of the front and back portions has a bottom side, a top side, a pair of lateral sides, an outer side and an inner side wherein the inner sides face toward each ot... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6840411 | Storage and display device for baseball-type caps A storage and display device for baseball-type caps having a domed cap section and a brim mounted thereon includes a base and at least one generally concave brim shaping and receiving arcuate wall section mounted on and extending outwards from the base, the arcuate ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6648189 | Elastomeric hat blocking form A system for cleaning and blocking hats involves the use of a water impervious, elastomeric, foam form that permits a hat to be washed with a conventional laundry washing detergent without shrinking or losing its shape. The spongy, foam form is resilientl... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6523728 | PVC cap packaging insert This invention satisfies a long felt need to protect a typical baseball type cap from the crushing forces often associated with shipping and packaging. This invention incorporates the not previously used idea of a half-crown or full-crown insert to suppor... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6510972 | Billed cap storage and shaping device The present invention is a storage and shaping device for caps having a bill. The device is comprised of a cavity that is sized to accommodate at least one billed cap. The cavity has an opening on one end that allows for the insertion of caps into the dev... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6349862 | Folding hanger for hats A folding hanger for hats comprised of a hook detail, suspending a foldable support, on which vertically depends an oval shaped flat ring. The hook detail, foldable support, and ring are molded of plastic, in a generally flat form. The hook detail and fol... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6315175 | Cab brim shaping device A device for reforming the brim of a cap having a flexible frame constructed of two flexible members and a third, hinged arcuate member, of rigid construction is provided. The two flexible members are attached to the top of the curved, rigid, bottom membe... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6311879 | Cap storage and bill shape maintenance device A cap storage and bill shape maintenance device (10) is adapted to receive the bills of a plurality of baseball or similar type caps, and to maintain the curvature of the bills of those caps. A main body (20) is formed of substantially mirror image front ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6253973 | Hat shaping arrangement A hat shaping arrangement. The hat shaping arrangement comprises an inflation assembly and a inflatable bladder assembly. The bladder assembly has an air receiving space, an air port, and a deflated state. The bladder assembly is configured to substantial... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6234367 | Device for bending a cap brim A device for bending a cap brim includes first and second interconnected block members each having an S-shaped portion upwardly extending from the outer edge thereof that forms a groove on the upper surface for receiving a side edge of a cap brim. An exte... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6196428 | Combination cap hanger and cap brim curving device A combination cap hanger and cap brim curving device (10) that is especially designed to hold and display a "baseball-type" hat (40) while retaining the cap brim (42) at an angle of 176°. The device (10) consists of an integrally molded, rectangular arch... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6116481 | Hat hanger device A hat hanger device for safely storing a hat when not being worn. The hat hanger device includes includes a frame having a first elongate support member and a second elongate support member which is attached to the first elongate support member and has a ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6012173 | Attachment for headgear to ventilate while clamping wearer's head An attachment 10 being made with a springy, yet relatively rigid material includes at least one U-shaped arm 12 which is in contact with an internal surface of a crown 22 of a headgear 20. The crown has an opening which is larger than its ordinary size fo... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5908146 | Cap brim shaping, transport, storage and display device A device for bowing the brim of a cap and for storing, transporting, washing and/or displaying such cap having a body portion with first and second retention arms extending upwards at each end thereof forming first and second receipt areas at their juncti... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5725134 | Supporting device and method for preserving the shape and integrity of a cap A support device for a cap is formed as a block of compressible, resilient material shaped generally to conform to the inside of a cap and sized somewhat larger than a cap to be supported. The support device is compressed, inserted into a cap, and release... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5685465 | Device for shaping the brim of a baseball cap The present invention features a brim-shaping device for a baseball-type cap, a device that helps create and maintain the desired curvature of the cap brim. The shaping device is a mold that has a substantially hollow, curved body, and a curved, shaping s... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5634575 | Apparatus and method of reforming visors of baseball caps Apparatus and method for reforming a visor of a baseball type cap including a flexible member to be positioned adjacent the visor and having retention plates along the sides or center thereof that form visor receiving slots to position and retain the viso... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5624041 | Hat display The present invention relates to a display for billed caps which functions to suspend a cap either above a counter top via a cross-shaped base or via a string in order to rotate while operating to display a cap. The display includes first and second paper... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5533652 | Cap brim shaping, transport, storage and display device A device for bowing the brim of a cap and for storing, transporting and/or displaying such cap having a central body portion extending downward on each side and terminating with upwardly extending retention arms at each side thereof forming first and seco... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5172837 | Device for washing a ball cap in a dish washer A device for washing a ball cap in a dishwasher formed from a male top frame assembly and a female bottom frame assembly that nest together in a stacked formation. The front ends of the respective frame assemblies are pivotally secured to each other and t... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5163589 | Cap press A cap press includes a generally cylindrical base portion for stretching the body of a cap, and a visor clamp with a pair of jaws operably connected together to press the cap visor into a predetermined shape.... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5161719 | Device for supporting and shaping pliable ball caps A cap shaping and drying device having a mesh (16) covered support frame (12) conforming to the shape of the crown of ball caps (42). Also consisting of a conformable interconnected frame projection (14) used to support and shape the bill of ball caps (44... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5148954 | Adjustable cap shaper An adjustable cap shaper is described for supporting a cap during drying. The cap shaper includes a crown portion having a ring-shaped band and a plurality of arch members which converge towards each other and are held in the desired position by a connect... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5094369 | Hat strecher with releaseable pawl and collar A first arcuate band and a second arcuate band include a threaded rod and a ratchet rod, respectively, secured to one another by an adjustment block to define the operative elements of a hat stretcher. A pair of pawls, lockable in place, extend from the a... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5074410 | Hinged portable hat box having strap abutments A portable hat box for a brimmed hat having an upper member and a lower member. The upper member being pivotal relative to the lower member about a pivot axis between a closed position and an open position. The members in the closed position completely en... | 12/24/1991 |
| 4941601 | Cap drier and shaper A cap drier and shaper which achieves effectiveness is reconditioning a soiled fabric cap. The drier and shaper is presented in the form of a continuous side wall blending into a crown, a bill extending from the continuous side wall, and a cut-out area in... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4757905 | Hat rack A hat rack for effectively holding a hat in a manner and position simulative of the position that the hat would take when placed on a person's head and maintaining the shape of the hat without leaving any marks on the hat. The device includes a generally ... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4491256 | Drying insert for caps A drying insert for caps of the kind having stiff visors which wrinkle badly after being laundered and dried includes a rigid visor-shaped section to be pressed against the wet visor of a laundered cap and a crown section having a plurality of spaced arch... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4438693 | Silk screen printing onto the front panel of a cap A silk screen cap printing device has a saddle secured to a frame member for mounting a cap for printing. The saddle has a flat platen which supports the front panel of the cap and is further designed to provide interior supports to the cap thereby blocki... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4113154 | Convertible hat blocking structure Presented is a hat blocking structure that is convertible to provide for the blocking of different styles of brims with different styles of crowns on hats to be blocked.... | 09/12/1978 |
