Patent ID: 6789266
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: A42B,Y10S

Abstract:
A head gear system for allowing a user to keep his head and face covered and comfortably warm in a safe and efficient manner comprising, in combination:a main body portion fabricated from a single sheet of a woven material with an interior surface and an exterior surface and with a front and a back and with a centerline running between the front and the back and forming a first side and a symmetric second side, the front including two convex edges with stitching coupling the convex edges and positionable on the top of a wearer's head during use, the first side and the second side each having first and second arcuate portions extending outwardly away from the centerline and positionable over the wearer's face and neck front during use, the back including a tail extending rearwardly away from the front from between the arcuate portions and positionable over the back of the wearer's neck front during use; a primary coupler including first strips of hook and loop fasteners on the interior surface of the first arcuate portion at the edge thereof remote from the centerline and generally parallel therewith, the primary coupler also including second strips of hook and loop fasteners on the exterior surface of the second arcuate portion at the edge thereof proximal to the centerline and at an angle of about 45 degrees therewith, the first strips adapted to separably couple with the second strips at any position along their lengths to allow the arcuate portions to cover the wearer's neck and mouth; a secondary coupler including two parallel third strips of hook and loop fasteners positioned on the exterior surface of the main body portion adjacent to and on opposite sides of the stitching, the secondary coupler also including two fourth strips positioned on the exterior surface of the main body portion adjacent edges of the first and second arcuate portions remote from the centerline and generally parallel therewith, the fourth strips adapted to separably couple with the third strips to allow the arcuate portions to uncover the front and sides of the wearer's neck; a tertiary coupler including fifth strips of hook and loop fasteners positioned on the exterior surface of the main body portion on the tail along the centerline, the tertiary coupler also including sixth strips positioned on the exterior surface of the main body portion adjacent to the stitching along the centerline, the fifth strips adapted to separably couple with the sixth strips to allow the tail to uncover the back of the wearer's neck; and a tunnel formed in the edge of the main body portion extending from one arcuate portion to the other arcuate portion and across the stitching and the centerline with an elastic strap within the tunnel with strap ends coupled to the ends of the tunnel.