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a head and cap technology, applied in the field of head caps, can solve the problems of not allowing any significant curvature to be maintained, not giving the cap an attractive appearance, and no more than the visor material

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-05-16
HATS LIFE
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Benefits of technology

The patent text describes a way to keep a bill or stiffening member stable in two different bend states, which allows for creating a reversible cap that can appear in either of two ways.

Problems solved by technology

In practice, though, provision of a cut visor material does no more than allow the bill to be deformed, and so conform the shape of the edge of the cap.
It does not allow any significant degree of curvature to be maintained.
Further, as the visor material deforms more easily at the position of the cuts the bill is in effect formed from a series of flat portions hinged together which does not lend the cap an attractive appearance.

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[0014]In order that the invention may be more clearly understood embodiments thereof will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which:

[0015]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a baseball cap;

[0016]FIG. 2 is a part cut-away view of the baseball cap of FIG. 1;

[0017]FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the baseball cap of FIG. 1 turned inside out, but without the bill reversed;

[0018]FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the baseball cap of FIG. 1 turned inside out, with the bill reversed;

[0019]FIG. 5 is a part cut-away view of the bill of the cap of FIG. 1;

[0020]FIG. 6 shows the stiffening member of the bill of the cap of FIG. 1 in a first state;

[0021]FIG. 7 shows an alternative stiffening member in a second state;

[0022]FIG. 8 shows the rod of the stiffening members of FIGS. 6 and 7;

[0023]FIG. 9 shows an alternative stiffening member in a first state;

[0024]FIG. 10 shows the stiffening member of FIG. 9 in a second state; and

[0025]FIG. 11 shows anothe...

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Abstract

A bill 3 or stiffening member for a bill for headwear 1, such as a baseball cap, having first and second opposed surfaces and including a retaining means 9 arranged to automatically retain the bill in either of a first curved state in which the first side of the bill is convex and the second side concave and a second, oppositely, curved state in which the first side is concave and the second side is convex when the bill it urged towards the first or second states respectively. The retaining means may be a curved, resilient, elongate member such as a rod 9. The retaining means may be secured to a flexible sheet of material 6. The sheet of material may also be resilient.

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TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a bill for headwear, headwear including a bill and a stiffening member for a bill for headwear.BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION[0002]Baseball caps include a bill. The bill may be substantially flat, but is often more desirably curved. Reversible baseball caps are known which may be turned inside out to display the other of two different designs presented on opposite sides of the cap. Where a reversible baseball cap has a curved bill then the curve in the bill must be reversed when the cap is turned inside out so as to maintain the correct appearance of the cap.[0003]U.S. Pat. No. 6,408,443 discloses a reversible baseball cap. The bill of the cap is formed from a soft or rigid visor material sandwiched in between layers of fabric material. The visor material is partially cut though from opposite sides at spaced apart intervals across its width. The cuts are intended to allow the material, and thus the bill of the cap, ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A42B1/02
CPCA42B1/02A42B1/063A42B1/0183
Inventor PONTING, IVORROBERTSON, STUART THOMAS
Owner HATS LIFE