Patent ID: 8549669
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: A42B,G09F

Abstract:
1. In combination: (a) a headwear piece comprising a crown with a surface for engaging a wearer's head to maintain the headwear piece in an operative position on the wearer's head and an exposed external surface; (b) at least one object that has an identification thereon that relates to at least one of: a) an event; b) a location; c) an institution; d) a product; e) a service; f) a person; g) an animate object; h) an inanimate object; i) a team; and j) a participant in an event; wherein the at least one object comprises either a functional item specifically made to perform a clearly identifiable and intended function independently of the headwear piece that is not related to the headwear piece and that can be used by a wearer to assist in the performance of a task by a wearer or a replica of a functional item specifically made to perform a clearly identifiable function independently of the headwear piece that is not related to the headwear piece; and (c) a tether through which the at least one object is maintained on the headwear piece, wherein there is an identification, independent of the at least one object and applied directly on the exposed external surface on the headwear piece, that is coordinated with the identification on the at least one object, the identification on the at least one object separate from the identification applied directly on the exposed external surface on the headwear piece, wherein the at least one object comprises a key chain separate from the tether.