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US 10,945,474 B2Granted
Headband with features for adding removable decorative adornments
OwnerAra Atkinson-Skinnerinventor
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Abstract
A headband comprising an adornment support portion comprising a plurality of slots and at least one adornment or adornment fastener strap configured to be received in at least one of the adornment support portion slots. An elastic nape section may connect to opposite ends of the adornment support portion at connection seams to dispose the headband in a closed loop configuration. The adornment fastener strap may have fastener components disposed on opposite surfaces of opposite ends of the strap operable to secure the fastener strap in a loop configuration.
Claims18
A headband comprising:
- an adornment support portion having opposite adornment support portion longitudinal edges and an adornment support portion length defined by a first adornment support portion end and a second adornment support portion end opposite the first adornment support portion end, the adornment support portion comprising:
- a fabric base portion having base portion opposite longitudinal edges, a first base portion surface and a second base portion surface opposite the first base portion surface, and a base portion length defined by a first base portion end that defines the first adornment support portion end and a second base portion end that defines the second adornment support portion end, the second base portion surface positioned to contact a wearer's head and the first base portion surface facing away from the second base portion surface,
- a fabric top portion having a first top portion surface and a second top portion surface opposite the first base portion surface, the second top portion surface facing the first base portion surface and the first top portion surface facing away from the second top portion surface, a first top portion end joined to the base portion in a first location with the first base portion surface in contact with the second top portion surface, and a second top portion end joined to the base portion in a second location with the first base portion surface in contact with the second top portion surface,
- the base portion and the top portion further connected to one another by a plurality of spaced crosswise seams distributed between the first location and the second location, each crosswise seam extending between the opposite adornment support portion longitudinal edges, the plurality of spaced crosswise seams defining a plurality of slot pockets bounded by the first base portion surface, the second top portion surface, and adjacent crosswise seams, each slot pocket having longitudinal openings adjacent and transversely spaced from the base portion opposite longitudinal edges;
- at least one adornment fastener strap configured to be received in at least one of the adornment support portion slot pockets, the adornment fastener strap having fastener components disposed on opposite surfaces of opposite ends of the adornment fastener strap operable to secure the adornment fastener strap in a loop configuration;
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- an elastic nape section connected to the first adornment support portion end and the second adornment support portion end to dispose the headband in a closed loop configuration.
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A method of adorning a user's head, the method comprising:
- (a) disposing headband on the user's head, the headband comprising an adornment support portion having opposite adornment support portion longitudinal edges and an adornment support portion length defined by a first adornment support portion end and a second adornment support portion end opposite the first adornment support portion end, the adornment support portion comprising:
- a fabric base portion having base portion opposite longitudinal edges, a first base portion surface and a second base portion surface opposite the first base portion surface, and a base portion length defined by a first base portion end that defines the first adornment support portion end and a second base portion end that defines the second adornment support portion end, the second base portion surface positioned to contact a wearer's head and the first base portion surface facing away from the second base portion surface,
- a fabric top portion having a first top portion surface and a second top portion surface opposite the first base portion surface, the second top portion surface facing the first base portion surface and the first top portion surface facing away from the second top portion surface, a first top portion end joined to the base portion in a first location with the first base portion surface in contact with the second top portion surface, and a second top portion end joined to the base portion in a second location with the first base portion surface in contact with the second top portion surface,
- the base portion and the top portion further connected to one another by a plurality of spaced crosswise seams distributed between the first location and the second location, each crosswise seam extending between the opposite adornment support portion longitudinal edges, the plurality of spaced crosswise seams defining a plurality of slot pockets bounded by the first base portion surface, the second top portion surface, and adjacent crosswise seams, each slot pocket having longitudinal openings adjacent and transversely spaced from the base portion opposite longitudinal edges;
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- an elastic nape section connected to the first adornment support portion end and the second adornment support portion end to dispose the headband in a closed loop configuration;
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- (b) securing at least one adornment fastener strap within at least one of the adornment support portion slot pockets, including at least one adornment fastener strap having fastener components disposed on opposite surfaces of opposite ends of the adornment fastener strap, including securing the adornment fastener strap in a loop configuration by attaching the opposite surfaces of the opposite ends to one another.
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