Patent ID: 9179724
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A42B

Abstract:
1. A headwear with a refillable reservoir, the headwear allowing a person to drink from the refillable reservoir while wearing the headwear, the headwear comprising: a sombrero-type hat having a large brim that is adapted for extending over shoulders of the person, the sombrero-type hat further having a generally conical crown, the generally conical crown having a top and a base, the base being attached to the brim, and the top having an opening at the top, the opening having an edge, so that the generally conical crown does not terminate at a point, but is truncated so as to provide the opening at the top of the conical crown, the conical crown having an internal surface, the internal surface having at least one fastener mounted to the internal surface; an interior divider wall that extends across the base of the conical crown, the interior divider wall having a passage therethrough; a flexible reservoir that is adapted for insertion into the opening in the conical crown, the flexible reservoir having an upper end with a fill neck that is adapted for cooperating with a cap that closes off the flexible reservoir, the fill neck having a cantilevered collar or protrusion that extends from the fill neck in a generally radial manner, the collar or protrusion is adapted for engaging the edge of the opening at the top of the generally conical crown, the flexible reservoir further having a lower end with an outlet that is positioned to coincide with the passage through the interior divider wall, the flexible reservoir further having at least one fastener for cooperating with the at least one fastener mounted from the internal surface of the conical crown, so that the flexible reservoir cooperates with the conical crown in supporting the flexible reservoir from the conical crown, and so that the lower end and the outlet are positioned below the fill neck when the collar or protrusion engages the opening at the top of the generally conical crown, and so that the flexible reservoir may be inserted into the conical crown through the opening at the top of the conical crown and the outlet positioned to coincide with the passage through the interior divider wall.