US20040019953A1 - Foldable solar protection device - Google Patents

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US20040019953A1
US20040019953A1 US10/380,114 US38011403A US2004019953A1 US 20040019953 A1 US20040019953 A1 US 20040019953A1 US 38011403 A US38011403 A US 38011403A US 2004019953 A1 US2004019953 A1 US 2004019953A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A42—HEADWEAR
    • A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
    • A42B1/00—Hats; Caps; Hoods
    • A42B1/201—Collapsible or foldable

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  • the present invention relates to a foldable solar protection device comprising several articulated elements.
  • the document FR-A-2.678.486 discloses a head covering which comprises a covering portion of substantially hemispherical form, a crown strip forming a cylindrical section at the base of the covering portion and a visor which prolongs, its forward portion, the lower edge of the strip.
  • the covering portion is made of a series of elements in the form of pins, disposed side by side, and whose ends located on the same side are superposed so as to form two stacks respectively fixed in two opposite positions of the strip.
  • the head covering can be made by cutting out, bending and assembling a blank of semi-rigid material.
  • this head covering remains particularly cumbersome even when it is in a non-use position.
  • the elements articulated together which comprise the covering portion have a length corresponding to the entire width of the headwear, even when folded.
  • the present invention permits overcoming the drawbacks of the existing devices.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a solar protective device whose size in folded position is particularly reduced.
  • the articulated elements comprising the solar protective device have a large dimension corresponding only to half the circular profile of the solar protective device.
  • Another advantage of the solar protective device according to the invention is to provide in the course of unfolding the use in the form of a fan.
  • the present invention relates to a foldable solar protective device comprising several articulated elements, characterized by the fact that the articulated elements are stacked panels of flexible material connected by a single pivot adjacent one of their ends for deployment by a circular movement and by the fact that it has means for holding the panels in deployed position.
  • the holding means are constituted by slides formed between successive panels and assembly means for the end panels;
  • each slide formed between two successive panels is constituted:
  • visor assembled by two corners to two panels to constitute a cap
  • the visor is pivotally mounted by one corner on a panel, toward its second end and has, at the second corner, a hook adapted to coact with a hooking rivet located on a second panel, toward its second end;
  • the middle panel located at an equal distance from the two assembly panels of the visor, comprises a tongue whose ferrule is adapted to be inserted at the bottom of a slot formed on the visor, to reinforce its holding;
  • the panels comprise one or several longitudinal cutouts adapted to increase their flexibility and aeration.
  • FIG. 1 is a general view of the constituent portions of the head covering according to the invention according to a preferred embodiment.
  • FIG. 2 shows the head covering of the invention in folded position.
  • FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 show successive phases in the deployment or folding of the proposed head covering.
  • FIG. 6 shows an example of the shape of the deployed head covering according to the invention.
  • the visor 3 shown in the different figures constitutes a possible accessory of the head covering described here, without thereby being a necessary element.
  • the head covering comprises, to cover the upper portion of the head, different elements articulated together.
  • the panels 1 are connected by means of a pivot articulation 4 , at a single end thereof.
  • Articulation 4 seen for example in FIG. 2 can be made by the formation of holes 5 at one of the ends 6 of each of the panels 1 and by a rivet disposed through the holes 5 .
  • the panels 1 are all superposed and stacked on the assembly of their surface.
  • the preformed panels can thus be used according to the curvature to be given to the headwear.
  • the head covering according to the invention comprises means for holding the panels 1 in deployed position.
  • the holding means are constituted by slides 8 visible in FIG. 5.
  • a slide 8 is formed between successive panels 1 .
  • the holding means comprise assembly means for the end panels 2 a , 2 b also seen in FIG. 5.
  • the slides 8 ensure the placing in deployed position of the panels 1 whilst maintaining a partial overlap of the panels 1 .
  • the assembly means definitively fix in position the panels 1 .
  • the assembly means for the end panels 2 a , 2 b are constituted on the one hand by a tongue 20 formed on one of the end panels 2 a and one or several slots 21 formed on the other end panel 2 b.
  • slides 8 formed between two successive panels 1 they could be comprised as shown in the preferred embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 6 .
  • each slide 8 comprises an oblong hole 9 formed substantially adjacent the second end 7 of the panel 1 .
  • the oblong holes 9 are curved on the arc of a circle centered on the pivot 4 .
  • the rivet 10 permits the sliding of the panel 1 which carries it through the oblong hole 5 between two end positions, one corresponding to the folded position, the other corresponding to the deployed position.
  • the head covering according to the invention comprises a visor shown at 3 in the drawings.
  • This is preferably assembled to the rest of the head covering by two of its corners 13 and 14 .
  • the visor 3 can be mounted on two panels 1 spaced apart substantially by a length corresponding to that of the visor 3 .
  • the visor 3 is pivotally mounted by one of its corners 13 on one of the panels 1 .
  • this pivotal mounting is effected by a rivet assembling the corner 13 and a pivot projection 11 formed at the end 7 of the panel 1 .
  • the other corner 14 is assembled with another panel 1 which supports the visor by means of a hook 23 adapted to coact dis-assembleably with a hooking rivet 24 .
  • This hooking rivet 24 can be constituted on a hooking projection 12 formed at the end 7 of the panel 1 in question.
  • bend lines 25 are preferably constituted on the visor 3 so as to permit adaptation of the shape according to the passage from a folded position to a deployed position.
  • a tongue 15 formed at the end 7 of the medial panel (the one located at an equal distance between the two panels 1 carrying the corners 13 , 14 of the visor 3 ) is present to coact with a slot 18 formed in a corresponding fashion on the visor 3 .
  • the tongue 15 could comprise a base 16 of substantially triangular shape and provided at its free end with a ferrule 17 for example substantially circular, adapted to be inserted into a slot 18 present on the visor 3 and comprising, at its bottom, a bottom 19 of hollowed shape adapted to receive the ferrule 17 .
  • one of the advantages of the invention is to be deployable along a plane then adapted to be shaped to constitute the three-dimensional head covering.
  • cutout 22 is shown in the drawings and particularly in FIG. 5.
  • the cutouts provide supplemental aeration to the head covering.
  • FIG. 6 shows the final result of the deployment of the head cover according to the invention.
  • the visor 3 in the arrangement shown in FIG. 2 is freed from the hooking corner 14 which coacts with the hooking projection 12 .
  • the head covering according to the invention in the form of a fan because it is substantially flat.
  • the hook 23 carried by the visor 3 can constitute a securement and holding element in the position in the shape of a fan, for example by hooking the hook 23 at the pivot 4 .
  • the end panels 2 a , 2 b are assembled by means of assembly means for example constituted by a tongue 20 and a slot 21 .
  • the head covering is set up and the mounting can be finalized by the definitive securement of the visor 3 in use position.
  • the tongue 15 can be emplaced as shown in FIG. 6 at the bottom 19 of the slot 18 .
  • the hook 23 is hooked into one of the rivets 10 constituting the slides 8 .
  • the solar protective device of the invention could be present in the form of a parasol or an umbrella, a sleeve prolonged by a shaft being brought to the pivot 4 .

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FR00/11560 2000-09-11
FR0011560A FR2813764B1 (fr) 2000-09-11 2000-09-11 Dispositif de protection solaire repliable avec plusieurs elements articules
PCT/FR2001/002826 WO2002019854A1 (fr) 2000-09-11 2001-09-11 Dispositif de protection solaire repliable

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CN102429344A (zh) * 2011-12-02 2012-05-02 常熟市百乐帽业有限公司(原常熟市帽厂) 可插花的帽子
USD749303S1 (en) 2012-11-30 2016-02-16 Foamula Products, Inc. Head visor with plug-in accessory sockets
USD750871S1 (en) * 2014-01-17 2016-03-08 Clay Caird Baseball helmet right hand batter
USD754421S1 (en) * 2014-01-17 2016-04-26 Clay Edward James Caird Baseball helmet
US9402433B2 (en) 2011-12-01 2016-08-02 Foamula Products, Inc. Visor improvements
USD768964S1 (en) 2012-11-30 2016-10-18 Foamula Products, Inc. Head visor

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US1863997A (en) * 1931-03-14 1932-06-21 Riva Evaristo Pliable fan
US3179954A (en) * 1963-09-03 1965-04-27 Dorothea M Weitzner Convertible plastic frame cap
US3514787A (en) * 1968-06-24 1970-06-02 Kennedy Alvin B Jun Collapsible protective hat
US3908199A (en) * 1974-08-22 1975-09-30 Lim Chai Kil Fan hat apparatus
US3991422A (en) * 1975-04-21 1976-11-16 Hikogi Saotome Defensive covering for the head
US4091470A (en) * 1976-12-29 1978-05-30 Takemi Ryunoshin Collapsible helmet
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US6453475B1 (en) * 2000-11-17 2002-09-24 Jim Johnson Convertible visor/cap with a plurality of crown supports

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US1420496A (en) * 1921-06-09 1922-06-20 Herman C Ohm Folding fan
US1863997A (en) * 1931-03-14 1932-06-21 Riva Evaristo Pliable fan
US3179954A (en) * 1963-09-03 1965-04-27 Dorothea M Weitzner Convertible plastic frame cap
US3514787A (en) * 1968-06-24 1970-06-02 Kennedy Alvin B Jun Collapsible protective hat
US3908199A (en) * 1974-08-22 1975-09-30 Lim Chai Kil Fan hat apparatus
US3991422A (en) * 1975-04-21 1976-11-16 Hikogi Saotome Defensive covering for the head
US4091470A (en) * 1976-12-29 1978-05-30 Takemi Ryunoshin Collapsible helmet
US5544361A (en) * 1995-01-19 1996-08-13 Gary A. Davidson Headgear mountable protective face shield
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US9402433B2 (en) 2011-12-01 2016-08-02 Foamula Products, Inc. Visor improvements
CN102429344A (zh) * 2011-12-02 2012-05-02 常熟市百乐帽业有限公司(原常熟市帽厂) 可插花的帽子
USD749303S1 (en) 2012-11-30 2016-02-16 Foamula Products, Inc. Head visor with plug-in accessory sockets
USD768964S1 (en) 2012-11-30 2016-10-18 Foamula Products, Inc. Head visor
USD750871S1 (en) * 2014-01-17 2016-03-08 Clay Caird Baseball helmet right hand batter
USD754421S1 (en) * 2014-01-17 2016-04-26 Clay Edward James Caird Baseball helmet

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