Inband visor cap

Claim 1

A CAP AND FACE MASK COMBINATION, COMPRISING A CAP BODY OF FLEXIBLE BUT SUBSTANTIALLY UNSTRETCHABLE MATERIAL HAVING A LOWER EDGE EDGE GENERALLY EXTENDING ALONG A SINGLE PLANE; SAID CAP BODY HAVING SIDE, FRONT, REAR AND TOP PORTIONS ADAPTED TO EXTEND OVER THE TEMPLE, FOREHEAD, REAR AND CROWN AREAS OF A WEARER''S HEAD; AND AN INBAND SECURED TO SAID CAP BODY ALONG THE SIDE AND REAR LOWER EDGE PORTIONS THEREOF; SAID INBAND BEING FOLDABLE BETWEEN A RAISED POSITION DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CAP AGAINST THE INSIDE SURFACES OF SAID SIDE AND REAR PORTIONS AND LOWERED POSITION EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE LOWER EDGES OF SAID SIDE AND REAR PORTIONS; SAID INBAND WHEN IN LOWERED POSITION BEING ADAPTED TO COVER THE EARS AND LOWER REAR HEAD PORTION OF A WEARER AND HAVING LEADING EDGES BEING ADAPTED TO EXTEND ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A WEARER''S FACE BETWEEN HIS EYES AND TEMPLES; AND A STRETCHABLE, POROUS, HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED FACE MASK STRETCHABLE IN BOTH LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS, SAID MASK HAVING FREE UPPER AND LOWER LONGITUDINAL EDGES AND BEING SECURED ONLY AT ITS ENDS TO THE INBAND ADJACENT SAID LEADING EDGES THEREOF; THE LONGITUDINAL DIMENSIONS OF SAID FACE MASK IN AN UNSTRETCHED STATE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL DISTANCE ALONG THE INSIDE OF THE CAP BODY''S FRONT PORTION BETWEEN THE LEADING EDGES OF THE RAISED INBAND; WHEREBY, WHEN SAID INBAND IS LOWERED, SAID FACE MASK MAY BE STRETCHED DOWNWARDLY AWAY FROM THE CAP BODY AND OVER THE LOWER PORTION OF A WEARER''S FACE TO PROTECT THE WEARER AND TO HOLD THE CAP BODY AND THE LOWERED INBAND IN SNUT ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WEARER''S HEAD.