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[0002] Not applicable.
[0003] Not applicable.
[0004] This invention relates to a headwear item, and more particularly a cap, a visor and others, notably intended for sportswear or leisurewear or within an advertising framework.
[0005] The previous art contains various types of headwear items covered by this field. In particular, some of these items are fitted with means to adjust them to the head size of the person wearing them. Such items are called ‘one-size’ items since they may be manufactured from a single pattern, while remaining adaptable to suit different morphologies.
[0006] For example, an assembly is known wherein a cap is fitted, at the rear, with two flexible bands. One such band, called the male band, is fitted with spikes which are spaced regularly, the other band, call the female band, comprises eyes, which may co-operate with the spikes. This enables to adjust the cap, while selecting the best suitable spike-eye combination.
[0007] However, such an assembly only accommodates a finite number of different positions, which may not be suitable for certain people: either because said assembly proves too tight or too loose.
[0008] In another embodiment, a band of material goes through a buckle in order to tighten the cap more or less around the wearer's head.
[0009] Such assembly proves more adaptable, but, as besides in the previous case, it requires a large number of manufacturing steps. Moreover, it does not enable to solve another problem raised with such type of item, especially in sportswear: the absorption of perspiration.
[0010] Finally, when using it for advertising purposes, it is essential that such an item should be customizable and easy of manufacture, within a short time, possibly in small quantities, but at low cost.
[0011] It is also known a cap which is fitted with an absorbing elastic inner band at its base, sewed over its whole periphery, along the inner wall of the cap. Manufacturing such cap therefore requires an extensible material and does not meet the advertising requirement.
[0012] The purpose of this invention in to provide a headwear item which remedies the shortcomings mentioned above.
[0013] In particular, we shall endeavour to provide a headwear item easy of manufacture, of one-size type at least for a given population, i.e. which may suit heads of different diameters as well as meet advertising requirements notably.
[0014] Another purpose of this invention is to provide an item exhibiting low cost of manufacture.
[0015] Other aims and advantages of the Invention will appear in the following description, given only for exemplification purposes and without being limited thereto.
[0016] The invention relates to a headwear item, composed of a hat, open or closed, fitted with a visor and with elastic means co-operating with said hat, characterized in that said headdress exhibits at least one cut-out at least over a portion of the periphery of said hat, and in that said elastic means are provided over the whole periphery of said headdress, co-operate, with said headdress at said cutout and remain visible at said cut-out.
[0017] The invention will be understood better when reading the description, with the appended drawings, wherein:
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[0024] This invention relates to a headwear item, for example a cap, as illustrated on
[0025] The difference between both these types of item lies in the headdress
[0026] Besides, a headwear item according to the invention is fitted with elastic means
[0027] According to the invention, said headdress exhibits at least one cut-out
[0028] Thus, the item is suitable for different morphologies, at least for a given population. A population, considered as homogeneous, i.e. for which a single size can be provided, may be that of children, or that of women, or still that of men for instance.
[0029] Said cut-out
[0030] As illustrated on
[0031] Moreover, the elastic means
[0032] Said elastic means may thus serve as an advertising medium.
[0033] Thus, advantageously, said elastic means
[0034] According to the invention, the upper rim
[0035] The main seams are represented on FIGS.
[0036] As illustrated on
[0037] According to another embodiment as illustrated on
[0038] Two elastic bands are then sewed at each of both cut-outs. According to the invention, a third elastic band is provided over the whole periphery of said headdress. It is sewed at its lower rim to the lower rim of said headdress, with the exception of both previous bands, each covering cut-outs
[0039] According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, said headdress
[0040] Said headdress may also be composed of an extensible textile.
[0041] Besides, said elastic band will be composed of an elastic textile, as may be used in headwear or in the wider field of clothing.
[0042] According to a particular characteristic of the invention, said headdress I is closed and composed of pieces of fabric
[0043] According to the invention, said visor
[0044] Naturally, other embodiments, understandable to the man of the art, could also have been contemplated within departing from the framework of the invention.