Headwear piece with object holding capability
OwnerRonald Kronenbegerinventor
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Abstract
A headwear piece has a crown defining an opening to receive the head of a wearer. The crown has (a) an inside surface having at least a portion for engaging a wearer's head to maintain the headwear piece operatively situated on a wearer's head and (b) an exposed external surface. The crown has first and second openings through the external surface of the crown and spaced from each other so that an elongate object can be directed through both of the first and second openings and frictionally maintained in a stored position on the crown with the headwear piece operatively situated on a wearer's head.
Claims27
In combination:
- a) a headwear piece comprising:
- a crown defining an opening to receive the head of a wearer,
- a brim/bill projecting angularly away from the crown,
- the crown comprising i) an inside surface having at least a portion for engaging a wearer's head to maintain the headwear piece operatively situated on a wearer's head and ii) an exposed external surface,
- the crown having first and second adjacent openings through the external surface of the crown at a first location on the crown and spaced from each other so that an elongate object can be directed through both of the first and second openings and frictionally maintained in a stored position on the crown with the headwear piece operatively situated on a wearer's head,
- wherein each of the first and second openings is an elongate, substantially closed slit that can be opened and widened to allow direction therethrough of an object,
- wherein each of the first and second openings is bounded by an edge and edge stitching is performed on the crown around each of the edges bounding the first and second openings;
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- b) an object that is directed through the adjacent openings and maintained in a stored position on the headwear piece with the headwear piece operatively situated on a wearer's head solely by frictional forces generated between the crown and object at the first location.
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In combination:
- a) a headwear piece comprising:
- a crown defining an opening to receive the head of a wearer;
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- a brim/bill projecting from the crown,
- the headwear piece having an exposed external surface on the crown and extending continuously to the brim/bill,
- at least one of the crown and brim/bill having first and second adjacent, expandable openings through the external surface of the headwear piece and spaced from each other so that an elongate object can be directed through both of the first and second openings and frictionally maintained in a stored position on the headwear piece with the headwear piece operatively situated on a wearer's head;
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- b) at least one of a golf tee and a pencil directed through the adjacent openings and frictionally maintained in a stored position on the headwear piece with the headwear piece operatively situated on a wearer's head.
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A method of storing an object on a headwear piece having a crown defining an opening to receive the head of a wearer and a brim/bill projecting away from the crown, the method comprising the steps of:
- directing the object through first and second spaced adjacent slits at a first location in the headwear piece and thereby opening each slit from a substantially closed state so that the object is maintained in a stored position on the headwear piece solely by frictional forces generated between the headwear piece and object at the first location;
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- placing the headwear piece on a wearer's head.
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A headwear piece comprising:
- a crown defining an opening to receive the head of a wearer,
- a brim/bill projecting angularly away from the crown,
- the crown comprising (a) an inside surface having at least a portion for engaging a wearer's head to maintain the headwear piece operatively situated on a wearer's head and (b) an exposed external surface,
- the crown having first and second adjacent openings through the external surface of the crown and spaced from each other so that an elongate object can be directed through both of the first and second openings and frictionally maintained in a stored position on the crown with the headwear piece operatively situated on a wearer's head,
- wherein each of the first and second openings is provided in the brim/bill.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.