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US 5,685,465 AGranted
Device for shaping the brim of a baseball cap
OwnerLuke J. Berardisinventor
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The present invention features a brim-shaping device for a baseball-type cap, a device that helps create and maintain the desired curvature of the cap brim. The shaping device is a mold that has a substantially hollow, curved body, and a curved, shaping slot for insertion of the cap brim into the hollow, curved body. The mold may have a number of slots running along the sides of it to allow for aeration of the cap when it is wet, so that the cap will dry more easily after washing. The hollow mold is shaped to present the cap at a given angle, so that the cap portion is displayed above the brim as it rests in the shaping slot. The given angle, usually approximately thirty degrees, presents a good angle for a viewing display. This angle also allows a washed baseball cap to drain of water. The mold itself is attachable to a display rack, so that the shaping device can also double as a merchandising tool during the sale of the cap. That is, both the cap and the shaping tool can be sold together as a single unit. An alternate embodiment features a detachable rear, stand section that, when removed, allows the mold to act as a clamping device, but when attached to the front, body section, allows the mold to stand alone or be attached to a wall mounting plate.
A shaping and display device for receiving and shaping brims of standard baseball caps, said shaping and display device comprising a substantially flat base for displaying a plurality of standard baseball caps, each baseball cap being mounted upon a plastic, arcuate body section having respective upper and lower portions connected to each other and forming a hollow, curved internal slot portion having dimensions of a standard baseball cap brim for shaping a standard baseball cap brim therein, each of said body sections disposed at an angle with respect to said substantially flat base for the purpose of allowing said baseball caps to be displayed in a side-by-side manner, each of said plastic, arcuate body sections being successively attached to each other upon said substantially flat base, and further wherein each of said plastic, arcuate body sections comprise elongated, spaced-apart aeration slots intersecting said internal slot portion.
A plurality of shaping devices mounted upon a substantially flat base used for displaying a plurality of standard baseball caps, each of said shaping devices for receiving and shaping a brim of each of said standard baseball caps, each of said shaping devices comprising an arcuate body section having both an upper and a lower portion connected to each other and forming a closed, hollow, curved internal slot portion therein for housing and supporting both upper and lower surfaces of said brim of each of said standard baseball caps, each of said body sections being disposed at an angle with respect to said substantially flat base for the purpose of allowing said standard baseball caps to be displayed, said plurality of shaping devices being connectable to each other, and disposed in tandem, one adjacent another, said brims of each of said plurality of standard baseball caps being shaped when disposed in each of said closed, hollow, curved internal slot portions, and further wherein each of said body sections comprise elongated, spaced-apart aeration slots intersecting said internal slot portions.
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