Apparel – Guard or protector – For wearer's head
Reexamination Certificate
1999-10-25
2001-05-22
Mohanty, Bibhu (Department: 3765)
Apparel
Guard or protector
For wearer's head
C002S145000, C002S202000, C002S207000, C002S209130
Reexamination Certificate
active
06233738
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a protective head covering which can easily be attached to and removed from a hat, such as any baseball style cap or hat, construction hard hat, horseback riding helmet, or bicycle helmet. The head covering has a material attached to the bottom and a drawstring inside the material. The drawstring and material attach around a collar of the user to prevent insects from getting inside the head covering. When it is attached it remains firmly on the wearer's head regardless of how active the person may be.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Baseball style hats are very popular and the hat of choice of most individuals who venture outdoors in the warmer months. Those who spend time in wooded areas, fields, gardens or around lakes and streams have experienced annoying flying insects and the discomfort they bring. Construction type hard hats are also very common, often required, and are worn outdoors where there is a danger from flying insects. Horseback riding helmets and bicycle riding helmets are sometimes necessary to be worn in areas where there are flying insects. Chemical repellents have an odor and are limited in their effectiveness. Also, some users may be allergic to them. Some insect protective head gear can be cumbersome, loose fitting and uncomfortable to wear or require a special head piece to accompany it as well as a separate carrying case.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,472,033 to E. W. Wetzel is for a full brim sportsman's hat in which the screen is a permanent part of the hat and is rolled up into the brim when not in use.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,214,318 to M. D. Gomez describes a portable roll up bug netting comprised of a plastic material which has a band on the upper edge. The netting is attached by securing a band around the hat crown.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,713,076 to M. Davis describes a head piece having a crown and a brim with the outer edge extending part of the way around the crown and a transparent eyepiece attached to the outer edge of the brim.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,367,706 to Davidson describes a cylindrical fabric mesh head net with integral hoops designed to keep the fabric away from the wearer's face.
None of the above patent disclose a head screen that can easily be attached to and removed from the top of a hat, especially a construction type hard hat, horseback riding helmet or bicycle helmet.
An insect protective head screen, if it is to be acceptable to the wearer, must not only be effective in preventing insects from contacting the wearer's head and neck, but it must be comfortable and remain firmly on the wearer's head and convenient to apply, remove and transport.
SUMMARY AND OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
The primary object of the present invention is to provide a high degree of protection against insects by keeping the head screen secure to the wearer's head by means of its attachment to the top of a hat or helmet of the wearer's choice.
The present invention attains this object with a head screen constructed of mesh fiberglass screening such as that found in windows of most homes. It is cylindrical in shape and sewn across the top and back with the bottom open. When placed on the wearer's head it extends from the top of the head to the top of the shoulders. There is a strip of material on the bottom of the head screen which encloses a draw string. There is an elastic strip sewn into the inside top seam which allows it to be attached to the button on top of most baseball style caps or hats. For hard hats or helmets there is a Velcro type hook and loop fastener which is attached by adhesives to the hat and head screen. Another possibility for the fastening of the head screen is a clip or clamp which clamps to the hat, preferably at a substantially top center portion of the hat and/or clamps/clips to a button on the hat. This keeps the head screen firmly on the hat which is firmly on the wearer's head. It can be easily unattached. The fiberglass screening is durable and rigid enough to keep its intended shape and not cling to the wearer's face, yet it is flexible and can be compacted to a small size for easy transporting. The color is black to minimize the suns glare to the wearer. One part of the hook and loop fastener which is attached to the head screen can also define the button hole.
It is an important object of the invention that the means for fastening the head screen to a hat is repetitively attachable and detachable to the hat without substantially damaging either said fastening means or the hat, and that the attaching and detaching is easily accomplished by the user. this object is attained by the elastic button hole, and the hook/loop fastener. With regard to the fastening means being a clamp/clip, spring biased jaws with butterfly type handles is preferably used. The jaws clamp onto the hat, preferably the button, and the handles are inserted into the button hole. Other connection combinations of a clamp are also possible.
The above-mentioned features of the present invention and the features explained below may be used not only in the described combinations, but the features can also be used individually and/or in other combinations within the scope of the present invention.
The various features of novelty which characterize the invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and specific objects attained by its uses, reference is made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which preferred embodiments of the invention are illustrated.
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patent: 281502 (1883-07-01), Harvey
patent: D. 346893 (1994-05-01), St. Germain
patent: 499965 (1893-06-01), Bushnell
patent: 1004507 (1911-09-01), Walz
patent: 5153943 (1992-10-01), Clement
patent: 6049904 (2000-04-01), Siracusa
McGlew and Tuttle , P.C.
Mohanty Bibhu
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