Hat pallet for digital image printing and method for producing a printed hat
AssigneeVistaprint Technologies Limited
InventorsJonathan D. Styles, Barry M. Parent
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AssigneeVistaprint Technologies Limited
InventorsJonathan D. Styles, Barry M. Parent
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A hat pallet for use in a printer which prints an image onto a hat of the type having a cap and a bill attached thereto includes a bottom plate and a top plate mountable in a closed position over the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a printing plate and a bill support fixedly mounted thereon. The top plate has an opening exposing at least a portion of the printing plate when the top plate is in the closed position. The bill support is positioned relative to the printing plate such that when the hat is mounted in the pallet with the top plate in the closed position, a portion of the cap on which the image is to be printed is supported on the printing plate and exposed through the opening of the top plate and the underside of the bill of the hat is supported by the bill support.
A pallet for holding a hat for printing, the hat comprising a cap and a bill attached to the cap, the pallet comprising:
A method for producing a hat having an image printed thereon, the hat comprising a cap with a bill attached thereto, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.