EP3620073A1 - Bonnet de bain protégeant les cheveux - Google Patents

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EP3620073A1
EP3620073A1 EP18745150.5A EP18745150A EP3620073A1 EP 3620073 A1 EP3620073 A1 EP 3620073A1 EP 18745150 A EP18745150 A EP 18745150A EP 3620073 A1 EP3620073 A1 EP 3620073A1
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Vicenta Isabel BORRÁS ESTEVE
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A42—HEADWEAR
    • A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
    • A42B1/00—Hats; Caps; Hoods
    • A42B1/04—Soft caps; Hoods
    • A42B1/12—Bathing caps
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B33/00—Swimming equipment attachable to the head, e.g. swim caps or goggles

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  • the swimming caps available in the market do not necessarily meet these qualities. Therefore, and given that in many public aquatic facilities the use of the cap is mandatory, numerous potential users, not having the swimming cap that meets their needs, renounce to the practice of aquatic exercise and, therefore, to its beneficial effects on their physical and mental health.
  • the cap in the Bowditch patent (1949) uses a cavity for receiving the hair, composed of several wide segments of rigid material that fold on both sides of a zipper that, when closed, constricts them adjusting the back of the cap.
  • the cap also includes a strap that fastens below the chin to ensure the grip and tightness of the cap's front.
  • the cap in the Melnikolf patent (1965) consists of a hemispherical flexible piece with laces crimped with eyelets that adjust its volume to that of the user's hair.
  • the hemispherical piece has a lateral expansion gusset to facilitate the accommodation of the hair, and is bordered by a strip that secures the cap to the head with a snap closure or similar.
  • the Brown patent (2015) relates to a swimming cap that resembles a wide shower cap bordered by a silicone adjusting band. Given its ampleness, the cap easily adapts to different head sizes and receives hairstyles of varying lengths and volumes.
  • the Martienssen patent (1974) presents a cap composed of a flexible receptacle that covers the hair loosely, an annular band made up of three segments that follow the outline of the hairline in the forehead, temples and neck areas, and an elastic oval ring placed between the receptacle and the band and glued to both of them.
  • the cap patented by Waller, Johnson, and Neal (2014) consists of a cavity bordered internally by a band of silicone that widens at the nape of the neck. The widening allows the placement of long hair collected in a low bun, in the area below the upper nuchal line and the external occipital protuberance of the occipital bone. This minimizes the neck depression in said area and, supposedly, improves swimming hydrodynamics.
  • Illustrative examples of inventions concerned primarily with the watertightness of the swimming cap include those disclosed in patents such as: “Watertight cap” US Pat. No. 20,100,192,273, by Karetha Dodd (2010 ); “Leak-proof cap with improved seal construction” US Pat. No. 5,349,702, by John L. Runckel (1994 ); “Bathing cap” US Pat. No.2,285,659, by Howland Thomas (1942 ); and “Waterproof bathing cap” ES Pat. No. 1,074,697 U, by Fe Cerezo Miró (2012 ).
  • the swimming cap patented by Dodd (2010) consists of a cavity with an annular edge and an elastic fringe joined to the cavity by said edge.
  • the cap may additionally include two straps that attached to the elastic fringe at the ears, fasten at the back of the neck with a closing mechanism like velcro.
  • the cap of the Runckel patent (1994) comprises a hemispherical cavity for sheltering the top of the head and a band for covering the forehead, temples, and back of the neck.
  • the cap also comprises an internal sealing structure consisting of an inflatable air chamber and a ribbon of foam material superimposed to it. When inflated, the camera, together with the ribbon, seals the large and small protuberances in the shape of the head, thus preventing possible leaks.
  • the Thomas patent (1942) refers to a cap with a main cavity and two ribs mounted on a flexible piece adhered to the cap's inside. This mounting supports the protruding ribs in such a way that when the user's head presses against them, they move away from each other and oscillate towards the inside of the cavity. By doing so, the ribs force out the air from the space between them, thus preventing possible leaks.
  • the cap patented by Cerezo Miró (2012) concerns a waterproof cap consisting of a plastic bag bordered by a tube wrapped in an elastic band of silicone that allows the adjustment of the cap to the scalp without tightening it. Both the plastic bag and the tube are inflatable and have decompression valves.
  • An additional standard cap, made of fabric or the like, allows the hiding of the waterproof cap after its decompression with a portable vacuum pump.
  • the invention disclosed here refers to a swimming cap that due to its roominess, watertightness, comfort, and sobriety , may interest that large female, and male, clientele, that practices or would like to practice, recreational swimming or other non-competitive water sports.
  • the invention materializes in the swimming Cap Respectful with the Hair , which, among others, offers three possible embodiments, "A,” “B,” and “C.”
  • the cap In its “A” embodiment, the cap consists of a main body for receiving the hair, and a positioning-blocking unit responsible for the grip and watertightness of the cap.
  • the main body includes: a) an upper portion in the form of a spherical cap for receiving long hair compactly collected (e.g., bun or horsetail) or the top of voluminous hairdos, such as to prevent its flattening, or; b) a middle portion in the form of a spherical zone composed of twelve assembled pieces that ensure the stability of the portion's shape, for receiving the bulk of the hair; and c) a lower portion in the form of a concave surface of revolution whose lower part, when the cap is put on, contacts the user's head below the hairline and separates from it above that line.
  • long hair compactly collected e.g., bun or horsetail
  • voluminous hairdos such as to prevent its flattening
  • This three-part structure of the main body which as a whole replicates to some extent the shape of a standard hairdo, gives the cap enough roominess to prevent it from ruining the hairdo and to ensure the comfort of its use.
  • the positioning-blocking unit of the cap includes the annular band that secures the cap to the user's head.
  • the band is joined to the rim of the lower portion of the cap by only one of its edges; as a result, the pressure of the band on the user's head decreases, thus increasing the comfort of the cap, and the band gains in ductility thanks to its loose edge.
  • the positioning-blocking unit also includes the leak-preventing strip.
  • the strip Joined by one of its ends to the inner surface of the annular band and overhanging by its other end the band loose edge, the strip is characterized by the absorption power it derives from its construction in folds and its manufacturing material, and by the protection area it reaches overhanging the annular band. Filling in the voids that may form between the inner face of the cap and the irregular spaces in the shape of the head in the nape of the neck, the leak-preventing strip stops and absorbs any possible leaks in that region.
  • the cap may include two additional leak-preventing strips.
  • the strips are placed over the annular band at the temples to impede the latter, given their often concave contour, from becoming supplementary sources of leaks.
  • the cap can be manufactured in different sizes based on the size of one or several of its components, including the height and width of the three parts of the cap's main body, the diameter of the annular band, and the width of the leak-preventing strip. Validation of these standard sizes would draw on data collected from a broad population sample, on skulls and necks dimensions and on hairdos volumes.
  • Figure 1 offers a front view of portions (11), (12) and (14) of the main body of the swimming Cap that is Gentle on the Hair in its "A" embodiment.
  • the upper portion (11) is a spherical cap whose shape can be obtained, among other ways, by applying sewing darts to a circular piece of the material chosen for the manufacture of the cap, or by joining by two of their sides several triangular pieces of the manufacturing material, so as to make them converge on a vertex.
  • the middle portion (12) consists of a spherical zone composed of twelve pieces (13). Six of the pieces alternate with the other six placed in reverse direction, which optimizes the control of possible curvature variations of the portion.
  • the lower portion (14) is a concave surface of revolution made possible by the shirring (15) that covers part of the portion and frames the opening of the cap.
  • Figure 2 provides a front view of the inside of the cap showing the reverse of portions (11), (12) and (14), and the components of the positioning-blocking unit.
  • Those components include the annular band (16) that secures the cap to the user's head, and the leak-preventing strip (17) that stops leaks through the edge of the cap
  • Figure 3 offers a front view of an enlarged fragment of the lower portion (14) that allows a detailed view of components (16) and (17) of the positioning-blocking unit.
  • the Figure shows the annular band (16) with its lower edge stitched to the rim of the cap, and the leak-preventing strip (17) stitched to the inner face of (16) and overhanging freely over its upper edge.
  • the annular band (16) exerts less pressure on the head, and thus makes the cap more comfortable.
  • annular band (16) is loose on its upper edge facilitates the function of the leak-preventing strip (17) joined to it. Thanks to its "flexible union" with the annular band, the leak-preventing strip and particularly its overhanging portion, fills in the spaces that may form between the cap inner face and the irregularities in the shape of the head in the nape of the neck, shape which varies greatly from one person to another, so as to stop and absorb any possible leaks in that region.
  • Figure 4 shows an internal side view of the cap positioned on the user's head, which displays: the upper portion (11) covering the top of the skull, the middle portion (12) covering the area of the frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital bones, and the lower portion (14) contouring the left side of the face and neck.
  • Figure 4 also shows the annular band (16) surrounding the head by the area of the frontal, sphenoid, and temporal bones, below the ear lobe, and by the nape of the neck.
  • the Figure equally reveals the position of the leak-preventing strip (17) over the section of the band (16) that goes behind the head between both ears, in the neck region.
  • the inside view of the left side of the cap provided by Figure 4 reveals the space between the cap and the user's head. Such space begins at the hairline in (14), increases gradually in (12) and reaches its maximum in (11), thereby minimizing the flattening of the hair and the ruining of the hairdo.
  • Figure 5 provides a front view of the swimming Cap that is Gentle on the Hair in its "B” embodiment, which differs from that of embodiment "A” in the structure of its lower portion (18).
  • the concave surface of revolution of the lower portion (18) results not from the shirring (15) of the lower portion (14) as in embodiment "A,” but from the twelve pieces (19) joined to each other in a straight and reverse sense.
  • portion (18) allows the diversification of the cap's manufacturing materials. While embodiment “A” uses waterproof and rigid materials (e.g., polyethylene-vinyl acetates), embodiment “B” uses materials that are waterproof and elastic (e.g., waterproof and elastic lycra and waterproof spandex).
  • waterproof and rigid materials e.g., polyethylene-vinyl acetates
  • waterproof and elastic e.g., waterproof and elastic lycra and waterproof spandex
  • the other six pieces (19) stretch little since, given their inverted position with respect to their homonymous, they affect the opening of the cap only by their vertices. However, these pieces (19) being connected to the six pieces (13) of the middle portion (12), they ensure that the space between their internal face and the skull distributes and increases uniformly from the lower to the middle portion of the cap.
  • embodiment "B" of the cap also includes the annular band (16) and the leak-preventing strip (17) of embodiment "A" of the cap, illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 .
  • Figure 6 provides a front view of the interior of the swimming Cap that is Gentle on the Hair in its "C” embodiment.
  • the main body of the cap according to this embodiment integrates in one piece (20) portions (11) and (12) of embodiment "A” and portion (18) of embodiment “B.”
  • the piece retains the ribbings of the joints of the three portions of the cap as well as the ribbings of the joints of the various parts (13) and (19) constitutive of those portions.
  • band (21) is an extension of the one piece (20) constitutive of the main body, bent inward from the rim of the cap opening. However, like band (16), band (21) has its innermost edge loose.
  • embodiment "C” of the cap features the leak-preventing strip (17).
  • This strip is not sewn or glued to (16), as it is in embodiments “A” and “B,” but held on to (21) by several loops (22) made of the same materials of (20) and (21) (e.g., rubber or custom molded polymers).
  • Figure 7 provides an inside view of an enlarged part of Figure 6 showing three of the loops (22) joined to the annular band (21) by their two ends, one to the loose upper edge of the band and the other to the band internal face.
  • the manufacture of the main body of the cap in its "A" embodiment uses rigid, very lightweight, and waterproof materials such as, among others, polyethylene vinyl acetate and nylon woven fabrics coated with silicone (e.g., silnylon).
  • rigid, very lightweight, and waterproof materials such as, among others, polyethylene vinyl acetate and nylon woven fabrics coated with silicone (e.g., silnylon).
  • the manufacture of the main body of the cap in its "B” embodiment resorts to waterproof, lightweight, and highly stretchable fabrics (e.g., waterproof and elastic lycra, waterproof spandex).
  • the annular band of the "A” and “B” embodiments of the cap is made of elastic materials such as rubber, latex, silicone, or the like.
  • the leak-preventing strip of the three embodiments of the cap it is made of microfiber fabric, or similar, very thin and highly absorbent.
  • the main body, the annular band, and the loops that hold the leak-preventing strip are made of custom-molded rubber or polymer compounds such as silicones (e.g., methyl vinyl silicone).
  • Elastic yarn or other suitable equivalents, is used to make the shirring of the lower portion of the cap in embodiment "A," and the folds of the leak-preventing strip in the three embodiments of the cap.

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