Cap and method of manufacturing a cap
AssigneeShanghai Pacific Hat Manufacturing Company, LTD
InventorZhen Mao
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Abstract
A baseball cap and method of assembling thereof is provided. The cap includes a crown that is formed from a single sheet or single piece of stretchable fabric, such as using heat pressing techniques. The cap further includes a support layer, such as made from buckram, which is attached to an interior, front portion of the crown, and a visor and a band which are attached to the crown. The crown has a hemispherical shape. In one example, the crown can include a back portion thereof which has been removed to form an open area across which an adjuster is attached. In another example, a front portion of the single-panel crown can be removed and replaced with a front panel made of a different material to form a modified crown.
Claims30
A method of assembling a cap comprising:
- forming a single-panel crown for a cap from a single sheet or single piece of stretchable fabric;
- removing a back portion of the crown to form an open area;
- attaching a support layer to an interior portion of the single-panel crown;
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- attaching a visor and a band to the crown with the attached support layer.
Headwear comprising a cap that includes:
- a single-panel crown formed from a single sheet or single piece of stretchable fabric and having a hemispherical shape, the crown having a back portion which is cut out to form an open area;
- a support layer attached to an interior portion of the single-panel crown;
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- a visor and a band that are attached to the single-panel crown.
A method of assembling a cap comprising:
- forming an initial single-panel crown from a single sheet or single piece of stretchable fabric;
- removing a front portion of the initial single-panel crown;
- attaching a front panel to the crown to replace the removed front portion and to form a modified crown for a cap, the front panel being formed of a different material than the initial crown and having a support layer attached on an interior side of the front panel;
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- attaching a visor and a band to the modified crown.
Headwear comprising:
- a crown having an initial single-panel crown formed from a single sheet or single piece of stretchable fabric with a front portion of the initial single-panel crown being removed, and a front panel attached to the initial single-panel crown to replace the removed front portion, the front panel being formed of a different material than the initial crown and having a support layer attached on an interior of the front panel;
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- a visor and a band attached to the modified crown.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.