Visor for a baseball cap

Details Visor for a baseball cap Visor for a baseball cap

1997-11-28

2001-05-29

Calvert, John J. (Department: 3765)

Apparel

Head coverings

Having crown and horizontally extending visor

C002S010000, C002S175100, C002S209110, C040S329000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06237156

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND—FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention relates to headgear, specifically to the visor portion of a baseball cap.
BACKGROUND—DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ART
When one wishes to adjust the position of the visor of a cap such as a baseball cap, one has to bend the visor in an upward direction which results in distorting the shape of the visor and the visor does not stay secure in the intended position. The prior art has made attempts to solve this problem but the results have produced visors that require detaching and reattaching of the visor element from the cap portion in order to achieve the desired angle of the visor.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,096,589 to M. Goldstein (1978) discloses an adjustable visor element that must be detached and reattached in order to change the visor to the desired angle. Although the Goldstein visor in the Goldstein patent can achieve various angles, it does not afford the wearer of the cap a means to adjust the visor as the need arises without
(a) taking off the cap;
(b) detaching the visor;
(c) positioning the visor on the cap by use of hook and loop fasteners; and
(d) putting the cap on to see if the new position is satisfactory.
If when putting the cap back on, the wearer is not comfortable with the new position, the wearer would have to again remove the cap, detach the visor, reconnect the visor and again try the cap on in order to see if the desired angle has been achieved.
OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGES
Accordingly, several objects and advantages of the present invention are:
(a) to provide an adjustable visor that allows the wearer to change the angle of the visor to a multitude of positions without requiring detaching of the visor element from the cap portion.
(b) to provide a visor that has the means for adjusting the visor built into the visor.
(c) to provide a visor that uses a hinge(s) as the means to adjust the visor to a multitude of positions.
(d) to provide a visor that enables the wearer to adjust the angle of the visor while still wearing the cap.
Further objects and advantages are to provide a visor that allows the wearer to achieve a multitude of angles without any need to detach the visor from the cap portion.


REFERENCES:
patent: 901320 (1908-10-01), Bruzaud
patent: 1538847 (1925-05-01), Wheeler
patent: 4096589 (1978-06-01), Goldstein
patent: 4918759 (1990-04-01), Anderson et al.
patent: 5233703 (1993-08-01), Galka
patent: 5410761 (1995-05-01), Connelly et al.
patent: 5556135 (1996-09-01), Duncan
patent: 5669071 (1997-09-01), Vu

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