US 9,357,808 B2Granted

U-form hat bracket

OwnerChristopher James Grayinventor

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Abstract

Disclosed is a cap shaping and forming insert device having a U-shaped structure that is placed in the front interior sweatband portion of a billed cap to prevent collapse and deformation thereof. The cap insert comprises a structure having at least two opposing vertically oriented arm members perpendicular to an elongated member disposed thereinbetween. The elongated member remains along the sweatband portion of the cap while the vertical arm members extend upward and into the interior crown of the cap. The cap insert is flexible and yet maintains a user-formed shape that can be used to maintain a desired shape of a billed cap once deployed therein. Moreover, a billed cap can be worn simultaneously with the cap insert therein. The cap insert can be washed and dried using standard methods while the cap insert is disposed therein in order to further preserve the structural integrity of the billed cap.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A cap insert structure comprising:

at least two arm members comprising at least a left arm member and a right arm member;
said left arm member having a substantially upstanding orientation;
said left arm member having a top, a bottom, and an outer terminal edge on a side of said left arm member opposing said right arm member;
said right arm member having a substantially upstanding orientation;
said right arm member having a top, a bottom, and an outer terminal edge on a side of said right arm member opposing said left arm member;
an elongated member having an upper edge and a lower terminal edge, said upper edge of said elongated member being connected substantially perpendicularly to said bottom of said left arm member and perpendicularly connected to said bottom of said right arm member;
said elongated member being horizontally disposed between said left arm member and said right arm member forming one unitary bodying having a substantial U-shape;
said unitary body comprising a flexible material, wherein said unitary body can be hand-formed into a desired shape, and wherein said unitary body maintains the desired shape after being hand-formed;
and wherein said outer terminal edge of either one of said right arm or said left arm member terminates at said lower terminal edge of said elongated member such that a ninety degree angle is formed.

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Facts

Application: 14/469,003Filed 26 Aug 2014 · us provisional application
Priority: 14 Nov 2013
Published: US 2015/0129621 A114 May 2015
Granted: 7 Jun 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

A42B 1/002
Hats; Caps; Hoods: external devices or supports adapted to retain the shape of hats, caps or hoods
A42C 3/00
Miscellaneous appliances for hat-making
A42B
Hats
A42C
Manufacturing or trimming head coverings