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US 4,790,034 AGranted
Cap having a stiffener
OwnerHarold Passinventor
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Abstract
A cap having a crown formed of a plurality of crown segments in side-by-side relationship and having a visor attached to the crown brim and extending outwardly therefrom. The visor is laterally centered on and attached to the front of the crown brim. A stiffener is located to the interior of the crown to overlay the front portion of the crown to be supported against collapse and is biased toward the underlaying crown portion.
Claims13
A cap comprising:
- (a) a crown;
- and
- (b) a crown stiffener located to the interior side of the crown to overlay at least a front portion of the crown to be supported from collapsing and biased toward the underlaying crown portion, the stiffener is attached to the crown proximate the crown brim and the stiffener comprises a resilient hinge joint proximate the attachment of the stiffener to the crown brim having a pivot axis generally parallel to the crown brim about which the stiffener is biased toward the underlaying crown portion.
A stiffener for a cap to be located to the interior side of the cap crown comprising:
- a stiffener sheet for overlaying at least a portion of the crown to be supported from collapsing;
- a bottom margin of the stiffener sheet extending above the bottom edge of the stiffener sheet;
- and,
- a resilient hinge joint interconnecting the margin and bottom edge of the stiffener sheet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.