Hat with wrap-around sun shade
OwnerSheila Beverly DuCasseinventor
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the article or piece of clothing includes a hat having a crown and a bill extending outwardly from the crown. A wrap-around shoulder-length sun shade or sun screen is releasably coupled, by separating zippers, to the crown and bill of the hat. If the separating zippers are closed, the wrap-around shade or wrap around screen is connected to the crown and bill. If the separating zippers are open, the wrap-around sun shade or sun screen can be detached from the crown and/or the bill.
Claims20
A clothing assembly for blocking ultra violet rays comprising:
- a hat;
- a wrap around drapery;
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- a mechanism for coupling the wrap around drapery to said hat, wherein said mechanism being operable to be placed in a first state wherein said wrap around drapery is coupled to said hat and a second state in which said wrap around drapery is detached from said hat.
A hat comprising:
- a crown, having a front, back, first side, second side, and a bill connected to said crown;
- a first section of a first separating zipper fixedly connected to said crown and extends from a predefined location on the first side , across the back to a predefined location on the second side;
- a second section of a second separating zipper fixedly connected to said bill wherein said first section of said first separating zipper abuts the second section of said second separating zipper at predefined locations on the first side and second side, respectively.
A sun shade for protecting the upper body of a wearer from ultra violet radiation generated by the sun or other source, said sun shade comprising:
- a bifurcated wrap around drapery having a first section fabricated from opaque material, a first predefined dimension sufficient to extend from one side, across a back to an opposite side of a wearer's head and a second predefined dimension sufficient to extend from said wearer's head to a shoulder of said wearer;
- a second section fabricated from transparent material, said second section having a second predefined dimension sufficient to extend around a face of the wearer and abutting the first section on either side of said wearer's face;
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- a first separating zipper having a first section rigidly connected to said first section of said bifurcated wrap around drapery;
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- a second separating zipper having a second section rigidly connected to said second section of said transparent material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.