Protective sports hat insert device

A hat assembly comprising:

• a hat;
• a hard outer shell having a lower bottom edge located inside said outer hat;
• and
• an inner shell located inside said hard outer shell, said inner shell being composed of an energy absorbing material, said inner shell having an inside surface and an outside surface the inside surface tapering at a bottom edge, said tapering configured to angle towards said outside surface, a lower most point of the outside surface of the inner shell being substantially aligned with the bottom edge of the outer shell, the hard outer shell and inner shell being sized and shaped for insertion into said hat with both shells substantially covering an entire head area inside the inner shell;
• and
• wherein said hat includes a flap, said flap covering the bottom edge of the hard outer shell and inner shell.

A hat assembly comprising:

• a hat;
• a hard outer shell having a lower bottom edge;
• an inner shell composed of an expanded high-density foamed material, said inner shell having an inside surface and an outside surface the inside surface tapering at a bottom eoge, said tapering configured to angle towards said outside surface, a lower most point of the outside surface of the inner shell being substantially aligned with the bottom edge of the outer shell, the hard outer shell and soft inner shell being sized and shaped for insertion into the hat with both shells substantially covering an entire head area inside the hat;
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• wherein said hat includes a flap, said flap covering the bottom edge of the hard outer shell and soft inner shell.