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US 5,669,076 AGranted
Adjustable size selectable pie hat
AssigneeBollman Hat Company
InventorSharon L. Steffy
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Abstract
This invention relates to an adjustable size selectable pie hat which is provided with means in the back of the hat to permit the hat to be adjusted for different sizes without causing bulging in the appearance in the hat at the back.
Claims22
An adjustable size selectable pie hat having:
- a) a crown having a front, a back, left and right sides, a center, and inside and outside surfaces,
- b) said crown including a series of interconnected segments,
- c) said segments each having an apex, sides and a base,
- d) said apexes of said segments meeting substantially at said crown center,
- e) said segments extending radially outward from said center of said crown,
- f) said crown back including a pair of adjacent segments having adjacent sides,
- g) each of said pair of segments having on their adjacent sides tuck forming means,
- h) said pair of segments connected to each other on their adjacent sides a substantial radial distance from their respective apexes to said tuck forming means and including said tuck forming means thereby forming a tuck,
- i) said pair of adjacent segments being disconnected from said tuck to their respective bases,
- j) means for adjustably securing said bases of said pair together to provide an overlap by said one of said pair of segments with the other of said pair of segments from said tuck to said bases of each pair,
- k) whereby when said bases are secured together for a selected size by said means for adjustably securing, said tuck will cause said overlap to lie flat and neat without bulge for said selected size regardless of size selected.
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An adjustable size selectable hat having:
- a) a crown having a front, a back, left and right sides, a center, and inside and outside surfaces;
- b) said crown back including a slit extending upwardly a substantial distance toward said center of said crown and positioned between said left and right sides and formed by adjacent left and right side edges;
- c) said back at said slit including left and right bases;
- d) each of said left and right side edges having on their adjacent side edges tuck forming means including a tuck;
- e) said adjacent left and right side edges being disconnected from said tuck to said left and right bases;
- f) means for adjustably securing said left and right bases together to provide an overlap by said one of said left and right sides with the other of said left and right sides from said tuck to said left and right bases;
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- g) whereby when said bases are secured together for selected size by said means for adjustably securing, said tuck will cause said overlap to lie flat and neat without bulge for said selected size regardless of size selected.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.