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US 5,070,545 AGranted
Cap assembly
OwnerRay Tapiainventor
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Abstract
An adjustable baseball type cap assemblage having a crown portion and various interchangeable visor portions. Insignia patches of various styles can be removably affixed to the selected visor and crown portions so that one cap assembly can be modified to identify with two or more athletic teams.
Claims11
A visored cap apparatus comprising:
- (a) a crown assembly including:
- (i) a headband assembly having a circumferentially extending band, said band including an exterior arcuate portion provided with a multiplicity of small first engagement members;
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- (ii) an interior flexible guide band having first and second ends affixed to said circumferentially extending band, at circumferentially spaced location, said guide band being movable between a first retracted position and a second extended position;
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- (iii) a generally arcuate shaped stiffening band carried by said headband assembly intermediate said first and second ends of said guide band;
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- (b) a visor assembly including an eye shade portion and an upstanding generally arcuate shaped portion, said arcuate shaped portion having first and second surfaces, said first surface having a multiplicity of small second engagement members for locking engagement with said first engagement members provided on said arcuate portion of said band of said headband assembly.
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A visored cap apparatus comprising:
- (a) a crown assembly including:
- (i) a head covering portion having a circumferentially extending band, said band having an arcuate portion provided with first engagement means;
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- (ii) an interior flexible guide band having first and second ends affixed to said circumferentially extending band, at circumferentially spaced location, said guide band being movable between a first retracted position and a second extended position;
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- (iii) a generally arcuate shaped stiffening band carried by said head covering portion intermediate said first and second ends of said guide band;
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- (b) a visor assembly including an eye shade portion and an upstanding generally arcuate shaped portion, said arcuate shaped portion having first and second surfaces, said first surface having second engagement means for engagement with said first engagement means provided on said arcuate portion of said band of said head covering portion.
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A visored cap assemblage comprising:
- (a) a crown assembly including:
- (i) a head covering portion having a front surface portion provided with a multiplicity of small first engagement members and a circumferentially extending band, said band including an arcuate portion provided with first engagement means;
- (ii) an interior flexible guide band having first and second ends affixed to said circumferentially extending band at circumferentially spaced locations said guide band being movable between a first retracted position and a second extended position;
- (iii) a generally arcuate shaped stiffening band carried by said head covering portion intermediate said first and second ends of said guide band;
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- (iv) at least two emblems each having a surface provided with a multiplicity of small second engagement members for detachable engagement with said first engagement members of said front surface portion;
- (b) at least two visor assemblies each including an eye shade portion having an upper surface provided with a multiplicity of small first engagement members and an upstanding generally arcuate shaped portion, said arcuate shaped portion having second engagement means for releasable interengagement with said first engagement means provided on said arcuate portion of said band of said head covering portion, said visor assembly further including at least two emblems each having a surface provided with a multiplicity of small second engagement members for locking engagement with said first engagement members provided on said upper surface of said eye shade portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.