Convertible sports cap with sliding brim
AssigneeRally Cap, Inc.
InventorRudy J. Casale
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Abstract
A sports hat construction includes a head covering portion having a lower opening defining a periphery. A brim portion is provided detachably secured to the head covering portion. An elongate band or strip, in the form of a male connector, is attached to the lower periphery of the head covering portion, while a female mating connector is secured to the brim. The male and female connectors are configurated and dimensioned to detachably engage each other in slidable relationship so that the brim can be slidably moved along the longitudinal length of the periphery of the cap. Advantageously, the head covering portion is selectively removable to permit the brim to continue to serve as a sun visor when the head covering portion is removed.
Claims18
A sports hat construction comprising a head covering portion having a lower opening defining a periphery;
- a brim having a proximate portion intended to be secured to said head covering portion;
- a first elongate means extending along said periphery for providing one of two relatively slidable members;
- a second elongate means provided along substantially the entire of said proximate portion for providing another of said two relatively slidable members, said first and second elongate means being engaged and slidably movable relative to each other along the longitudinal lengths thereof, said first elongate means having a length greater than the length of said second elongate means whereby said brim is movable on said first elongate means about said periphery relative to said head covering portion to different relative positions while said second elongate means is always fully engaged along its entire length with said first elongate means, one of said first and second elongate means receiving the other of said first and second elongate means and having a longitudinal slot along the length thereof, said first and second elongate means including retaining surfaces proximate to said longitudinal slot which are substantially normal to a radial direction in relation to the longitudinal length direction of said elongate means and extending through said longitudinal slot to resist separation of said elongate means from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.