Vacuum thermoformed plastic shapes for hat making having integral crown and brim
OwnerCarol Marstoninventor
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Abstract
Presented is a one-piece thermoformed hat blocking structure produced using a convertible set of three dimensional positive mold structures to provide for the preparation of different styles of brims with different styles of crowns on hats to be blocked.
Claims4
A thermoformed hat blocking structure produced from a single piece of thermo-formable sheet formed over a convertible set of three positive mold structures to provide for the blocking of different styles and sizes of crowns in combination with different styles and sizes of brims on hats to be formed or blocked comprising:
- A crown portion selected from a plurality of differently styled and sized positive crown mold structures, said selected crown portion constituting a rigid body thermoformed over the positive crown mold structure and integral to a brim portion;
- a brim portion selected from a plurality of differently styled and sized positive brim mold structures, said selected brim portion constituting a rigid body thermoformed over the brim mold structure and integral to a crown portion;
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An invention of claim #1 where a brim portion is formed by the flat surface of the thermoforming platen.
An invention of claim #1 where the thermo-formable sheet comprising, but not limited to:
- ABS plastic;
- polystyrene;
- polyethylene;
- polypropylene;
- and poly-carbonate.
An invention of claim #1 where the thermo-formable sheet is 20-200 mil in thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.