US6339844B1
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Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 2001-03-01
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Granted: 2002-01-22
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Expires: 2021-03-01
Abstract
Abstract A baseball type hat includes a main body portion formed by a plurality of pie shaped panels secured to one another and a front bill secured to the main body portion of the hat. The main body portion of the hat has a lower edge provided with a head band. The head band is formed from a plurality of head band sections including fixed length elastic side sections of the head band. The side sections, which comprise about half the length of the band, provide for automatic head size adjustment and maintain their elasticity with repeated use of the hat.
Inventors
- 👤 Murray Roy Merkley
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 19:55
CPC Classifications
A; A42; A42C; A42C5/00; A42C5/02; A42B; A42B1/00; A42B1/22
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
75 words
A baseball type hat comprising a main body portion formed by a plurality of pie shaped panels secured to one another and a front bill secured to said main body portion, said main body portion having a lower edge provided with a head band, said head band comprising a plurality of band sections including fixed length front and back sections and elastic side sections, said side sections comprising about half the length of said band.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
75 words
A baseball type hat comprising a main body portion formed by a plurality of pie shaped panels secured to one another and a front bill secured to said main body portion, said main body portion having a lower edge provided with a head band, said head band comprising a plurality of band sections including fixed length front and back sections and elastic side sections, said side sections comprising about half the length of said band.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
A baseball type hat as claimed in claim 1 wherein said front section of said band is made from a sweat absorbing comfort fit material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A hat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said panels include front panels to which said bill is attached and rear panels away from said bill, said rear panels being made of elastic material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
A hat as claimed in claim 2 wherein said front panels are made of a fixed sized material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
A hat as claimed in claim 2 wherein said front band section extends along said lower edge of said body portion across said front panels.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A hat as claimed in claim 1 wherein said panels are secured to one another by elastic material.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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