Patent ID: 9554612
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A42B

Claim:
1. A cap comprising: (a) a crown portion, said crown portion being generally hemispherical in shape and having a hollow interior such that the crown portion defines an interior surface and an exterior surface, said crown portion further comprising an apex and a generally circular base; (b) the crown portion further comprising a band, said band resulting from an inward folding of the peripheral edge of said crown portion such that said band extends toward said apex and overlies and confronts said interior surface of said crown portion proximate to said base, said band comprising a free edge and a fold edge; (c) wherein said fold edge of said band consists of the portion of said crown portion which corresponds to said folding of the peripheral edge of the crown portion, said fold edge defining said generally circular base; (d) wherein said band terminates within said hollow interior of said crown portion at said free edge, said free edge being adjacent to but spaced apart from said fold edge such that said band has a height; (e) wherein a securement mechanism comprises a first and a second elongate flexible strand; said first flexible strand having a first end, a second end, and a mid portion which extends between said first end and said second end; and said second flexible strand having a first end, a second end, and a mid portion which extends between said first end and said second end; (f) a bead that defines a pair of openings there through where a first end of said first flexible strand extends through a first one of said pair of openings defined by said bead and a first end of said second flexible strand extends through a second one of said pair of openings defined by said bead, where said bead is slidably engaged with said first flexible strand and said second flexible strand; (g) said cap retaining said second end of said first flexible strand on a first side thereof of said cap, said cap retaining said second end of said second flexible strand on a second side thereof of said cap, where said first side and said second side are on opposing sides of a visor attached to said cap; (h) said cap retaining said first end of said flexible strand on said first side thereof of said cap, said cap retaining said second end of said flexible strand on said second side thereof of said cap, where said bead is retained in a location above said visor and in substantially pressing engagement with at least one of said visor and said exterior surface of said crown portion.