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US 4,378,606 AGranted
Rain hat
OwnerMaxine W. Snowdeninventor
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Abstract
A hat particularly suitable as a rain hat includes a crown portion having an inelastic front periphery and an elastic rear periphery. The crown portion is gathered adjacent to the front and rear peripheries so as to provide a relatively voluminous sack portion for enclosing the hair of the woman wearing the hat. The hat is pleated adjacent to the front periphery and has a brim which can either project over the wearer's forehead or tuck back beneath the crown of the hat. Preferably, the hat is made from a lightweight, wrinkle resistant, water repellent breatheable material such as QUIANA.
Claims8
A hat comprising:
- a crown having a front periphery and a rear periphery joining the front periphery at spaced, opposed junctures to enclose a covering area;
- the front periphery being generally inelastic and having a series of spaced pleats adjacent thereto extending a limited distance into the covering area to gather the covering area;
- and A series of spaced seams sewn in said crown portions to form said pleats said seams are tucked in opposite directions so that when the hat is warn the pleats will face outwardly and downwardly in opposite directions
- the rear periphery being elastic to gather the covering area along the rear periphery whereby the covering area puffs to loosely enclose the wearer's hair while the front and rear peripheries fit snugly against the wearer's head generally adjacent the hairline.
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A rain hat comprising:
- a crown formed from a generally circular blank of water repellent, breatheable material which is cut along a chord thereof to form a rear periphery;
- a front periphery of the crown being defined by the incut periphery of the blank, and the front and rear peripheries defining a covering area;
- the front periphery being generally inelastic and having a series of spaced pleats adjacent thereto, the pleats extending a limited distance into the covering area to gather the covering area;
- the rear periphery being folded and stitched to define a tube in which an elastic band is anchored to gather the rear periphery as the band contracts whereby the covering area puffs to loosely enclose the wearer's hair while the front and rear peripheries fit snugly against the wearer's head, generally adjacent to the hairline,
- a pair of seams extending generally rearwardly in the covering area from each juncture of the front and rear peripheries to form a pair of rearwardly extending tucks each terminating to define a peak in the covering area, and
- a brim formed from the portion of the blank severed to form the rear periphery of the crown, the brim being stitched inboard of the front periphery wherein a flap is formed between the front periphery and stitching for the brim, whereby the brim selectively projects from the front periphery or folds beneath the covering area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.