Headdress with improved head encircling band

Claim 1

A scarf-type headdress comprising, in combination, a flexible head-encircling attaching and retaining means embodying an elongated band, said band being relatively narrow and including a pair of opposite ends, a non-elastic portion intermediate its opposite ends and at least one end portion constructed of elastic material, a head-adorning scarf including a generally straight forward transverse marginal portion of a predetermined length and a generally triangular trailing portion defined by generally straight rearwardly convergent opposite side marginal portions of said scarf, a central portion only of said non-elastic portion of said band being secured to a corresponding midportion only of said forward transverse marginal portion of said scarf, said midportion of said transverse marginal portion terminating at its opposite ends at points spaced well inwardly of the opposite ends of said forward transverse marginal portion and said central portion of the non-elastic portion of said band terminating well inwardly of the opposite ends of said non-elastic band portion whereby the opposite ends of said transverse marginal portion and ends of sAid band outwardly of the extremities of said midportion are free and substantially all of said scarf, other than said central portion of said forward transverse marginal portion thereof, is loose-hanging and provides free flowing remaining portions enabling personalized attractive wearing styles to be created at will.