EP1402793A2 - Couvre-chef tubulaire muni d'une visière souple - Google Patents
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- EP1402793A2 EP1402793A2 EP03078004A EP03078004A EP1402793A2 EP 1402793 A2 EP1402793 A2 EP 1402793A2 EP 03078004 A EP03078004 A EP 03078004A EP 03078004 A EP03078004 A EP 03078004A EP 1402793 A2 EP1402793 A2 EP 1402793A2
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- visor
- head covering
- tube
- circumferential edge
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A42—HEADWEAR
- A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
- A42B1/00—Hats; Caps; Hoods
- A42B1/018—Hats; Caps; Hoods with means for protecting the eyes, ears or nape, e.g. sun or rain shields; with air-inflated pads or removable linings
- A42B1/0181—Hats; Caps; Hoods with means for protecting the eyes, ears or nape, e.g. sun or rain shields; with air-inflated pads or removable linings with means for protecting the eyes
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A42—HEADWEAR
- A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
- A42B1/00—Hats; Caps; Hoods
- A42B1/04—Soft caps; Hoods
- A42B1/041—Peakless soft head coverings, e.g. turbans or berets
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- the present invention relates in general, to hats or caps, and in particular, to a new and useful tubular head covering with a flexible visor.
- Sport caps with visors are known.
- the visors are made of a stiff material which may be synthetic or natural.
- a light-weight tubular head covering called the BUFF (a trademark) head covering is also known.
- This product which is distributed by Caviro SL of Igualada (Barcelona) Spain, can be viewed at www.originalbuff.com. It comprises a tube of elastic fabric, e.g. of nylon, rayon, spandex, polyester, or the like, or blends thereof, which has open opposite ends. One end is expanded and placed around the wearer's head to act like a brim or head band. The opposite end can be left loose to fall back over the wearer's head, or it can be tucked under the brim at the back or side of the wearer's head, or it can be worn in a variety of other modes.
- the BUFF head covering has the limitation of having no visor, however.
- a flexible visor such as that disclosed in the inventor's U.S. Patent 5,754,983, is attached around the front portion at one end of the tube.
- a stiff visor of the prior art would not be appropriate since it would greatly increase the weight of the head covering and make it difficult to fold up and store, ease and compactness of storage being one of the many advantaged of the BUFF product.
- the visor is made of an elastic deformable, e.g., foam material as used in U.S. Patent 5,754,983 (e.g. neoprene).
- the visor has an inner edge having a pair of opposite ends.
- the visor is attached to the lower edge of the elastic tube by aligning the visor with the edge and attaching visor, e.g. by sewing.
- visor although flexible, seems to be stiff and holds its arcuate shape, because it is stiffened by being curving around the wearer's head. In use, therefore, the visor looks well formed and rigid, but is actually soft and flexible.
- the visor is cut out or punched out of a normal neoprene or other foam rubber plate, or other soft material.
- the visor is crushable any number of times and always returns to its original smooth form without leaving any traces of fold or wrinkle marks.
- the visor a sufficiently high form stability but it remains pliably elastic so that at impact or hitting against a resistance it can flip up or downwardly without causing any injury to the head of the wearer. Once the stress impact on the visor ceases, the visor springs back to its arched original position.
- the visor as described in the invention can have an especially long length, i.e. extending out a long distance from the front of the head, it cannot collapse due to its curvature.
- the head covering can be crunched together into a very small package size and put into a trouser pocket, for example without leaving any folds or creases when it is placed on the head again.
- the neoprene foam rubber material also has the advantage of being absolutely water resistant making it especially suitable for all types of outdoor activities.
- the sewing-on procedure may be done in two steps, whereby the sewing should be started in the middle and the first half, up to the end of the inner edge of the visor, is sewn onto the lower open edge of the tube. The other half of the inner edge of the visor is then sewn on the same way starting from the middle point.
- another object of the invention is to provide a head covering that includes a tube of elastic fabric having an upper open circumferential edge and a lower open circumferential edge.
- a visor made of an elastic deformable material has a curved inner edge, the curved inner edge having a pair of opposite ends. The visor is attached to and extends partly around the lower open circumferential edge of the tube.
- Fig. 1 shows head covering 10 of the present invention which comprises a tube of light-weight, flexible and elastic fabric 12, with an upper open circumferential edge 14 and a lower open circumferential edge 16.
- the fabric 12 is show lying on its side and flat on a surface so that it looks rectangular. If opened it forms a "stove pipe" shape with open circular top and bottom openings.
- a visor 18, made of an elastic deformable material such as neoprene, has a curved inner edge 20 shown for example, in Figs. 2, 3 and 4.
- the curved inner edge has a pair of opposite ends 22 and 24 and the visor is attached to, and extends partly, e.g. 1 ⁇ 2 the way around the lower open circumferential edge 16 of the tube 12 at the inner edge 20 of the visor and between the opposite ends of the visor.
- the visor is attached to the lower open circumferential edge of the tube by sewing or any other known attachment mechanism.
- the tube has at least one longitudinal seam 26 extending between the lower open circumferential edge 16 and the upper open circumferential edge 14 of the tube 12.
- One end 22 of the visor 18 is aligned with the seam 26.
- a pair of seams 26 are provided on opposite sides of the tube 12, or, in another alternative, no seams are present.
- the tube 12 can be knit on a circular knitting machine and requires no longitudinal seam.
- the visor has a thickness of at least 3mm to provide sufficient apparent stiffness and so that the visor is self-supporting and retains its shape while being worn as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.
- the top part of the tube 12 is simply allowed to flow over the top and back of the wearer's head and left loose.
- the top part of the tube is tucked under the brim or head band formed by the lower open edge 16 of the tube.
- the fabric of the tube 12 is sufficiently elastic to stretch and allow the edge 16 to be placed around the wearer's head in a one-size-fits-all manner.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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US255281 | 2002-09-26 | ||
US10/255,281 US20040060098A1 (en) | 2002-09-26 | 2002-09-26 | Tubular head covering with flexible visor |
Publications (3)
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EP1402793A2 true EP1402793A2 (fr) | 2004-03-31 |
EP1402793A3 EP1402793A3 (fr) | 2004-06-02 |
EP1402793B1 EP1402793B1 (fr) | 2006-12-06 |
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Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP03078004A Expired - Lifetime EP1402793B1 (fr) | 2002-09-26 | 2003-09-23 | Couvre-chef tubulaire muni d'une visière souple |
Country Status (5)
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US (1) | US20040060098A1 (fr) |
EP (1) | EP1402793B1 (fr) |
AT (1) | ATE347283T1 (fr) |
DE (1) | DE60310174T2 (fr) |
ES (1) | ES2278114T3 (fr) |
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP1652438A1 (fr) * | 2004-10-27 | 2006-05-03 | Raffaele Prioli | Vêtement tubulaire multifonctionnel |
GB2463272A (en) * | 2008-09-08 | 2010-03-10 | Nicholas Finan | An open ended tubular shower cap |
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US9192203B2 (en) * | 2012-09-18 | 2015-11-24 | Peter Perthou | Head covering |
US20190029351A1 (en) * | 2017-07-27 | 2019-01-31 | Alvin Pleil | Multi-functional Headwear with Tubular Top attached to a brim or visor |
US20190174855A1 (en) * | 2017-12-13 | 2019-06-13 | Charles D'ambrosio | Hat and Eye Covering Combination Assembly |
Citations (8)
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US3169252A (en) * | 1963-07-01 | 1965-02-16 | Zwicker Knitting Mills | Knitted headwear |
US3506979A (en) * | 1967-07-06 | 1970-04-21 | Allen D Everitt | Cap |
FR2659200A1 (fr) * | 1990-03-12 | 1991-09-13 | Boyer Olivier | Couvre-chef. |
DE29509261U1 (de) * | 1995-06-06 | 1995-08-17 | Lansnicker Peter | Bekleidungsstück |
US5754983A (en) * | 1997-01-17 | 1998-05-26 | Landers; Luke Evan | Sport cap and method for its production |
WO2001072159A1 (fr) * | 2000-03-27 | 2001-10-04 | Kim Dong Soo | Coiffure pourvue d'une queue de cheval |
US20020108164A1 (en) * | 2001-02-14 | 2002-08-15 | Lisamarie Dixon | Hat and scarf combination and method of wearing same |
US6442763B1 (en) * | 2000-01-10 | 2002-09-03 | Jon C. Larson | Insulating hood |
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US2831197A (en) * | 1955-11-17 | 1958-04-22 | Spells Needa | Combined stole and hood |
US4378606A (en) * | 1981-10-09 | 1983-04-05 | Snowden Maxine W | Rain hat |
US6568504B2 (en) * | 2000-12-18 | 2003-05-27 | Sportniks, Inc. | Multi purpose headgear |
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- 2002-09-26 US US10/255,281 patent/US20040060098A1/en not_active Abandoned
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- 2003-09-23 EP EP03078004A patent/EP1402793B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2003-09-23 AT AT03078004T patent/ATE347283T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2003-09-23 DE DE60310174T patent/DE60310174T2/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2003-09-23 ES ES03078004T patent/ES2278114T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
Patent Citations (8)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3169252A (en) * | 1963-07-01 | 1965-02-16 | Zwicker Knitting Mills | Knitted headwear |
US3506979A (en) * | 1967-07-06 | 1970-04-21 | Allen D Everitt | Cap |
FR2659200A1 (fr) * | 1990-03-12 | 1991-09-13 | Boyer Olivier | Couvre-chef. |
DE29509261U1 (de) * | 1995-06-06 | 1995-08-17 | Lansnicker Peter | Bekleidungsstück |
US5754983A (en) * | 1997-01-17 | 1998-05-26 | Landers; Luke Evan | Sport cap and method for its production |
US6442763B1 (en) * | 2000-01-10 | 2002-09-03 | Jon C. Larson | Insulating hood |
WO2001072159A1 (fr) * | 2000-03-27 | 2001-10-04 | Kim Dong Soo | Coiffure pourvue d'une queue de cheval |
US20020108164A1 (en) * | 2001-02-14 | 2002-08-15 | Lisamarie Dixon | Hat and scarf combination and method of wearing same |
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP1652438A1 (fr) * | 2004-10-27 | 2006-05-03 | Raffaele Prioli | Vêtement tubulaire multifonctionnel |
GB2463272A (en) * | 2008-09-08 | 2010-03-10 | Nicholas Finan | An open ended tubular shower cap |
GB2463272B (en) * | 2008-09-08 | 2010-11-10 | Nicholas Finan | Shower Cap |
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Publication number | Publication date |
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ES2278114T3 (es) | 2007-08-01 |
EP1402793B1 (fr) | 2006-12-06 |
ATE347283T1 (de) | 2006-12-15 |
US20040060098A1 (en) | 2004-04-01 |
EP1402793A3 (fr) | 2004-06-02 |
DE60310174D1 (de) | 2007-01-18 |
DE60310174T2 (de) | 2007-09-20 |
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