Patent ID: 9629407
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A41D,A42B

Claim:
1. A protective headwear apparatus for wearing on a head of a user, comprising: an article of headwear having a head receiving portion sized to receive the head of the user and a forward extending brim portion attached to the head receiving portion, the brim portion having a top surface and a bottom surface; a flexible shield having an upper end portion and a lower end portion; and a binding attached to the bottom surface of the brim portion and having an outwardly facing opening receiving and holding therein the upper end portion of the shield so as to attach the shield to the bottom surface of the brim portion with the shield extending outward out of the outward facing opening of the binding and then bending downward with the lower end portion located lower than the upper end portion of the shield, the shield sized to wrap at least partially around the head of the user, the binding having a lengthwise extending outer portion disconnected from the bottom surface of the brim portion and a lengthwise extending inner portion attached to the bottom surface of the brim portion, the outer portion extending outward at least 0.25 inches beyond where the inner portion is attached to the bottom surface of the brim portion.