Apparel – Head coverings – Combined with diverse article
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-28
2001-06-05
Calvert, John J. (Department: 3741)
Apparel
Head coverings
Combined with diverse article
C002S195100, C040S329000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06240568
ABSTRACT:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
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REFERENCE TO A MICROFICHE APPENDIX
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention pertains generally to display items, and more particularly, to an apparatus for mounting a display item onto a cap or apparel.
2. Description of the Background Art
In addition to their functional attributes, caps have generally been used as a source of ornamental or informational display. Items such as team logos, company insignias, messages, or miscellaneous advertising information are often seen on caps. Typically, such information is placed onto the crown portion of the cap, either during or after manufacturing the cap, by various methods such as embroidering, stitching, imprinting, glueing, screen printing, or the like. Similarly, such ornamentation is often placed on the fabric of apparel items such as jackets and shirts. Once placed onto the crown portion or fabric of the apparel, these logos, insignias, messages, or advertisements essentially become a permanent part of the cap or apparel, and its removal and/or replacement is virtually impossible, if not extremely time consuming.
Accordingly, there exists a need for the ornamental or informational display on caps and apparel that include means for easily and readily inserting and/or removing an interchangeable display item as desired, without the aforementioned difficulties. The present invention satisfies these needs, as well as others, and generally overcomes the deficiencies described in the background art.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is an apparatus for displaying on a cap or on an apparel a generally planar item containing informational or otherwise graphical material imprinted thereon, wherein the insertion and removal of the display item may be easily accomplished from either inside the crown portion of the cap or apparel, or outside the crown portion of the cap or the apparel. In general terms, the invention comprises, in combination, a fabric of material of an apparel or crown portion of a cap, a frame assembly, an opening, a generally transparent layer, a cell, and a means for inserting a planar item into the cell.
The frame assembly is attached to the fabric of either the crown portion or apparel item and includes an opening therein. The transparent layer encompasses the opening and forms the cell between the material and the transparent layer. The frame assembly includes a member that borders the cell. The inserting means is in communication with the cell and allows for the insertion of the display item into the cell for display through the opening.
For the insertion of a display item from inside the crown portion of the cap or from inside the apparel, at least one gap exists in the fabric to provide access to the cell. Multiple gaps are contemplated for the display of oversized items. For the insertion of a display item from outside the crown portion or from outside the apparel, at least one aperture exists in the frame member to provide access to the cell. Multiple apertures are also contemplated for the display of oversized items. The member of frame assembly may have shapes such as, but not limited to, rectangle, square, oval, triangle, gold ingot, or heart. The specific shape of the member may be suited to accommodate a correspondingly shaped display item.
An object of the invention is to provide an apparatus for interchanging a display item on a cap or apparel.
Another object of the invention is to provide an apparatus for the insertion and mounting of a display item onto a cap or apparel.
Still another object of the invention is to provide for the insertion and/or removal of a display item from inside an apparel or the crown portion of a cap.
Still another object of the invention is to provide for the insertion and/or removal of a display item from outside the crown portion of a cap or apparel.
Still another object of the invention is to provide an apparatus for the insertion and mounting of a display item having various shapes or sizes onto a cap or apparel.
Further objects and advantages of the invention will be brought out in the following portions of the specification, wherein the detailed description is for the purpose of fully disclosing preferred embodiments of the invention without placing limitations thereon.
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Calvert John J.
Chan Law Group LC
Halperin Brett L.
Hoey Alissa L.
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