Sun Visor Hat

Abstract

A durable, stretchable, collapsible, foldable, reversible, printable, washable, adjustable sun visor hat with a pair of fabric loop holes affixed to crown member above temple area for securing a pair of eye-glass, or sun-glass frames when not in use.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of Invention

The history of the present invention dates back to ancient times. Headgear, headwear, headdress, is the name given to any element of clothing which is worn on one's head and serves a variety of purposes. Such as protection (against cold, heat, rain), fashion, decoration, religious purposes, medical purposes, disguising and social.

2. Discussion of the Prior Art

Throughout the years headwear has played a definite role in society. Traditionally headwear has been designed and worn to serve specific purposes as defined below but not limited to.

Overview of Headwear Types:

Bonnets, as worn by women and girls, were hats worn out doors which were secured by tying under the chin and were often designed with some type of peak or visor. Bonnets worn by men and boys are generally disfurnished from hats by being soft and having no brim.

Caps are generally soft and often have no brim or just a peak (like on a baseball cap). For many centuries women wore a variety of head-coverings which were called caps. For example, in the 18th and 19th centuries a cap was a kind of head covering made of a flimsy fabric; it was worn indoors or under a bonnet by married women, or older unmarried women.

A fillet or circlet is a round band worn around the head and over the hair. Elaborate and costly versions eventually evolved into crowns, but fillets could be made from woven bands of fabric, leather, beads or metal. Fillets are unisex, and are especially prevalent in archaic to renaissance dress.

Hair covers, such as hairnets, are used to prevent loose hair from contaminating food or work areas. A snood is a net or fabric bag pinned or tied on at the back of a woman's head for holding the hair. Scarves are used to protect styled hair or keep it tidy. Shower caps and swim caps prevent hair from becoming wet or entangled during activity.

Hats often have a brim all the way around the rim, and may be either placed on the head, or secured with hat-pins (which are pushed through the hat and the hair). Depending on the type of hat, they may be properly worn by men, by women or by both sexes

Modern hoods are generally soft head coverings which are an integral part of a larger garment, like an overcoat, shirt or cloak. Historically, hoods were either similar to modern hoods, or a separate form of headgear. In medieval Europe hoods with short capes, were extremely common, and later evolved into elaborate and adaptable hats.

Women's hoods varied from close-fitting, soft headgear to stiffened, structured hoods or very large coverings made of material over a frame which fashionable women wore over towering wigs or hairstyles to protect them from the elements.

The most common purpose of headgear is for protection. The most common use of headgear is as protection for the head and eyes. A baseball cap is used by sports players to keep the sun out of their eyes, and by some chefs to keep the hair out of their food. Traditionally, silk chefs hats are used for this purpose. A rain hat has a wide rim to keep the rain out of the wearer's face. Some traditional types of hat such as the Mexican sombrero also serve this purpose.

There are also the full ranges of helmets. There are also hats that are worn for protection from the cold. These include many varieties of fur hats.

Headgear is also an article of fashion. The formal man's black silk top hat was formerly an indispensable portion of the suit, and women's hats have, over the years, attained a fantastic number of shapes. These showpiece creations were created more as works of art than as practical items of fashion, and may be worth thousands or millions of dollars. The hat as an article of formal wear has fallen out of fashion, though some kinds of hats other than baseball caps may be included in young people's subculture fashions.

Some headgear is known for its religious significance and worn for religious practice. Observant Jewish men wear, small cloth skull-caps, because they believe the head should be covered in the presence of God. Some Jewish men wear the religious headwear at all times, others in the synagogue. Married Jewish women wear a headscarf.

Similar to the Jewish headgear, religious head garments are worn by Roman Catholic clergy. Male Sikhs are required to wear turbans.

In Islam, the headscarf is worn by women because it is considered modest. Muslim men also wear a skullcap. Until more recent times, men in most Muslim societies were rarely seen without headdress of some sort.

The black satin pillbox-shaped skullcap is worn by the Buddhist priests in China. In earlier times, it was a very saucer-shaped, cap.

Switzerland is home to the Cup-and-Ring skullcap, a straw cap with embroidered flowers, a small pompom in the center, and velvet strips sewn round it in rings. This cap was traditionally worn by shepherds for luck and married men (for fertility).

Headgear such as crowns and tiaras are worn in recognition of noble status especially among royalty. Wigs are worn traditionally by judges and barristers of Commonwealth nations. Feathered headpieces are worn by various Native North American and South American indigenous peoples.

A bandanna or bandana is a type of large, usually colorful, kerchief, usually worn on the head or around the neck of a person or pet and is not considered to be a hat. Bandannas are frequently printed in many patterns. Bandanas are most often used to hold hair back, either as a fashionable head accessory, or for practical purposes:

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

Regardless of the style of headwear mentioned above they were all designed with a specific use in mind. In accordance of the purposes of the present invention, as embodied and described herein but not limited to, the present invention includes: a single piece head garment that is durable, stretchable, collapsible, foldable, reversible, printable, washable, adjustable head wear capable of adapting to any persons head.

Another aspect of the invention is the elastic head band member fastened to the crown member allowing the sun visor hat to fit snuggly.

Another aspect of the present invention is two fabric loops attached to both sides of the temple area of the crown member for securing a pair of sun glasses or eye glasses when not being worn.

Although some styles of the present invention may be considered a reversible, washable fabric they also include optional attachable, detachable or alternative accessory objects. Advantages of the design of the present invention include but not limited an all inclusive one piece manufactured head garment.

Related U.S. Patent Documents

	Pat. No.:	Date:	Inventor:
	6,499,144	December 2002	Yan
	6,516,637	February 2003	Fancher et al.
	6,567,991	May 2003	Holslag et al.
	6,701,532	March 2004	Glassberg et al.
	6,711,749	March 2004	White et al.
	6,895,601	May 2005	Park
	7,305,996	December 2007	Kraft et al.
	2004/0149306	August 2004	Rogers
	20069/0085891	April 2006	Larkin et al.
	2006/0168785	August 2006	Kraft et al.
	2007/0131238	June 2007	Chdzik et alz

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the details thereof.

FIG. 2 is a right side elevational view a mirror image of the right side of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the details thereof.

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the details thereof.

FIG. 4 is an isometric view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the details thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The details of the preferred embodiment of the present invention are shown in FIGS. 1-4 of the drawings. Turning to FIG. 1, the sun visor hat generally comprises a reversible, stretchable elastic fabric band member 5, fabric loops 6, reversible crown 7, reversible fabric covered bill 8, foam sub-structure of bill 9.

Claims

1. A durable, stretchable, collapsible, foldable, reversible, printable, washable, adjustable sun visor hat comprising of;

2. An elastic, stretchable, adjustable sweat head-band member capable of adjustment to any head size as described in claim 1.

3. A collapsible, foldable head wear for ease of pocket storage as described in claim 1.

4. A shaped loop hole mirrored on opposite sides of the crown located above temple area for securing eye-glass, sun-glass frames when not in use as described in claim 1.

5. A reversible head wear worn inside or out as described in claim 1.

6. A durable head wear to withstand washing and drying as described in claim 1.

7. A flexible foam sub-structure visor bill as described in claim 1.

8. A single piece manufactured sun visor hat easy to manufacture, made of recyclable denim, or cotton fabric, or organic cotton, bamboo or hemp fabric or blends thereof and foam bill sub-structure as described in claim 1.