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US 6,968,985 B1Granted
Hat shaping and drying support assembly
OwnerSalvatore S. Caccavalloinventor
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Abstract
A hat shaping and drying support assembly includes a base with a back portion and a front portion. Each of the front and back portions has a bottom side, a top side, a pair of lateral sides, an outer side and an inner side wherein the inner sides face toward each other. A rear frame is attached to and extends upwardly from the top side of the back portion and a front frame is attached to and extends upwardly from the top side of the front portion. A coupler is mounted to the rear and front frames such that the rear and front frames may be selectively moved with respect to each other. A biasing assembly is attached to the coupler for selectively biasing the back and front portions away from each other. A wet hat is positioned on the front and rear frames for drying and shaping.
Claims19
A hat shaping and drying rack combination device for selectively supporting a baseball cap, said device comprising:
- a base including a back portion and a front portion, each of said front and back portions having a bottom side, a top side, a pair of lateral sides, an outer side and an inner side wherein said inner sides face toward each other and said outer sides face away from each other, said back and front portions being spaced from each other, said inner sides each being angled such that said top sides and an abutting one of said inner sides forms an acute angle;
- a rear frame and a front frame, said rear frame being attached to and extending upwardly from said top side of said back portion, said front frame being attached to and extending upwardly from said top side of said front portion;
- a coupler being mounted to said rear and front frames such that said rear and front frames may be selectively moved between a position abutting each other and a position spaced from each other;
- a biasing assembly being attached to said coupler for selectively biasing said back and front portions away from each other;
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- wherein a wet hat is positioned on the front and rear frames for drying and shaping.
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A hat shaping and drying rack combination device for selectively supporting a baseball cap, said device comprising:
- a base including a back portion and a front portion, each of said front and back portions having a bottom side, a top side, a pair of lateral sides, an outer side and an inner side wherein said inner sides face toward each other and said outer sides face away from each other, said back and front portions being spaced from each other, said inner sides each being angled such that said top sides and an abutting one of said inner sides forms an acute angle;
- a rear frame and a front frame, said rear frame being attached to and extending upwardly from said top side of said back portion, said front frame being attached to and extending upwardly from said top side of said front portion, each of said rear and front frames generally having a half-dome shape such that a dome is formed by said rear and front frames when said back and front portions adjacent to each other, each of said front and rear frames comprising an open lattice;
- a coupler being mounted to said rear and front frames such that said rear and front frames may be selectively moved between a position abutting each other and a position spaced from each other, said coupler including a saddle, each of a pair of plates being attached to one of said rear and front frames and slidably extending into opposite surfaces of said saddle such that each of said plates is within an associated one of said front and rear frames;
- a stabilizer being attached to said rear and front frames for stabilizing movement of said rear and front frames with respect to each other, said stabilizer including a male coupler attached to and mounted in said front frame and a female coupler attached to and mounted in said rear frame, said male coupler being selectively extendable into said female coupler, said stabilizer being positioned generally adjacent to an apex of said rear and front frames;
- a biasing assembly being attached to said coupler for selectively biasing said back and front portions away from each other, said biasing assembly including rod being attached to said saddle and extending downwardly therefrom such that said rod is positioned between said inner sides, said rod being threaded, a panel having a pair of end edges, each of said end edges being angled inward from a bottom to a top of said panel, said rod extending through said panel such that each of said end edges are abutting one of said inner sides, a threaded nut being threadably coupled to said rod such that said panel is positioned between said nut and said saddle, wherein said panel may be biased upwardly by rotation of said nut in a first direction such that said panel biases said front and back portions away from each other;
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- a plurality of clip members being attached to said base for releasably securing a baseball cap on said front and back frames, a first clip of said clip members being mounted on said outer side of said back portion and being biased against said rear frame, each of a second clip and a third clip being attached to one of said lateral sides of said front portion and being biased against said front frame.
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A hat shaping and drying rack combination device for selectively supporting a baseball cap, said device comprising:
- a base including a back portion and a front portion, each of said front and back portions having a bottom side, a top side, a pair of lateral sides, an outer side and an inner side wherein said inner sides face toward each other and said outer sides face away from each other, said back and front portions being spaced from each other;
- a rear frame and a front frame, said rear frame being attached to and extending upwardly from said top side of said back portion, said front frame being attached to and extending upwardly from said top side of said front portion, each of said front and rear frames comprising an open lattice;
- a coupler being mounted to said rear and front frames such that said rear and front frames may be selectively moved between a position abutting each other and a position spaced from each other;
- a biasing assembly being attached to said coupler for selectively biasing said back and front portions away from each other;
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- wherein a wet hat is positioned on the front and rear frames for drying and shaping.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.