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US 5,321,854 AGranted
Headwear piece with opening to accommodate wearer's hair
AssigneeAmerican Needle
InventorRobert A. Kronenberger
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Abstract
A headwear piece having a crown defining an opening to accept the head of a wearer, with the crown having a top and bottom, front and back, and a peripheral wall having an annular configuration. An opening is provided through the peripheral crown wall to allow passage therethrough of an accumulation of hair on the head of a wearer with the headwear piece in place on the wearer's head.
Claims15
A baseball-style cap comprising:
- a crown defining an opening to accept the head of a wearer,
- said crown having a top and bottom, a front and back, and a peripheral wall having an annular configuration,
- said crown having an exposed outer surface;
- a bill extending angularly forwardly from the crown;
- and
- an opening through the peripheral crown wall at the back of the crown to allow rearward passage therethrough of an accumulation of hair on the head of a wearer with the cap in place on a wearer's head.
- said peripheral crown wall opening being completely surrounded by the peripheral wall and having an effective diameter that is not greater than three inches,
- the crown outer surface being substantially uninterrupted by any opening other than peripheral crown wall opening at the back of the crown,
- wherein the peripheral crown wall has a bottom edge and the bottom of the peripheral crown wall opening is spaced at least two inches upwardly from the bottom edge of the peripheral crown wall.
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A headwear piece comprising:
- a crown defining an opening to accept the head of a wearer and having a front half and a back half,
- said crown dimensioned to extend from the back to the front of a wearer's head,
- said crown having a top and bottom, a peripheral wall having an annular configuration and a top wall,
- said crown having an exposed outer surface;
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- an opening through the peripheral crown wall fully in the rear half of the crown to allow passage therethrough of an accumulation of hair on the head of a wearer with the headwear piece in place on a wearer's head,
- said opening through the peripheral crown wall being completely surrounded by the peripheral wall,
- said crown outer surface being substantially uninterrupted by any opening at the front half of the crown,
- wherein the peripheral crown wall has a bottom edge and the bottom of the opening through the peripheral wall is spaced at least two inches upwardly from the bottom edge of the peripheral crown wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.