Apparel – Guard or protector – For wearer's head
Patent
1986-10-27
1988-02-23
Reynolds, Wm. Carter
Apparel
Guard or protector
For wearer's head
2185R, 2431, 2453, A42B 124, A61F 904
Patent
active
047260742
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to optically protecting eye shields attached to hats in general, and more specifically to a detachable visor mountable upon the bill of a cap rotating upward away from the wearers face when not in use.
BACKGROUND ART
For background purposes and as indicative of the art to which this invention relates attention is directed to a prior U.S. Pat. No. 4,210,972 issued to the instant inventor on July 8, 1980. This patent discloses a detachable visor arrangement that fits on the bill of the cap with a single plane hinge that rotates in a unitary direction. The hinge, as previously taught by the inventor, was comprised of a first and second hinge means as a separate and distinct element, one end attached to the clip and the other to the arcuate rim. Further, the hinge required a pin or round member therebetween with only one rotational plane allowed.
A first, second, and third restraining means was also claimed to allow the visor to be locked into place in the face guarding position, and also the clear or the locked position. A separate protuberance and a receiving cavity were utilized to accomplish this final function.
Further, the face shield was permanently attached to the rim on the outside with a plurality of fasteners, as depicted in FIGS. 1, 3-5, making the shield an integral part of the device.
A single internal tooth was provided on the clip and no allowance was granted in the clip for expansion to slip over the caps bill locking it into place.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
The prior art of the applicants, although containing functional capabilities, was found considerably lacking in the relationship of some elements allowing operation in an acceptable manner. As an example, the clips holding the device onto the bill of a cap only hinged upwardly. Inasmuch as most billed caps are slightly concave on the bottom surface, attachment of the visor had a tendency to straighten out the bill and cause a deformation at the end attached to the covering member also causing a torsional load to the rim slightly bowing it at each end. When the assembly was lifted up into the stowed position the reverse action took place.
As some functional refinements were obviously needed and advancement in the art to increase the versatility was desired, it is a primary object of the invention to improve the detachable visor by adding a completely separate hinge element. This swivel link not only hinges vertically, but rotates laterally. With this improvement the invention is adaptable with hats having any configuration of the bill, convex, concave, or flat. Now the shape of the hat is not critical and with the adaptation of a further advanced combination of elements, the visor may be lifted into any angular position and be retained in that station. With this ability any position may be maintained eliminating completely the lock or restraining means taught in the prior invention. Utility is increases as the user may now elevate the visor just sufficiently to see under, for close observation, while still allowing the lens to shade ones eyes. Also, it may be moved flush with the end of the bill on the cap for easy return or completely raised to an out of the way position, being still available when wanted.
An important object of the improvement is to eliminate completely the requirement to remove the visor from the hat and reverse it end for end to lock it into a storage position when not in use. This requirement of prior art was time consuming and created wear on the hat with constant moving of the resiliently deformable clips. Further, the locking mechanism of a protuberance extending into a cavity was delicate and required a physical effort to lock and unlock, also, it was easily broken off with slight abuse.
Another object of the improvement is to make the lens removable from the rim or holder. As it is desirable to have the capability to interchange lenses for color variation, density, and shape with the invention, prior art was lacking in this capacity. The improvement utilizes a pair of
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Baclit Paul
Chang Chi K.
Cota Albert O.
Reynolds Wm. Carter
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