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US 11,576,453 B2Granted
Headwear brim
AssigneeInnovations 152 LLC
InventorsDonald Kelly Sunseri, Daniel Kevin Sunseri
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Abstract
A 360-degree brim from improving the sun protection of a separate headwear. The 360-degree brim may have a pull cord for selectively adjusting the fit of its head opening. The 360-degree brim may have fold lines for moving the 360-degree brim between a plurality of successively smaller folded conditions for storage and ease of access.
Claims7
A headwear brim comprising:
- an annulus substrate defining an inner circumference;
- a plurality of fold lines integrated into and radially extending along the annulus substrate, wherein each fold line ends between the inner circumference an outer periphery of the annulus subtrate;
- a UV-protective material sandwiching the annulus substrate;
- the UV-protective material defining a cord channel along the inner circumference, and wherein the inner circumference defines a head opening;
- an endless cord disposed in the cord channel;
- and
- a portion of the endless cord protruding from the UV-protective material in such a way that the cord is movable between a slack state and one of a plurality of tightened states successively decreasing a radius of the inner circumference,
- whereby successively folding the annulus substrate along each fold line symmetrically decreasing its footprint to one-eighth, and wherein the cord is dimensioned so that in a protrusion of the cord completely wraps around the outer periphery and the inner circumference, thereby securing the one-eighth footprint.
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A headwear brim comprising:
- an annulus substrate defining an inner circumference;
- a plurality of fold lines integrated into and radially extending along the annulus substrate, wherein each fold line ends between the inner circumference an outer periphery of the annulus substrate;
- a UV-protective material defining a cord channel along the inner circumference, and wherein the inner circumference defines a head opening, wherein the UV-protective material has a circumferentially spaced apart stitching pattern;
- an endless cord disposed in the cord channel
- a portion of the endless cord protruding from the UV-protective material in such a way that the cord is movable between a slack state and one of a plurality of tightened states successively decreasing a radius of the inner circumference;
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- a cord lock operatively associating with said portion to move each tightened state between an unlocked condition and a locked condition,
- whereby successively folding the annulus substrate along each fold line symmetrically decreasing its footprint to one-eighth, wherein the cord is dimensioned so that in a protrusion of the cord completely wraps around the outer periphery and the inner circumference, thereby securing the one-eighth footprint.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.