Cap

Claim 1

A CAP COMPRISING A TOP PORTION AND FOREHEAD PORTION, BOTH COMPOSED OF RELATIVELY INEXTENSIBLE FABRIC, AND A VISOR, SAID VISOR BEING JOINED TO THE LOWER EDGE OF THE FOREHEAD PORTION ALONG A CURVED FOREBAND LINE EXTENDING ALONG THE REAR EDGE OF THE VISOR, THE UPPER BOUNDARY OF THE FOREHEAD PORTION BEING CONTINUOUS WITH AND FASTENED TO THE FRONT BOUNDARY OF THE TOP PORTION, A SIDEWALL AND REARWALL PORTION COMPOSED OF A CONTINUOUS BAND HAVING ITS FORWARD BOUNDARIES CONNECTED TO OPPOSITE SIDE EDGES OF THE FOREHEAD PORTION AND ITS UPPER BOUNDARY ATTACHED TO THE SIDE AND REAR EDGES OF THE TOP PORTION AND EXTENDING AS A CONTINUOUS LOOP ATTACHED TO THE TOP PORTION AND HANGING DOWN THEREFROM, SAID SIDEWALL-REARWALL PORTION HAVING A LOWER BOUNDARY WHICH IS BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE VISOR, THE FORWARD PORTIONS OF SAID LOWER BOUNDARY EXTENDING UPWARDLY AND TERMINATING AT FORWARD ATTACHMENT JUNCTIONS LOCATED CLOSELY ADJACENT THE FOREBAND LINE, SAID JUNCTIONS BEING TO THE REAR AND LATERALLY FROM THE CENTER LINE OF THE VISOR AND FORWARDLY OF THE VISOR REAR TERMINATIONS, SAID SIDEWALL PORTIONS OVERLAPPING SMALL REAR TERMINAL AREAS OF THE VISOR ADJACENT THE VISOR REAR TERMINATIONS, SAID SIDEWALL AND REARWALL PORTIONS BEING RIB-KNITTED FABRIC HAVING PRIMARY RESILIENCY IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID CONTINUOUS LOOP AND LESSER RESILIENCY AT RIGHT ANGLES THERETO, AND COMPOSED OF INNER AND OUTER LAYERS OF RIBBED KNITTED FABRIC, ARRANGED WITH THE RIBS GENERALLY VERTICALLY, SAID LAYERS BEING ATTACHED TOGETHER NEAR THE LOWER TERMINAL EDGE.