Hat with exendable visor

An adjustable visor apparatus coupled to a hat comprising a shell configured to be disposed around a head of a user, wherein the shell has a front shell surface, the adjustable visor apparatus comprising:

• an upper visor comprising a plurality of elongated slots formed through the upper visor, each elongated slot having a first end face, a second end face and a pair of opposing side walls connecting the first and second end faces together, each elongated slot having a slot length extending between the first and second end faces, wherein each elongated slot in the plurality of elongated slots comprises a pair of rails connected to the upper visor, each pair of rails having a distance between them and each pair of rails having a rail length that is shorter than the slot length such that the pair of rails partly extends along the elongated slot to create an opening between the side walls and between the rails and the second end face of the elongated slot proximate the shell such that the opening is wider than the distance between the pair of rails in the elongated slot;
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• a lower visor mounted in relative slidable engagement with the upper visor and comprising a plurality of tab assemblies, each tab assembly in the plurality of tab assemblies slidably mounted to the pair of rails of one of the plurality of elongated slots in the upper visor;
• wherein the upper visor is configured to be coupled to the shell and projects from the front shell surface at an angle that is substantially transverse to the front shell surface;
• wherein the lower visor is configured to enable relative movement between the plurality of tab assemblies and the pairs of rails in the plurality of elongated slots to slidably adjust in a first direction relative to the shell, thereby extending the lower visor beyond the upper visor in an extended position at the angle that is substantially transverse to the front shell surface;
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• wherein the lower visor is configured to enable relative movement between the plurality of tab assemblies and the pairs of rails in the plurality of elongated slots to slidably adjust in a second direction relative to the shell, thereby retracting the lower visor to align with the upper visor in a retracted position.

A hat worn on a head of a user with an adjustable visor, the hat comprising:

• a shell configured to be disposed on the head of the user, wherein the shell has a front shell surface;
• an upper visor coupled to the shell, projecting from the front shell surface at an angle that is substantially transverse to the front shell surface and comprising a plurality of elongated slots formed through the upper visor, each elongated slot having a first end face, a second end face and a pair of opposing side walls connecting the first and second end faces together, each elongated slot having a slot length extending between the first and second end faces, each elongated slot in the plurality of elongated slots comprising a pair of rails connected to the upper visor, each pair of rails having a distance between them and each pair of rails having a rail length that is shorter than the slot length such that the pair of rails partly extends along the elongated slot to create an opening between the side walls and between the rails and the second end face of the elongated slot proximate the shell such that the opening is wider than the distance between the pair of rails in the elongated slot;
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• a lower visor slidably mounted to the upper visor and comprising a plurality of tab assemblies, each tab assembly in the plurality of tab assemblies slidably mounted to the pair of rails of one of the plurality of elongated slots in the upper visor;
• wherein the lower visor is configured to slidably adjust in a first direction relative to the shell to enable the plurality of tab assemblies of the lower visor to traverse the pairs of rails in the plurality of elongated slots of the upper visor, thereby extending the lower visor beyond the upper visor in an extended position at the angle that is substantially transverse to the front shell surface;
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• wherein the lower visor is configured to slidably adjust in a second direction relative to the shell to enable the plurality of tab assemblies of the lower visor to traverse the pairs of rails in the plurality of elongated slots of the upper visor, thereby retracting the lower visor to align with the upper visor in a retracted position.