Apparel – Head coverings – With sweats or other supplementary head engaging member
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-24
2001-03-27
Calvert, John J. (Department: 3741)
Apparel
Head coverings
With sweats or other supplementary head engaging member
Reexamination Certificate
active
06205590
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to exercise accessory equipment and particularly to headbands for use by persons engaged in aerobic activities.
The benefits of regular strenuous aerobic activities have been well documented. What once was considered the “fitness craze” is now a way of life for a majority of individuals in both the United States and abroad. Running, basketball, jazzercise, and the like are but a few of the aerobic activities in which individuals regularly engage in order to establish and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
A byproduct of strenuous aerobic exercise is that a good workout would generate significant perspiration.
It is well known that the region of maximum heat transfer of the human body is the head and scalp and when a person is exercising, the perspiration that is formed in the head and scalp area will condense into droplets of perspiration. These droplets of perspiration will tend to run down over the face and into the eyes of the person exercising, thus causing irritation to the eyes and blurring vision. Both of these byproducts of the exercise routine can be annoying and when one is engaging in ball such as basketball, it can be dangerous to have blurred vision. To remedy this byproduct of strenuous aerobic exercise, many people wear headbands or sweatbands about their forehead to try to soak up the perspiration and keeping it from running onto the face and into the eyes. Prior art headbands and sweatbands, while effective to some degree, have proven to be deficient in other areas. Specifically, in the past, in order to get a headband that is sufficiently absorbent to hold a significant amount of perspiration generated during the course of an exercise routine headbands have been required to be so large and cumbersome that they in some manners interfere with the exercise routine. Smaller, thinner headbands which are better suited to and more compatible with the exercise routine do not have sufficient absorption capacity to soak up all the perspiration that is generated during a vigorous workout. The present invention overcomes these deficiencies of the prior art.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a headband that is constructed of a combination of elements. The interior portion of the headband is made of a terrycloth material which has a high absorption and wicking capacity. The terrycloth portion of the headband is fitted against the brow of the person wearing the headband. Layered directly adjacent the terrycloth is a pad of chamois which has the ability to absorb large quantities of moisture. A good chamois can generally absorb two to three times its weight in moisture and thus is a highly efficient material for use in the headband product of the present invention. A backing of support cloth fits behind the chamois and extends beyond the terrycloth pad to form tie ribbons so that the headband can be tied about the forehead of the person using the invention. By the construction of elements as set forth above, the headband is capable of absorbing many times over its weight in moisture, thus allowing a person wearing the headband to engage in strenuous aerobic exercise and activity, generating large amounts of perspiration, all of which will be absorbed into the headband to keep the perspiration from running onto the face and into the eyes of the person wearing the headband.
Having briefly described the invention, it will be understood that it is an object of the present invention to provide a lightweight thin headband having a high absorption capacity. It is another object of the invention to provide a lightweight highly flexible headband with a relatively high moisture absorption capacity. It is still a further object of the invention to provide a headband having a terrycloth facing, an intermediate layer of chamois, and a backing of cloth. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a multi-layer headband including layers of terrycloth, chamois, and cloth with the cloth backing extending beyond the terrycloth and chamois layers to form tie ribbons so that the headband can be tied about the forehead of the user.
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Calvert John J.
Hoey Alissa L
Waddey & Patterson
Waddey, Jr. I. C.
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