Head covers

Claim 1

A HEAD COVER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, (A) AN ELONGATED STRIP OF SHEET MATERIAL OF APPRECIABLE WIDTH AND OF SUFFICIENT LENGTH AND LONGITUDINAL FLEXIBILITY TO BE CURLED INTO A HEAD-ENCIRCLING BAND WITH ITS OPPOSED ENDS JUXTAPOSED, SAID STRIP BEING CURLED INTO SUCH A FRAME BAND AND HAVING SUFFICIENT TRANSVERSE STIFFNESS TO MAKE SAID BAND UPSTANDINGLY SELF-SUPPORTING WHEN A LOWER CIRCULAR ZONE THEREOF IS FITTED ABOUT THE TOP OF A PERSON''S HEAD AND OF SUFFICIENT STENGTH TO SUPPORT A DECORATIVE COVER DRAPED THEREOVER, (B) MEANS FASTENING TOGETHER SAID JUXTAPOSED ENDS TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST TEMPORARILY THE ENCIRCLING SHAPE OF SAID BAND, (C) A COVER OF FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL DRAPED OVER THE TOP OF SAID FRAME BAND AND HAVING DEPENDING SIDE PORTIONS, (A) AN ELONGATED CUFF COMPRISING A STRIP NARROWER THAN SAID ELONGATED STRIP AND OF SIMILARLY APPRECIABLE TRANSVERSE STIFFNESS AND LONGITUDINAL FLEXIBILITY AS SAID ELONGATED STRIP MOUNTED INSIDE THE LOWER CIRCULAR ZONE OF SAID BAND WITH THIS LOWER CIRCULAR ZONE OF THE LATTER AND THE BOTTOM EDGE OF SAID CUFF BEING LONGITUDINALLY CONNECTED TOGETHER AND WITH SAID CUFF LAPPING THE INSIDE FACE OF SAID BAND, (B) AT LEAST THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE TOP LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF SAID CUFF BEING FREE OF CONNECTION TO SAID BAND INSIDE FACE WHEREBY AN ELONGATED POCKET IS DEFINED BETWEEN SAID CUFF AND THE BAND INSIDE FACE, (C) PARTS OF AT LEAST SOME OF SAID SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID FLEXIBLE COVER ENCOMPASSING THE OUTER SIDE OF SAID BAND, THE CONNECTED BOTTOM PORTIONS OF SAID BAND AND CUFF, THE INSIDE FACE OF SAID CUFF, AND THE TOP EDGE OF THE LATTER AND TUCKED INTO SAID POCKET.