Cold weather hat

Headwear for cold weather environments comprising:

• a hat for substantially enclosing the head of an individual and including a hat body having top, side, front and back portions, said side portions including ear flaps for covering the individual's ears;
• said front portion extending downwardly from said top portion to overlie at least a portion of an individual's forehead and terminating in a lower edge, said ear flaps being movable between a first position overlying the individual's ears and a second position extending upwardly generally parallel to the side portions of the hat for exposing the individual's ears, said ear flaps in said first position having forward edges joining with said front portion edge to outline top and side portions of an individual's face with said forward edges of said ear flaps lying naturally in close fitting conformance and generally inwardly directed toward one another to and about the individual's face and throughout their lengths, the body of said hat being formed of an interior lining, an intermediate layer of primarily open-cell foam material, and an outer fabric layer, said interior lining and said outer layer being stitched to naturally curve said ear flaps inwardly when in said first position, to naturally conform to the downwardly and inwardly curved side portions of the individual's face, and a bill projecting from the lower edge of said front portion and movable between a first lowered position projecting generally forwardly of said hat and a second raised position projecting generally upwardly of said hat and generally conformal to said front hat portion, said front portion of said hat being formed in a natural shape with a predetermined radius approximating the average radius of an individual's forehead, said bill being secured to said front hat portion along a seam having a radius greater than the radius of said front hat portion.

Headwear for cold weather environments comprising:

• a hat for substantially enclosing the head of an individual and including a hat body having top, side, front and back portions, said side portions including ear flaps for covering the individual's ears;
• said front portion extending downwardly from said top portion to overlie at least a portion of an individual's forehead and terminating in a lower edge, said ear flaps being movable between a first position overlying the individual's ears and a second position extending upwardly generally parallel to the side portions of the hat for exposing the individual's ears, said ear flaps in said first position having forward edges joining with said front portion edge to outline top and side portions of an individual's face with said forward edges of said ear flaps lying naturally in close fitting conformance and generally inwardly directed toward one another to and about the individual's face and throughout their lengths, the body of said hat being formed of an interior lining, an intermediate layer of primarily open-cell foam material, and an outer fabric layer, said interior lining and said outer layer being stitched to naturally curve said ear flaps inwardly when in said first position, to naturally conform to the downwardly and inwardly curved side portions of the individual's face, wherein said inner and outer liners have peripheral margins, the outline of the peripheral margin of said inner liner being smaller than the outline of the peripheral margin of said outer liner, and means stitching the peripheral margins of said inner and outer liners one to the other adjacent said outlines to naturally curve the ear flaps inwardly toward one another when in said first position to naturally conform to the downwardly and inwardly curved side portions of the individual's face.

Headwear for cold weather environments comprising:

• a hat for substantially enclosing the head of an individual and including a hat body having top, side, front and back portions, said side portions including ear flaps for covering the individual's ears;
• said front portion extending downwardly from said top portion to overlie at least a portion of an individual's forehead and terminating in a lower edge, said ear flaps having forward edges joining with said front portion edge to outline top and side portions of an individual's face with said forward edges of said ear flaps lying naturally in close fitting conformance and generally inwardly directed toward one another to and about the individual's face and throughout their lengths, the body of said hat being formed of an interior lining, an intermediate layer of primarily open-cell foam material, and an outer fabric layer, said interior lining and said outer layer being stitched to naturally curve said ear flaps inwardly when in said first position, to naturally conform to the downwardly and inwardly curved side portions of the individual's face, and a bill projecting from the lower edge of said front portion and movable between a first lowered position projecting generally forwardly of said hat and a second raised position projecting generally upwardly of said hat and generally parallel to said front hat portion, said front hat portion being formed in a natural shape with a predetermined radius approximating the average radius of an individual's forehead, said bill being secured to said front hat portion along a seam having a radius greater than the radius of said front hat portion whereby substantially no pressure is exerted against the forehead of an individual wearing the headwear.