Cap washing net

Abstract

To provide a cap washing net that effectively reduces, with a simple structure allowing for easy sewing work, deformation of a brim and is devised so as to suppress interference with other laundry.SOLUTION: A cap washing net 10 used in washing a cap CA in a washing machine comprises: a bag-like body part 3, which is formed of a mesh-like material, has an opening OP for putting the cap CA in or out, and receives the cap CA; a protective plate member 5, which partitions the body part 3 to form a brim receiving region 7B for receiving a brim BR of the cap CA between the protective plate member and an inner surface of the body part 3, and reduces deformation of the brim BR received in the brim housing region 7B; and a slide fastener 4 for closing the opening OP.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a hat washing net used when washing hats that have a brim (sometimes called a visor or peak) on the front of the crown (the entire part worn on the head) in a washing machine. [Background technology]

[0002] For example, various hat washing nets for washing baseball caps and other hats in a washing machine have been proposed (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 3). The hat washing nets described in Patent Documents 1 to 3 are constructed by separately manufacturing and joining together a crown receiving section for receiving the crown and a brim receiving section for receiving the brim. This is intended to reduce the risk of the hat losing its shape when placed in a washing machine for washing. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-33598 [Patent Document 2] Utility Model Registration No. 3008167 [Patent Document 3] Utility Model Registration No. 3085837 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, the hat washing nets described in Patent Documents 1 to 3 require the manufacture of a crown housing portion corresponding to the shape of the crown and a brim housing portion corresponding to the shape of the brim, which can be time-consuming to sew and otherwise produce.Furthermore, because the brim housing portion protrudes from the crown housing portion, there is also the problem that the brim housing portion is likely to interfere with other laundry.

[0005] In view of the above circumstances, the present invention aims to provide a hat washing net that has a simple structure that is easy to sew and otherwise manufacture, effectively reduces deformation of the brim, and is designed to prevent interference with other laundry. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The hat washing net of the present invention, which solves the above-mentioned object, is a hat washing net used when washing a hat in a washing machine, a bag-like main body made of a mesh material, having an opening for inserting and removing the hat, and for accommodating the hat; a protective plate member that divides the inside of the main body, forms a brim accommodating area between the main body and the inner surface thereof, and reduces deformation of the brim accommodated in the brim accommodating area; and a closing member that closes the opening.

[0007] Here, the main body may be made of a double mesh fabric in which mesh materials are layered. Furthermore, the term "loss of shape of the brim" as used herein includes not only the loss of shape of the brim, but also tears, damage, etc. of the brim.

[0008] The hat washing net of the present invention employs a configuration in which the protective plate member is provided within the bag-shaped main body. That is, the protective plate member divides the interior of the main body, forming the brim storage area. Therefore, by adopting a simple, e.g., rectangular, bag-shaped main body and the protective plate member that divides its interior, it is not necessary to manufacture a brim storage section corresponding to the shape of the brim, as in the hat washing nets described in Patent Documents 1 to 3, and manufacturing processes such as sewing are simplified. Furthermore, by storing the brim of the hat in the brim storage area, the protective plate member reduces deformation, tearing, and damage. Furthermore, because the protective plate member is disposed within the bag-shaped main body and the hat is stored within the main body, there are no protruding parts, and it is less likely to interfere with other laundry.

[0009] In the hat washing net of the present invention, the protective plate member may have a lower end portion attached to the bottom of the main body with the opening facing up, i.e., the side end portions of the protective plate member may not be sewn to the main body.

[0010] According to this aspect, the hat can be manufactured by simply manufacturing the main body in a simple shape, such as a rectangular shape, by sewing, etc., and attaching the lower end portion of the protective plate member to the bottom of the main body by sewing, etc. Furthermore, the protective plate member can be rotated about the lower end portion as an axis, and the side end portions are not constrained by the main body and are free to insert the brim of the hat into the brim receiving area, which makes it easy to do so.

[0011] Furthermore, in the hat washing net of the present invention, the main body may have therein the brim receiving area and a crown receiving area for receiving the crown of the hat.

[0012] Here, with the opening facing up, the lower portion of the main body may be the brim accommodating area, and the upper portion of the main body may be the crown accommodating area. Also, the ratio of the brim accommodating area to the crown accommodating area may be adjusted depending on the shape of the hat (for example, the length of the brim, etc.).

[0013] The protective plate member is not present in the crown receiving area, and the voluminous crown can be washed, for example, by gently wrapping it around the crown.

[0014] Furthermore, in the hat washing net of the present invention, the main body is a flat, substantially rectangular shape, The protective plate member may be generally rectangular in shape and sized to fit within the main body.

[0015] Here, the height of the protection plate member may be 30% to 70% of the height of the main body when the opening is facing up.Furthermore, when the opening is facing up, the main body and the protection plate member may have corners on their lower ends that are rounded to correspond to the shape of the flange.

[0016] Furthermore, in the hat washing net of the present invention, the protective plate member may have a core material and a mesh-like covering material that covers the core material.

[0017] Here, the core material is not particularly limited as long as it has a predetermined strength, but is preferably a plate material with a low specific gravity (for example, a plastic cardboard made of polypropylene resin, etc.) By adopting this mode, the buoyancy of the core material makes it easier for the core material to float to the water surface during washing in a washing machine, making it less likely to interfere with other laundry.

[0018] Furthermore, in the hat washing net of the present invention, the brim accommodating areas may be formed on both sides of the protective plate member, i.e., on both sides of the protective plate member.

[0019] By adopting this embodiment, the brim can be accommodated in each brim accommodation area, and the two hats can be washed in a washing machine while reducing deformation of the brims. [Effects of the Invention]

[0020] According to the hat washing net of the present invention, it is possible to provide a hat washing net that has a simple structure that makes sewing easy, effectively reduces deformation of the brim, and is designed to minimize interference with other laundry. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0021] [Figure 1]1 is a front view of a hat washing net according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] 2 is a plan view of the hat washing net shown in FIG. 1 with the opening portion thereof expanded. [Figure 3] 2 is a diagram showing a state in which a hat is stored in the main body of the hat washing net shown in FIG. 1. FIG. [Figure 4] 3(a) is a diagram showing a state in which a hat is placed in the hat washing net shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 3(b) is a diagram showing an example in which two hats are placed in the main body. [Figure 5] 2 is a diagram showing the state in which the main body of the hat washing net shown in FIG. 1 is turned upside down. FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0022] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The hat washing net of the present invention is used when washing hats in a washing machine. In the embodiment described below, an example of storing baseball caps will be used, but the net is not limited to any hat that has a brim on the front of the crown. For example, the net can store red and white caps worn by elementary school children, work caps, hunting caps, newsboy caps, etc., and wash them in a washing machine.

[0023] FIG. 1 is a front view of a hat washing net 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this specification, the description will be made using up, down, left, and right, based on the front view shown in FIG. 1. In the following description, the left-right direction in FIG. 1 will be referred to as the width direction, the depth direction as the thickness direction, and the up-down direction as the height direction. FIG. 2 is a plan view (viewed from above) of the hat washing net 10 shown in FIG. 1 with the opening OP expanded. In other words, the up-down direction in FIG. 2 is the thickness direction.

[0024] As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the hat washing net 10 of this embodiment has an opening OP at the top for inserting and removing a hat CA (see Figure 3, etc.), a bag-shaped main body 3 for accommodating the hat CA, a protective plate member 5, and a slide fastener 4 as a closing member for closing the opening OP.

[0025] The main body 3 is made of a double mesh fabric, for example, made of overlapping polyester mesh materials, and in this embodiment, is formed into a flat rectangular shape when viewed from the front. As shown by the two-dot chain line in Fig. 1, corners R3R, 3R, etc. may be provided at the bottom end of the main body 3 depending on the shape of the brim BR of the stored hat CA, as will be described in detail later. In addition, the main body 3 is provided with a hook 34 at one end side in the width direction of the upper part 31.

[0026] The protective plate member 5 has a core material 51 and a mesh-like covering material 52 that covers the core material 51, and is a member that divides the inside of the main body 3. In this embodiment, as shown in an enlarged view circled in Fig. 2, a plastic cardboard made of polypropylene resin and rectangular in front view is used as the core material 51. Note that the core material 51 is not particularly limited as long as it has a predetermined strength so as to reduce deformation of the brim BR of the hat CA, as will be described later.

[0027] The protection plate member 5 has a rectangular shape when viewed from the front, and its lower end portion (the lower end portion of the covering material 52) is attached to the bottom 32 inside the main body 3 by sewing or the like. The width dimension of the protection plate member 5 is set smaller than the width dimension of the main body 3, so that when placed inside the main body 3, a gap is created between the left and right side edges 33, 33 of the main body 3. Furthermore, the height dimension of the protection plate member 5 is set to about 60% of the height dimension of the main body 3. In other words, the protection plate member 5 has a substantially rectangular shape that can be accommodated inside the main body 3.

[0028] As will be described in detail later, within the main body 3, the area where the protective plate member 5 is located (the lower area in FIG. 1) corresponds to the flange receiving area 7B in the present invention, and the area where the protective plate member 5 is not present (the upper area in FIG. 1) corresponds to the crown receiving area 7A. The flange receiving area 7B is the area between the inner surface of the main body 3 and the protective plate member 5. In this embodiment, the inside of the main body 3 is divided into the flange receiving area 7B, which has a volume of about 60%, and the crown receiving area 7A, which has a volume of about 40%.

[0029] Here, depending on the size and length of the brim of the hat, the height dimension of the protection plate member 5 can be adjusted within a range of 30% to 70% of the height dimension of the main body 3. As a result, the volume of the brim accommodating area 7B within the main body 3 can also be adjusted within a range of 30% to 70% of the volume within the main body 3.

[0030] Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which a hat CA is stored in the main body 3 of the hat washing net 10 shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3(a) is a diagram showing the stored hat CA as seen from the back side, and Fig. 3(b) is a diagram showing the stored hat CA as seen from the front side.

[0031] Although not shown in the figures, to store the hat CA in the main body 3, the hat CA is inserted through the opening OP (see FIG. 2) with the tip of the brim BR facing the bottom 32 of the main body 3, and the brim BR is positioned in the brim storage area 7B as shown in FIG. 3(b). In this embodiment, the opening OP (see FIG. 2) is formed in a straight line, and a straight slide fastener 4 (see FIG. 2) is used as the closing member that closes the opening OP, which makes it easy to insert the hat CA through the opening OP.

[0032] FIG. 4(a) is a diagram showing a hat CA accommodated in the hat washing net 10 shown in FIG. 2. As described above, the lower end portion of the protective plate member 5 is attached to the bottom 32 inside the main body 3 by sewing or the like. Furthermore, when the protective plate member 5 is placed inside the main body 3, a gap is formed between the left and right side edges 33, 33 of the main body 3. Therefore, the upper end portion of the protective plate member 5 can be rotated up and down in FIG. 4 around the lower end portion attached to the bottom 32 inside the main body 3 as an axis. This makes it easy to insert the brim BR into the brim accommodation area 7B.

[0033] As shown in Fig. 3, when a hat CA is placed in the hat washing net 10, the crown CR of the hat CA is located in the crown storage area 7A. In this embodiment, a portion of the crown CR of the hat CA is positioned within the brim storage area 7B depending on the shape and size of the hat CA and the ratio of the height of the protective plate member 5 to the main body 3, but it is also possible to lower the height of the protective plate member 5 so that a portion of the brim BR is positioned within the crown storage area 7A. However, from the perspective of reducing deformation of the brim BR, it is preferable that the entire brim BR is stored within the brim storage area 7B.

[0034] After placing the hat CA in the hat washing net 10 as shown in Figures 3 and 4(a), the slide fastener 4 is closed and the hat is washed in a washing machine. The brim BR of the hat CA is stored in the brim storage area 7B, and the protective plate member 5 reduces deformation, tearing, damage, etc. Furthermore, because the hat CA is stored in the bag-shaped main body 3, there are no protruding parts, and it is less likely to interfere with other laundry.

[0035] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the main body 3 is made of double mesh fabric with overlapping polyester mesh material, so the hat CA can be gently wrapped around it while being washed. Also, in this embodiment, the core material 51 is made of plastic cardboard made of polypropylene resin, which has a light specific gravity, so the buoyancy of the core material 51 makes it easier to float to the surface of the water during washing in the washing machine, making it less likely to interfere with other laundry.

[0036] FIG. 4(b) is a diagram showing an example in which two hats CA are housed in the main body 3. In FIG.

[0037] As shown in Fig. 2, in this embodiment, the brim storage areas 7B are formed on one side and the other side of the protective plate member 5. Therefore, as shown in Fig. 4(b), the brim BR of another hat CA can be stored in the other brim storage area 7B of the hat washing net 10 shown in Fig. 4(a), allowing two hats CA to be stored in the main body 3. This allows two hats CA to be washed in a washing machine using one hat washing net 10, while reducing deformation of the brims BR of each hat.

[0038] Fig. 5 is a diagram showing the state in which the main body 3 of the hat washing net 10 shown in Fig. 1 is turned upside down. Fig. 5(b) shows the state in which the protective plate member 5 of the hat washing net 10 shown in Fig. 5(a) is rotated open around the part attached to the main body 3 as an axis.

[0039] 5, the hat washing net 10 of this embodiment can be produced by sewing or otherwise manufacturing a substantially rectangular bag-shaped main body 3, and then attaching, by sewing or otherwise, a covering material 52 covering a core material 51 to the bottom 32 of the main body 3. This eliminates the need to manufacture a brim holder or the like that corresponds to the shape of the brim, making the manufacturing process, such as sewing, easier.

[0040] The hat washing net 10 described above has a simple structure that makes sewing easy, and effectively reduces deformation of the brim BR of the hat CA, while also minimizing interference with other laundry.

[0041] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims. For example, in the above-described embodiments, the side to which the protection plate member 5 is attached is the bottom 32 of the main body 3, and the opening OP is provided in the upper part 31 on the opposite side. However, the opening OP may be provided in the side end 33 of the main body 3. Furthermore, in the above-described embodiments, the protection plate member 5 is rotatable, but the side of the protection plate member 5 may be attached to the inside of the side end 33 of the main body 3 by sewing or the like.

[0042] Furthermore, the shape of the main body 3 is not particularly limited as long as it is bag-like, and it may be circular or elliptical when viewed from the front, but a simple shape that is easy to manufacture, such as a generally rectangular shape when viewed from the front, as in this embodiment, is preferable. Furthermore, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the height dimension of the protective plate member 5 is set to be approximately the same as the height dimension of the main body 3, and no crown receiving area 7A is formed. Furthermore, although the above-described embodiment uses a generally rectangular core material 51, the core material 51 may be formed in a semicircular shape or with an R-shaped lower end portion to match the shape of the brim BR. [Explanation of symbols]

[0043] 10 Hat washing net 3 Main unit 31 Upper 32 Bottom 33 Side edge 34 Hook 4 slide fasteners 5 Protective plate member 51 Core material 52 Covering material CA hat BR brim CR Crown OP opening

Claims

1. In the hat washing net used when washing hats in a washing machine, a bag-like main body made of a mesh material, having an opening for inserting and removing the hat, and for accommodating the hat; a protective plate member that divides the inside of the main body, forms a brim accommodating area between the main body and the inner surface thereof, and reduces deformation of the brim accommodated in the brim accommodating area; A hat washing net characterized by having a closing member that closes the opening.

2. 2. The hat washing net according to claim 1, wherein the protective plate member has a lower end portion attached to the bottom of the main body with the opening facing upward.

3. 3. The hat washing net according to claim 1, wherein the main body has therein the brim receiving area and a crown receiving area for receiving the crown of the hat.

4. The main body is a flat, generally rectangular body, 3. The hat washing net according to claim 1, wherein the protective plate member is substantially rectangular and sized to fit within the main body.

5. 3. The hat washing net according to claim 1, wherein the protective plate member has a core and a mesh-like covering material that covers the core.

6. 3. The hat washing net according to claim 1, wherein the brim receiving areas are formed on one side and the other side of the protection plate member.

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