U.S. patent application number 12/265735 was filed with the patent office on 2010-05-06 for impact-protection safety structure of headwear.
Invention is credited to Mao-Jung Wang.
Application Number | 20100107317 12/265735 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 42129654 |
Filed Date | 2010-05-06 |
United States Patent
Application |
20100107317 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Wang; Mao-Jung |
May 6, 2010 |
IMPACT-PROTECTION SAFETY STRUCTURE OF HEADWEAR
Abstract
An impact-protection safety structure is provided for a
headwear, including an impact protector formed by a knitted
resilient net lining having a suitable thickness and fixed at a
suitable location on an inside surface of the headwear to serve as
padding, whereby when the head of a wearer is subjected to impacts,
proper buffering and protection are ensured so as to realize safety
and protection against impact to the head after the headwear is
worn.
Inventors: |
Wang; Mao-Jung; (Taichung
Hsien, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
LEONG C LEI
PMB # 1008, 1867 YGNACIO VALLEY ROAD
WALNUT CREEK
CA
94598
US
|
Family ID: |
42129654 |
Appl. No.: |
12/265735 |
Filed: |
November 6, 2008 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
2/411 ;
2/171 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A42B 1/08 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
2/411 ;
2/171 |
International
Class: |
A42B 1/00 20060101
A42B001/00 |
Claims
1. An impact-protection safety structure for headwear having a body
and a visor extending therefrom, characterized in that the body
forms a recessed and curved inside space in which a resilient
protector in the form of knitted net lining and having a given
thickness is set, whereby with the net lining protector positioned
on and attached to an inside surface of the body, ventilation and
impact-protection safety are realized for use of the headwear and
for unexpected impact of a head wearing the headwear.
2. The impact-protection safety structure for headwear according to
claim 1, wherein the thickness of the protector is around 3-12
mm.
3. The impact-protection safety structure for headwear according to
claim 1, wherein the protector comprises a single layer or more
than two layers of knitted articles.
4. The impact-protection safety structure for headwear according to
claim 1, wherein the protector has a surface area that completely
covers a recessed and curved inside surface of the body or the
protector is locally arranged on the curved inside surface of the
body.
5. The impact-protection safety structure for headwear according to
claim 1, wherein the protector is fixed to the body by sewing or
loop and hook fastening.
6. The impact-protection safety structure for headwear according to
claim 1, wherein the protector is fixed to the body by buckles or
buttons.
7. The impact-protection safety structure for headwear according to
claim 1 further comprising reflector strips or reflector pads
attached to the body to provide additional alarming.
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention generally relates to an
impact-protection safety structure of a headwear, which comprises a
knitted net lining protector having a suitable thickness fixed to
an inside surface of a headwear by means of adhesives or sewing to
form buffering means between the headwear and a wearer's head for
protecting the head against damage caused by a falling object or
impact occurring at a particular location of the head so as to
surely realize safety and protection against impact for head.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
[0002] A conventional sports hat is often of a design illustrated
in FIG. 6, wherein a hat body 20 made of fabrics of a single layer
is formed by sewing several pieces of fabric to show a spherical
recessed configuration to fit the contour of a wearer's head and a
visor 21 extends a front edge of the hat body to provide a complete
headwear structure. Over years, such a configuration is not
subjected to significant variation. The most commonly seen
modification or variation of the sports hat is the variation in the
curvature of the recess of the hat body 20 to make the hat more
streamlined, or minor modification is made on the configuration of
the hat to correspond to the curved shape of the visor 21 in order
to make the overall structure of the hat more contour compliant and
comfortable. No design in structure concerning use safety is
available, especially for protection of a wearer's head. For
example, an old person's head is easily damaged by impact when he
or she falls. Further, satisfactory improvements regarding
discomfort of wearing caused improper air ventilation due to poor
air permeability of the fabrics making the hat are also not
available. For the general use of headwear nowadays, wearing a
headwear is not just for aesthetic or decoration purposes, and the
consideration of safety is getting more and more weight. There is
apparently a significant room for improving the currently available
headwear in order to overcome the ventilation problem and at the
same time ensure wearer's protection against impact so as to make a
modern headwear satisfying the need of multiple functions for a
headwear.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0003] In view of the insufficient practicability of the currently
available headwear, the present inventor, based on years'
experience in developing and fabricating headwear, has conducted a
series of experiments and researches to eventually invent an
impact-protection safety structure of headwear in accordance with
the present invention, wherein a knitted impact-protection net
lining protector having a proper thickness is fixed to an inside
surface of a headwear by means of adhesives or sewing so as to
provide a proper buffering space inside the headwear for providing
protection against impact to the head caused by unexpected falling
or a falling object, to thereby through overcome the problem of
insufficient protection against impact of the currently available
headwear.
[0004] A primary objective of the present invention is to provide a
headwear that has an inside surface to which a layer of knitted net
lining for providing proper buffering and protection against impact
is attached to provide buffering and protection against impact when
a wearer's head is subjected to the impact and thus preventing
occurrence of physical damage and realizing practicability of
multiple functions for the use of the headwear. The design of a
protector by using a net lining that is formed by knitting realizes
a structure that ensures protection against impact and also
provides excellent air ventilation to ensure comfortable wearing,
whereby the structure of the headwear completely meet the needs for
a novel design that ensures use safety.
[0005] The foregoing objective and summary provide only a brief
introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these
and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention
itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the
art, the following detailed description of the invention and the
claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying
drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical
reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts.
[0006] Many other advantages and features of the present invention
will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making
reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets
of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment
incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by
way of illustrative example.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0007] FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a headwear constructed in
accordance with the present invention.
[0008] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the headwear
of the present invention in an assembled condition.
[0009] FIG. 3 is an exploded view illustrating a headwear of the
present invention that comprises a locally arranged net lining
protector.
[0010] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the headwear
of the present invention that comprises the locally arranged
protector.
[0011] FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view illustrating a net
lining protector in accordance with the present invention.
[0012] FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a conventional
hat.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0013] The following descriptions are exemplary embodiments only,
and are not intended to limit the scope, applicability or
configuration of the invention in any way. Rather, the following
description provides a convenient illustration for implementing
exemplary embodiments of the invention. Various changes to the
described embodiments may be made in the function and arrangement
of the elements described without departing from the scope of the
invention as set forth in the appended claims.
[0014] With reference to FIGS. 1-4, a headwear constructed in
accordance with the present invention comprises a headwear body 10
that is formed and shaped by sewing pieces of fabrics and has a
front edge from which a visor 11 extends. The headwear body 10 is
shaped to have a recessed and curved inside space to which a net
lining protector 12, which is formed by a knitted article having a
proper thickness, is attached in such a way that an overall stacked
thickness of the knitted net is preferably around 3-12 mm to
provide an attachable curved configuration corresponding to and
easily complying with the curved inside surface of recessed and
curved inside space of the headwear. The protector 12 can be fixed
by any known means, such as loop-and-hook fastening pads or simply
by sewing. Alternatives, simple buckling structure, such as buckles
or buttons, are surely applicable to fix the protector 12 to the
inside surface of the headwear body 10. The knitted material of the
protector 12 is comprised of loose and puffy thin resilient yarns A
that possesses proper resiliency knitted to show a configuration of
net-like lining, whereby the protector 12 shows a plurality of
hollow openings that provide an excellent ventilation structure,
making the whole protector 12 featuring both air ventilation and
resilient buffering realized by knitting and thus ensuring the
effect of resiliency and buffering for the headwear structure for
protection against impact. When a wearer puts on the headwear, the
knitted assembly of the loose and puffy net lining provides
buffering to an outer circumference of the wearer's head to ensure
use safety and impact protection, and further, with the excellent
air ventilation, discomfort of wearing the headwear caused by
sultriness can be prevented. As such, the headwear is surely of the
practicable value of wearing comfortableness and safety against
impact.
[0015] The use of the net lining protector 12 that features high
air ventilation and is formed by a resilient knitted article having
a suitable thickness in accordance with the present invention can
be such that, depending upon the need of actual uses, namely those
according to the wearer, the size of the knitted netting surface
can be varied, or special configuration can be alternatively
adopted. In other words, the protector 12 can be of a size
identical to and thus completely covering the curved inside surface
of the headwear body 10, or the protector 12 can be made a locally
arranged attached configuration in accordance with a special need
for such a local area, as illustrated in FIG. 4, wherein the
protector is locally set at selected location of the inside surface
of the headwear to meet the needs for special protection against
impact. Alternatively or additionally, reflector strips 13 or
reflector pads can be attached to an outside surface of the
headwear by for example sewing to allow the headwear body to
feature practical values of safety and alarming for both inside and
outside surfaces thereof. For a person walking in the night or an
old person, or a restless child, the knitted layer of the net
lining can serves as padding fixed inside the headwear, wherein the
padding can be a single layer of knitted article or a stack of more
than two layers of the knitted article. A preferred thickness of
the stack is around 5-12 mm, which provides comfortableness of
wearing and does not influence the aesthetics of the outside
appearance and can also meet the needs for air ventilation in
wearing the headwear to thereby satisfy the requirements for a
modern headwear. In view of the features of impact protection and
air ventilation of the headwear, it is apparently a novel and
practical creation of an inside structure for headwear and the net
lining protector 12, through proper selection of materials for the
knitted net article to serve as a shaping component, may provide
assistance to shape the outer contour of the headwear, and thus, a
brand new design for headwear product is provided.
[0016] To summarize, the impact-protection safety structure of
headwear in accordance with the present invention takes advantage
of assistance and covering provided by a protector formed by
internally arranged knitted net lining to secure proper buffering
in case of impact occurring to the headwear and thus realizing an
impact protection design for protecting a wearer's head and also to
ensure wearing comfortableness by providing excellent ventilation
with the knitted structure of the net lining.
[0017] While certain novel features of this invention have been
shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is
not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be
understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and
changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in
its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without
departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.
* * * * *