NZ602972B - Stretchable Cap Having Size Controller - Google Patents

Abstract

602972 Disclosed is a stretchable cap (100) provided with a size controller (110). The cap comprises a crown portion (101), which is stretchable to at least one direction, and a sweat absorbing portion (105) disposed in a lower portion of the crown portion to absorb sweat, which is stretchable to at least one direction. The size controller is provided to adjust the size of the cap to fit a wearer’s head. A body portion of the sweat absorbing portion is formed of a stretchable band (see 105-3a, figure 2B) and a cover portion (see 105-3b, figure 2B) covering the stretchable band. This advantageously allows the cap to fit comfortably to a wearer’s head without causing a feeling of pressure or a feeling of looseness. at least one direction. The size controller is provided to adjust the size of the cap to fit a wearer’s head. A body portion of the sweat absorbing portion is formed of a stretchable band (see 105-3a, figure 2B) and a cover portion (see 105-3b, figure 2B) covering the stretchable band. This advantageously allows the cap to fit comfortably to a wearer’s head without causing a feeling of pressure or a feeling of looseness.

Description

TITLE OF THE INVENTION STRETCHABLE CAP HAVING SIZE CONTROLLER REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2011—0132223 filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on December 9, 2011, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of the Invention The present invention s to a hable cap having a size controller, and particularly, it relates to a stretchable cap having a size controller that prevents feeling tight on the forehead or feeling loose by adjusting the cap to fit the forehead of a wearer. (b) Description of the Related Art In general, a size able cap having a size controller in the head circumferential direction of a lower crown portion of the cap has been ly used without regard to the size of a wearer’s head.

Such a size controller is widely used because it is easy to use and the controlled size is not easily loosened.

However, after long hours of wearing, the wearer of the cap may feel pressure on the forehead when the size controller is initially set too short or may feel looseness when the size controller is set too long.

In particular, a conventional cap having the size controller is ed with a sweat absorbing portion along an inner lower edge of a crown portion thereof such that the wearer may have increasing feeling of either pressure or looseness on the forehead.

That is, most people tend to avoid the cap having the size ller because the cap provides less wearing comfort.

The above information disclosed in this ound section is only for ement of understanding of the background of the invention and therefore it may contain information that does not form the prior art that is already known in this y to a person of ordinary skill in the art.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a cap having a size controller that can control the size of the cap to fit a wearer’s head. in accordance with one aspect of the present invention there is provided a stretchable cap provided with a size controller, comprising a crown portion stretchable to at least one direction, a sweat absorbing portion disposed in a lower portion of the crown portion to absorb sweat and stretchable to at least one ion, and the size ller provided for the crown portion to adjust the size of the cap to fit a wearer’s head, wherein a body portion of the sweat absorbing portion is formed 'of a stretchable band and a cover portion covering the stretchable band.

Preferably the size controller is disposed in an opening in the crown portion, and attached to the stretchable band.

Preferably the sweat ing portion is arranged to be used by being exposed through the opening d of the size controller.

Preferably the crown portion is formed by coupling a plurality of fabric panels that are hable to at least one direction.

Preferably the crown portion is formed by coupling a plurality of fabric panels that are wholly stretchable to any direction.

Preferably the sweat absorbing portion is coupled by sewing the cover portion to a lower edge of the crown portion.

Preferably the size controller is selected from at least one of a pair of plate members having a male and female fastener, a string, a buckle, and a band.

A stretchable cap having a size controller according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a crown n stretchable to at least one direction, a sweat ing portion disposed in a lower portion of the crown portion to absorb sweat and stretchable to at least one ion, and a size controller provided for the crown portion and controlling the size of the to be worn on a wearer’s head. ing to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, after adjusting the cap to a predetermined size, the size controller further controls the cap to fit the wearer’s head using the crown portion and the sweat absorbing n stretchable to at least one direction so that the cap may fit the wearer’s head without causing feeling of pressure or feeling of looseness.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS is a lower perspective view of a lower portion of a cap according to an ary embodiment of the t invention. and are cross-sectional views of a sweat absorbing n according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, taken along the line lI-II of is a use state m of the cap using the size controller according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention. is a graph displaying wearing comfort with a certain degree of load applied to a cap including a non—stretchable crown portion, a non-l stretchable sweat absorbing portion, and a size controller according to a comparative e and the cap including the stretchable crown portion, the stretchable sweat absorbing portion, and the size controller according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, respectively.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in further detail with the anying drawings.

In the drawings, explanatorily vant portions are omitted to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the specification.

Furthermore, in case it is judged that the detailed description of the well— known function or structures relevant to the ments may needlessly obscure the gist of the present invention, such a ption will be omitted.

In the present specification, a cap may be of various types, including a hat, a visor, and the like, and a size controller may be formed of s materials such as c, cloth, and leather and may be formed as a male and female coupling type, a , a band, or a buckle. The various materials and the various shapes may be provided through the way of coupling of, for example, the string and the buckle, the male-female coupling type and the band, or cloth, plastic, and leather. The material and the shape of the size controller may be sly modified as long as the length of the head circumferential direction of the crown n is controllable.

Hereinafter, a stretchable cap having a size controller according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to to Referring to to a cap 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a stretchable crown portion 101 worn on the head of a wearer and stretchable in at least one direction, a visor portion 103 disposed in at least a portion of a lower edge of the crown portion 101 to shade sunlight, a sweat absorbing portion 105 ed in an inner Iower edge of the crown portion 101 and stretchable to at least one direction to absorb sweat, and a size ller 110 controlling the length of a head ferential direction to fit the size of the wearer’s head.

As shown in in the cap 100 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the crown portion 101 may be wholly stretchable to any direction including a head circumference direction, a height direction, a bias direction, and the like, and may be stretchable to both ions of warp and weft yarns by the dinal and longitudinal axes. ably, the crown portion may be formed of a stretchable fabric panel 101a having a stretchable latitudinal yarn n. The fabric panel 101a may be formed of all kinds of fabric including woven and knit if hable to fit the head of a .

The sweat absorbing portion 105 includes a freely disposed upper portion 105-1, 3 lower portion 105—2 coupled by sewing to a lower edge of the crown portion 101, and a body portion 105-3. As shown in FIG 2A and FIG 28, the body portion 105-3 may be formed of a stretchable band 105—3a having a stretchable yarn, or the stretchable band 105-3a may have at least one side of the stretchable band 105-3a covered by a cover portion 105—3b.

As shown in in the cap 100 according to the ary embodiment of the present invention, when the cap 100 is worn on the forehead after controlling the size to a predetermined size using the size controller 110, the crown portion 101 and the sweat absorbing portion 105 disposed in the lower edge of the crown portion 101 are stretched to a desired direction such that the cap 100 can fit the forehead, thereby preventing the wearer from feeling pressure or feeling looseness while wearing. in the cap 100 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the size controller 110 is provided to control the head circumference directional length of the cap 100 between both lower sides of a dome-shaped opening portion 100a.

The size controller 110 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be formed of a pair of plate—shaped members having a male and female er that can be altered by predetermined interval, and the male and female fastener may be formed as a snap fastener, or may be formed to have an embossed or engraved pattern with a shape of hook or loop, or may be formed to have a woven fabric with a shape of hook or loop, being provided to the crown of the cap by sewing.

Further, the size controller 110 may be formed of various materials including plastic, cloth, or leather, and may be formed in the shape of a string, a buckle, or a band.

In the exemplary embodiment of the present ion, the sweat absorbing portion 105 according to the ary embodiment of the present invention may be used by being exposed through the opening portion 100a instead of the size controller 110.

Hereinafter, referring to a cap having a non-stretchable crown portion, a non-stretchable sweat absorbing portion, and a size controller and the cap including the hable crown portion, the stretchable sweat ing portion, and the size controller will be compared to prove that the cap provides the better wearing comfort in various sizes according to the present invention.

FlG. 4 is a graph illustrating wearing t against a heavy load of a comparative example of a cap including a non-stretchable crown portion, a non— stretchable sweat absorbing portion, and a size controller and the cap including the elastic and hable crown portion, the stretchable sweat absorbing portion, and the size controller according to the exemplary ment of the present invention.

Here, the wearing comfort is represented by a load applied to a wearer’s head, and a range from 10009f to 200ng indicates “comfort”, a range from 20009f to 30009f indicates “fit”, and a range from 3000gf to 400ng indicates “tightly fit”, a range from 400ng to 500ng indicates “too small”, and a range ing 50009f indicates “unwearable”.

As shown in the graph of when the head circumference size was set at 57cm by the size controller, the cap according to the comparative example was comfort at 57cm and fit at 57.50m and the cap was unwearable at , whereas the cap according to the exemplary embodiment was comfort at 57cm through 58cm, fit at 58.50m through 59.5cm and was unwearable at 62.0cm or above.

That is, according to the exemplary embodiment, the cap was wearable t further adjustment of the size controller 110 once the size is set at 57cm through 59.5cm.

While this invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover s modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. iption of s> 101 : crown portion 105 : sweat absorbing portion 110 : size controller

Claims (9)

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:

1. A stretchable cap provided with a size ller, comprising a crown portion stretchable to at least one direction, a sweat absorbing portion 5 disposed in a lower portion of the crown portion to absorb sweat and stretchable to at least one direction, and the size controller being provided for the crown portion to adjust the size of the cap to fit a ’s head, wherein a body portion of the sweat absorbing portion is formed of a stretchable band and a cover portion covering the stretchable band.

2. The stretchable cap of claim 1, wherein the size controller is disposed in an opening in the crown portion, and attached to the stretchable band. 15

3. The stretchable cap of claim 2, wherein the sweat absorbing portion is ed to be used by being exposed through the opening instead of the size controller.

4. The stretchable cap of any one of the preceding claims, wherein 20 the crown portion is formed by coupling a ity of fabric panels that are hable to at least one direction.

5. The stretchable cap of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the crown portion is formed by coupling a plurality of fabric panels that are wholly stretchable to any direction. 5

6. The stretchable cap of any one of the preceding , wherein the sweat absorbing portion is coupled by sewing the cover n to a lower edge of the crown portion.

7. The stretchable cap of any one of the preceding claims, wherein 10 the size controller is selected from at least one of a pair of plate members having a male and female fastener, a string, a buckle, and a band.

8. The hable cap of ciaim 4 or 5, wherein the fabric panel is formed of woven fabric.

9. The stretchable cap of claim 4 or 5, wherein the fabric panel is formed of knit fabric. 105{ 051