Abstract: A baseball cap is provided that allows for the personalized placement of multiple logos, insignias, or text. The cap contains multiple pockets for the placement of team logos, player names, manufacturers' logos, text, pictures and the like. Each see-thru plastic pocket is independent in nature and allows the user to slip in the personalizing material through a flap. Four separate compartments would be provided on the top of the head, with another two on the bill.

Abstract: A cap with a pattern mold sheet including a crown main body formed by a plurality of panels, and a visor portion that is secured to a forward edge of the crown and which extends outwardly therefrom. In order to give an improved three-dimensional effect to a desired pattern such as logos, symbols, or emblems which a user wants, the pattern mold sheet is used which heightens the three-dimensional effect as compared with the traditional use of embroidery threads. The pattern mold sheet is formed with a three-layer structure including an upper stretchable fabric material or polyurethane, a sponge and a lower fabric material. The pattern mold sheet is formed by heating a sheet with the heater and pressing the mold frame with the shape of the pattern and the size of the sheet a user wants on the heated sheet with a compressor. The level of the pattern can be differently represented on the pattern mold sheet by varying the depth of the inner part of the mold frame, thus heightening the three-dimensional effect.

Abstract: A headwear piece having a crown and a brim/visor projecting away from the crown. The crown has a wall with a surface for engaging a wearer's head to maintain the headwear piece in an operative position on a wearer's head. The brim/visor has an exposed upwardly facing surface, an exposed downwardly facing surface, and an exposed edge between the upwardly and downwardly facing surfaces. The edge has a thickness between the upwardly and downwardly facing surfaces. The edge has a first layer that extends over at least one-fourth of the thickness of the edge, less than the full thickness of the edge, and continuously from the edge to define a part of one of the upwardly and downwardly facing surfaces.

Abstract: A stretch band construction for caps or hats includes an additional folded-over layer of stretchable material that serves to reinforce and support the cap or hat. Circumscribing the open end of the cap, the stretch band construction provides additional elastic support so that a cap may more firmly and tightly engage a mandrel used during an embroidery process. This leads to more reliable embroidery and less thread breakage to the cap. The stretch band has a ribbed portion which allows the stretch band to be doubled back and secured to the cap material.

Abstract: Headgear has a band means for engagement around a wearer's head, the band having a front portion, a rear portion and a pair of opposite side portions connecting the front to the rear portions. The front and rear portions have a lower perimeter with a first rigid visor having an attachment edge fixed to the lower perimeter of the front portion of the band, and extending outwardly from the band in a first direction and a second rigid visor having an attachment edge fixed to the lower perimeter of the rear portion of the band and extending outwardly from the band in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction.

Abstract: A headwear assembly that includes a reversible crown, shaped to fit the head of a wearer with a prong buckle, fabric with hook and loop fasteners, fabric ties, plastic, one-size-fits-all or other size adjustment mechanisms, having first and second opposing major surfaces and a detachable and reversible single visor with first and second opposing major surfaces. A detachable and reversible dual visor with first and second opposing major surfaces can also be attached to the reversible crown. The reversible crown includes cooperating attachment members located on the inside non-focal surfaces of the first and second major opposing surfaces, providing the base for attaching, detaching and reattaching the removable and reversible single or dual visor. The detachable and reversible single visor has first and second major opposing surfaces along with cooperating attachment members to used to attach, detach and reattach itself to the reversible crown.

Abstract: An ear shield assembly which attaches to various headgear and protects the users ears against the sun and ultra violet rays, thereby reducing the probability of inducing cancer in this normally sensitive and exposed area. The head gear is typically a cap with the protective ear shield attachments positioned on opposite sides of the cap. These ear shields are placed above the ears and may be folded up against the cap and secured to the side of the cap with hood and loop material when they are not in use. When in use, these shields are lowered and extended outward horizontally from the brim of the cap, allowing air to reach the users ears, while at the same time blocking the sunlight from reaching the ears.

Abstract: A name card hat includes a visor blade fastened to a fastening band. The visor blade has folding creases and adjusting apertures formed thereon. The fastening band may engage with the adjusting apertures to pull the visor blade to form an extended and curved sunshade for blocking sunshine. The fastened apertures may be changed to quickly adjust the sunshade angle to block sunshine of different incident angles. The visor blade may be folded and stacked to the size of a name card to facilitate carrying and storing.

Abstract: A freeflex sports cap is used for sports and physical activities so that it can help people concentrate and focus. The cap is capable of fitting wearers having a range of different head sizes at ease and out of harms way from hurting the wears head. Most importantly, the freeflex sports cap is water resistant; making it a valuable head protective gear during any unexpected weather changes. The cap includes a multi gore shell that forms the crown portion and a bill that connects to the crown. The freeflex sports cap is configured to cover the wearers head with the improvement being made along the base of the cap that gives a unique stretch along the cordial axis to fit multiple head sizes and providing maximum head comfort.

Abstract: An apparel adapted for use in a confined space as a protective headwear generally comprises a crown adapted for close conformation about a wearer's scalp and a protective element for safekeeping of the wearer's scalp from blunt trauma. The crown consists essentially of a soft fabric such as, for example, cotton and is preferably machine washable. The protective element, which is preferably substantially centrally positioned on an interior face of the crown, comprises a resiliently flexible material such as, for example, plastic. The protective element is shaped to disseminate the force of a potentially traumatic impact over a region of the wearer's scalp, thereby protecting the wearer from injury. A short bill is also affixed to a portion of the edge of the crown. According to the invention, this bill should extend no more than about two inches outward from the crown to prevent deflection of the apparel from the wearer's head.

Abstract: A multi-size cap is capable of fitting head sizes of most wearers. Its crown is formed by multiple woven fabrics with high extensibility. An elastic band with high extensibility is sewn to the lower edge of the woven fabrics of the multi-size cap in some embodiments. Because the elastic band is partly exposed outside, the cap is capable of fitting wearers having different head sizes with comfort, and may be suitable for more than 95 percent of potential wearers. The cap eliminates the inconvenience of adjusting the cap and reduces the cost of manufacture. Other embodiments stitch the band to the lowermost extremity of the crown with band overlapping the crown.

Abstract: This invention is directed to an article of apparel, more particularly to a customizable baseball-style cap, wherein removable portions having indicia displayed thereon may be replaced by alternate portions displaying an alternate form of indicia. The indicia may include one or more words, names, numbers, designs, logos, symbols, colors, or patterns.

Abstract: The combination of a headwear piece and at least one holding element. The headwear piece has a front and rear and consists of a crown with a surface which is grippingly engageable with a wearer's head and a visor projecting in a forward direction away from the crown. The visor has a relaxed state, wherein the visor has a first width dimension taken transversely to a fore-and-aft line, and a deformed state. With the visor in the deformed state, the visor has a second width dimension that is less than the first width dimension. The at least one holding element maintains the visor in the deformed state in which the visor has the second width dimension.

Abstract: A headwear piece having a crown and a brim/visor projecting away from the crown. The crown has a wall with a surface for engaging a wearer's head to maintain the headwear piece in an operative position on a wearer's head. The brim/visor has an exposed upwardly facing surface, an exposed downwardly facing surface, and an exposed edge between the upwardly and downwardly facing surfaces. The edge has a thickness between the upwardly and downwardly facing surfaces. The edge has a first layer that extends over at least one-fourth of the thickness of the edge, less than the full thickness of the edge, and continuously from the edge to define a part of one of the upwardly and downwardly facing surfaces.

Abstract: A ball cap comprising a plurality of gores forming a body, a sweat band having an elastic sweat portion, and an elastic gore that is stretchable to provide a ball cap that is stretchable to assume a variety of stretched conditions to accommodate a variety of head sizes, comprising a stiffener assembly that continuously supports the elastic gore in all stretched conditions, said stiffener assembly comprising a main body portion sized to underlie the elastic gore in its unstretched condition, a transverse channel housing the sweat band elastic portion, and a pair of folded side wings attached to the side edges of the elastic gore which unfold as the ball cap stretches to its stretched conditions to continuously support the elastic gore and the elastic sweat band portion.

Abstract: An animated head gear assembly that features an object that simulates an animal, fowl, caricature, inanimate object, and the like, to be worn on the head of a user. The object offers motion, such as the moving parts of a bird's beak, and a light to simulate the eyes or other item of the object. The animation may be activated by a remote source, such as a remote control, or by a motion sensor that frees the hands of the wearer.

Abstract: A hat for enhancing visual acquisition of a wearer, comprising a bowl portion for fitting the head of the wearer; a brim portion attached to the bowl portion and extending from the bowl portion; and a first rechargeable glowing portion affixed to at least one of the bowl portion and the brim portion for emitting light energy. More than one rechargeable glowing portions may be added to the hat in various areas as desired. The invention could be alternatively described as a method of enhancing the visual acquisition of a hatted person, comprising the steps of: (a)attaching a rechargeable glowing material to a hat; (b)charging the rechargeable glowing material by placing the hat near a light source; (c)removing the hat from the light source; and (d)wearing the hat away from the light source, so that the rechargeable glowing material gives off light.

Abstract: An inexpensive multi-modality utility hat of non/gender-specific design, having advantageous features providing its user with the novel convenience of readily transforming into several different types of hats in one. For example, the brim portion can be quickly and easily detatched from its central cap portion via a zipper, enabling user to wear only either the cap or the brim separately if desired; -and, if the cap portion only is selected to be worn for a time, the brim twist/tripple-folds into a compact member which concealably stows within an integral-pocket portion of the cap. The cap portion includes an adjustable-cord compliance feature enabling one size to fit all, and may be optionally fitted with a broad or a narrow brim of circular, triangular, or squared motif: -and brim-width may be altered at front or sides via a simple gathering provision. Alternately, my light-weight compact hat can be carried fiat within a backpack.

Abstract: A multi-purpose cap clip, comprising a clip unit, a holding device, and an accessory object. The clip unit has a fixing plate and two clasping plates to two sides of the fixing plate, with the fixing plate and the two clasping plates clasping a brim of a cap. The accessory object has a holding element which fits on the holding device and is held thereby. After assembly of the structural parts, the clip unit fastens the accessory object on the brim of the cap.

Abstract: A dual-visor cap assembly includes a cap having a crown portion, a first visor, and a second visor. The first visor is secured to the lower peripheral edge of the crown portion at the front of the crown portion. The second visor is secured to and carried by an adjustable length strap that passes through strap loops on the crown portion so that the strap and second visor are rotatively and detachably mounted on the crown portion adjacent the lower peripheral edge of the crown portion. The second visor is normally located at the front of the crown portion, centered and resting on the first visor, but can be selectively moved from the centered position on the first visor to either side to shade a wearer's face from a selected side while the first visor continues to shade the wearer's face from the front.

Abstract: A golf training device including a clothing article structured to be worn by a user, an input assembly responsive to a user and structured to provide a user with at least two response options that may be elected by the user, and an output assembly disposed in association with the clothing article. The response options provided by the input assembly are associated with different aspects of an activity, thereby allowing a user to select the response option that best corresponds the aspect of the activity for which training is presently required. Furthermore, the output assembly is structured to communicate to the user instructional information that corresponds the aspect of the activity associated with a selected one of the response options, the instructional information being in the form of an audio message that is spoken by a recognizable personality.

Abstract: A combination hat and golf ball marking device is provided. The hat includes a generally round convex-shaped body portion for placing over the a skull of a golfer. A bill member extends from a front side of the body portion and works to shade the face of the golfer. A removable golf ball marker is received and retained by a receptacle located at a crown portion of the hat body portion. The marker has a head member and a post for inserting within the ground of a putting green when a golfer has removed his golf ball therefrom. The post inserts into a bore in the receptacle when the marker is not being used.

Abstract: A cap for permitting a wearer to use the cap as a device for catching falling objects, such as baseballs, therewith. The cap includes a cap with a bill outwardly extending therefrom. The bill has a plurality of spaced apart finger holes therethrough.

Abstract: A combination hat and golf ball marking device is provided. The hat includes a generally round convex-shaped body portion for placing over the a skull of a golfer. A bill member extends from a front side of the body portion and works to shade the face of the golfer. A removable golf ball marker is received and retained by a receptacle located at a crown portion of the hat body portion. The marker has a head member and a post for inserting within the ground of a putting green when a golfer has removed his golf ball therefrom. The post inserts into a bore in the receptacle when the marker is not being used.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a convertible visor/cap, which can be converted from a cap to a visor, and vice verse, having a fixed frontal crown portion and a folding crown membrane supported by a plurality of hinged support members. The visor/cap preferably has a forwardly extending bill, from which the frontal crown portion extends upward, and a head band portion extending rearwardly therefrom. Two hinges are preferably provided on the sides of the head band portion adjacent the frontal crown portion for pivotally supporting the support members. The hinges allow the support members to be pivoted between a first extended position, in which the membrane covers the head (i.e., to form a cap), and a second folded position, in which the membrane is folded up behind the frontal crown portion and substantially hidden from view (i.e., to form a visor).

Abstract: A headgear and method for exhibiting displays, such as company logos, special events, messages, or just general advertisement on the bill of the headgear are provided. The bill, generally made from a stiff material, can be provided with a flexible and pliable insert to permit a display to be embroidered or sewn therethrough, while permitting the bill to maintain its shape.

Abstract: An advertising size adjustment strap for a baseball-style cap having a crown body, a visor and a sweat absorbent band attached to the inside periphery of the crown. The size adjustment strap, which is attached to the back portion of the lower periphery of the crown, is formed of a stretchable fabric material or band, a non-stretchable fabric material and a cylinder-shaped fabric material forming a sleeve. The non-stretchable fabric material may be used to display an advertising or decorative portion such as a logo, symbol, emblem, etc. When the wearer puts the cap on, the stretchable fabric material or band expands naturally to fit the wearer, allowing the fabric sleeves to separate and thereby displaying the advertising or decorative portion.

Abstract: A type of lightweight, multi-use headware is provided which has a concealable elastic loop on one or both sides of the headware for temporarily receiving a small illuminating device that allows the handle of the illuminating device to be securely held within the elastic loop of the headware. When the illuminating device is removed from the elastic loop, the loop may be concealed within the headware so that the headware may be used in the more traditional manner of shielding the user's face and eyes from sunlight.

Abstract: A headgear and method for exhibiting displays, such as company logos, special events, messages, or just general advertisement on the bill of the headgear are provided. The bill, generally made from a stiff material, can be provided with a flexible and pliable insert to permit a display to be embroidered or sewn therethrough, while permitting the bill to maintain its shape.

Abstract: A visor structure for hats and sun visors in which a visor material of a soft or rigid material is partially cut from the upper and lower ends at predetermined intervals to allow the cut visor to maintain its curved shape when bent along the cut lines so that when a cap or sun visor with a visor of this structure is turned inside out, the visor maintains its curved shape. By attaching a different letter or figure of a mark, emblem or logo on the inner and outer portions respectively of the main body, and by using different colored or textured fabric, a single hat or sun visor structure can display effectively two different hats or sun visors in one to satisfy the diversified preferences of the wearer.

Abstract: The modular cap assembly of the present invention consists of a visor component and a crown component which may be worn separately or together. One or more of the crown panels may receive detachable insignias and detachable pockets. Other accessories may also be attached to the visor and the crown.

Abstract: A decorative element for a hat, designed to fit over an edge of a hat, in particular over a brim of a hat.

Abstract: The combination of a crown and first and second visor surfaces. The crown has an internal surface for engaging a wearer's head and an external surface with information thereon relating to a golf course. The first visor surface has information thereon relating to the golf course. The second visor surface has information thereon relating to the golf course that is different than the information on the first visor surface. The first and second visor surfaces are selectively interchangeably mounted to the crown so as to project angularly away from the external surface of the crown.

Abstract: Headwear in the form, for example, of a baseball cap (1) is provided in its front portion (4) with an inlet aperture (20) with which is associated a baffle (22) whereby in use on the wearer's head, midly turbulent air flow is induced into the cap space (10) by virtue of the baffle (22) thereby to create a cooling effect upon the wearer's head (8).

Abstract: According to the present invention, a cap having a foldable visor is provided, the cap comprising a visor core and cloth fixed to a upper surface and a lower surface of the visor core, the visor located in a wearer's forehead portion when the wearer wears the cap, wherein said visor core is divided into a plurality of pieces and is foldable about the dividing portions of the visor core, and wherein each cloth with sizes of said divided pieces of said visor core is fixed to one surfaces of the upper and lower surfaces of said divided pieces of said visor core, and a cloth with a total size of said divided pieces of said visor core in a state that said divided pieces of said visor core are adjacent to each other is fixed to the other surfaces of the upper and lower surfaces of said divided pieces of said visor core, so that a gap is formed between said divided pieces of said visor core and said cloth with a total size of said divided pieces of said visor core.

Abstract: A baseball cap designed to be collapsible in order to be compact enough to conveniently fit in a shirt pocket or a pair of pants. A retractable element of the membrane in the frame of the cap allows the cap to return to its recognizable baseball shape, when the cap is not restricted in its compacted form.

Abstract: The self-sizing baseball cap with a two or more piece, one or more layer sweatband satisfies the long recognized need of providing a baseball cap that fits a range of head sizes comfortably without any wearer adjustable cap sizing devices. This sweatband is flexibly attached to the self-sizing baseball cap so that it can be in either the stowed or deployed position when wearing the cap. When deployed, it creates an expanded self-adjustable attachment area on the wearer's head and provides more shade and warmth to the wearer. The two or more piece, one or more layer sweatband can be made from one or more than one different material with some or all materials biaxially or uniaxially stretchable. Each piece of the sweatband can be a different color or the same color as the other sweatband pieces.

Abstract: A baseball type hat includes a main body portion formed by a plurality of pie shaped panels secured to one another and a front bill secured to the main body portion of the hat. The main body portion of the hat has a lower edge provided with a head band. The head band is formed from a plurality of head band sections including fixed length elastic side sections of the head band. The side sections, which comprise about half the length of the band, provide for automatic head size adjustment and maintain their elasticity with repeated use of the hat.

Abstract: A removable nametag or insignia that is placed on a uniform or garment with a hook-loop system like the product sold under the registered trademark VELCRO. A flexible backsheet is sewn or otherwise attached to the garment or uniform piece with a set of loops facing outward. A nametag or insignia, either rigid or flexible, is equipped with a set of hooks on its backside. The nametag or insignia is then pressed onto the backsheet when the member is to be worn. For laundering or other maintenance of the garment, the nametag or insignia is removed. Numerous garments can contain backsheets with loop material in the correct position. When the user wants to wear one of them, he or she simply presses the nametag or insignia into position. In this manner a single nametag or insignia can service a wardrobe of garments. The method allows nametags and insignia to be removably worn without making pin or postholes in garments.

Abstract: The visor attachment assembly for mounting on a helmet comprising an elastic, flexible and resilient cover, hood or cap constructed, sized and arranged to be elastically received over a helmet and held thereto and a visor affixed to and extending outwardly from the cover, hood or cap.

Abstract: A wrap for conditioning the interface between a part of an article and a user's body and a method of making and using the wrap. The wrap provides a flexible, resiliently compressible, elastic pad that is flexed into a tubular configuration for tightly wrapping around the part being wrapped so that the inside surface of the end segment at one end of the pad overlaps the outside surface of the end segment at the other end of the pad; an adjustable fastening strip interposed the overlapping ends that allows the pad to be wrapped about parts of various perimeters and provides stability at the interface being conditioned; and attaching members on the opposed surfaces of the pad and the fastening strip that releasably engage each other and tightly hold the pad in wrapped condition around the part being wrapped.

Abstract: A sports cap, having a stretchable pocket on the entire top surface of the visor and preferably worn on the head of a user while exercising, golfing, climbing or fishing, is disclosed. This sports cap has a visor integrated along the lower front edge of a crown into a single body through a sewing process, which a pocket provided on the entire top surface of the visor by sewing a stretchable pocket fabric along the rounded front edge of the visor. An opening is formed on the pocket at a position along the rear edge of the stretchable pocket fabric, with an elastic tape liner integrated along the rear edge of the pocket fabric and sewn to the visor at opposite ends thereof together with the pocket fabric so as to elastically tighten the opening of the pocket. The sports cap allows a user to easily and conveniently store a variety of personal necessities, such as golf tees, ball markers, a cigarette pack, a lighter, a match box, scratch papers, name cards, receipts, or score sheets, in the pocket.

Abstract: A cap with a curved visor includes a crown formed of a plurality of panels and a visor consisted of a rigid material and inner and outer fabric panels, which covers the rigid material. The visor is secured to a front side of the crown. At least one incision line is made on the rigid material thereby creating a main portion and a strip portion, the main portion is inserted below the strip portion to retain the visor curved. The panels of crown are made out of a common woven fabric material or a stretchable fabric material. The rigid material is a flexible rigid material or a non-flexible rigid material. At least one incision line is made on the rigid material in equal distance from an outer edge of the rigid material along a periphery of the rigid material. The rigid material is covered by the outer panel and the inner panel which are jointly stitched together at a periphery. A periphery of the visor may be covered with different color of fabric and stitched together with the outer and inner panels.

Abstract: A new and improved baseball hat is disclosed that has front-mounted removable patches which would allow a user to interchange different insignias, designs, or logos at the will of a user. The baseball hat itself would have a front-mounted Velcro patch which would be disc-shaped. In conjunction with the baseball hat, a user could use one of wide variety of patches, each of which would have a rear-mounted Velcro patch which could be removably attached to the front-mounted Velcro patch on the baseball hat. The patches would contain front-mounted designs, which would be different insignias, designs, or logos, either for the same sports team or for different sports teams. In addition to this, any type of theme or character could be used as well.

Abstract: A hat is provided with an insertion hole adapted to permit a temple of a pair of glasses to be inserted therein, positioned in each lateral side of the edge portion of the crown of a hat. The hat is so formed as to permit the temples of the glasses to be positioned between the crown and the slip band that is provided along the inner surface of the edge portion of the crown.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a convertible visor/cap, which can be converted from a cap to a visor, and vice verse, having a fixed frontal crown portion and a folding crown membrane supported by a plurality of hinged support members. The visor/cap preferably has a forwardly extending bill, from which the frontal crown portion extends upward, and a head band portion extending rearwardly therefrom. Two hinges are preferably provided on the sides of the head band portion adjacent the frontal crown portion for pivotally supporting the support members. The hinges allow the support members to be pivoted between a first extended position, in which the membrane covers the head (i.e., to form a cap), and a second folded position, in which the membrane is folded up behind the frontal crown portion and substantially hidden from view (i.e., to form a visor).

Abstract: The core of the modular cap assembly of the present invention consists of two selectively detachable elements, a visor component having a forehead or billboard portion made of velcro hook-adhering fabric, and a crown component with a permanent fold-down sweatband that allows it to be worn as a brimless cap or “beanie” when separated from the visor. These two selectively detachable elements can be worn assembled as a cap, or each one can be worn separately as a distinct piece of headwear. The selectively detachable crown can be made in any silhouette, in any materia, and with any back closure known in the art of making caps, visors, and brimless caps of “beanies”. In addition, one of more of the panels of the selectively detachable crown can be made of velcro hook-engaging material, allowing the selective display of detachable insignias and detachable pockets with velcro loop-engaging material permanently affixed on back of them.

Abstract: A wrap for conditioning the interface between a part of an article and a user's body and a method of making and using the wrap. The wrap provides a flexible, resiliently compressible, elastic pad that is flexed into a tubular configuration for tightly wrapping around the part being wrapped so that the inside surface of the end segment at one end of the pad overlaps the outside surface of the end segment at the other end of the pad; an adjustable fastening strip interposed the overlapping ends that allows the pad to be wrapped about parts of various perimeters and provides stability at the interface being conditioned; and attaching members on the opposed surfaces of the pad and the fastening strip that releasably engage each other and tightly hold the pad in wrapped condition around the part being wrapped.

Abstract: The combination of a crown having an internal surface for engaging a wearer's head and an external surface with information thereon relating to a first subject, a first visor surface having information thereon relating to the first subject, and a second visor surface having information thereon relating to the first subject that is different than the information on the first visor surface. The first and second visor surfaces are selectively interchangeably mountable to the crown so as to project angularly away from the external surface of the crown.

Abstract: An electromagnetic shielding apparatus for covering and protecting the head of a user from EMF radiation which may be worn by itself or discretely beneath other head gear. A head covering is fabricated from a conductive, non-magnetizable material such as copper, bronze, brass or the like which may be drawn and shaped into a web or mesh material. The resulting shield is lightweight, air permeable and supple enough to be worn beneath other head gear.