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US 6,305,029 B1Granted
Protective headwear with decorative and utilitarian attachments
OwnerR. Brent Reynoldsinventor
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Abstract
Protective headwear including a cover and a liner permanently attached to a hard hat. The cover and liner members provide protection against inclement weather conditions. In particular side, front, and rear flaps can be pivoted between folded and unfolded positions such that the protective headwear can be used in both bad and good weather conditions. The liner, being formed of fur, is both decorative and utilitarian in providing protection against cold weather.
Claims8
Protective headwear, comprising:
- a crown member having an inner surface and an outer surface, said crown member being substantially rigid;
- a cover member disposed on said crown member, said cover member including:
- a main panel attached to said outer surface of said crown member, said main panel being substantially covering said outer surface, and
- opposing first and second side panels extending from said main panel beyond said crown member, each of said first and second side panels being movable with respect to said main panel between folded and unfolded positions, said first side panel includes a first surface, said second side panel includes a second surface, said first side panel includes a first fastener, said second side panel includes a second fastener, said first and second fasteners being engaged when said first and second side panels are in said folded position, and said first and second fasteners form a snap-fit engagement, and said cover member includes third and fourth side panels extending from said main panel;
- a thermal insulator liner is disposed on each of said first and second surfaces of said first and second side panels, respectively;
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- a flexible inner liner is disposed on said inner surface of said crown member.
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Protective headwear, comprising:
- a crown member having an inner surface and an outer surface, said crown member being substantially rigid;
- a cover member disposed on said crown member, said cover member including,
- a main panel attached to said outer surface of said crown member substantially covering said outer surface;
- opposing first and second side panels movable between folded and unfolded positions and extending from said main panel beyond said crown member, said first side panel includes a first surface and a first fastener, and said second side panel includes a second surface and a second fastener corresponding to said first fastener;
- opposing third and fourth side panels movable between folded and unfolded positions and extending from said main panel beyond said crown member, said third side panel includes a third surface, and said fourth side panel includes a fourth surface;
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- a thermal insulator liner being disposed on each of said first, second, third and fourth surfaces, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.