US20080066216A1 - Auxiliary sun visor for headgear - Google Patents

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US20080066216A1
US20080066216A1 US11/854,024 US85402407A US2008066216A1 US 20080066216 A1 US20080066216 A1 US 20080066216A1 US 85402407 A US85402407 A US 85402407A US 2008066216 A1 US2008066216 A1 US 2008066216A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A42—HEADWEAR
    • A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
    • A42B1/00—Hats; Caps; Hoods
    • A42B1/018—Hats; Caps; Hoods with means for protecting the eyes, ears or nape, e.g. sun or rain shields; with air-inflated pads or removable linings
    • A42B1/0186—Hats; Caps; Hoods with means for protecting the eyes, ears or nape, e.g. sun or rain shields; with air-inflated pads or removable linings with means for protecting the ears or nape
    • A42B1/0187—Removable protection for the nape, e.g. sun or rain shields
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A42—HEADWEAR
    • A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
    • A42B1/00—Hats; Caps; Hoods
    • A42B1/008—Hats; Caps; Hoods with means for heating or cooling
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A42—HEADWEAR
    • A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
    • A42B1/00—Hats; Caps; Hoods
    • A42B1/18—Coverings for protecting hats, caps or hoods against dust, rain, or sunshine
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A42—HEADWEAR
    • A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
    • A42B1/00—Hats; Caps; Hoods
    • A42B1/22—Hats; Caps; Hoods adjustable in size ; Form-fitting or self adjusting head coverings; Devices for reducing hat size
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A42—HEADWEAR
    • A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
    • A42B1/00—Hats; Caps; Hoods
    • A42B1/24—Hats; Caps; Hoods with means for attaching articles thereto, e.g. memorandum tablets or mirrors
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B18/00—Fasteners of the touch-and-close type; Making such fasteners

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  • the present invention relates to an auxiliary sun visor for headgear, and more particularly, to an auxiliary sun visor for headgear in which the auxiliary sun visor is easily installed in headgear such as an ordinary baseball cap to thereby intercept the ultraviolet rays, the visible light, the infrared rays, etc., of sunlight over the whole surface of user's neck section as well as user's face, and thus discharge hot air generated from the neighborhood of the face and neck smoothly to the outside.
  • Headgear of various usage fox example, baseball caps, round sunshade caps, and so on, are mostly available in the market.
  • baseball cap hides the user's face by screening sunlight which is lightened toward the front surface of the face but has no high ultraviolet ray screening effect.
  • a baseball cap 10 includes a sunshade formed in the front surface thereof which may make the face shady.
  • the sunshade is too small to hide sunlight. Further, the sunshade cannot make sufficient shade in response to an angle of sunlight. Accordingly, the sunshade of the baseball cap is not developed in view of the functional effect of the sunshade but is developed to improve the external sense of beauty thereof.
  • the headgear for example, the sunshade of the baseball cap 10 does not play a sufficient role of a sun visor.
  • the sunshade of the baseball cap 10 does not play a sufficient role of a sun visor.
  • the sunlight is lightened toward the portions which are not screened by the baseball cap 10 , including the user's rear neck section, both ear parts, the facial front surface part from the lower part of the nose to the chin, and the fore-end neck section, to thereby be exposed to sunlight and to then be sunburned blackly.
  • auxiliary sun visor for headgear in which the auxiliary sun visor is easily installed in headgear such as an ordinary baseball cap to thereby intercept the ultraviolet rays, the visible light, the infrared rays, etc., of sunlight over the whole surface of user's neck section as well as user's face, and thus discharge hot air generated from the neighborhood of the face and neck smoothly to the outside.
  • an auxiliary sun visor for headgear comprising:
  • a sunshade portion whose one side is cut out and which is detachably coupled with an adhesive female portion and an adhesive male portion which are formed at both ends of the cut sunshade portion and are made of a cotton fastener such as VelcroTM tape, in which a fitting hole through which the headgear is fitted is formed in the inner central portion of the sunshade portion;
  • left and right screen curtains and rear neck screen curtains all of which are pendently formed down to the lower part of the ventilation net and all or part of which are separately formed at the state of being spaced from each other by cutoff regions.
  • the left and right screen curtains further comprise a coupling unit such as coupling buttons in order to couple the left and right screen curtains with each other up and down, respectively.
  • a coupling unit such as coupling buttons in order to couple the left and right screen curtains with each other up and down, respectively.
  • the left and right screen curtains further comprise a tightening unit such as tightening straps which are pendently formed downwards at the lower part of the left and right screen curtains, and a stopper which is coupled with the tightening unit to adjust the length of the tightening unit, respectively
  • a tightening unit such as tightening straps which are pendently formed downwards at the lower part of the left and right screen curtains
  • a stopper which is coupled with the tightening unit to adjust the length of the tightening unit, respectively
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state of using a conventional cap
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an auxiliary sun visor for headgear according to the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state of using an auxiliary sun visor for headgear according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another state of using the auxiliary sun visor for headgear according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an auxiliary sun visor for headgear according to the present invention.
  • the auxiliary sun visor 30 for headgear according to the present invention includes a flexible sunshade portion 32 at the inner central portion of which a fitting hole 34 is circularly formed.
  • the fitting hole 34 plays a role of enabling a user to put on a cap 20 and then to put on the auxiliary sun visor 30 over the cap 20 to make the auxiliary sun visor 30 cover the outer side of the cap 20 .
  • an adhesive female portion 42 and an adhesive male portion 43 which are formed at both ends of the cut sunshade portion 30 and are made of a cotton fastener such as VelcroTM tape, are detached from each other and then adjusted according to size of the cap 20 .
  • the adjusted auxiliary sun visor 30 may be coupled with the cap 20 through the fitting hole 34 formed at the inner central portion of the auxiliary sun visor 30 .
  • the size of the flexible sunshade portion 32 is adjusted by the adhesive female portion 42 and the adhesive male portion 43 which are formed at a cutoff state in both ends of the sunshade portion 32 . Accordingly, the auxiliary sun visor according to the present invention can be applied to any size of caps.
  • the ventilation net 36 of a gauze form which is formed in the outer circumference of the flexible sunshade portion 32 is located in the circumferential direction at the rear sides of the user's ears.
  • the ventilation net 36 plays a role of discharging hot air which is heated by the body heat which occurs from the user's face or body. That is, the body heat which occurs from the user's face or body rises up to the upper portion of the body. In this case, if the risen body heat is stagnant, the heat is increased at the face or neck section.
  • the auxiliary sun visor 30 according to the present invention includes the ventilation net 36 , the heat which is collected at the face or neck portion can be easily discharged through the ventilation net 36 . Further, the externally blowing wind can be introduced into the user's face or neck through the ventilation net 36 , to thereby maintain an agreeable condition of the user.
  • the left and right screen curtains 38 which are pendently formed along the lower part of the ventilation net 36 naturally screens the user's ears, as well as both the chins and cheeks in the user's face, and thus naturally intercepts the ultraviolet rays, the visible light, the infrared rays, etc., of the sunlight which is lightened at both sides of the user's face.
  • the rear neck screen curtains 39 are formed along the rear side of the outer surface of the ventilation net 36 .
  • the rear neck screen curtains 39 are pendently formed downwards to cover the rear neck, to thus completely intercept the ultraviolet rays, the visible light, the infrared rays, etc., which are lightened toward the rear neck.
  • the cutoff regions 60 are longitudinally formed between the left and right screen curtains 38 and the rear neck screen curtains 39 all of which are pendently formed down to the lower part of the outer circumference of the ventilation net 36 . Accordingly, the left and right screen curtains 38 and the rear neck screen curtains 39 are formed so that the cap 20 is not pulled to any one side.
  • cutoff regions 60 which are formed between the left and right screen curtains 38 and the rear neck screen curtains 39 play a role of making the wind introduced between the cutoff regions 60 naturally flow out, in order to receive an effect of the introduced wind at minimum, when the wind blown at the front side of a user is introduced inwards of the auxiliary sun visor through the face.
  • the cutoff regions 60 are longitudinally formed between the left and right screen curtains 38 and the rear neck screen curtains 39 , the auxiliary sun visor 30 which is put on the cap 20 can be prevented form being blown away although a strong wind blows.
  • the wind which blows into the user's face passes through the inner side of the left and right screen curtains 38 and is exhausted toward the cutoff regions 60 formed between the left and right screen curtains 38 and simultaneously smoothly through the ventilation net 36 .
  • the cutoff regions 60 which are longitudinally formed between the left and right screen curtains 38 and the rear neck screen curtains 39 , prevent the ultraviolet rays, the visible light, the infrared rays, etc., from being lightened therebetween since the left and right screen curtains 38 and the rear neck screen curtains 39 partly overlap each other.
  • the auxiliary sun visor according to the present invention also includes a tightening unit such as tightening straps 50 a and 50 b which make the left and right screen curtains 38 pendently hang down to the lower part of the front surface of the face.
  • a tightening unit such as tightening straps 50 a and 50 b which make the left and right screen curtains 38 pendently hang down to the lower part of the front surface of the face.
  • the auxiliary sun visor according to the present invention also includes a coupling unit such as coupling buttons 40 a and 40 b at the front edge of the left and right screen curtains 38 for people who are sensitive to the ultraviolet rays, the visible light, the infrared rays, etc., so as to expose only the eye portions but hide the other facial portions. That is, if the left and right screen curtains 38 are coupled with each other using the coupling buttons 40 a and 40 b , as necessary, according to eye-level, the coupled left and right screen curtains 38 prevent the lower part of the front face from being exposed to the ultraviolet rays, the visible light, the infrared rays, etc., more reliably. Snap fasteners may be used as the coupling buttons 40 a and 40 b , or cotton fasteners such as VelcroTM tape may be used as the coupling buttons 40 a and 40 b , as shown in FIG. 4 .
  • a coupling unit such as coupling buttons 40 a and 40 b at the front edge of the left
  • an opaque or ultraviolet interception film may be used as the flexible sunshade portion 32 in order to intercept ultraviolet rays. Accordingly, ultraviolet rays do not penetrate the sunshade portion 32 .
  • the flexible sunshade portion 32 is made of a soft synthetic resin material, and thus easily rolled up. Thus, when the flexible sunshade portion 32 is not used, it may be rolled up and carried at the state of reducing the volume. Further, as shown in FIG. 3 , the flexible sunshade portion 32 is formed in a slightly curved shape. Accordingly, the flexible sunshade portion 32 can maintain an angle which is appropriate for intercepting the sunlight such as the ultraviolet rays, the visible light, the infrared rays, etc., which are lightened to both sides of the face, even when the flexible sunshade portion 32 is coupled with the cap 20 .
  • the flexible sunshade portion 32 is formed at a gentle slope toward both ears of the user, the rain water is guided along the outer side of the curved surface of the flexible sunshade portion 32 in the rainy situation. As a result, the rain water is prevented from entering the face side.
  • the auxiliary sun visor according to the present invention is easily mounted in headgear such as a baseball cap, to thereby intercept the ultraviolet rays, the visible light, the infrared rays, etc., of sunlight over the whole surface of user's neck section as well as user's face. Accordingly, early aging or cutaneous cancer etc., which may be caused by the exposure to the ultraviolet rays, the visible light, the infrared rays, etc., may be prevented more reliably.
  • auxiliary sun visor according to the present invention is easily mounted in headgear such as a baseball cap, hot air generated from the neighborhood of the face and neck can be smoothly discharged to the outside, to thus maintain an agreeable condition and to make a user feel comfortable even when wearing the auxiliary sun visor for long.

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US20110167544A1 (en) * 2010-01-08 2011-07-14 Min Kim Visor adapted for helmet or head engagement
US8051497B1 (en) 2008-10-06 2011-11-08 Erhardt James C Head covering apparatus
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