Apparel – Head coverings – Having crown and horizontally extending visor
Patent
1994-09-09
1996-02-27
Biefeld, Diana
Apparel
Head coverings
Having crown and horizontally extending visor
2209, 220913, 2423, A42B 106
Patent
active
054937337
ABSTRACT:
A cap having an arrangement for shielding the ears of a wearer from direct sunlight by the use of a pair of generally elongate ear shades removably supported from the sides of the cap. This novel cap has a head-encircling portion and a crown portion as well as support devices for the ear shades. These support devices are mounted on opposite sides of the head-encircling portion, at locations generally corresponding to the temporal portions of a wearer's head. Each of the support devices is adapted for supporting one of the ear shades, with both of the ear shades being double-ended and of non-planar construction. A securing component is disposed on each end of each ear shade, adapted for engagement with the respective support device. Each ear shade, when mounted in one orientation on a respective support device, is disposed relatively close to the respective ear of the wearer, such that the ear will be shaded from the sun, whereas when mounted on the support device in an opposite orientation, the ear shade will disposed in a position relatively close to the crown of the cap, leaving the respective ear unshaded.
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Biefeld Diana
Renfro Julian C.
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