Cap

Claim 1

A CAP COMPRISING A GENERALLY INELASTIC CAP TOP CONSTRUCTED OF A WOVEN FABRIC MATERIAL, AN ELASTIC KNITTED FABRIC UPPER SIDE CAP PORTION HAVING GENERALLY CIRCULAR UPPER AND LOWER PERIPHERAL EDGES, SAID WOVEN FABRIC CAP TOP BEING OF GENERALLY CIRCULAR CONFIGURATION AND BEING JOINED BY A SEAM, EXTENDING COMPLETELY AROUND THE ROUNDED PERIPHERAL EDGE OF SAID CAP TOP TO SAID UPPER PERIPHERAL EDGE OF SAID KNITTED FABRIC UPPER SIDE CAP PORTION, SAID CAP FURTHER INCLUDING AN ELASTIC KNITTED FABRIC LOWER SIDE CAP PORTION HAVING GENERALLY CIRCULAR UPPER EDGE INTEGRAL WITH AND EXTENDING COMPLETELY AROUND SAID GENERALLY CIRCULAR LOWER PERIPHERAL EDGE OF SAID KNITTED FABRIC UPPER SIDE CAP PORTIONS, BOTH SAID UPPER SIDE AND LOWER SIDE CAP PORTIONS CONSISTING OF A KNITTED FABRIC MANUFACTURED SUBSTANTIALLY ENTIRELY FROM A SELF-ELASTIC THREAD MATERIAL WHEREBY SAID CAP IS ADAPTED TO FIT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT HEAD SIZES, SAID UPPER SIDE CAP PORTION BEING KNIT IN A SUBSTANTIALLY LOOSER MESH THAN SAID LOWER SIDE CAP PORTION TO FACILITATE THE INGRESS OF AIR TO THE INTERIOR OF SAID CAP VIA SAID UPPER SIDE CAP PORTION, A GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY AND FORWARDLY EXTENDING PEAK-LIKE INSERT MEMBER OF SUBSTANTIALLY PLANAR CONFIGURATION DISPOSED ADJACENT THE FRONT OF SAID CAP, A FORWARD END PORTION OF SAID MORE TIGHTLY KNIT LOWER SIDE CAP PORTION EXTENDING ACROSS THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF SAID PEAK-LIKE INSERT MEMBER, SAID FORWARD END PORTION OF SAID LOWER SIDE CAP PORTION THEN BEING WRAPPED AROUND THE FRONT EDGE OF SAID PEAK-LIKE INSERT MEMBER AND REARWARDLY ACROSS THE TOP SURFACE OF SAID PEAK-LIKE MEMBER AND BEING HELP IN POSITION BY SEAMS THEREBY TO ENCLOSE SAID PEAK-LIKE INSERT MEMBER AND TO FORM A VISOR-LIKE STRUCTURE FOR SAID CAP, SAID CAP TOP BEING RELATIVELY WIDELY SPACED BY SAID UPPER SIDE CAP PORTION FROM SAID LOWER SIDE CAP PORTION ADJACENT THE REAR OF SAID CAP, SAID CAP TOP BEING RELATIVELY FLAT AND BEING INCLINED GENERALLY DOWNWARDLY FROM THE REAR OF SAID CAP TOWARD THE FRONT OF SAID CAP WITH THE FORWARD EDGE OF SAID CAP TOP LYING RELATIVELY CLOSELY ADJACENT TO SAID ENCLOSED PEAK-LIKE INSERT AT A POSITION OVERLYING BOTH THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID PEAK-LIKE INSERT MEMBER AND THE PORTION OF SAID LOWER SIDE CAP PORTION WHICH OVERLIES THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID PEAK-LIKE INSERT MEMBER, SAID MORE LOOSELY KNIT UPPER SIDE CAP PORTION BEING SHAPED ADJACENT THE FRONT OF SAID CAP ALSO TO OVERLIE AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID VISORLIKE STRUCTURE AT A POSITION BETWEEN SAID CAP TOP AND SAID VISOR-LIKE STRUCTURE, SAID MORE TIGHTLY KNIT LOWER SIDE CAP PORTION INCLUDING A PORTION FOLDED BACK UPON THE REMAINDER OF SAID LOWER CAP PORTION ADJACENT THE BOTTOM OF SAID CAP AND INTO THE INTERIOR OF SAID CAP TO DEFINE A FREE EDGE FOR SAID LOWER SIDE CAP PORTION LOCATED WITHIN SAID CAP AT A POSITION ADJACENT THE JUNCTION OF THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID LOWER SIDE CAP PORTION AND THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID UPPER CAP PORTION, THEREBY TO PROVIDE AN EXTENSIBLE LOWER PERIPHERY FOR SAID CAP ADAPTED OPTIONALLY TO BE FOLDED DOWNWARDLY FROM THE INTERIOR OF SAID CAP THEREBY TO COVER SELECTIVELY AT LEAST A PORTION OF A WEARER''S EARS AND NECK.