U.S. patent application number 11/727669 was filed with the patent office on 2008-10-02 for headwear having flexible headband.
This patent application is currently assigned to DADA Corporation. Invention is credited to Kwang Suk Ham.
Application Number | 20080235852 11/727669 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 39791801 |
Filed Date | 2008-10-02 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080235852 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Ham; Kwang Suk |
October 2, 2008 |
Headwear having flexible headband
Abstract
The present invention relates an improved shape of headwear,
more particularly, to a headwear capable of adjusting automatically
a size according to a size of user's head without a separate size
adjusting device and maintaining continuously a shape of a main
body of the headwear. The headwear according to the present
invention is mainly constructed with a crown part made of more than
one piece of fabric and a headband part attached to the lower
inside edge of the crown part, in which the headband part is
composed of a flexible material, and a flexible band made of woven
twill fabric which covered the flexible material, the flexible
material is woven with at least a mono yarn in a warp direction and
a flexible yarn in a weft direction or made so that a fabric woven
with a highly flexible yarn and a spandex yarn and mono yarn in a
warp direction are coupled, and the flexible material and the
flexible band are coupled by sewing in a chain-like pattern using
rubber and nylon yarns.
Inventors: |
Ham; Kwang Suk; (Seoul,
KR) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Do Hyun, Park
Apt. #2H, 200 Old Palisade Road
Fort Lee
NJ
07024
US
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Assignee: |
DADA Corporation
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Family ID: |
39791801 |
Appl. No.: |
11/727669 |
Filed: |
March 28, 2007 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
2/195.3 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A42B 1/22 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
2/195.3 |
International
Class: |
A42B 1/22 20060101
A42B001/22 |
Claims
1. A headwear having a flexible headband comprising a crown part
made of more than one piece of fabric and a headband part attached
to the lower inside edge of the crown part, wherein the fabric of
the crown part is composed of at least one flexible fabric; the
headband part is composed of a flexible material and a flexible
band which covered the flexible material; the flexible material is
woven with at least a mono yarn in a warp direction and a flexible
yarn in a weft direction; the flexible band is made of a woven
twill fabric; and the flexible material and the flexible band are
coupled by sewing in a chain-like pattern using rubber and nylon
yarns, thereby forming a chain-like pattern sewing line on the
flexible band.
2. The headwear having a flexible headband according to claim 1,
wherein the flexible band is made of a fabric containing
polyurethane.
3. The headwear having a flexible headband according to claim 1,
wherein an auxiliary elastic band is attached between the lower
inside edge of the crown part and the headband part.
4. The headwear having a flexible headband according to claim 1,
wherein the flexible fabric of the crown part contains
polyurethane.
5. A headwear having a flexible headband comprising a crown part
made of more than one piece of fabric and a headband part attached
to the lower inside edge of the crown part, wherein the fabric of
the crown part is composed of at least one flexible fabric; the
headband part is composed of a flexible material and a flexible
band which covered the flexible material; both ends of the flexible
material have a shape of woven fabric woven in a predetermined
width with a highly flexible yarn and a spandex yarn and the other
portion except for the woven fabrics at the both ends is woven with
a mono yarn in a warp direction and a highly flexible yarn in a
weft direction; the flexible band is made of a woven twill fabric;
and the flexible material and the flexible band are coupled by
sewing in a chain-like pattern using rubber and nylon yarns,
thereby forming a chain-like pattern sewing line on the flexible
band.
6. The headwear having a flexible headband according to claim 5,
wherein the flexible band is made of a fabric containing
polyurethane.
7. The headwear having a flexible headband according to claim 5,
wherein an auxiliary elastic band is attached between the lower
inside edge of the crown part and the headband part.
8. The headwear having a flexible headband according to claim 5,
wherein the flexible fabric of the crown part contains
polyurethane.
9. A headwear having a flexible headband comprising a crown part
made of more than one piece of fabric and a headband part attached
to the lower inside edge of the crown part, wherein the woven
fabric of the crown part is composed of at least one flexible
fabric; the headband part is made of a flexible band, which is made
of a woven twill fabric, contains polyurethane and composed of
two-layer; a chain-like pattern sewing line which is sewed using
rubber and nylon yarns is formed on the flexible band; and an
auxiliary elastic band is attached between the lower inside edge of
the crown part and the headband part.
Description
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a headwear capable of
adjusting automatically a size according to a size of user's head
without a separate size adjusting device and maintaining
continuously a shape of a main body of the headwear.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] Generally, a headwear refers a cap style headwear and is
mainly constructed with a crown part or a main body of the headwear
which is composed of a plurality of woven fabrics, a visor part
attached to a front lower portion of the crown part, a headband
attached to an inner peripheral bottom portion of the crown part
and a size adjusting device attached to a rear bottom portion of
the crown part. This headwear is used by sports people or worn to
protect a face from the sunshine, and also came to be used as a
part of fashion by which many people express themselves. In
addition, the headwear is widely used by people of all ages and
both sexes due to such change of thought.
[0005] However, there is an inconvenience of adjusting the size
adjusting device located in the rear portion of the crown part
according to a size of user's head whenever wearing the
headwear.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to
provide a headwear capable of adjusting automatically a size
according to a size of user's head without a separate size
adjusting device.
[0007] It is another object of the present invention to provide a
headwear capable of maintaining continuously a shape of a crown
part or a main body of the headwear irrespective of wearing or
taking off the headwear.
[0008] In the accordance with these objects, the present invention
is directed to headwear including a crown part made of more than
one piece of fabric, having several panels and a headband part
attached to the lower inside edge of the crown part, in which the
headband part is composed of a flexible material and a flexible
band made of woven twill fabric which covered the flexible
material, the flexible band and the flexible material are sewn
together in a chain-like pattern using rubber and nylon yarns to
provide good expandability and thereby increase the number of
different wearer head sizes that may be accommodated by the
headband without the need for a separate size controller. the
flexible material is woven with at least a mono yarn in a warp
direction and a flexible yarn in a weft direction or made so that a
fabric woven with a highly flexible yarn and a spandex yarn and
mono yarn in a warp direction are coupled.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] The above and/or other aspects and advantages of the prevent
invention will become apparent and more readily appreciated from
the following description of the exemplary embodiments, taken in
conjunction with the accompany drawings, in which:
[0010] FIG. 1 is a partially broken side view illustrating a
headwear according to the present invention;
[0011] FIG. 2 is a perspective view partially illustrating a
headband of an embodiment according to the present invention;
[0012] FIG. 3 is a perspective view partially illustrating a
headband of another embodiment according to the present invention;
and
[0013] FIG. 4 is a perspective view partially illustrating a
headband of yet another embodiment according to the present
invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE ILLUSTRATIVE, NON-LIMITING EMBODIMENTS
OF THE INVENTION
[0014] Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of
the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the
accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to
like elements throughout. The embodiments are described below so as
to explain the present invention by referring to the figures.
[0015] FIG. 1 is a partially broken side view illustrating a
headwear according to the present invention and FIG. 2 is a
perspective view partially illustrating a headband of an embodiment
according to the present invention. The headwear according to the
present invention is mainly constructed with a crown part 1 or a
main body of the headwear which is made of more than one piece of
fabric, having several panels, and a headband part 3 attached to
the lower inside edge of the crown part 1, and a visor part 2
attached to a front lower portion of the crown part 1. At least one
panel of the panels composing the crown part 1 is a flexible fabric
containing polyurethane. The headband part 3 is composed of a thin
inside flexible material 5 and a flexible band 4 which covered the
flexible material 5. The flexible material 5 is woven with at least
a mono yarn 7 in a warp direction and a flexible yarn 6 in a weft
direction. The flexible band 4 which covered the flexible material
5 is made to contain polyurethane or to have flexibility by its
structure even if not containing the polyurethane, and preferably
made of a woven twill fabric; a width of the flexible band 4 is
determined enough to enclose the flexible material 5. In an inner
peripheral bottom portion between the headband part 3 and crown
part 1 is attached an auxiliary elastic band 18 made of an elastic
material such as rubber. The flexible material 5 and the flexible
band 4 are coupled by sewing in a chain-like pattern using rubber
and nylon yarns, and thus a chain-like pattern sewing line 8 is
formed on the flexible band 4. The headwear having headband part 3
composed of the flexible band 4 and the flexible material 5 is not
necessary of a separate size adjusting part and the size and
capable of adjusting the size as the crown part 1 and the headband
part 3 are automatically expanded and contracted according to a
size of user's head when the user wears the headwear according to
the present invention. The flexible material 5 inside the flexible
band prevents the side and rear portions of the crown part 1 from
drooping and thus supports the crown part so that an overall
appearance of the crown part 1 can be continuously maintained
irrespective of wearing or taking off the headwear by the user.
[0016] FIG. 3 is a perspective view partially illustrating a
headband of another embodiment according to the present invention.
The headband part 9 according to another embodiment of the present
invention is, like the above embodiment, attached to the lower
inside edge of the crown part or the main body of the headwear and
composed of a thin inside flexible material 10 and a flexible band
9 which covered the flexible material 10. Both ends of the flexible
material 10 have a shape of woven fabric 14 woven in a
predetermined width with a highly flexible yarn and a spandex yarn
and the other portion except for the woven fabrics at the both ends
is sparsely woven with a mono yarn 12 in a warp direction and a
highly flexible yarn 13 in a weft direction. A spandex may be used
as the highly flexible yarn 13. The flexible band 9 which covered
the flexible material 10 is, like the above embodiment, made of a
woven twill fabric containing polyurethane or may be made to have
flexibility by its structure even if not containing the
polyurethane. The flexible material 10 and the flexible band 9 are
coupled by sewing in a chain-like pattern using rubber and nylon
yarns and thus a chain type sewing line 15 is formed on the
flexible band 9.
[0017] FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view illustrating a headband
of yet another embodiment according to the present invention. The
headband part 16 according to the yet another embodiment of the
present invention is attached to the inner peripheral bottom
portion of the crown part 1 or the main body of the headwear and
composed of a flexible woven band 17 alone without an thin inside
flexible material unlike the above embodiments. The flexible band
17 is a two-layered shape and, like the above embodiments, made of
a woven twill fabric containing polyurethane or may be made to have
flexibility by its structure even if not containing the
polyurethane. A chain-like pattern sewing line 19 which is sewed
using rubber and nylon yarns is formed on the flexible band 17.
[0018] Although a few exemplary embodiments of the present
invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by
those skilled in the art that changes may be made in these
embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the
invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and
their equivalents.
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