Patent ID: 6648189
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: A42B,A42C,C08G

Abstract:
A hat drying and blocking form comprised of a compressible and elastically resilient structure having a finished product density at least about 1.0 pounds per cubic foot and having a base delineating longitudinal and transverse axes of alignment and a crown having a continuous outer surface rising from said base and arcuately curved in both longitudinal and transverse directions for receiving a hat thereon while in a partially compressed condition, wherein said crown of said resilient structure has a forward, longitudinal end for receiving the forehead region of a hat and an aft, longitudinal end for receiving the rear region of a hat, and said forward, longitudinal end of said crown rises abruptly from said base and is curved sharply rearwardly at its upper extremity and said aft end of said crown is more rounded than said forward end of said crown, and said base is formed of a plurality of transverse ridges that extend parallel to said transverse axis across the entire width of said base and said ridges are spaced longitudinally beneath said crown from said forward end to said aft end thereof, and channel-shaped cavities are formed between said ribs, and each of said ribs has a bottom-supporting surface of contact that has a minor horizontal dimension of thickness in a direction parallel to said longitudinal axis and said ribs increase in thickness with increasing distance above said bottom surface to a major horizontal dimension at a vertical height above said bottom surface.