Cowboy Style Hat
A cow boy style hat has a crown removeably attached to the brim by fasteners, enabling different combinations of crown and brim. Some embodiments employ a crown providing a hard protective shell combined with a soft brim to reduce force transmission from the brim to the crown. Other embodiments combine a soft crown with a soft brim. Still other embodiments allow interchangeability between various styles of crowns and brims, sometimes combining diverse crown and brim materials.
This application is co-pending with the following design applications:
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- “Hat” #29/507,662 filed Oct. 30, 2014 by Zina Denny, Docket D1409Den
- “Hat” #29/507,662 filed Oct. 30, 2014 by Zina Denny, Docket D1408Den
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FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention relates to the field of hats.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONHats serve a number of purposes for the wearer. Among these purposes are protection from the elements such as sun, wind and precipitation. Other protections may be from a hazardous work or recreational environment. Still other purposes may involve fashion or serving as a means of identification of the wearer.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIn one embodiment, a cowboy style hat for a wearer, features a cowboy hat style crown. The crown has an inside near the head of the wearer and an outside. A cowboy hat style brim remove-ably attaches around the inside periphery of the crown.
In some embodiments, the crown employs materials to from a hard protective shell around the wearer's head, serving a similar function as a construction hard hat. Such embodiments may further include an adjustable suspension inside the crown to better fit the head of the wearer and add additional protection. Other embodiments also include straps such as chin straps or string straps.
In other embodiments the brim may be of a softer material than the crown. The brim may be designed to crush or distort to absorb, dissipate, reduce or mitigate the effects of an applied force. This action lessens the danger of an applied force being transferred in such a way as to act through the crown causing neck injury.
A removable brim is attached to the crown by complementary fasteners, including but not limited to, mating snaps, hook and latch, and buttons and button holes. This arrangement allows different crowns to be attached to different brims. This interchangeability enables combinations of colors, styles, materials and functions among other things. Example functions include water repelling or an open mesh for partial shade.
In still other embodiments, the hat has a band, configured to cover the area where the brim attaches around the inside of the crown, the band is disposed between the head of the wearer and the brim where the brim attaches around the inside of the crown. The band folds over the complementary fasteners to protect the head of the wearer from the fasteners such as mating snaps. The band can be attached to the crown or brim and positioned to allow access to the fasteners during attachment and positioned over the fasteners when the hat is worn.
In yet other embodiments the edge of the brim has a stiffening member such as a metal, plastic or organic material cord that allows the user to shape the brim. The style and appearance of the hat can be changed by altering the shape of the brim.
The summary above, and the following detailed description will be better understood in view of the enclosed drawings which depict details of preferred embodiments. Like reference numbers designate like elements. It should however be noted that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangement shown in the drawings. The features, functions and advantages can be achieved independently in various embodiments of the claimed invention or may be combined in yet other embodiments.
In the following description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part thereof, and in which is shown by way of illustration specific exemplary embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention, and it is to be understood that modification to the various disclosed embodiments may be made and other embodiments may be utilized, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The following detailed description is therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense.
Previous embodiments highlighted a hard, protective shell 600. The Cowboy Style Hat however can employ both a soft crown 200 and a soft brim 300. The types of materials available for both the crown 200 and brim 300 are numerous. The possible combinations of materials between the crown 200 and brim 300 are nearly endless. Examples of materials possible for the crown 200 and brim 300 include, but are not limited to, mesh, canvas, plastic, leather, straw, beaver and wool and felt. Thus, the crown 200 might be one type of material, while the brim 300 another type of material. Additionally, depending upon weather, fashion or whim, custom hats can be quickly assembled by varying materials, styles or colors.
Thus in operation, the various embodiments of the cowboy style hat described in conjunction with
In use, to remove a brim 300 from a crown 200 or 600, the user folds back the band 500 to expose the complementary fasteners 400. The user, unbuttons, unsnaps or separates the hook and latch fasteners to separate the brim 300 from the crown 200 or 600. To reassemble a brim 300 to a crown 200 or 600, the user aligns the brim 300 with the inside periphery of the crown 240 and engages the complementary fasteners around the inside periphery of the crown 240. The user then folds the band 500 over the area of the complementary fasteners 400.
In applications where a hard protective shell 600 is not desired or required, the user can detach the brim 300 and attach a soft crown 200.
Glossary
Although the hat has been described in terms of certain preferred embodiments, other embodiments that are apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art, including embodiments that do not provide all of the features and advantages set forth herein, are also within the scope of this invention. Rather, the scope of the present invention is defined only by reference to the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
Claims
1. A cowboy style hat for a wearer, the cowboy style hat comprising:
- a cowboy hat style crown having an inside near the head of the wearer and an outside;
- a cowboy hat style brim attached wholly around the inside periphery of the crown.
2. The cowboy style hat of claim 1 wherein the cowboy hat style crown forms a hard protective shell about the head of the wearer.
3. The cowboy style hat of claim 2 wherein the hard protective shell further comprises:
- suspension inside the crown,
- the suspension adjustable to fit the head of the wearer.
- the material of the brim being softer than the crown,
- the brim further configured to crush thus reducing transfer of force from the brim to the crown.
4. The cowboy style hat of claim 1 wherein the brim comprises a material softer than the crown, the brim further configured to deform when the brim encounters a force thus reducing transfer of the force from the brim to the crown.
5. The cowboy style hat of claim 1 wherein the brim is removable from the crown.
6. The cowboy style hat of claim 5 wherein the brim is removably attached to the crown by complementary fasteners.
7. The cowboy style hat of claim 6 wherein the complementary fasteners are mating snaps.
8. The cowboy style hat of claim 6 wherein the complementary fasteners are hook and latch fasteners.
9. The cowboy style hat of claim 6 wherein the complementary fasteners are button holes and buttons.
10. The cowboy style hat of claim 1 further comprising a band, the band configured to cover the area where the brim attaches wholly around the inside of the crown, the band further disposed between the head of the wearer and the brim where the brim attaches wholly around the inside of the crown.
11. The band of clam 10 wherein the band attaches to the inside of the crown.
12. The cowboy style hat of claim 1 wherein the crown and brim are of different materials.
13. A cowboy style hat for the head of a wearer, the cowboy style hat comprising:
- a cowboy hat style crown having an inside near the head of the wearer and an outside, the crown comprising, a hard protective crown shell; and suspension inside the crown, the suspension adjustable to fit the head of the wearer; and
- a cowboy hat style brim attached around the inside of the crown.
14. The cowboy style hat of claim 13 wherein the brim comprises a material softer than the crown,
- the brim further configured to deform when the brim encounters a force thus reducing transfer of the force from the brim to the crown.
15. The cowboy style hat of claim 13 wherein the brim is removable from the crown.
16. The cowboy style hat of claim 13 wherein the brim is removably attached to the crown by complementary fasteners.
17. The cowboy style hat of claim 13 further comprising a band, the band configured to cover the area where the brim attaches around the inside of the crown, the band further disposed between the head of the wearer and the brim where the brim attaches around the inside of the crown.
18. The band of claim 13 wherein the band attaches wholly around the inside of the crown.
19. The cowboy style hat of claim 13 wherein the crown and brim are of different materials; the brim further comprising a stiffening member in the edge of the brim enabling a user to shape the brim.
20. A cowboy style hat for the head of a wearer, the cowboy style hat comprising:
- a cowboy hat style crown having an inside near the head of the wearer and an outside,
- the crown comprising, a hard protective crown shell; and suspension inside the crown, the suspension adjustable to fit the head of the wearer.
- a cowboy hat style brim attached around the inside of the crown;
- the brim comprising a material softer than the crown, the brim further configured to deform when the brim encounters a force thus reducing transfer of the force from the brim to the crown;
- the brim being removable from the crown;
- the brim being attached to the crown by complementary fasteners;
- a band, the band configured to cover the area where the brim attaches around the inside of the crown, the band further disposed between the head of the wearer and the brim where the brim attaches around the inside of the crown.
Type: Application
Filed: Jun 25, 2015
Publication Date: Dec 29, 2016
Inventor: Zina Ann Denny (Sultan, WA)
Application Number: 14/750,032