Patent ID: 6125474
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: A42B,A42C

Abstract:
A water-cooled baseball cap comprising, in combination:a cap portion including a hemispherical configuration having a circular open bottom and a dome-shaped top, the cap portion including an inner cloth lining layer which is pervious to water and an outer insulative layer with an inner surface including a woven fabric and an outer surface including a reflective material with a bottom peripheral edge of the inner cloth lining layer coupled to that of the outer insulative layer thereby defining an interior space, the cap portion further including a thin rectangular elastic band mounted within the interior space adjacent to the bottom peripheral edges of the cap portion for securing the cap to a head of a user when worn;a bladder including an upper layer and a lower layer both constructed from an elastomeric material with a hemi-spherical configuration having a circular open bottom and a dome-shaped top, the layers of the bladder being integrally coupled at bottom peripheral edges thereof thus defining a thin uniform spherical interior space, the bladder situated within the interior space of the cap such that the bottom peripheral edges of the bladder rest on a top edge of the elastic band adjacent to the bottom peripheral edges of the cap portion, the lower layer of the bladder having a plurality of minuscule apertures formed therein for allowing water situated within the bladder to flow onto the head of the user;a cover being selectively coupled about apertures formed in the outer layer of the cap portion and upper layer of the bladder at apexes thereof thereby allowing a user to fill the bladder with water as necessary; andan arcuate resilient visor mounted to the bottom peripheral edges of the cap portion and extending radially outwardly therefrom for precluding light rays from shining on a face of the user.