NOVELTY BANDANNA
A bandanna for use at sporting events, for example is disclosed. One or more graphics are located on a piece of material such that when the piece of material is properly formed into a bandanna and worn on the head of a wearer, the graphics are properly oriented. In one embodiment of the invention, the graphics and the location of the graphics are selected so that when the bandanna is properly worn on the head of the wearer, the bandanna emulates a football helmet of a sports team with the graphics orientated the same as on the sports team's football helmet. In addition to football events, the novelty bandanna can be adapted to virtually any sport as well as non-sporting events as well and may include various corporate logos as well as other graphics.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a bandanna and in particular to a bandanna formed from a piece of material with one or more graphics located thereupon wherein the location of the graphics on the bandanna are selected so that the graphics are properly oriented when the bandanna is worn on the head of a wearer.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Bandannas are becoming increasingly popular headpieces. Examples of such bandannas are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,058,211; 6,032,292; 6,319,090 and U.S. Patent Application Publication US 2003/0011741 A1. Such bandannas normally consist of a generally square piece of fabric, for example, cotton, silk, rayon, or other fabric folded in half forming a triangle. The longest edge of the triangular piece of fabric is placed against the forehead of a wearer. The free end of the fabric is draped over the top of the head. When the two other ends of the fabric are tied over the free end of the fabric, a cap is formed on the head of the wearer, which loosely conforms to the shape of the wearers head.
Bandanna-like headwear is also known which emulates a bandanna on the head of a wearer. Examples of such bandanna-like headwear are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,014,776; U.S. Patent Application Publication US 2003/0070208 A1 and International Patent Application Publication No. WO 98/41120. This bandanna like headwear is generally preformed into bandanna so that a wearer can have a bandanna look without the need to tie piece of material into a bandanna. Unfortunately, such bandanna like headwear is much more expensive to manufacture than scarves used for conventional bandannas, thus driving up the cost of such bandanna like headwear.
Such bandannas are worn for various purposes, including protection of the wearers head from the sun as well as for purely fashion reasons. Bandannas have not heretofore been known to be associated with sporting events. Instead, spectators of sporting events often wear other headwear which sometimes includes the logo of the spectator's favorite sports team participating in the sporting event. For example, baseball spectators often wear baseball caps to baseball games which carry the logo of their favorite baseball team. Similarly, spectators of football games are often known to wear stocking caps which include the logo of their favorite football team. However, there are some spectators which do not like stocking caps or baseball caps and would prefer to wear a bandanna, but would still like to encourage their favorite team by wearing another type of headwear which includes their favorite team's logo. Thus, there is a need for a bandanna for use in sporting events, which, when secured to the head of the wearer, properly displays a logo or other graphic.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention relates to a piece of material with one or more graphics located thereupon configured to be formed into a bandanna for use at sporting events, for example. The one or more graphics are located on the bandanna such that when the bandanna is worn on the head of a wearer, the graphics are properly oriented. In one embodiment of the invention, the graphics and the location of the graphics are selected so that when the bandanna is properly worn on the head of the wearer, the bandanna emulates a football helmet of a sports team with the graphics orientated the same as on the sports team's football helmet. In addition to football events, the novelty bandanna can be adapted for use with virtually any sport as well as non-sporting events and may include various corporate logos. In this way, wearers have the option of wearing bandannas which incorporate the logo of their favorite sports team or various other corporate logos or other graphics.
These and other advantages of the present invention will be readily understood with reference to the following specification and attached drawing wherein:
The present invention relates to a bandanna that can be formed from a piece of material with one or more graphics located thereupon. In accordance with an important aspect of the invention, the graphics are located such that when the bandanna is properly worn on the head of a wearer, the graphics are properly oriented. In one embodiment of the invention, the bandanna may be configured to emulate a football helmet. In this embodiment, the graphics are located so that when the bandanna is properly tied in the head of a wearer, the graphics on the bandanna are orientated such that the bandanna resembles, for example, the football helmet of a particular sports team.
Although the present invention is described and illustrated in terms of a bandanna for emulating football helmets of various sports teams, the concept of the present invention is applicable to bandannas for use as other types of sporting events as well as non-sporting events. For example, the bandanna may be configured with logos or other graphics. The graphics may include corporate logos as well as non-corporate logos. For example, the graphics may be selected so that the bandanna when properly worn on the head of a wearer, emulates various sporting items, such as pool balls, basketballs, soccer balls, and the like. Virtually any graphic can be used on the bandanna and located such that the graphic is properly oriented when the bandanna is properly configured on the head of a wearer.
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The bandanna 22 may be made from virtually any material, such as a fabric, such as, cotton, rayon, nylon and even non-fabric materials, such as paper. In addition to the square piece of material, as generally shown in
Obviously, many modifications and various of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. Thus, it is to be understood that, within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than is specifically described above.
Claims
1. A bandanna comprising:
- a generally square piece of material having one or more graphics located thereupon that can be folded into a triangle defining three corners and having two of said three corners tied together by an individual forming a bandana that is configured as a cap on the head of a wearer, the location of said one or more graphics selected so that said one or more graphics are properly oriented when said bandanna is worn on the head of a wearer.
2. The bandanna as recited in claim 1, wherein said piece of material is made from cloth.
3. The bandanna as recited in claim 2, wherein said piece of material is made from paper.
4. (canceled)
5. (canceled)
6. The bandanna as recited in claim 1, wherein said one or more graphics are sports related.
7. The bandanna as recited in claim 6, wherein said one or more graphics are graphics selected to emulate the helmet of a football helmet.
8. The bandanna as recited in claim 1, wherein said one or more graphics are non sports related.
9. The bandanna as recited in claim 1, wherein said one or more graphics are corporate logos.
10. A method for forming a bandanna comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a generally square piece of material that can be folded into a triangle defining three corners and two of said three corners tied together by an individual forming a bandana that is configured as a cap on the head of a wearer; and
- (b) locating one or more graphics on said generally square piece of material such that said one or more graphics are properly oriented when said bandanna is worn on the head of a wearer.
11. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein step (a) comprises: providing a piece of cloth.
12. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein step (a) comprises providing a piece of paper.
13. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein step (a) comprises: providing a piece of generally rectangular material.
14. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein step (a) comprises: providing a piece of generally non-rectangular material.
15. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein step (b) comprises: locating one or more sports related graphics on said piece of material.
16. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein step (b) comprises: locating one or more non-sports related graphics on said piece of material.
17. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein step (b) comprises: locating one or more corporate logos on said piece of material.
18. The bandanna as recited in claim 1, wherein said bandanna when worn on the head of a wearer emulates a football helmet.
19. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein said bandanna when worn on the head of a wearer emulates a football helmet
20. An emulated cloth football helmet comprising:
- a generally square piece of material having one or more graphics located thereupon that can be folded into a triangle defining three corners and having two of said three corners tied together by an individual that emulates a football helmet on the head of a wearer, the location of said one or more graphics selected so that said one or more graphics are properly oriented when said cloth football helmet is worn on the head of a wearer.
21. The emulated cloth football helmet as set forth in claim 20, wherein said one or more graphics are configured to be visible from opposing sides of a wearer's head.
Type: Application
Filed: Jan 12, 2009
Publication Date: Aug 13, 2009
Inventor: Bradley Jacob Hokin (Chicago, IL)
Application Number: 12/351,957
International Classification: A42B 3/00 (20060101); A42B 5/00 (20060101); A42B 1/06 (20060101);