Patent ID: 6367084
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: A42C

Abstract:
Headwear comprising:a crown portion of sufficient depth as in use to provide a space between an inner surface of the crown portion and the top of the wearer's head, the crown portion having a front, an occipital region and a lower limit, a peak at the front of the crown portion, a head band defining the lower limit of the crown portion for locating and keeping the headwear on the wearer's head, an inlet aperture in the front of the crown above the level of the peak for the introduction of air into the interior of the headwear, and an outlet aperture in the occipital region of the crown, wherein the inlet aperture has a relatively upper margin, a baffle depending from the relatively upper margin of the aperture and into the air flow into the aperture for interrupting in use the air flow passing through the aperture so as to create an initial turbulence of the air flow, and wherein at least part of the inner surface of the crown portion is textured to provide a turbulence-generating medium so as to perpetuate in use the turbulent air flow through the inlet aperture within the space between the inner surface of the crown portion and the wearer's head.