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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5815841 | Novelty hat including miniature basketball goal A novelty hat in the form of a ball cap having a visor defining an opening in which a miniature basketball net is mounted. The miniature net is held in position in the opening by a rim of molded plastic including respective flanges circumscribing the open... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5542129 | Convertible hat and catching glove A hat or cap having a concave crown formed by joining panels including two side panels and a top panel. A finger panel is disposed within the crown adjacent the top panel and connected to the crown to form a finger pocket. At least one thumb panel is disp... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5537687 | Protective face mask system using varying thicknesses of energy absorption & dissipation material A protective facial mask system having an outer, high impact, rigid layer (of, e.g., polycarbonate) and an inner, flexible, relatively soft layer of energy absorption and dissipating material (e.g. an unaerated viscoelastic polymer). The inner, soft layer... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5493732 | Foldable, billed kerchief This invention is a head with a kerchief portion, a forefront portion and a billed portion. The kerchief portion is attached to the forefront portion and the billed portion is attached to the forefront portion along a weakened fold line. Both the forefron... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5469579 | Head cooling device A head cooling device for mounting over a person's head, generally within a headgear or a safety helmet. The device comprises: a housing, defining a main body enclosing a generally closed pocket, for containing ice cubes therein, a mouth, at one end of th... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5455970 | Adjustable shower and rain cap An adjustable shower and rain cap is provided, which consists of a headband worn about a head of a person. A waterproof pliable crown is affixed to the headband, so as to extend over the head of the person at different changeable heights. A structure is f... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5454120 | Ball cap with replaceable pennant panels A baseball cap having one or more pennant panels attached to the cap crown bearing a graphic of a particular theme such as being emblazoned with colors and marked with a sports team identifier to resemble miniature pennants. The pennant panels are detacha... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5452479 | Cap with display pouch A cap with display pouch is provided, which consists of a member for covering a head of a person. A structure is for holding a card-like article. A component is for attaching the holding structure to the head covering member.... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5450629 | Convertible hat with a foldable visor and associated method A hat has a shell of general hemispherical shape with an open bottom, a peripheral edge around the open bottom and an interior. A visor, having an inside edge and an outside edge, is flexibly attached along a section of the peripheral edge to the shell an... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5448778 | Detachable sun shield for caps A sun shield for use with conventional caps having a front bill and a rear band. The sun shield includes a piece of fabric forming a shield portion with a hem along the top edge of the fabric. A strap connects to the hem. The loop so formed is sized to fi... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5442817 | Cardboard emblem bearing cap attachment for adjustable caps An emblem bearing cap attachment has a substantially planar, relatively stiff body defining a forward surface and a rearward surface. A primary crease or folding line extends centrally across the planar body defining an upper facing panel and a lower back... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5438705 | Honey bee protective bag Disclosed is an Africanize honey bee protective bag for temporary emergency protection of a person against stinging attack by a swarm of bees. A lightweight, compact, single-use, flexible plastic upper body protective garment is carried by a user when tra... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5437062 | Baseball cap with detachable visor A baseball cap construction (10) including: a cap body member (20); at least one visor unit (12); and means (28) and (32) for selectively and releasably positioning the at least one visor unit (12) at a desired location around the periphery of the cap body ... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5432955 | Quick release reusable sweatband A reusable sweatband for sport caps and athletic headgear including a moisture receiving and retaining means attached to a strip of hook and loop fastener for placement inside the headgear with a corresponding strip of hook and loop fastener. One end of t... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5428842 | Hat made of unitary sheet of cardboard or the like A cap being formed of thin flexible self supporting material cut to shape and assembled, having a band portion, overlapped lobes to form a crown, and a visor and a blank thereof.... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428843 | Adjustable cap, method and system for sizing caps A cap which is self-adjusting within a predetermined range of hat sizes, includes a crown having a dome and a continuous lower rim formed of a flexible substantially inelastic material. The crown has a front portion and a rear portion together having a fu... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428844 | Removable, advertising, sweat-absorbing cushioning band for headgear A cushioning, sweat-absorbing, advertising sweatband which is easily attached and removed from an existing hat or headgear that has an exposed headband. The band is a piece of material that has a foam cushion inserted inside the material and sewn in such ... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5426788 | Ring-like headwear ornament An ornament, e.g., a hair band, headband, hat band, etc., and method of making it. The ornament comprises a plurality of looped links and a looped connecting member. Each of the looped links is formed of an flexible, somewhat elastic, e.g., knitted, mater... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5426790 | Sun shield for head wear Apparatus for protecting a person's ears from the damaging ultra-violet rays of the sun is presented. The ear protector apparatus conveniently clips to the outside of a cap, typically, a baseball cap. The protective ear apparatus is positionable along the... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5426789 | Size adjustable hat This invention relates to a size adjustable hat having an auxiliary sweat band cooperating with the normal sweat band for adjusting the hat to fit comfortably on the head by allowing adjustment to intermediate sizes not presently available in certain styl... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5423091 | Headband following a wearer's hairline A headband protects a woman from injury to the skin adjacent to the hairline during hair treatment. The headband is made of a flat, heat-insulating, moisture-absorbing material and its top edge is arcuate in the region covering the temples and forehead of... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5418981 | Emblem bearing cap attachment for adjustable caps An emblem bearing cap attachment has a substantially planar, relatively stiff body defining a forward surface and a rearward surface. A primary crease extends centrally across the planar body defining an upper facing panel and a lower backing panel. The p... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5412811 | Headgear having a holding device for holding an instrument The invention is directed to a headgear with a holding device for a measuring unit, illuminating unit or viewing unit. The headgear has a headband and a frontal band and is mounted on the head of the wearer of the headgear. A base body is mounted on the f... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5412812 | Detachable eyeshield attachment for visor caps or the like The present invention relates to a detachable eyeshield attachment (10) For visor caps or the like comprising a clip-type mounting base (12) removably attached at the underside rear portion of a cap visor (15) or hat brim, a pivotable eyeshield holder (13... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5410761 | Visor dazzler A cap having a visor with diverse pictorial displays placed on an insert that is located on the top surface of the visor, the insert being protected by a plastic envelope fastened to the visor with a strip of hook and loop material. The envelope may be co... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5410760 | Tennis ball cap A cap to be worn on the top of the head comprises a crown that is fabricated to simulate approximately one-half of a game ball. The crown is formed by a plurality of generally triangular-shaped fabric gores which are collectively stitched together along t... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5406645 | Sunshade cap with a double layer visor A sunshade cap with a double layer visor as a continue-in-part comprising an upper layer visor shaped annular or consisted of a front, a left, and a right visor and constituted of a middle layer and an upper and a lower layer made of a reflective material... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5406648 | Thermal protective overjacket A protective thermal overjacket for being worn over an outer protective shell and/or inner thermal liner of a person such as a firefighter, and for providing additional flame and thermal protection to the upper torso of the firefighter particularly the up... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5404593 | Headwear piece with ornamental illumination A headwear piece having a crown defining a receptacle for the head of a wearer and illumination structure on the crown for projecting an unfocused light as an adornment to the crown to be visible from externally of the crown.... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5402537 | Injection molded baseball glove A baseball or softball glove comprising a shell having a concave, frontal, ball-receiving surface and a rear surface to which a handpiece is attached. The handpiece may be removably or permanently attached and may comprise finger receiving loops formed on... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402538 | Size adjustable cap A size adjustable cap utilizing a new and improved size adjustment strap is disclosed. The size adjustable cap has an opening in the back of the cap between the cap and the size adjustment strap which extends across the opening. The size adjustment strap ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5400440 | Neck and ear apparel A flat flexible fabric sheet has opposite side edges attached to an elastic band to form a hood-like fabric shield for a person's ears and neck. The fabric sheet and elastic band form an expansible annulus for attaching the sheet to a person's cap, such t... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5388272 | Method of making a folding hat A paper hat is formed from stiffly flexible paper-like material such as kraft with a rectangular top panel forming a crown, and four planar side panels and four planar side panels attached to the top panel along fold lines. The side panels have lower arcu... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5386591 | Discus training glove A discus training glove for use in adding to the competitive capability of discus throwers is provided herein. The present invention proposes to add an evenly distributed amount of weight to the glove of the discus thrower. The weight will be inserted and... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5384916 | Size adjustable cap A size adjustable cap utilizing a new and improved size adjustment strap is disclosed. The size adjustable cap has an opening in the back of the cap between the cap and the size adjustment strap which extends across the opening. The size adjustment strap ... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5381559 | Bandana with flexible bill The invention is a bandana with a flexible bill made of an inner layer of relatively rigid material. The bill has a series of stitching lines running parallel across the width of the bill which may be folded into varying positions for the user's convenien... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5377360 | Decorative, comfortable, ultra-absorbent sweatband A sweatband comprises an elongated, decorative, cloth element made of a stretchable material, and a water-absorber retained by the cloth element. The cloth element has end portions that can be secured together so that when the sweatband is placed around a... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5375264 | Adjustable size cap with air pump A cap having a head band and a brim. An expandable tube is mounted inside the head band and an air pump is mounted on the brim and connected to the tube. An air release valve is connected to the tube and is mounted on the outside front of the cap. Whereby... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5373586 | Sports cap with replaceable front gore A sports cap with a replaceable tradename/logo panel to allow one cap to be worn bearing different tradenames/logos on different occasions as desired.... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373583 | Torsionally biased positionable mount A positionable mount is demonstrated as a headgear implement-mount (28) supporting an eyewear front (30) through a resilient appendage (68). The implement-mount includes a friction surface (50) cooperating with a headed stud (52) to establish a constraint... | 12/20/1994 |
