Apparel – Head coverings – Having crown and horizontally extending visor
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-03
2001-03-20
Calvert, John J. (Department: 3741)
Apparel
Head coverings
Having crown and horizontally extending visor
C002S175100, C002S918000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06202219
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an adjustable hat or bonnet for a child and more particularly pertains to a new adjustable headwear for a child for allowing the child to continue to wear the hat or bonnet as the child grows.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of adjustable hat or bonnet for a child is known in the prior art. More specifically, adjustable hat or bonnet for a child heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,815,148; U.S. Pat. No. 5,724,676; U.S. Pat. No. 5,669,076; U.S. Pat. No. 5,548,845; U.S. Pat. No. 5,025,504; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 391,388.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new adjustable headwear for a child. The inventive device includes a crown member having a bottom edge and a top portion and being split through and from the bottom edge to a middle of the top portion thus forming a first end portion having a longitudinal edge and also forming a second end portion having a longitudinal edge, and also includes a bill member which is sewn to and extends from the crown member, and further includes a plurality of hook and loop fasteners which are sewn upon the exterior of the crown member along the longitudinal edge of the first end portion and which are also sewn on the underside of the crown member upon the second end portion. The second end portion is adjustably attached upon the first end portion to accommodate different head sizes of children wearing the adjustable headwear.
In these respects, the adjustable headwear for a child according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of allowing the child to continue to wear the hat or bonnet as the child grows.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of adjustable hat or bonnet for a child now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new adjustable headwear for a child construction wherein the same can be utilized for allowing the child to continue to wear the hat or bonnet as the child grows.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new adjustable headwear for a child which has many of the advantages of the adjustable hat or bonnet for a child mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new adjustable headwear for a child which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art adjustable hat or bonnet for a child, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a crown member having a bottom edge and a top portion and being split through and from the bottom edge to a middle of the top portion thus forming a first end portion having a longitudinal edge and also forming a second end portion having a longitudinal edge, and also includes a bill member which is sewn to and extends from the crown member, and further includes a plurality of hook and loop fasteners which are sewn upon the exterior of the crown member along the longitudinal edge of the first end portion and which are also sewn on the underside of the crown member upon the second end portion. The second end portion is adjustably attached upon the first end portion to accommodate different head sizes of children wearing the adjustable headwear.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new adjustable headwear for a child which has many of the advantages of the adjustable hat or bonnet for a child mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new adjustable headwear for a child which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art adjustable hat or bonnet for a child, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new adjustable headwear for a child which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new adjustable headwear for a child which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new adjustable headwear for a child which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such adjustable headwear for a child economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new adjustable headwear for a child which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new adjustable headwear for a child for allowing the child to continue to wear the hat or bonnet as the child grows.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new adjustable headwear for a child which includes a crown member having a bottom edge and a top portion and being split through and from the bottom edge to a middle of the top portion thus forming a first end portion having a longitudinal edge and also forming a second end portion having a longitudinal edge, and also includes a bill member which is sewn to and extends from the crown member, and further includes a plurality of hook and loop fasteners which are sewn upon the exterior of the crown member along the longitudinal edge of the first end portion and which are also sewn on the underside of the crown mem
Calvert John J.
Moran Katherine
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