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US3305874A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Plastic hat

Assignee: Peham Plastics Co
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Filing: 1965-02-01
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Granted: 1967-02-28
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Expires: 1985-02-01
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Englebert J Peham

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 20:59
CPC Classifications
A; A42; A42C; A42C1/00; A42C1/02; B; B29; B29C; B29C44/00; B29C44/02; B29C44/12; B29C44/1271; B29C44/34; B29C44/36; B29C44/38; B29C44/44; B29C44/445; B29C33/00; B29C33/12; B29C33/123; B29C44/3415; B29C44/3426; B29L; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/48; B29L2031/4807; B29L2031/4814

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 131 words
A MOLDED ARTICLE COMPRISING: A HAT SHAPED BODY OF EXPANDED PLASTIC MATERIAL, SAID BODY INCLUDING A CROWN TOP PORTION AND PERIPHERAL ENCIRCLING CROWN WALL PORTIONS, AN ENDLESS ELASTIC BAND, MEANS OF SECURING SAID ENDLESS ELASTIC BAND UNDER TENSION AT ONLY THE SIDES, BACK AND FRONT OF THE HAT BODY NEAR THE LOWER EXTREMITY OF SAID CROWN WALL PORTIONS, SAID SECURING MEANS COMPRISING SPACED PORTIONS OF SAID BAND EMBEDDED IN SAID BODY, SAID SPACED PORTIONS BEING SHORT RELATIVE TO THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF SAID BAND, THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF SAID BAND BEING UNSECURED TO SAID CROWN WALL PORTIONS, WHEREBY THE UNSECURED BAND PORTIONS ARE UNDER ELASTIC TENSION WITH SAID UNSECURED BAND PORTIONS EXTENDING FROM ONE SPACED EMBEDDED PORTION TO THE NEXT SPACED EMBEDDED PORTION OF THE BAND IN A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT LINE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 131 words
A MOLDED ARTICLE COMPRISING: A HAT SHAPED BODY OF EXPANDED PLASTIC MATERIAL, SAID BODY INCLUDING A CROWN TOP PORTION AND PERIPHERAL ENCIRCLING CROWN WALL PORTIONS, AN ENDLESS ELASTIC BAND, MEANS OF SECURING SAID ENDLESS ELASTIC BAND UNDER TENSION AT ONLY THE SIDES, BACK AND FRONT OF THE HAT BODY NEAR THE LOWER EXTREMITY OF SAID CROWN WALL PORTIONS, SAID SECURING MEANS COMPRISING SPACED PORTIONS OF SAID BAND EMBEDDED IN SAID BODY, SAID SPACED PORTIONS BEING SHORT RELATIVE TO THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF SAID BAND, THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF SAID BAND BEING UNSECURED TO SAID CROWN WALL PORTIONS, WHEREBY THE UNSECURED BAND PORTIONS ARE UNDER ELASTIC TENSION WITH SAID UNSECURED BAND PORTIONS EXTENDING FROM ONE SPACED EMBEDDED PORTION TO THE NEXT SPACED EMBEDDED PORTION OF THE BAND IN A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT LINE.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1970-02-27 1970-08-29 1971-02-28 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1974-02-27 1974-08-29 1975-02-28 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-02-27 1978-08-29 1979-02-28 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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