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US 10,299,526 B2Granted
Hat with wrap-around sun shade
OwnerSheila Beverly DuCasseinventor
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the article or piece of clothing includes a hat having a crown and a bill extending outwardly from the crown. A wrap-around shoulder-length sun shade or sun screen is releasably coupled, by separating zippers, to the crown and bill of the hat. If the separating zippers are closed, the wrap-around shade or wrap around screen is connected to the crown and bill. If the separating zippers are open, the wrap-around sun shade or sun screen can be detached from the crown and/or the bill.
Claims17
A clothing assembly for blocking ultra violet rays comprising:
- a hat including a crown and a bill;
- a wrap around drapery extending around the periphery at the lower edge of said crown and said bill, extending downward from said crown and said bill and providing shielding to block ultra violet rays from sun;
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- a mechanism for coupling the wrap around drapery to said hat, wherein said mechanism being operable to be placed in a first state wherein said wrap around drapery is coupled to said hat and a second state in which said wrap around drapery is detached from said hat wherein said bill includes a concave surface and a convex surface opposite to said concave surface, further including a support member connected to the concave surface of said bill wherein said support member extends substantially across a width of said concave surface and connect the wrap around drapery to said bill, wherein the mechanism for coupling the wrap around drapery to the hat includes a first coupling mechanism attached at a lower end of the support member and a second coupling mechanism attached to the drapery.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.