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US 8,231,034 B2Granted
Hat brim protector and shaper
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 brim 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 brim 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 brim 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 brim of the hat is supported by the brim support.
A brim protector for a hat, the hat comprising a cap having a brim attached thereto, the brim protector comprising:
A dryer conveyance system, comprising:
A method for protecting a brim of a hat, the hat comprising the brim connected to a cap, the method comprising:
A method for making a brim protector for a hat, the hat comprising a cap having a brim attached thereto, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.