Cap with removable stiffener elements

Claim 1

IN A CAP OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED HAVING A VISOR AND A DOME-SHAPED CROWN COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF TRIANGULAR-SHAPED SEGMENTS SECURED IN JUXTAPOSITION WITH EACH OTHER AT THEIR SIDE EDGES, SAID SEGMENTS HAVING APEX PORTIONS WHICH MEET AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE CENTER OF SAID CROWN, ADDITIONAL SEGMENTS OF SUBTANTIALLY TRIANGULAR CONFORMATION DISPOSED INTERIORLY OF SAID CROWN AND HAVING SIDE EDGES SECURED TO SAID CROWN ADJACENT THE SIDE EDGES OF SAID FIRST-NAMED SEGMENTS, SAID SECOND-NAMED SEGMENTS HAVING TRANSVERSE PORTIONS THEREOF ADJACENT THEIR BASES WHICH ARE UNSECURED TO SAID CROWN WHEREBY TO PROVIDE TRANSVERSE OPENINGS FOR ACCESS INTO THE SPACES OR POCKETS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND-NAMED SEGMENTS, AND STIFFENER ELEMENTS OF TRIANGULAR-SHAPED CONFORMATION INSERTABLE INTO SAID SPACES OR POCKETS THROUGH SAID OPENINGS BY INTRODUCTION OF THE APEX PORTIONS OF THE STIFFENER ELEMENTS INTO SAID OPENINGS, SAID STIFFENER ELEMENTS BEING REMOVABLY SECURED IN SAID POCKETS OR OPENINGS, AND BEING REMOVABLE THROUGH SAID OPENINGS, WHEN THE CAP IS TO BE LAUNDERED.