Arm for Twirling a Flag, Banner or Rally Rag From a Hat or Helmet

• US 20190320751A1
• Filed: 04/11/2018
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Coleton M. Klipa
• Original Assignee: Coleton M. Klipa
• Inventors: Klipa, Coleton M.
• Application Number:
  US15/950,741
• Publication Number:
  US 20190320751A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A42B 1/004 Decorative arrangements or effects

Abstract

A hat or helmet having an electric motor driven rotatable arm permanently or temporarily affixed to its top exterior. The arm holds a rally rag, banner or flag for twirling about.

Claims

1. A hat with a motorized rotating arm designed to hold and twirl about a rally rag.

2. The hat of claim 1, which is battery powered.

3. The hat of claim 1, which is mechanically turned on and off.

4. The hat of claim 3 wherein the motor is activated by one or more of:

a remote control and a phone app.

5. The hat of claim 1, which can be sound activated to rotate for a set amount of time.

6. The hat of claim 1, which is in a shape selected from the group consisting of:

a safety hard hat, a football helmet, a baseball cap, an enlarged foam hockey puck, an enlarged basketball-shaped hat, an enlarged soccer ball-shaped hat and an automotive or bicycle racing helmet.

7. The hat of claim 1 wherein the rotating arm includes a portion of shirt sleeve matching a team jersey colors.

8. The hat of claim 1 wherein the rally rag is selected from the group consisting of:

a sports team'"'"'s colors, a soccer scarf, a country'"'"'s flag and a car racing driver'"'"'s colors and/or number.

9. A motor-powered novelty hat comprising:

(a) a head covering component;

(b) an on-off controlled motor inside the head covering component;

(c) a rotatable stem extending from the motor and to an upper, outer surface of the head covering component;

(d) an appendage resembling a small, human forearm, said appendage having a hand component; and

(e) a sports rally rag for positioning in the hand component of the appendage and rotating about when the motor is turned on.

10. The novelty hat of claim 9 wherein the head covering component is a sports hat selected from the group consisting of:

a safety hard hat, a football helmet, a baseball cap, an enlarged foam hockey puck, an enlarged basketball-shaped hat, an enlarged soccer ball-shaped hat and an automotive or bicycle racing helmet.

11. The novelty hat of claim 10 wherein the head covering component is a safety hard hat in a sports team'"'"'s colors.

12. The novelty hat of claim 9 wherein the appendage includes a section of sports jersey as a sleeve element therefor.

13. The novelty hat of claim 9 wherein the motor is battery powered.

14. The novelty hat of claim 9 wherein the motor can be activated by a hand held remote control.

15. The novelty hat of claim 9 wherein the motor can be activated by a phone app.

16. The novelty hat of claim 9, which can be sound activated for commencing a timed rotation by the motor.

17. The novelty hat of claim 9 wherein the rally rag is a small towel in a sports team'"'"'s colors.

18. The novelty hat of claim 9 wherein the rally rag is a soccer team'"'"'s scarf.

19. The novelty hat of claim 9 wherein the rally rag is representative of a country'"'"'s flag.

20. The novelty hat of claim 9 wherein the rally rag is representative of a car racing driver'"'"'s colors and/or number.