U.S. patent application number 12/555415 was filed with the patent office on 2011-03-10 for scarf allowing changeful styling possibilities.
Invention is credited to Chih-Yi Su.
Application Number | 20110055999 12/555415 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 43646507 |
Filed Date | 2011-03-10 |
United States Patent
Application |
20110055999 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Su; Chih-Yi |
March 10, 2011 |
SCARF ALLOWING CHANGEFUL STYLING POSSIBILITIES
Abstract
A scarf allowing changeful styling possibilities includes a main
body in the form of a long hollow sleeve, which is formed by
weaving or sewing. The main body has two opposite ends separately
defining a first and a second opening communicable with each other,
and is provided at a middle portion with a third opening
communicable with the first and the second opening. A user can wear
the scarf in changeful manners by, for example, extending his or
her head through the first opening and out of the third opening,
and then wind the other end having the second opening around the
neck, or put the other end over the head, or extend one arm through
the other end and out of the second opening to create unique
personalized styling effect.
Inventors: |
Su; Chih-Yi; (Kaohsiung
County, TW) |
Family ID: |
43646507 |
Appl. No.: |
12/555415 |
Filed: |
September 8, 2009 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
2/207 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A41D 23/00 20130101;
A42B 1/041 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
2/207 |
International
Class: |
A42B 5/00 20060101
A42B005/00 |
Claims
1. A scarf allowing changeful styling possibilities, comprising a
main body in the form of a long hollow sleeve, the main body having
two opposite ends, one of which defining a first opening while the
other one of which defining a second opening; the first opening and
the second opening being communicable with each other; and the main
body being provided at a middle portion with a third opening, which
is communicable with the first and the second opening.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a scarf allowing changeful
styling possibilities, and more particularly to a scarf that allows
a user to easily change the wearing manner thereof to thereby
create unique and personalized styling effect.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] A scarf is mainly used to protect a wearer against cold and
further keep the wearer warm. However, with different materials
used, different textures, colors and patterns shown, and different
manners of wearing, the scarf can also serve as an ideal decoration
or ornament to the apparel to create a unique styling effect for
the wearer. Conventionally, the scarf is produced by knitting
cotton, silk or other suitable material into a long strip.
Therefore, the conventional scarf is usually worn by winding or
wrapping it around the wearer's neck. While there are many
different wearing manners developed for the conventional scarf, the
simple long strip form of the conventional scarf largely restricts
the wearer from creating more changeful styling possibilities.
[0003] It is therefore desirable to develop a scarf having a
structural design different from the conventional strip-shaped
scarf, so that the scarf can be worn in more different manners to
create unique and personalized styling effect.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0004] A primary object of the present invention is to provide a
scarf allowing changeful styling possibilities, which has a special
structural design to allow a user to wear it in manners other than
just winding it around the neck and therefore allows the creation
of a unique and personalized styling effect.
[0005] To achieve the above and other objects, the scarf allowing
changeful styling possibilities according to the present invention
includes a main body in the form of a long hollow sleeve. The main
body has two opposite ends separately defining a first and a second
opening communicable with each other, and is provided at a middle
portion with a third opening communicable with the first and the
second opening.
[0006] In addition to the conventional ways of wearing a scarf, a
user can wear the scarf of the present invention in many other
changeful manners. For example, the user can extend his or her head
through the first opening and out of the third opening, so that the
main body of the scarf is primarily wound around the user's neck.
Then, the user can pull the other end of the main body with the
second opening to cover the user's head, so that the main body
serves as a hood; or alternatively, the user can then extend one
arm through the other end and out of the second opening to cover
the arm with the main body to create a unique and personalized
style; or, the user can further wind the other end of the main body
around the neck. Therefore, unique and personalized styling effect
can be created using the scarf of the present invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0007] The structure and the technical means adopted by the present
invention to achieve the above and other objects can be best
understood by referring to the following detailed description of
the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings,
wherein
[0008] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a scarf allowing changeful
styling possibilities according to a preferred embodiment of the
present invention;
[0009] FIG. 2 shows a first exemplary manner of wearing the scarf
of the present invention;
[0010] FIG. 3 shows a first styling option created with the scarf
of the present invention worn in the first exemplary manner;
[0011] FIG. 4 shows a second styling option created with the scarf
of the present invention worn in the first exemplary manner;
[0012] FIG. 5 shows a third styling option created with the scarf
of the present invention worn in the first exemplary manner;
[0013] FIGS. 6 and 7 show a second exemplary manner of wearing the
scarf of the present invention;
[0014] FIG. 8 shows a fourth styling option created with the scarf
of the present invention worn in the second exemplary manner;
and
[0015] FIG. 9 shows a fifth styling option created with the scarf
of the present invention worn in the second exemplary manner.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0016] Please refer to FIG. 1 that is a perspective view of a scarf
allowing changeful styling possibilities according to a preferred
embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the scarf includes a
scarf main body 1 in the form of a long hollow sleeve. The main
body 1 has two opposite ends, one of which defines a first opening
2 while the other one of which defines a second opening 3. The
first opening 2 and the second opening 3 are communicable with each
other. The main body 1 is provided at a middle portion with a third
opening 4, which can be in a round, an oblong, or any other regular
or irregular geometrical shape, such that the third opening 4 is
communicable with the first and the second opening 2, 3. The main
body 1 can be formed by weaving or knitting pure or blended cotton,
silk, nylon or flax threads, or by sewing pure or blended cotton,
silk, nylon or linen fabrics, such that the formed main body 1 for
the scarf of the present invention has the above-described first,
second, and third openings 2, 3 and 4. Decorative or ornamental
structures, such as fringes, tassels or hairy balls, can be
provided along peripheral edges of the first and/or the second
opening 2, 3 to give the main body 1 different appearances.
[0017] The scarf of the present invention can be worn around a
user's neck in many unique manners different from the ways of
wearing a conventional scarf. FIG. 2 shows a first exemplary manner
of wearing the scarf of the present invention. In this first
wearing manner, a user first extends his or her head through the
first opening 2 of the main body 1 and then exposes the head from
the third opening 4 at the middle portion of the main body 1, so
that the main body 1 is primarily wound around the user's neck.
Then, the user can pull the other end of the main body 1 with the
second opening 3 to cover his or her head, as shown in FIG. 3, so
that the scarf serves as a hood to cover not only the user's neck
but also the head to provide better warm-keeping effect and create
a unique styling effect. Alternatively, after the user's head is
extended through the first opening 2 and then exposed from the
third opening 4 for the main body 1 of the scarf to primarily wind
around the user's neck, the user can further extend one arm through
the third opening 4 and out of the second opening 3, as shown in
FIG. 4, so that the main body 1 of the scarf is wound around the
user's neck and one arm to create another unique styling effect.
Alternatively, after the user's head is extended through the first
opening 2 and then exposed from the third opening 4 for the main
body 1 of the scarf to primarily wind around the user's neck, the
user can further pull and wind the other end of the main body 1
around the user's neck, as shown in FIG. 5, so that the whole main
body 1 of the scarf is wound around the user's neck.
[0018] FIGS. 6 and 7 show a second exemplary manner of wearing the
scarf of the present invention. In the second wearing manner, the
user first extends one end of the main body 1 having the second
opening 3 through the third opening 4 at the middle portion of the
main body 1 into the other end having the first opening 2, as shown
in FIG. 6, so that the second opening 3 is received in the first
opening 2 in an overlapping relation and the scarf looks like a
double-layered hat, as shown in FIG. 7. Then, the user can put on
the double-layered hat-like scarf by extending the user's head into
the overlapped first and second openings 2 and 3, as shown in FIG.
8, so as to create another unique styling effect. Alternatively,
the user can put the overlapped first and second openings 2, 3
around the neck with his or her face exposed from an opening 5
formed at the bent middle portion with the third opening 4, as
shown in FIG. 9, so as to create another form of hood for covering
the user's neck and head at the same time.
[0019] With the special structural design of the scarf of the
present invention, a user can wear the scarf in different manners
to create personalized styles.
[0020] The present invention provides a scarf having a
sleeve-shaped main body with two opposite openings and a middle
opening, allowing a user to wear the scarf in free manners to cover
the neck, the head and/or the arm while showing unique and
personalized styling effect. Therefore, the present invention is
novel, improved, and practical for use to created additional value.
And, products derived from the present invention would no doubt
satisfy the market demands.
[0021] The present invention has been described with some preferred
embodiments thereof and it is understood that many changes and
modifications in the described embodiments can be carried out
without departing from the scope and the spirit of the invention
that is intended to be limited only by the appended claims.
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