Patent ID: 6216277
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: A42B

Abstract:
A hat collapsible between a collapsed, compact storage condition and a head-covering, use condition, comprising:a) a flexible brim having a generally annular shape in the use condition and having a compartment extending along an outer periphery of the brim;b) a crown including a pre-shaped top panel having an exterior side and an interior side, and a collapsible, generally annular crown panel extending between the top panel and the brim; andc) a frame member received in the compartment, and having a predetermined, generally annular shape in the use condition in which the frame member shapes the brim, the frame member having first frame portions opposite each other, and second frame portions opposite each other and angularly spaced away from the first frame portions, the first frame portions being capable of overlapping the exterior side of the top panel in the collapsed condition, and the second frame portions being capable of overlapping the interior side of the top panel in the collapsed condition, both the first and second frame portions protecting the top panel from being folded in the collapsed condition.