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US 5,325,539 AGranted
Headwear piece with cover for size adjustment actuator
AssigneeAmerican Needle
InventorRobert A. Kronenberger
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Abstract
A headwear piece having a crown defining a first opening for reception of the head of a wearer, an inflatable bladder mounted to the crown so that the bladder resides between the crown and a wearer's head in the crown opening, structure for selectively introducing a fluid into the bladder, and structure mounted to the crown for covering the fluid introducing structure and allowing operation thereof from a location externally of the crown.
Claims25
A headwear piece comprising:
- a crown defining a first opening for reception of the head of a wearer;
- an inflatable bladder;
- means for mounting the inflatable bladder to the crown so that the inflatable bladder resides between the crown and a wearer's head in the crown opening;
- means for selectively introducing a fluid to the bladder;
- means for covering the fluid introducing means and allowing operation of the fluid introducing means from a location externally of the crown;
- and
- means for connecting the covering means to the crown,
- said connecting means comprising a rim on the covering means, a bead, and means for captively holding at least a part of at least one of the inflatable bladder and crown between the rim and bead.
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A headwear piece comprising:
- a crown defining a first opening for reception of the head of a wearer;
- an inflatable bladder;
- means for mounting the inflatable bladder to the crown so that the inflatable bladder resides between the crown and a wearer's head in the crown opening;
- means for selectively introducing a fluid to the bladder;
- means for covering the fluid introducing means and allowing operation of the fluid introducing means from a location externally of the crown;
- and
- means for connecting the covering means to the crown,
- wherein said covering means includes a flexible membrane,
- wherein the crown has a wall with an inside surface and an outside surface and a second opening therethrough and the connecting means includes a rim on the membrane defining a shoulder that bears on the inside crown surface with the covering means in an operative position on the crown,
- wherein the crown has an edge bounding the second crown opening and the connecting means includes a bead and means for captively holding the crown edge between the rim and bead.
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A headwear piece comprising:
- a crown defining a first opening for reception of the head of a wearer;
- means for selectively altering the size of the first opening;
- means for covering at least a part of the size altering means;
- and
- means for connecting the covering means to the crown,
- wherein the crown has a second opening with an edge bounding the second crown opening and the connecting means includes a rim on the covering means, a bead, and means for captively holding the crown edge between the rim and bead.
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A headwear piece comprising:
- a crown defining a first opening for reception of the head of a wearer;
- means for selectively altering the size of the first opening;
- means for covering at least a part of the size altering means;
- and
- means for connecting the covering means to the crown,
- wherein the flexible membrane has a preformed cup shape defining a receptacle for the size altering means,
- wherein the crown has a wall with an inside surface and an outside surface and a second opening therethrough and the connecting means includes a rim on the membrane defining a shoulder that bears on the inside crown surface with the covering means in an operative position on the crown,
- wherein the rim is formed as one piece with the membrane and extends continuously around the second crown opening,
- wherein the crown has an edge bounding the second crown opening and the connecting means includes a bead extending continuously around the second crown opening and means for captively holding the crown edge between the rim and bead.
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A headwear piece comprising:
- a crown defining a first opening for reception of the head of a wearer;
- means for defining a receptacle on the crown for at least a part of a means for altering the size of the first opening;
- means for covering the at least part of a means for altering the size of the first opening;
- and
- means for connecting the covering means to the crown,
- said connecting means comprising a rim on the covering means, a bead, and means for captively holding a part of the crown between the rim and bead.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.