Hat
OwnerRalph Hoetgerinventor
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Abstract
A hat comprising a canopy. The canopy has a front sweatband and a rear sweatband with a right sweatband gap on a right side of the canopy and a left sweatband gap on a left side of the canopy. The front sweatband has a front sweatband right edge and a front sweatband left edge. The rear sweatband has a rear sweatband right edge and a rear sweatband left edge. The front sweatband right edge and the rear sweatband right edge define edges of the right sweatband gap. The front sweatband left edge and the rear sweatband left edge define edges of the left sweatband gap. Right and left ear panels are mounted to the right and left sides of the canopy at the right and left sweatband gaps.
Claims20
A hat comprising:
- a. a canopy;
- b. a front sweatband and a rear sweatband disposed along a lower periphery of the canopy, the front sweatband and the rear sweatband defining a right sweatband gap at a right side of the canopy and a left sweatband gap at a left side of the canopy, the right sweatband gap being bounded by a front sweatband right edge and a rear sweatband right edge, and the left sweatband gap being bounded by a front sweatband left edge and a rear sweatband left edge;
- c. a right ear panel spanning the right sweatband gap and connected to the front sweatband right edge and the rear sweatband right edge;
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- d. a left ear panel spanning the left sweatband gap and connected to the front sweatband left edge and the rear sweatband left edge;
- e. wherein each of the right ear panel and the left ear panel comprises a fabric sheet folded to define an inside layer oriented toward a user and an outside layer oriented toward the canopy, the folded fabric sheet having a lower edge fold.
A hat comprising:
- a. a canopy;
- b. a front sweatband and a rear sweatband disposed along a lower periphery of the canopy, the front sweatband and the rear sweatband defining a right sweatband gap at a right side of the canopy and a left sweatband gap at a left side of the canopy, the right sweatband gap being bounded by a front sweatband right edge and a rear sweatband right edge, and the left sweatband gap being bounded by a front sweatband left edge and a rear sweatband left edge;
- c. a right ear loop made of wire and mounted in the right sweatband gap;
- a left ear loop made of wire and mounted in the left sweatband gap;
- d. wherein the right sweatband gap and the left sweatband gap are free of an ear panel spanning between the front sweatband and the rear sweatband;
- e. wherein the right ear loop has a right front end and a right rear end and the left ear loop has a left front end and a left rear end;
- and ear loop end pockets receiving the right front end, the right rear end, the left front end, and the left rear end;
- f. wherein each ear loop end pocket is formed by stitching a sweatband outside layer to a sweatband inside layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.