Patent ID: 9655397
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A42B

Claim:
1. Headwear comprising: a head covering portion defining a head receiving area configured to accept a wearer's head within the headwear and the head covering portion further defining a crown surface; an opening within the crown surface having a first side and a second side; a size adjustment device having a first member affixed to said first side of said opening and a second member affixed to said second side of said opening, said first member and said second member each having a vertical width dimension and a horizontal length dimension; wherein said first member and said second member each includes a first size adjustment unit having a first and second end and a second size adjustment unit having a first and second end, each said first size adjustment unit detachably coupled to a respective, one of said second size adjustment units of each of the first and second members, the detachable coupling comprising a connection member for each said first and second members, the first end of said first size adjustment unit of said first member coupling to said first side of said opening within said crown surface and the first end of said first size adjustment unit of said second member coupling to said second side of said opening within said crown surface, wherein each said first size adjustment unit comprises at least one shape change hole for providing minute head circumference size adjustment of said head covering portion and a first part of the connection member for each said first and second members, said at least one shape change hole having a vertical, longitudinal diameter almost corresponding to the vertical width dimension of each said first and second member that is greater than a minimum width dimension of said at least one shape change hole, wherein said minute head circumference size adjustment adjusts by deforming a shape of said at least one shape change hole for establishing an appropriate size of the headwear to the wearer's head for wearing comfort; wherein each said second size adjustment unit comprises a second part of the connection member for each said first and second members, the first part and the second part of each said connection member being detachably fastened together, wherein the first part of each connection member being located at the second end of each said first size adjustment unit and the second part of each connection member being located at the first end of each said second size adjustment unit; each said connection member of each said first and second members including a recess and a protrusion; wherein each said recess is formed in one of said first or second parts of each said connection member and wherein each said protrusion is formed in an opposite one of said first or second parts of each said connection member such that the recess and the protrusion of each said connection member detachably fasten the first size adjustment unit of each said first and second members to a respective one of said second size adjustment units of each said first and second members therefore respectively forming each of said first and second members of the size adjustment device; wherein each said protrusion further comprising a narrow neck connected to a wide head end portion; the wide head end portion bending so that the narrow neck is fastened into each said recess while the wide head end portion is then extended to be latched by each said recess and is prevented from separating from each said recess; wherein said second size adjustment unit of said first member comprises at least one male fastening portion located towards the second end thereof; and wherein said second size adjustment unit of said second member comprises at least one female fastening portion located towards the second end thereof for mating engagement with said second size adjustment unit of said first member.