Abstract: A reusable sweatband for sport caps and athletic headgear including a moisture receiving and retaining means attached to a strip of hook and loop fastener for placement inside the headgear with a corresponding strip of hook and loop fastener. One end of the velcro is stripped of its hooks making the strip easier to grasp and remove. A grommet is placed near the end adapted for grasping in order that the sweatband may be stored for drying or future use.

Abstract: A cap which is self-adjusting within a predetermined range of hat sizes, includes a crown having a dome and a continuous lower rim formed of a flexible substantially inelastic material. The crown has a front portion and a rear portion together having a fully expanded size corresponding to a maximum size at least as large as a largest hat size within the predetermined range of hat sizes. An elastic strip having a rear portion is attached to the front portion of the rim so that an unstretched rear portion produces an elastic loop. The size of the loop and the front portion of the rim combine to form an unstretched size which is at least as small as a minimum hat size within the predetermined range of hat sizes. The elastic strip has a partially stretched length resulting in a size together with the front rim portion, which corresponds to the maximum size of the lower rim which is at least as large as the largest hat size within the range of hat sizes.

Abstract: A cap being formed of thin flexible self supporting material cut to shape and assembled, having a band portion, overlapped lobes to form a crown, and a visor and a blank thereof.

Abstract: A cushioning, sweat-absorbing, advertising sweatband which is easily attached and removed from an existing hat or headgear that has an exposed headband. The band is a piece of material that has a foam cushion inserted inside the material and sewn in such a way as to form three distinct rectangles which are wrapped around each other and mate together through hook and loop fasteners over the exposed headband of a hat, such as an adjustable baseball cap.

Abstract: Apparatus for protecting a person's ears from the damaging ultra-violet rays of the sun is presented. The ear protector apparatus conveniently clips to the outside of a cap, typically, a baseball cap. The protective ear apparatus is positionable along the headband of the cap in accordance with the anatomical configuration of a person's head. Furthermore, the protective ear apparatus is removable and may be applied from one cap to another. Ornamental designs may be applied to the outside surface of the ear protector to display the logo of a sports team or even to advertise an organization or business entity.

Abstract: An ornament, e.g., a hair band, headband, hat band, etc., and method of making it. The ornament comprises a plurality of looped links and a looped connecting member. Each of the looped links is formed of an flexible, somewhat elastic, e.g., knitted, material in the nominal shape of a toroidal loop, but bent into a shape having a bridging midsection and a pair of openings on each side of the bridging midsection. The looped connecting member is in the form of a loop of the same material and has a central opening. The looped links are interconnected with one another so that the bridging midsection of one looped link extends through the openings in the immediately adjacent looped link to form an elongated chain-link strip having a pair of ends. One of the ends of the chain-linked strip comprising the looped connecting member and the other end comprises the looped link forming that end.

Abstract: This invention relates to a size adjustable hat having an auxiliary sweat band cooperating with the normal sweat band for adjusting the hat to fit comfortably on the head by allowing adjustment to intermediate sizes not presently available in certain styles as for example, small, medium, large and extra-large. The auxiliary sweat band is secured to the main sweat band to provide a smooth comfortable surface to the head of the wearer of the hat. The auxiliary sweat band is so designed as to leave the ends thereof hidden and unobtrusive.

Abstract: A headband protects a woman from injury to the skin adjacent to the hairline during hair treatment. The headband is made of a flat, heat-insulating, moisture-absorbing material and its top edge is arcuate in the region covering the temples and forehead of the wearer, protruded in the region covering the ears, and substantially straight in the region covering the back of the neck, so that the headband follows the contour of the hairline when secured on the head of the wearer.

Abstract: An emblem bearing cap attachment has a substantially planar, relatively stiff body defining a forward surface and a rearward surface. A primary crease extends centrally across the planar body defining an upper facing panel and a lower backing panel. The primary crease facilitates folding of the body about and capturing the adjustable straps of a baseball style cap to position the rearward surface of the facing panel in confronting relationship with the rearward surface of the backing panel whereat are fastening means to secure the panels together. The facing panel completely closes the semicircular opening at the rear of the cap and allows the display of emblems or other indicia thereon.

Abstract: A novelty hat in the form of a ball cap having a visor defining an opening in which a miniature basketball net is mounted. The miniature net is held in position in the opening by a rim of molded plastic including respective flanges circumscribing the opening, on both the top and the bottom of the visor. A miniature basketball fits through the rim, but the opening in the bottom of the net is small enough to keep the ball from passing all the way down through the net. A keeper mounted on the rim is selectively movable to a position extending above a portion of the ball to hold the ball in the net and thus prevent the ball from being lost when the hat is not being worn.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a detachable eyeshield attachment (10) For visor caps or the like comprising a clip-type mounting base (12) removably attached at the underside rear portion of a cap visor (15) or hat brim, a pivotable eyeshield holder (13) with an eyeshield (28) fixedly secured thereto, being hingedly clipped by the base (12) such that the holder (13) is capable of being controllably gripped or locked in place by the action of an adjustable actuating means (14) for flexedly tightening or loosening both arms (16) and (17) of the base.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a headgear with a holding device for a measuring unit, illuminating unit or viewing unit. The headgear has a headband and a frontal band and is mounted on the head of the wearer of the headgear. A base body is mounted on the frontal band and a bracket for holding the unit is attached to said base body by a clamping device. The clamping device is manually actuable between a fixing position wherein the bracket is movably fixed relative to the base body and a releasing position wherein the bracket is released so as to permit movement of the bracket in elevation relative to the base body. A detent device permits the bracket to be rotated relative to the base body while the clamping device is in the fixing position.

Abstract: A cap having a visor with diverse pictorial displays placed on an insert that is located on the top surface of the visor, the insert being protected by a plastic envelope fastened to the visor with a strip of hook and loop material. The envelope may be colored as well as having pictorial displays imprinted thereon and reenforced at its edges by a stitching of textile material or the envelope may be made of fabric and have diverse pictorial displays attached to the upper surface of the fabric. The equipment for pictorial displays may come in kit form.

Abstract: A cap to be worn on the top of the head comprises a crown that is fabricated to simulate approximately one-half of a game ball. The crown is formed by a plurality of generally triangular-shaped fabric gores which are collectively stitched together along their lengthwise edges, and the outer surface of each of the gores includes a pattern section which, when individual fabric gores are secured together to form the crown, are aligned to provide a half game ball.

Abstract: A sunshade cap with a double layer visor as a continue-in-part comprising an upper layer visor shaped annular or consisted of a front, a left, and a right visor and constituted of a middle layer and an upper and a lower layer made of a reflective material, the upper layer visor having a central hole defined by the annular inner circumferential edge or the inner edges of the three visors to fit around a circumferential edge of a sunshade cap body with a visor, and a fastener band fastening with a fastener band on a visor of the sunshade cap body.

Abstract: A headwear piece having a crown defining a receptacle for the head of a wearer and illumination structure on the crown for projecting an unfocused light as an adornment to the crown to be visible from externally of the crown.

Abstract: A size adjustable cap utilizing a new and improved size adjustment strap is disclosed. The size adjustable cap has an opening in the back of the cap between the cap and the size adjustment strap which extends across the opening. The size adjustment strap has one end secured to the cap in the vicinity of a sweatband that is internally attached to the cap proximate its lower margin. The size adjustment strap has a free end that extends through a complementary shaped slot provided in the sweatband on an opposite side of the cap opening to allow the size adjustment strap to pass through the complementary shaped slot for positionment between the sweatband and the cap. The complementary shaped slot is defined by a laterally outwardly directed opening in the sweatband for receiving the size adjustment strap. Cooperating adjustment fasteners are associated with the size adjustment strap and the sweatband for engagement with one another when the size adjustment strap is positioned between the sweatband and the cap.

Abstract: A baseball or softball glove comprising a shell having a concave, frontal, ball-receiving surface and a rear surface to which a handpiece is attached. The handpiece may be removably or permanently attached and may comprise finger receiving loops formed on the rear surface of the shell. The handpiece is preferably a tight fitting, leather or fabric glove. The preferred shell comprises a sheet-like, flexible skin of a selected flexibility attached to a structural skeleton having a lower flexibility than the skin.A plurality of raised bumps are formed on the ball-receiving surface of the shell near a palm region and around the outer perimeter. Elongated slots are formed through the shell, extending generally parallel to and between finger regions, and in a web region. Preferred lines of flexure are formed at at least one end of each slot, and are localized, thinned regions, along which the shell preferably flexes.

Abstract: A flat flexible fabric sheet has opposite side edges attached to an elastic band to form a hood-like fabric shield for a person's ears and neck. The fabric sheet and elastic band form an expansible annulus for attaching the sheet to a person's cap, such that when the cap is worn the fabric sheet hangs down from the cap's lower edge to cover the person's ears and neck. The lower corners of the fabric sheet are curved to minimize interference between the sheet and the person's collar, as might interfere with desired gravitational positionment of the fabric. The elastic band has a narrow width so that the band is easily stretched to enable the apparel item to fit a range of different size caps.

Abstract: A paper hat is formed from stiffly flexible paper-like material such as kraft with a rectangular top panel forming a crown, and four planar side panels and four planar side panels attached to the top panel along fold lines. The side panels have lower arcuate borders forming an oval, head-shaped opening toward the crown. Four arcuate panels flare from the side panels forming a brim with an ovate outer edge. One of the side panels has a transverse fold line parallel and intermediate the crown and the brim allowing the side panel to be folded flat. Additional fold lines along hinges joining the side panels and fold lines perpendicular to the crown allow the hat to be folded into a flat form with all panels in parallel planes.