JP3005659U - Size adjustment hat - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] The present invention makes it possible to adjust the size of the cap in the capped state of the cap, and to make infinitely fine adjustments as well as to increase the adjustable range. [Structure] A tubular portion of a fixed length is provided at the rear edge of the crown, a drawstring is inserted through the tubular portion, and one end of the tubular portion is fixed to the inner end of the tubular portion.
The size adjusting hat is characterized in that the other end is fixed to a reel of the draw string winding mechanism provided on the rear side of the crown body.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a novel size adjustment structure for caps mainly with eaves, such as baseball caps and golf caps.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 It has been widely known that caps of this type that are adjustable in size with the head circumference within a range of approximately 10 to 20 mm. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, a large cutout (b) is formed at the rear part of the cap crown (a), and a strip made of a soft plastic material is faced from both sides close to the lower edge of the cutout. (C) and (d) are attached, a large number of small holes (e) are formed in a row at a constant interval on the one strip (c), and the above small holes are formed on the other strip (d). By raising a number of small protrusions (f) that can be press-fitted into (e), respectively, by inserting and locking the small protrusions (f) in any of a plurality of small holes (e), It is known that the size of the cap can be adjusted.

In addition, some size adjusting structures have been known, such as a band type or a slide type locking means for locking the strip.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In each of the above-mentioned conventional size adjusting means, the adjustable range is limited to 10 mm to 20 mm due to its structure, and the adjustment pitch is stepwise so that the fine adjustment cannot be performed. Had to remove the cap each time, which made it annoying that the cap had to be removed and attached many times before the final adjustment.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention has been earnestly researched and improved to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and as a result, the size of this kind of cap can be adjusted while the cap is capped, and it is almost infinite. The purpose is to enable fine adjustment and also to increase the adjustable range.

That is, a tubular portion of a fixed length is provided at the rear edge of the crown, a drawstring is inserted through the tubular portion, one end of which is fixed to the inner end of the tubular portion, and the other end is at the rear side of the crown. The means for fixing the drawstring winding mechanism provided on the reel to the reel was used.

[0007] Furthermore, a pull string that goes to the other edge is attached to one lower edge of the above-mentioned cut-out portion of the cap that is cut out at the rear portion of the crown body, and the other end is on the other edge side of the cut-out portion. The means for fixing the drawstring to the reel of the drawstring winding mechanism provided at the rear part of the crown body was used.

[0008] Further, the winding mechanism of the drawstring has a structure and means capable of being wound by a ratchet system or a planetary gear system having a releasing function.

[0009]

[Action]

 Since the present invention adopts the above-mentioned configuration, size adjustment can be easily performed with the cap still being capped, so that the adjustment can completely eliminate the conventional inconvenience. .

Further, by increasing the number of teeth including the ratchet gear and the planetary gear, the size can be adjusted infinitely close to unlimited, and a cap that fits well to each person's head can be obtained. It has an action.

Further, since the adjustment is performed by winding the drawstring, it is possible to obtain an effect that a size adjustable range can be set to a large range.

[0012]

[Embodiment] The size adjusting function of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the embodiments 1 and 2 shown in the drawings. In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is a cap crown, 2 is an eaves, and 3 is a cap. It is a winding mechanism section which is attached to the rear side of the crown body through the crown body 1.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cap 1 of the cap is provided with a tubular portion 4 having a constant length along the lower edge of the rear portion of the cap, and one end of the drawstring 5 is attached to the end of the tubular portion. Even if it is fixed, as shown in FIG. 2, a relatively large cut-out portion 1a is provided at the rear part of the crown body 1, and the cylindrical portion 4'is provided along the lower edges of both sides of the cut-out portion or one lower end thereof. Alternatively, one end of the drawstring 5 may be fixed to the facing edge side of the winding mechanism section 3 in addition to the above.

As shown in FIG. 3, the winding mechanism section 3 is formed by expanding one side of the strip substrate 3a made of a relatively soft material, for example, thin soft polyethylene, to form a crown body. 1 is a sewn portion 3b, and a through hole is provided in the center of the sewn portion 3b to integrally surround the fitting edge 3c of the winding mechanism body.

Further, the base plate 3a has a long groove 3d penetrating the other side strip portion, and a slider 3e is slidably engaged with the long groove 3d.

In the figure, 5 is a strip-shaped drawstring fixed to one side of the slider 3e, 5'is fixed to the other side of the slider, that is, the winding mechanism section 3 side, and the end is the winding mechanism book. The thread-like drawstring fixed to the reel 6d of the body is shown. In this case, the fact that the drawstrings 5 and 5 ′ are distinguished as a band-like or thread-like means that the band-like drawstring 5 improves the stability when the crown is contracted, and the thread-like drawstring is the reel of the winding mechanism section. This is to increase the winding amount to 6d.

As shown in FIG. 3, the inside of the case 6, which is the main body of the winding mechanism that is tightly fitted to the fitting edge 3c of the substrate, is fixed to the bottom side plate 6a (see FIG. 3). The front plate 6b is rotatably fitted to the other side surface of the case, and has a support shaft 6c protruding from the center, and the other end of the support shaft 6c is supported by the bottom side plate 6a. The reel 6d is fixed on the support shaft, and the ratchet plate 7 is fixedly provided on one side surface thereof.

Reference numeral 7a denotes a ratchet pawl that is elastically supported by the inner wall of the case 6, and normally engages between the teeth of the ratchet plate 7 to prevent the reel 6d from rotating in the reverse direction. .

Further, 7b is a push rod penetrating from the outside toward the other end side of the ratchet 7a claw, the tip of which is in contact with the other end side of the ratchet claw, and by pushing this, This is a mechanism for releasing the reverse rotation of the reel 6d that can release the engagement of the ratchet claw 7a with the ratchet plate 7.

Next, another embodiment of the winding mechanism 3 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5, and the parts common to those shown in FIG. 3 are designated by the same reference numerals. That is, in FIGS. 4 and 5, 3a is a sewn portion 3b to the crown body 1 by expanding one side of the strip substrate 3a made of a relatively soft material, for example, thin soft polyethylene, while A through hole is provided in the central portion, and the fitting edge 3c of the winding mechanism main body is integrally provided.

Further, the base plate 3a has a long groove 3d penetrating the other side strip portion, and a slider 3e is slidably engaged with the long groove 3d.

Further, in the figure, 5 is a strip-shaped drawstring fixed to one side of the slider 3e, 5'is fixed to the other side of the slider, that is, the winding mechanism section 3 side, and the end is the winding mechanism body section. The thread-like drawstring fixed to the reel 8d is shown.

Thus, the case 8 fitted inside the fitting edge 3c engages with the rotatable surface plate 8b, while inner teeth 8e are circumferentially provided on the inner side wall of the case 8 so that the center part of the case is A sun gear 9 rotatable along the lower surface of the case is provided on the penetrating spindle 8c, an engaging plate 9a that can be engaged with and disengaged from the sun gear 9 is provided at the lower end of the spindle, and further an upper end of the spindle is provided. A holding plate 9b, which is a mechanism for releasing the reverse rotation of the reel 8d, is provided, and the engaging plate 9a is elastically moved up and down via the spring 9c elastically mounted between the upper surface of the case 8 and the holding plate 9b. The relationship with the gear 9 can be disengaged.

Further, two to a plurality of planetary gears 9d are arranged between the sun gear 9 and the inner teeth 8e of the case so that the three gears mesh with each other.

Further, the lower surface of the case 8 is provided with protrusions 8f at a plurality of positions, and each of the protrusions is engaged with a concave portion 8g of a reel 8d provided so as to sandwich the sun gear 9 and the planetary gear 9d. By the presence of 9d, the rotation of the surface plate 8b can be transmitted to the reel 8d via the case 8 which rotates only in a fixed direction.

In the above two embodiments, when the drawstring 5 ′ wound on the reels 6d and 8d is unwound, that is, in order to expand the size of the cap, as described above, the first embodiment is described. In the second embodiment, the pushing rod 7b can be easily pushed, and in the second embodiment, the holding plate 9b above the spindle can be pushed down through the central portion of the surface plate 8b.

[0027]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the size adjusting mechanism of the present invention, the size adjustment can be easily performed only by rotating the outer plate while the cap is capped. Has a remarkable effect that could not be expected.

Further, the size adjustment by winding the drawstring according to the present invention has an advantage that the adjustment range can be widened as compared with the conventional band-type slide locking type, and the fine adjustment close to stepless. You can expect the advantage of enabling.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a rear side portion of the cap of the present invention with a part thereof cut away.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a rear side portion of another cap structure.

[FIG. 3] One embodiment of a winding mechanism (ratchet system)
Front view with a part cut away

FIG. 4 is a front view showing another embodiment (a planetary gear system) of the winding mechanism with a part thereof cut away.

5 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the central portion of the winding mechanism shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a rear side portion of a conventional size adjustment cap.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Crown 2 Eaves 3 Winding mechanism 4 Cylindrical part 5 Drawstring 6 Case 6d Reel 7 Ratchet plate 8 Case 8d Reel 8e Inner teeth 9 Sun gear 9d Planetary gear

Claims (4)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A crown portion having a fixed length is provided at the rear edge of the crown, a drawstring is inserted through the barrel, one end of which is fixed to the crown side, and the other end is provided at the rear side of the crown. A size adjusting hat fixed to the reel of the draw string winding mechanism. 2. A cap is formed by cutting the rear portion of the crown body to form a cutout portion, and a drawstring facing the opposite edge is fixed to one lower edge of the cutout portion, while the other end is attached to the cutout portion. A size-adjusting hat fixed to a reel of the drawstring winding mechanism provided on the rear side of the crown on the edge side. 3. The size adjusting hat according to claim 1, wherein the drawstring winding mechanism is a ratchet system having a releasing function. 4. The size adjusting cap according to claim 1, wherein the drawstring winding mechanism is a planetary gear system having a releasing function.