US20040250337A1 - Hat assembly - Google Patents
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- A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
- A42B1/00—Hats; Caps; Hoods
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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 invention generally relates to clothing, and particular to a hat assembly having a shape memory structure.
- inventive hat and method of manufacturing meet these needs by patterning hats to obtain a striking similarity with the helmets of favorite sports team.
- inventive hat has a facemask characterized by shape-memory qualities. Accordingly, when an external force applied to the facemask is removed, it is capable of returning to the desired initial position.
- a hat in the form of the helmet is configured to have a hat component imitating a protective facemask including at least one rib covered by fleece.
- the rib can be made from polymeric material, but the invention is not limited to any particular material as long as the facemask is capable of returning to the desired position.
- Still another object of the invention is to provide a hat formed with a shape memory portion configured to allow the hat to assume the desired initial position after an external force applied to this portion has been removed.
- Yet another object of the invention is to provide a method of manufacturing and advertising the inventive hat.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hat manufactured in accordance with the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the reinforcing structure of the inventive hat shown in FIG. 1 and taken along lines II-II;
- FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the inventive hat.
- a hat 10 mirroring a helmet is generally made from a soft material 12 and has a facemask 14 visually repeating the pattern of the protective facemask of the helmet and capable of assuming the desired position after having been deformed.
- the material 12 can be any soft material 12 including wool, cotton, synthetic or any possible combination of these materials.
- the softness of the material 12 is desirable because the hat 10 is intended to have a single “fit all” size.
- the material 12 is fleece typically providing the user with the feeling of comfort.
- the facemask 14 has a composite structure including a shape memory material, such as a relatively rigid plastic or wire or mesh having a resiliency modulus substantially higher than the rest of the material 12 . Accordingly, a reinforcing rib 18 made of shape memory material is capable of returning to its initial position every time after an external force sufficient to deform the mask 14 has been ceased.
- a shape memory material such as a relatively rigid plastic or wire or mesh having a resiliency modulus substantially higher than the rest of the material 12 .
- a reinforcing rib 18 made of shape memory material is capable of returning to its initial position every time after an external force sufficient to deform the mask 14 has been ceased.
- the mask 14 has a sleeve 16 made of the soft material 12 sown over the rib 18 or bonded therewith.
- the reinforcing rib 18 may have a variety of shapes and cross-sections including, but not limited to a tubular shape or a flat shape.
- the length of the rib 18 is slightly shorter than a length of outer sleeve 16 to allow the opposite ends of the rib 18 , coupled to the end regions of the sleeve 16 , to provide a tensile force sufficient to have the sleeve conform to the desired shape.
- the mask 14 may have various configurations, in general, at least one frontward curved sleeve 16 extends between the opposite sides of the hat 10 and is attached thereto.
- multiple reinforced sleeves 16 have their ends attached to the opposite sides of the hat while having their central portions spaced apart and interconnected by cross pieces 34 configured similarly to the sleeves 16 .
- the inventive hat 10 besides the facemask 14 , has a main portion 20 sown from multiple segments 22 , 24 and 26 overlapping one another along the inner side of the hat 10 .
- the central segment 24 may have at least one outer strip 28 attached thereto while being stretched over the central segment 24 .
- Many sports teams have helmets painted in a variety of colors. Basically, the hat may have as many segments of material 12 as colors carried by the team's sportswear. Since hats are particularly appropriate in a cold weather, the hat 10 has a pair of warmers 30 attached to the outer or inner side of the hat and designed to provide additional thermal protection to the ears of the user.
- the hat may be provided with a strip 38 provided with an attaching element, such as Velcro, and configured to close the hat 10 .
- the design of the hat 10 may vary to copy the helmet of hockey and football players, baseball catchers and car and motorcycle race drivers. Overall, the inventive hat 10 would be most attractive to sports fans. Accordingly, a method of manufacturing starts with selecting the desired team, and following the selection of the player's position, preparing the hat 10 in accordance with the inventive structure, as disclosed above.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The invention generally relates to clothing, and particular to a hat assembly having a shape memory structure.
- 2. Description of the Prior Art
- Although always popular, sporting events in general have recently gained new, higher levels of popularity. Without diminishing the cultural trends well explaining the increased popularity, the latter is also a result of a previously unheard of commercialization of the sport and, particularly, of a favorite team and/or athletes playing on this team.
- A myriad of jerseys, footwear and other sports accessories flood gigantic sports stores and small shops. Fans, from the very young to the very old, fashion colors of favorite sports teams throughout small towns and big cities. Merchandising uniforms has become a large and lucrative business, whereas wearing these attributes has turned into a fashion statement.
- While some sports have uniforms including basketball shoes, jerseys and trunks, other sports, in addition to the standard attributes, feature a headgear. The hockey and football associations mandate that players wear helmets. However, to the best of the applicants' knowledge, hats imitating helmets have not yet found their way to the stores. As a consequence, sport organizations do not use available resources to raise their revenue, and the fans loose an alternative way of expressing their unflagging support for a favorite sports team.
- It is, therefore, desirable to provide a method of advertising directed to increasing revenue of a selected sports team by manufacturing hats imitating the helmets of the selected sports team. Also, a hat configured so as to preserve its similarity with a helmet for a prolonged period of time is desirable as well.
- The inventive hat and method of manufacturing meet these needs by patterning hats to obtain a striking similarity with the helmets of favorite sports team. To maximize such a similarity, the inventive hat has a facemask characterized by shape-memory qualities. Accordingly, when an external force applied to the facemask is removed, it is capable of returning to the desired initial position.
- In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a hat in the form of the helmet is configured to have a hat component imitating a protective facemask including at least one rib covered by fleece. The rib can be made from polymeric material, but the invention is not limited to any particular material as long as the facemask is capable of returning to the desired position.
- It is, therefore, an object of the invention to provide a method of manufacturing and selecting hats allowing the fans to be associated with their favorite sports team.
- Still another object of the invention is to provide a hat formed with a shape memory portion configured to allow the hat to assume the desired initial position after an external force applied to this portion has been removed.
- Yet another object of the invention is to provide a method of manufacturing and advertising the inventive hat.
- The above and other objects, features and advantages will become more readily apparent from the specific description accompanied by the following drawings, in which:
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hat manufactured in accordance with the present invention;
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the reinforcing structure of the inventive hat shown in FIG. 1 and taken along lines II-II; and
- FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the inventive hat.
- Referring to FIGS. 1-3, a
hat 10 mirroring a helmet is generally made from asoft material 12 and has afacemask 14 visually repeating the pattern of the protective facemask of the helmet and capable of assuming the desired position after having been deformed. In particular, as better illustrated in FIG. 2, thematerial 12 can be anysoft material 12 including wool, cotton, synthetic or any possible combination of these materials. The softness of thematerial 12 is desirable because thehat 10 is intended to have a single “fit all” size. Preferably, thematerial 12 is fleece typically providing the user with the feeling of comfort. - As is known, football, hockey and baseball all have a protective mask or facemask configured to minimize facial damage. In accordance with the invention, the facemask14 has a composite structure including a shape memory material, such as a relatively rigid plastic or wire or mesh having a resiliency modulus substantially higher than the rest of the
material 12. Accordingly, a reinforcingrib 18 made of shape memory material is capable of returning to its initial position every time after an external force sufficient to deform themask 14 has been ceased. - Structurally, the
mask 14 has asleeve 16 made of thesoft material 12 sown over therib 18 or bonded therewith. The reinforcingrib 18 may have a variety of shapes and cross-sections including, but not limited to a tubular shape or a flat shape. The length of therib 18 is slightly shorter than a length ofouter sleeve 16 to allow the opposite ends of therib 18, coupled to the end regions of thesleeve 16, to provide a tensile force sufficient to have the sleeve conform to the desired shape. - While the
mask 14 may have various configurations, in general, at least one frontwardcurved sleeve 16 extends between the opposite sides of thehat 10 and is attached thereto. Advantageously, multiple reinforcedsleeves 16 have their ends attached to the opposite sides of the hat while having their central portions spaced apart and interconnected bycross pieces 34 configured similarly to thesleeves 16. - Turning to FIG. 3, the
inventive hat 10, besides thefacemask 14, has a main portion 20 sown frommultiple segments hat 10. Thecentral segment 24 may have at least oneouter strip 28 attached thereto while being stretched over thecentral segment 24. Many sports teams have helmets painted in a variety of colors. Basically, the hat may have as many segments ofmaterial 12 as colors carried by the team's sportswear. Since hats are particularly appropriate in a cold weather, thehat 10 has a pair ofwarmers 30 attached to the outer or inner side of the hat and designed to provide additional thermal protection to the ears of the user. To complete its imitation of the helmet, the hat may be provided with a strip 38 provided with an attaching element, such as Velcro, and configured to close thehat 10. - The design of the
hat 10 may vary to copy the helmet of hockey and football players, baseball catchers and car and motorcycle race drivers. Overall, theinventive hat 10 would be most attractive to sports fans. Accordingly, a method of manufacturing starts with selecting the desired team, and following the selection of the player's position, preparing thehat 10 in accordance with the inventive structure, as disclosed above. - While many modifications may be easily foreseen by one of ordinary skill, the scope of the invention is limited to and defined by the appending claims.
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