Patent ID: 6253378
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: A42B

Abstract:
In team water sports where members of one team wear outer caps of a dark color and members of an opposing team wear outer caps of a light color to distinguish players of one team from members of the opposing team, an under cap to be worn beneath said outer cap, said under cap being generally hemispherically shaped and adapted to fit snugly over the players head, said under cap defining side sections and a first and a second transverse section, the improvement comprising:at least a portion of the surface of one of said transverse sections being provided with dark colored indicia to resemble the dark color of said outer cap and at least a portion of the surface of said other transverse section being light-colored to resemble the light-colored outer cap, said dark color indicia beginning at the midpoint of said side sections and extending horizontally around one of said transverse sections to terminate at the midpoint of said opposite side section and extending upwardly from the beginning and end points at an angle of at least 30.degree. to define an elliptical upper edge around said transverse section.