U.S. patent application number 13/194737 was filed with the patent office on 2013-01-31 for adjustable headwear billboard.
The applicant listed for this patent is Trevor I. Baptiste. Invention is credited to Trevor I. Baptiste.
Application Number | 20130025025 13/194737 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 47595971 |
Filed Date | 2013-01-31 |
United States Patent
Application |
20130025025 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Baptiste; Trevor I. |
January 31, 2013 |
ADJUSTABLE HEADWEAR BILLBOARD
Abstract
A flat panel, seamless body, size adjustable, head, ears and
neck fabric cover, whereon a brand logo can be applied by screen
printing or other means, prior to the construction thereof; cut in
the form of a convex semi circle reconciled horizontally and
vertically with a larger concave semi circle, pleated at the
frontal contour thereof the smaller semi circle, so as to run
across the forehead of the wearer, and curving downward prior to
the ear at a approximately 90% relative to the headband position,
to the shoulders and continuing to cover the head and back neck of
the wearer. Size adjustability is provided by a horizontally
movable buckle fitted to one elastic portion of an extended
headband, comprised of a second elastic portion, a stationary
buckle, two side portions and a frontal portion.
Inventors: |
Baptiste; Trevor I.;
(Brooklyn, NY) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Baptiste; Trevor I. |
Brooklyn |
NY |
US |
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Family ID: |
47595971 |
Appl. No.: |
13/194737 |
Filed: |
July 29, 2011 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
2/171.2 ; 2/171;
2/172 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A42B 1/22 20130101; A42B
1/041 20130101; A42B 1/067 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
2/171.2 ; 2/171;
2/172 |
International
Class: |
A42C 5/02 20060101
A42C005/02; A42B 1/18 20060101 A42B001/18; A42B 1/00 20060101
A42B001/00 |
Claims
1. Size adjustable headwear comprising; a flat seamless symmetric
fabric panel having pleats at the smaller semi circular curvature
thereof, and attached at said pleated frontal contour to the
frontal portion of an elongated headband having elasticity.
2. The headwear as set forth in claim 1, wherein said flat seamless
symmetric fabric panel form is a convex semi circle of radius five
inches, having a common horizontal diametric line with a concave
semi circle of radius fourteen inches, and same semi circles having
a common vertical symmetry axis, said two semi circles having a
rightside concave reconciliation curve joining the circumference of
said convex semi circle to the circumference of said concave semi
circle along said horizontal diametric line, and a leftside concave
reconciliation curve joining the circumference of said convex semi
circle to the circumference of said concave semi circle along said
horizontal diametric line.
3. The headwear as set forth in claim 2, wherein said frontal
pleated seamless symmetric fabric panel conforms to the forehead of
the wearer, extending across the forehead, above the eye brows, and
curving downward along the face prior to the ears, at approximately
90% relative to the headband position, to the shoulders and
continuing to cover the head and back neck of wearer, ear to
ear.
4. The headwear as set forth in claim 3, wherein said elongated
headband is a frontal portion connected to a rightside portion
extension, at one end, and at the other end, to a leftside portion
extension.
5. The headwear as set forth in claim 4, wherein a highly absorbent
sweat band is enclosed within said frontal portion.
6. The headwear as set forth in claim 5, wherein said rightside
portion of said headband is connected to an elastic back rightside
portion.
7. The headwear as set forth in claim 6, wherein said leftside
portion of said headband is connected to an elastic back leftside
portion.
8. The headwear as set forth in claim 7, wherein said rightside
elastic portion is attached permanently to a buckle.
9. The headwear as set forth in claim 8, wherein a second
adjustable buckle connects said two elastic back portions of said
headband.
10. The headwear as set forth in claim 9, wherein said fabric is
printable.
11. The headwear as set forth in claim 10, wherein said fabric is
washable
12. The headwear as set forth in claim 11, wherein said convex semi
circle five inch radius is variable.
13. The headwear as set forth in claim 12, wherein said concave
semi circle fourteen inch radius is variable.
Description
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention is related to the field of headwear,
and also to the field of brand promotion; and more particularly to
adjustable headwear with a billboard flat panel which protects the
face, head, ears and neck of the wearer from the harmful elements
of the sun.
[0003] Each year businesses routinely spend significant amounts of
their operating budgets on advertising and promotion at sporting
events, membership recruitment drives, and customer retention
campaigns by placing their brand logos on articles such as cups,
pens, bag, and caps. Those products however are pre produced and
integration of the promotional logo is often expensive, and
moreover, such products lack originality and sports stadium appeal,
and do not provide any protection to the wearer from the harmful
elements of the sun.
[0004] Development of skin cancer on sun exposed areas of the face
and neck is well documented by the American Cancer Society. The ear
however, although being the third most frequent location for basal
cell carcinomas, receive very little sun preventative attention.
While sunscreen lotion is easily applied to the face and neck of
the user, application to the ear is often overlooked because the
ear is a complex uneven structure with many anatomic peaks, valleys
and crevices that make use of sunscreen difficult.
[0005] A study by The Skin Cancer Foundation found that skin cancer
of the ears is more prevalent in men than women, and attributed the
difference to shorter hairstyles in men which leave their ears
unprotected from the sun, and improper sunscreen application.
[0006] The present invention is directed at headwear with a flat
seamless fabric panel, having the dual purpose of covering the
head, ears and neck of the wearer, while facilitating a promotional
logo.
[0007] 2. Description of Related Art
[0008] A baseball type cap generally is of five or six segments
stitched together resulting multiple seams, hence prohibitive to
pre construction application of a brand logo, and do not protect
the neck and ears of the wearer from the sun.
[0009] So called "do rag" a hairstyling wrap made of yielding
fabric, is comprised of two segments held together by a central
seam that prohibit pre construction application of brand logos.
Additionally "do rag" offer no protection to the ears and only
partial protection to the neck of the wearer from the harmful
effects of the sun, and compared to the objectives of the present
invention, is adversely fabricated from synthetic, polymer,
stretchable fabric that attracts and retains heat, thereby creating
discomfort to the wearer.
[0010] No prior art exist of a flat panel, seamless body, size
adjustable, head, ears and neck cover, whereon a brand logo can be
applied by screen printing or other means, prior to construction
thereof.
[0011] Accordingly, a need exist for flat panel, seamless body,
size adjustable, headwear which protects the head, neck, and ear of
the wearer from the harmful elements of the sun.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0012] In view of the foregoing, one object of the present
invention is to provide a headwear having a seamless flat panel
whereon a brand logo can be applied prior to construction.
[0013] Another objective of the present invention is to provide a
size adjustable headwear.
[0014] Yet another objective of the present invention is to provide
a headwear which covers the forehead, ears, and back neck of the
wearer, ear to ear.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
[0015] FIG. 1 is a top plan view of the flat seamless symmetric
fabric panel.
[0016] FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the right side portion of the
headband.
[0017] FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the left side portion of the
headband.
[0018] FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the frontal portion of the
headband.
[0019] FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the sweatband.
[0020] FIG. 6 is a top plan view of elastic back rightside and
leftside portions, 31 and 32.
[0021] FIG. 7 is a top plan view of buckles, 21 and 22.
[0022] FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the flat seamless symmetric
fabric panel having frontal pleats outline.
[0023] FIG. 9 is a side elevational view of the present
invention.
[0024] FIG. 10 is a front elevational view thereof.
[0025] FIG. 11 is a back elevational view of thereof.
[0026] FIG. 12 is a top plan view thereof.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0027] As shown in FIG. 1, a flat seamless symmetric panel cut from
printable, washable, light weight, woven fabric, in the form of a
convex semi circle of radius five inches, having a common
horizontal diametric line with a concave semi circle of radius
fourteen inches, and same semi circles having a common vertical
symmetry axis, said two semi circles having a rightside concave
reconciliation curve joining the circumference of said convex semi
circle to the circumference of said concave semi circle along said
horizontal diametric line, and a leftside reconciliation curve
joining the circumference of said convex semi circle to the
circumference of said concave semi circle along said horizontal
diametric line; is pleated along the frontal contour of said
smaller semi circle so as to conform to the forehead of the wearer,
extending across the forehead, above the eye brows, and curving
downward along the face prior to the ears, at approximately 90%
relative to the headband position, to the shoulders, and continuing
so as to cover the head and back neck of the wearer, ear to ear, A
headband frontal portion FIG. 4 is stitched at one end to a
rightside portion, FIG. 2, and at the other end to a leftside
portion, FIG. 3. All three portions of the headband are cut from
the same fabric used for said flat seamless symmetric panel.
Headband frontal portion FIG. 4 is stitched along an open
horizontal edge to the pleated contour of FIG. 8. A highly
absorbent sweatband is enclosed within the three formed seams of
said frontal portion of the headband FIG. 4. The remaining
horizontal edge of said frontal portion of said headband is folded
over said sweatband and secured by top stitching along the first
formed seam between FIG. 8 and FIG. 4. Elastic back rightside
portion 31 is sewn to rightside portion extension of headband FIG.
2.
[0028] The open end of elastic portion 31 is threaded over and
around column 40 of buckle 21 and stitched to itself so as to form
a closed loop around 40. Elastic back leftside portion 32 is sewn
to the leftside portion extension of headband FIG. 3. The open end
of elastic portion 32 is first threaded through buckle 22, under
column 60, over column 61, and under column 62, further threaded
through buckle 21, under column 42, continuing then wrapped over
and around column 41 and returning to buckle 22, reverse threaded
around column 61 from the underside and stitched to itself to form
a closed loop around column 61, with the open hidden between the
extended loop formed between buckle 22 and 21. Considering the
headband as a whole, buckle 22 is allowed horizontal movement along
elastic back leftside portion 32, thereby providing means of
adjusting the size of the headwear.
[0029] The preferred embodiment described herein is intended as
illustrative rather than restrictive, It is not intended that the
invention be limited in scope to the detailed configuration herein
disclosed as related to condensation of pleats and radius of
subject semi circles.
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