HEADGEAR WITH A VISOR

Abstract

A headgear includes front and rear sections, a visor, and first and second areas provided on the visor. The visor is disposed in and extending from the front section, and the visor comprises an upper surface and a lower surface. The first and second areas provided on the lower surface of the visor, and the first area and the second area have contrasting optical properties. The first area and the second area may have contrasting colors. Alternatively, the first area and the second area may be provided as two-tone portions. The first area and the second area may meet each other along a middle line dividing the lower surface of the visor substantially by halves. The middle line may be straight. The headgear may further comprise one or more eyesight reference portions disposed on the first or second area.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a headgear with a visor.

In most of sports, aligning things with body parts is important.

A headgear such as cap may be used to facilitate such an aligning.

Accordingly, a need for a headgear with a visor has been present for a long time considering the expansive demands in the everyday life. This invention is directed to solve these problems and satisfy the long-felt need.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention contrives to solve the disadvantages of the prior art.

An object of the invention is to provide a headgear with a visor.

An aspect of the invention provides a headgear comprising front and rear sections, a visor, and first and second areas provided on the visor.

The rear section is connected to the front section.

The visor is disposed in and extending from the front section, and the visor comprises an upper surface and a lower surface.

The first and second areas are provided on the lower surface of the visor, and the first area and the second area have contrasting optical properties.

The first area and the second area may have contrasting colors.

Alternatively, the first area and the second area may be provided as two-tone portions.

The first area and the second area may meet each other along a middle line dividing the lower surface of the visor substantially by halves.

The middle line may be straight.

The headgear may further comprise one or more eyesight reference portions, each of which being disposed on the first area or the second area at a predetermined position along an outer edge of the first area or the second area.

Any one of the one or more eyesight reference portions may have a shape of circle, rectangle, diamond, or triangle.

Each of the one or more eyesight reference portions may have a color different from a neighboring color.

The first area and the second area may have contrasting colors, and each of the one or more eyesight reference portions may have a color contrasting to a neighboring color.

The first area and the second area having contrasting colors, the middle line, and the one or more eyesight reference portions may be configured for a golfer wearing the headgear to align with one or more desired directions for golfing.

Alternatively, the first area and the second area having contrasting colors, the middle line, and the one or more eyesight reference portions may be configured for a baseball player wearing the headgear to align with one or more desired directions for playing baseball.

The headgear may further comprise a middle area disposed between the first area and the second area.

The middle area may have a shape of elongated rectangle.

The middle area may have a color contrasting to both colors of the first and second areas.

The headgear may further comprise one or more eyesight reference portions, each of which being disposed on the first area or the second area at a predetermined position along an outer edge of the first area or the second area.

The advantages of the present invention are: (1) the headgear with a visor according to the invention is simple in structure and manufacturing; and (2) the headgear with a visor facilitates aligning desired directions with respect to the body and spatial factors of sports.

Although the present invention is briefly summarized, the fuller understanding of the invention can be obtained by the following drawings, detailed description and appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and other features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a headgear according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the headgear of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of a headgear according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of a headgear according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a headgear aligned in a first direction with respect to a target according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the headgear of FIG. 5 aligned in a second direction with respect to the target; and

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing the headgear of FIG. 5 aligned in a third direction with respect to the target.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

Referring to the figures, the embodiments of the invention are described in detail.

FIGS. 1-3 show a headgear with a visor according to an embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 4 shows a headgear with a visor according to an embodiment of the invention.

An aspect of the invention provides a headgear 100 comprising a front section 10 and a rear section 12, a visor 20, and first and second areas 30, 40 provided on the visor 20. The rear section 12 is connected to the front section 10.

The visor 20 is disposed in and extending from the front section 10, and the visor 20 comprises an upper surface 22 and a lower surface 24.

The first and second areas 30, 40 are provided on the lower surface 24 of the visor 20, and the first area 30 and the second area 40 have contrasting optical properties.

The base form of the headgear with a visor according to the invention may be any kind of headgear having a visor. The example may include a baseball cap or a hat. Also, the headgear may have a closed top or open top. Even a headband cap or a bucket hat may be applied with the invention.

Actually, using the invention, a regular cap or hat may be transformed to a headgear with a visor according to the invention.

The first area and the second area may have contrasting colors.

Alternatively, the first area and the second area may be provided as two-tone portions.

The first area 30 and the second area 40 may meet each other along a middle line 34 dividing the lower surface 24 of the visor 20 substantially by halves as shown in FIG. 3.

The middle line 34 may be straight as illustrated.

However, it is not limiting, but in certain embodiments of the invention, the middle line 34 may be other than straight line, such as wavy line.

In certain embodiments, the headgear 100 may further comprise one or more eyesight reference portions 50, each of which being disposed on the first area 30 or the second area 40 at a predetermined position along an outer edge of the first area 30 or the second area 30 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

Any one of the one or more eyesight reference portions 50 may have a shape of circle, rectangle, diamond, or triangle. Or, it can be any other shape if it gives a reference point with respect to the other parts of the headgear and the eyesight of the user.

Each of the one or more eyesight reference portions 50 may have a color different from a neighboring color, that is, a color of the first or second area 30, 40 on which the eyesight reference portion 50 sits.

In certain embodiments, each of the one or more eyesight reference portions 50 may have a color of the first or second area 30, 40 on which the eyesight reference portion 50 does not sit. Of course, each of the one or more eyesight reference portions 50 may have a color different from both colors of the first and second area 30, 40.

The first area 30 and the second area 40 may have contrasting colors, and each of the one or more eyesight reference portions 50 may have a color contrasting to a neighboring color.

The first area 30 and the second area 40 having contrasting colors, the middle line 34, and the one or more eyesight reference portions 50 may be configured for a golfer wearing the headgear 100 to align with one or more desired directions for golfing.

Alternatively, the first area 30 and the second area 40 having contrasting colors, the middle line 34, and the one or more eyesight reference portions 50 may be configured for a baseball player wearing the headgear 100 to align with one or more desired directions for playing baseball.

Actually, the first area 30 and the second area 40 having contrasting colors, the middle line 34, and the one or more eyesight reference portions 50 may be used to align or coordinate spatially bodily posture of the user and any environmental aiming position or direction.

The headgear 100 may further comprise a middle area 60 disposed between the first area 30 and the second area 40 as shown in FIG. 4.

The middle area 60 may have a shape of elongated rectangle. The width the middle area 60 may determined according to dimension of other parts and the environmental aiming position or direction.

The middle area 60 may have a color contrasting to both colors of the first and second areas 30, 40.

The headgear 100 may further comprise one or more eyesight reference portions 50, each of which being disposed on the first area 30 or the second area 40 at a predetermined position along an outer edge of the first area 30 or the second area 40.

The user may put on the headgear with a visor according to the invention while aligning the middle line 34 or the middle area 60 with a vertical central line of her or his face. Then the user may recognize how her or his own head is directing with respect to various desired directions or positions.

The location and the size of each of the one or more eyesight reference portions 50 may be determined so that the aligning is facilitated further.

Since it helps the user to sense how aligned her or his head or body with a desired position or direction, the two-tone lower surface 24 of the visor 20 may be said as acting like a sensor.

Of course, the headgear 100 with a visor according to the invention helps the user to recognize not only position or direction of the desired object, but also movement and its direction of her or his own head.

FIGS. 5-7 show how a golfer use a headgear 100 with a visor in a field according to the invention.

FIG. 5 shows a headgear 100 aligned in a first direction with respect to a target 900 according to an embodiment of the invention, FIG. 6 shows the headgear 100 of FIG. 5 aligned in a second direction with respect to the target 900, and FIG. 7 shows the headgear 100 of FIG. 5 aligned in a third direction with respect to the target 900.

In FIG. 5, the golfer or the user with the headgear 100 on is standing facing the target 900. In the illustrated embodiment, the headgear or cap 100 has a black first area 30 and a white second area 40. The hash lines stand for the first area 30 on the lower surface 24 of the visor 20, which is provided as a surface colored, for example, with a black solid color. That is, in FIG. 5, the user is locating the target 900, in which the middle line 34 is parallel with a line connecting the user and the target 900.

Next in FIG. 6, the user is standing looking down a golf ball (not shown), in which the middle line 34 is about perpendicular to a line connecting the user and the target 900.

In FIG. 7, the user turns his head toward the target 900 to find out the target 900 and an imaginary flight course of the ball. If the user stands and aligns his body right, the target 900 may be viewed in the range of target, the black first area 30. Since the visor 20 is too close to eyes, the edge of the visor 20 or the first area 30 may look blurred. Still the user can find the target 900 with the first area 30 of the visor as a background or foreground, recognizing whether his posture or direction or degree of twisting of own upper body is right or not.

Likewise, in a baseball game, a batter wearing the headgear 100 may find out how the ball is coming in, inwards or outwards, almost instantly, by looking at the ball with the two-tone lower surface 24 of the visor 20 as a background.

In FIGS. 5-7, there is no eyesight reference portion. As discussed in the above, since it is too close, the image of such an eyesight reference portion would be blurred.

Therefore, the entire portion of the first or second area 30, 40 may be used instead, so as to obtain similar effect.

After setting up through the processes in FIGS. 5 and 6, the user looks at the ball aligning the middle line 34 with the ball, maintains the eyesight in the first (left) area 30 during a back swing, and maintains the eyesight in the second (right) area 40 from the start of down swing to the hitting moment, so that a heap-up can be prevented.

While the invention has been shown and described with reference to different embodiments thereof, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that variations in form, detail, compositions and operation may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the accompanying claims.

Claims

1. A headgear comprising:

a front section;

a rear section connected to the front section;

a visor disposed in and extending from the front section, wherein the visor comprises an upper surface and a lower surface; and

first and second areas provided on the lower surface of the visor,

wherein the first area and the second area have contrasting optical properties.

2. The headgear of claim 1, wherein the first area and the second area have contrasting colors.

3. The headgear of claim 1, wherein the first area and the second area are provided as two-tone portions.

4. The headgear of claim 1, wherein the first area and the second area meet each other along a middle line dividing the lower surface of the visor substantially by halves.

5. The headgear of claim 4, wherein the middle line is straight.

6. The headgear of claim 1, further comprising one or more eyesight reference portions, each of which being disposed on the first area or the second area at a predetermined position along an outer edge of the first area or the second area.

7. The headgear of claim 6, wherein any one of the one or more eyesight reference portions has a shape of circle, rectangle, diamond, or triangle.

8. The headgear of claim 6, wherein each of the one or more eyesight reference portions has a color different from a neighboring color.

9. The headgear of claim 6, wherein the first area and the second area have contrasting colors, and wherein each of the one or more eyesight reference portions has a color contrasting to a neighboring color.

10. The headgear of claim 4, wherein the first area and the second area having contrasting colors, the middle line, and the one or more eyesight reference portions are configured for a golfer wearing the headgear to align with one or more desired directions for golfing.

11. The headgear of claim 4, wherein the first area and the second area having contrasting colors, the middle line and the one or more eyesight reference portions are configured for a baseball player wearing the headgear to align with one or more desired directions for playing baseball.

12. The headgear of claim 1, further comprising a middle area disposed between the first area and the second area.

13. The headgear of claim 12, wherein the middle area has a shape of elongated rectangle.

14. The headgear of claim 1, wherein the middle area has a color contrasting to both colors of the first and second areas.

15. The headgear of claim 12, further comprising one or more eyesight reference portions, each of which being disposed on the first area or the second area at a predetermined position along an outer edge of the first area or the second area.