Hat with snug fitting arcuate hat band

• US 5,369,808 A
• Filed: 06/04/1993
• Issued: 12/06/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Stillwater Hat Trims
• Original Assignee: Stillwater Hat Trims
• Inventors: Brewer, Susan D., Brewer, Dale A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Crowder, Clifford D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): OLEKSA, DIANA LYNN
• Application Number:
  US08/071,062
• Time in Patent Office: 550 Days
• Field of Search: 2/171.1, 2/179, 2/185 R, 2/186, 2/199, 2/311, 2/312, 2/338, 2/175.3, 2/181, 2/181.2, 2/181.4, 2/181.6, 2/181.8, 2/183 , 2/DIG. 11, 2/918
• US Class Current: 2/175.3
• CPC Class Codes: A42C 5/00 Fittings or trimmings for hats, e.g. hat-bands
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 2/11 Headband

Abstract

An improved hat band adapted to be wrapped around the body of a hat with free ends detachably connected to each other, the band being held in place by tension and slideably adjustable around the hat body to properly position the band on the hat.

Claims

1. In a hat having an upstanding body to be worn on the head of a wearer and formed with a crown and sides which slant downwardly and outwardly from the crown to a brim around a lower end of said body, an improved hat band adapted to surround the outside of said body lower end and adjacent said brim;

said band comprising in combination of a strap of flexible material having an inner wall and an outer wall;

said strap being curved along its longitudinal axis to form an arc with opposite free ends and of such shape and length that when the strap is wrapped around said body said inner wall has snug engagement with the body lower end and said free ends of the strap overlap;

and holding means on said strap free ends to detachably fasten the ends together;

said holding means comprising a pair of friction pads, one pad being on the inner wall of one free end of said strap and the other pad being on the outer wall of the other free end of the strap to provide an infinitely variable adjustable connection whereby the circumference of said strap may be varied and fit tightly around the hat body to be held in place by tension;

said strap being slideably adjustable around the hat body when in place to properly position the band on the hat.

2. In a hat as recited in claim 1 wherein the extension of said pads and the overlap of said free ends is such that the pads are hidden from view from the side when the strap surrounds the hat body and the ends are connected.

3. In a hat as recited in claim 1 wherein there is a locator stop comprising a piece wrapped around said strap in a vertical plane with a single thickness along the outside wall of the strap and a double thickness along the inside strip wall whereby an abutment is formed against which the other free end of the strap may be positioned.

4. In a hat having an upstanding body to be worn on the head of a wearer and formed with a crown and sides which slant downwardly and outwardly from said crown to a brim around a lower end of said body, an improved hat band adapted to surround the outside of said body lower end and adjacent said brim;

said band comprising in combination a strap having an inner wall and an outer wall;

said strap being curved along its longitudinal axis to form an arc with opposite free ends and of such shape and length that when the strap is wrapped around said body said inner wall has snug engagement with the body lower end and said free ends of the strap overlap;

a pair of friction pads, one being on the inner wall of one free end of said strap the other pad being on the outer wall of the other free end of the strap;

said pads providing an adjustable connection whereby said strap may be wrapped tightly around the hat body to be held in place by tension;

each pad having a thickness generally the same as the thickness of the strap and when the pads are pressed together their joint thickness approximates said strap thickness;

a locator stop on said strap adjacent one of said free ends and against which the other free end of the strap is adapted to abut; and

said locator stop being formed from the same material as said strap and wrapped around the strap with a single thickness along said outside wall of the strap and a double thickness along said inside strap wall whereby an abutment is formed engageable by said other free end of the strap.

5. In a hat as recited in claim 4 wherein a decoration is provided on said strap outer wall, said strap being slideably adjustable around the hat body when in place thereon to properly position said band on the hat with said decoration in desired location relative to said crown.