Securable hat assembly
OwnerRichard S. Ploninventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides hats with attachment assemblies allowing them to be detachably secured to an article of clothing. In one example, the attachment assembly permits the hat to be detachably secured in an exterior-side out configuration to a belt of medium width worn around the wearer's waist, without requiring the hats to be inverted or reversed, and without any need for pockets, linings, zippers or the like. The hats may also be provided with retention members for holding the hats in a simple folded configuration when carried on the person. In such a configuration small personal items such as keys, loose change, mobile telephones may be carried in the retained, folded hat.
Claims10
A securable hat assembly comprising:
- I. A waist belt component, and II. a hat component for covering a wearer's head comprising an interior side and an exterior side;
- and an attachment assembly for detachably securing the hat to an article of clothing;
- said attachment assembly being structured to secure the hat component to said waist belt component when said waist belt component is worn on the wearer's waist and comprising at least one strip of flexible material having a first end permanently secured to the exterior side or the interior side of said hat component, and a second end comprising a first fastener element selected from the group consisting of a snap fastener, a hook fastener, a magnetic fastener, a buckle, a polymeric sliding side-release buckle, a button fastener, an alligator clip fastener, and/or a hook and loop fastener releasably securable to a second fastener element located on the exterior side or the interior side of said hat component;
- said flexible strip forming a loop when both said first end and said second end thereof are secured to said hat component and having a length sufficient to extend transversely over said waist belt component, thereby permitting the unsecured second end of the flexible strip to be wrapped by said wearer around the waist belt component, and then secured to the second fastener element without requiring the user to unfasten the waistbelt component from around his or her body.
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