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US 2011/0253559 A1Published application
Hat storing container
OwnerLaMarcus McDonaldinventor
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Abstract
A hat storing container formed in the shape of a vertically oriented cylindrical housing. The housing has a front, cap receiving door, and a rear accessory door. An upwardly angled hat holding platform is held in place on the forward part of the bottom of the housing by a hinge member so that the user can open the front door, tilt the platform forward, and have easy access to the hats being stored. A recessed handle is incorporated into the flat top of the housing. In the preferred embodiment, an LED light is positioned to illuminate the front of the first hat being stored.
Claims5
hat storing container comprising:
- a housing;
- a hat supporting platform;
- a cap brim retaining member;
- a platform hinge member
- a platform hinge support member
- a front door hinge member;
- a front housing door;
- a rear housing door;
- a rear door hinge member;
- a rear door retaining member;
- a recessed carry handle and
- a locking hasp
- said housing being approximately cylindrical in shape and having a flattened rear portion a flat bottom plate and a flat top plate;
- said flat top housing plate including said recessed carry handle,
- said housing also having a front door aperture and a rear door aperture;
- said cylindrical shape being vertical in orientation
- said front door filling in said front door aperture and held in place on one side by said front door hinge member and on the opposite side by said locking hasp;
- said platform hinge support member fixedly attached to the towards the front of said bottom plate;
- said hat supporting platform attached to said platform hinge support member by said platform hinge;
- said hat supporting platform being radiused at its front end to match the curvature of a standard baseball cap;
- said hat brim retaining member fixedly attached to the front portion of said hat holding platform
- said hat supporting platform oriented at an upward angle from front to back of said housing so that a plurality of baseball style hats, whose cap portions are folded in on themselves, can be stacked on the platform and held in place by said hat brim retaining member and
- said rear housing door filling said rear door aperture and held in place on the bottom side by said rear door hinge and on the top side by said rear door retaining member.
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