Hat brim technology
AssigneeCover 22 LLC
InventorsCassandra D. Montgomery, Kenny A. Houston, Thomas J. Walker
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Abstract
A hat brim technology for framing one or more brim opening in a hat brim. A brim clip which engages at least a portion of a brim opening and which can optionally secure a number of brim material layers when in an installed state. A method for creating a framed brim opening in a hat brim. A cap including at least one panel and a brim having an opening in a shape of at least one of an advertisement, a logo, a design, a statement, a phrase, an emblem of a sports team, company, or organization.
Claims9
A hat, comprising:
- a hat brim having at least one of a brim opening, said at least one of a brim opening having an upper layer perimeter;
- a brim clip portion which frames at least a portion of said upper layer perimeter;
- and
- a plurality of locking prongs which extend from at least a portion of said brim clip portion and configured to extend through said at least one of a brim opening, said plurality of locking prongs configured to engage at least a portion of said hat brim.
A method for producing a framed brim opening, comprising the steps of:
- providing a hat having a hat brim;
- cutting at least one of a brim opening in said hat brim;
- said cutting creating said at least one of a brim opening having a shape and an upper layer perimeter;
- providing a brim frame having a least a portion of which is configured adjacent to the upper layer perimeter;
- providing a plurality of locking prongs extending from at least a portion of said brim frame and extending through said at least one of a brim opening;
- providing said plurality of locking prongs with a lock claw portion;
- engaging said plurality of locking prongs to at least a portion of said hat brim;
- locking said plurality of locking prongs to said at least a portion of said hat brim;
- and
- said locking securing said hat brim frame adjacent to said upper layer perimeter of said at least one of a brim opening, and
- producing a framed hat brim opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.