BASEBALL CAP WITH INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS
A hat with interchangeable parts is disclosed, the hat comprising a cap portion with a lower peripheral edge and one or more panels at least partially forming a crown of the hat. Some implementations also include a brim portion removably attached to the cap portion adjacent to the lower peripheral edge and extending away from a front face of the crown of the hat. Implementations can also include one or more interchangeable logos removably attached to the cap portion of the hat, a button removably attached to a crown apex of the crown of the hat, and/or an interchangeable back strap removably attached opposite the front face of the crown.
The present application claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. Application No. 62/822,217, filed Mar. 22, 2019, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND Technical FieldThis disclosure generally relates to hats, in particular hats with interchangeable parts.
Related TechnologyHat wearers often purchase a wide range of hats to provide a large variety of options for accenting an appearance. For example, many hat wearers often buy hats of various color schemes to match various outfits or to portray support for or affiliation with a particular idea, group, person, or organization on a particular occasion. Additionally, hat wearers often purchase hats adorned with a wide range of insignia, logos, icons, or word phrases to suit a particular occasion or preference. Some hats may include images and names marketing a particular brand of product. Others portray the name, emblem, or mascot or a particular sport team.
The wide range of colors and decorations available leads many hat wearers to purchase large amounts of hats, which can create cost and storage issues. Additionally, many sports teams and other organizations frequently update their logos or color schemes, resulting in additional costs to hat wearers that prefer to own hats that portray the current colors and logos affiliated with a particular team or organization.
Accordingly, there are a number of disadvantages with hats that can be addressed.
BRIEF SUMMARYImplementations of the present disclosure solve one or more of the foregoing or other problems in the art with hats. In particular, one or more implementations can include a hat with interchangeable parts, comprising a cap portion with a lower peripheral edge and one or more interconnected panels, the one or more interconnected panels at least partially forming a crown of the hat. Some implementations also include a brim portion removably attached to the cap portion adjacent to the lower peripheral edge and extending away from a front face of the crown of the hat. Implementations can also include one or more interchangeable logos removably attached to the cap portion of the hat, as well as a button removably attached to a crown apex of the crown of the hat and an interchangeable back strap removably attached opposite the front face of the crown.
Hats of the present disclosure can also include interchangeable logos that are removably attached to the cap portion of the hat via magnetic materials or hook and loop fastener. In some implementations, multiple logos can simultaneously be removably attached to the front face of the crown of the hat. Additionally, hats of the present disclosure can include a brim portion and/or a back strap that are removably attached to the cap portion of the hat via an attachment track on the cap portion configured to slidably attach to a tab or runner of the corresponding brim portion and/or back strap.
Accordingly, a hat with interchangeable parts is disclosed.
This summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the detailed description. This summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an indication of the scope of the claimed subject matter.
Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be evident from the description, or may be learned by the practice of the disclosure. The features and advantages of the disclosure may be realized and obtained by means of the instruments and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims. These and other features of the present disclosure will become more fully apparent from the following description and appended claims or may be learned by the practice of the disclosure as set forth hereinafter.
In order to describe the manner in which the above recited and other advantages and features of the disclosure can be obtained, a more particular description of the disclosure briefly described above will be rendered by reference to specific embodiments thereof, which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is appreciated that these drawings depict only typical embodiments of the disclosure and are not therefore to be considered to be limiting of its scope.
The disclosure will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail through the use of the accompanying drawings in which:
Before describing various embodiments of the present disclosure in detail, it is to be understood that this disclosure is not limited to the parameters of the particularly exemplified systems, methods, apparatus, products, processes, and/or kits, which may, of course, vary. Thus, while certain embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail, with reference to specific configurations, parameters, components, elements, etc., the descriptions are illustrative and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the claimed invention. In addition, the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing the embodiments and is not necessarily intended to limit the scope of the claimed invention.
Furthermore, it is understood that for any given component or embodiment described herein, any of the possible candidates or alternatives listed for that component may generally be used individually or in combination with one another, unless implicitly or explicitly understood or stated otherwise. Additionally, it will be understood that any list of such candidates or alternatives is merely illustrative, not limiting, unless implicitly or explicitly understood or stated otherwise.
Embodiments of the present disclosure enable a hat wearer to personally customize the appearance of a hat by choosing between and implementing a variety of interchangeable parts. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure include a hat with one or more of the following parts being removable and therefore interchangeable: a brim portion, a back strap, a button, and one or more logos. Accordingly, a user of a hat with interchangeable parts according to the present disclosure may pick and choose between brims, back straps, buttons, and/or logos of various colors, designs, and markings. For example, when a wearer of a hat according to one of the embodiments herein attends a particular event, the wearer may choose a particular logo and/or particular colors to display in support of the event, a particular sports team, or any message or theme that the wearer wishes to convey.
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In some embodiments, baseball cap 100 can include lower peripheral edge 116 with a complete circumference, such that there is no gap defining a rear opening 120 and thus no need for back strap 106. Embodiments without back strap 106 would of a necessity be fitted to the hat wearer either by appropriate sizing of the lower peripheral edge 116 or via an elastic headband or sweatband being integrated with the lower peripheral edge 116. Embodiments that do include back strap 106 would have the advantages of superior adjustability and customizability, but some hat wearers may prefer to purchase a fitted cap without rear opening 120.
As illustrated, embodiments of logo 110 can be removably or permanently attached to front face 118 of cap portion 102. Similarly, embodiments can include brim portion 104 that is removably or permanently attached to cap portion 102 adjacent to lower peripheral edge 116 and front face 118, with brim portion 104 extending away from front face 118. Embodiments can also include a back strap 106 that is removably or permanently attached to cap portion 102 adjacent to lower peripheral edge 116 and the rear opening 120, and button 108 either removably or permanently attached to cap portion 102 at crown apex 114.
In an embodiment of the present invention, brim portion 104 includes an attachment tab 122 configured to removably attach to cap portion 102 by sliding into brim attachment track 124 that is integrated with lower peripheral edge 116 adjacent to front face 118 of cap portion 102. Rigid attachment tab 122, as shown in
Some embodiments can additionally or alternatively include interchangeable back strap 106 that is configured to be selectively removable from cap portion 102. For example, embodiments of baseball cap 100 can include one or more strap attachment tracks 126 connected to cap portion 102 adjacent to lower peripheral edge 116 and rear opening 120. In some embodiments, interchangeable back strap 106 can include one or more attachment tabs 128 configured to slide into or otherwise removably attach to the corresponding one or more strap attachment tracks 126 on cap portion 102. Embodiments of back strap 106 can include any shape, style, or functional design of hat fasteners or back straps, such as but not limited to traditional snap closures, elastic cloth of adjustable or fixed length, straps with hook and loop fastener, and so forth.
One or more embodiments can additionally or alternatively include interchangeable button 108 that is selectively removeable from crown apex 114 of cap portion 102. In some embodiments, fastener socket 130 is connected to cap portion 102 at crown apex 114, fastener socket 130 being configured to removably attach to interchangeable button 108. In some embodiments, fastener socket 130 and interchangeable button 108 comprise a snap button system. In other embodiments, fastener socket 130 and interchangeable button 108 can comprise magnetic materials or hook and loop fastener to form a selectively removeable connection therebetween.
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It should be understood that, for the purposes of the present disclosure, the terms “magnetic materials,” “magnetic panels,” “magnets,” and the like are to be interpreted broadly so to include any corresponding pairs of materials that attach to one another via a magnetic force. For example, some embodiments may include a magnetized piece of material corresponding to a ferrous material. For the purposes of the embodiments disclosed herein, such materials may be interchanged with one another so long as a similar result is achieved, namely, so long as one component can be magnetically attached to another component as intended.
Following are some further example embodiments of the invention. These are presented only by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
Embodiment 1. A hat, comprising: a cap portion 102 comprised of a crown apex 114, a lower peripheral edge 116 opposite crown apex 114, a front face 118 spanning between crown apex 114 and lower peripheral edge 116, a button 108 attached to crown apex 114, a back strap 106 spanning a rear opening 120 defined by a gap in lower peripheral edge 116 opposite front face 118, a brim portion 104 attached to lower peripheral edge 116 adjacent to front face 118, and one or more logos 110 attached to front face 118.
Embodiment 2. The hat as recited in embodiment 1, wherein button 108 is removably attached to crown apex 114.
Embodiment 3. The hat as recited in any of embodiments 1-2, wherein back strap 106 is removably attached to cap portion 102.
Embodiment 4. The hat as recited in any of embodiments 1-3, wherein brim portion 104 is removably attached to cap portion 102.
Embodiment 5. The hat as recited in any of embodiments 1-4, wherein one or more logos 110 are removably attached to cap portion 102.
Embodiment 6. The hat as recited in any of embodiments 1-5, wherein at least one additional logo 110 is removably attached to brim portion 104.
Although the subject matter described herein is provided in language specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the subject matter defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the described features or acts so described. Rather, the described features and acts are disclosed as example forms of implementing the claims.
The present disclosure may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from its spirit or essential characteristics. The described embodiments are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the invention is, therefore, indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description. While certain embodiments and details have been included herein and in the attached disclosure for purposes of illustrating embodiments of the present disclosure, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes in the methods, products, devices, and apparatus disclosed herein may be made without departing from the scope of the disclosure or of the invention, which is defined in the appended claims. All changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are to be embraced within their scope.
Claims
1. A hat with interchangeable parts, comprising:
- a cap portion comprised of a lower peripheral edge and one or more panels, the one or more panels at least partially forming a crown;
- a brim portion removably attached to the cap portion adjacent to the lower peripheral edge and extending away from a front face of the crown; and
- one or more interchangeable logos removably attached to the cap portion.
2. The hat according to claim 1, wherein the cap portion further comprises a fastener socket connected to a crown apex of the crown, the fastener socket configured to have a button removably attached thereto.
3. The hat according to claim 1, wherein the cap portion further comprises a brim attachment track at least partially spanning the lower peripheral edge adjacent to the front face of the crown, and the brim portion further comprises an attachment tab configured to removably attach to the brim attachment track.
4. The hat according to claim 1, wherein the one or more interchangeable logos are removably attached to the cap portion by a magnetic force.
5. The hat according to claim 4, wherein the cap portion comprises one or more magnetic panels integrated with the one or more panels, and the one or more interchangeable logos comprise a magnetic material configured to removably attach to any of the one or more magnetic panels of the cap portion.
6. The hat according to claim 5, wherein the front face of the crown is configured to have a plurality of interchangeable logos simultaneously attached thereto.
7. The hat according to claim 5, wherein the brim portion further comprises an integrated magnetic panel configured to have at least one of the one or more interchangeable logos removably attached thereto.
8. The hat according to claim 1, further comprising a back strap removably attached to the cap portion at a rear opening defined by a gap in the lower peripheral edge opposite the front face of the crown.
9. The hat according to claim 8, wherein the cap portion further comprises at least one strap attachment track attached to a periphery of the rear opening.
10. The hat according to claim 9, wherein the at least one strap attachment track is attached to the periphery such that an opening of the at least one strap attachment track faces towards the gap in the lower peripheral edge.
11. The hat according to claim 10, wherein the at least one strap attachment track is integrated with the one or more panels such that the at least one strap attachment track is hidden from view.
12. The hat according to claim 1, wherein the cap portion further comprises a sweat band attached to an interior surface of the crown adjacent to the lower peripheral edge.
13. A hat with interchangeable parts, comprising:
- a cap portion, comprising: one or more panels forming a crown, the crown comprising a crown apex, a lower peripheral edge opposite the crown apex, a front face spanning between the crown apex and the lower peripheral edge, and a rear opening defined by a gap in the lower peripheral edge opposite the front face; at least one strap attachment track attached to a periphery of the rear opening; and one or more magnetic panels integrated with one or more of the one or more panels of the crown adjacent to the front face of the crown;
- a brim portion attached to the cap portion and extending away from the front face;
- an interchangeable back strap removably attached to the at least one strap attachment track; and
- one or more interchangeable logos, each interchangeable logo comprising a magnetic material configured to removably attach to the one or more magnetic panels of the cap portion.
14. The hat according to claim 13, wherein the at least one strap attachment track is attached to a periphery of the rear opening such that an opening of the at least one strap attachment track faces towards the gap in the lower peripheral edge.
15. The hat according to claim 14, wherein the at least one strap attachment track is integrated with the cap portion such that the at least one strap attachment track is hidden from view.
16. The hat according to claim 13, wherein the brim portion is removably attached to the cap portion.
17. The hat according to claim 16, wherein the cap portion further comprises a brim attachment track at least partially spanning the lower peripheral edge adjacent to the front face of the crown, and the brim portion further comprises an attachment tab configured to removably attach to the brim attachment track.
18. The hat according to claim 13, wherein the cap portion further comprises a fastener socket attached to the crown apex of the crown, the fastener socket configured to have an interchangeable button removably attached thereto.
19. The hat according to claim 13, wherein the front face of the crown is configured to have a plurality of interchangeable logos simultaneously attached thereto.
20. A hat with interchangeable parts, comprising:
- a cap portion comprising a crown apex, a lower peripheral edge at a lower extremity of the cap portion, a front face spanning between the crown apex and the lower peripheral edge, and a rear opening defined by a gap in the lower peripheral edge opposite the front face;
- a fastener socket attached to the crown apex of the cap portion;
- a brim attachment track at least partially spanning the lower peripheral edge of the front face of the cap portion;
- at least one strap attachment track attached to a periphery of the rear opening of the cap portion;
- one or more magnetic panels integrated with the front face of the cap portion;
- an interchangeable brim portion removably attached to the brim attachment track, the interchangeable brim portion extending away from the front face of the cap portion;
- an interchangeable button removably attached to the fastener socket;
- an interchangeable back strap removably attached to the at least one strap attachment track; and
- one or more interchangeable logos, each interchangeable logo comprising a magnetic material configured to removably attach to the one or more magnetic panels of the cap portion.
Type: Application
Filed: Mar 20, 2020
Publication Date: Sep 24, 2020
Inventors: Adam M. Davis (Spanish Fork, UT), Bill Katoa (Spanish Fork, UT)
Application Number: 16/825,589