Abstract:
An apparatus for adorning a size control portion, formed in at least one of lower lateral sides of an opening portion of headwear according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an adorning portion having at least one face that is 3-dimensionally adorned, a support portion connected to the adorning portion to support the adorning portion, and a detachable coupling portion formed in a part of the support portion and detachably coupled to the size control portion. According to the present invention, an apparatus for freely and variously adorning a size control portion provided in a lower edge portion of a head receiving portion of headwear at low cost, and the adorning apparatus can be used in headwear.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
       [0001]    This application claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2012-0092971 filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Aug. 24, 2012, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
       FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    The present invention relates to an apparatus for adorning a size control portion of headwear, and headwear using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus for adorning a size control portion of headwear, and headwear using the same. The apparatus can variously adorn a size control portion provided in a lower edge of a head receiving portion of headwear at low cost. 
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0003]    In general, as shown in  FIG. 1 , a size-controllable headwear that can be commonly used without regard to the size of the head of a wearer includes a dome-shaped opening  1   a  in a back portion of headwear  1 , and size controllers  110  provided in lower lateral sides of the opening portion  1   a  for controlling the size of the headwear  1  in a head circumferential direction. 
         [0004]    The size controllers  110  are respectively formed of a male size control portion  111  including a plurality of coupling protrusions  111   a  respectively formed at a constant distance from each other, and a female size control portion  113  including a plurality of coupling holes  113   a  that respectively correspond to the plurality of coupling protrusions  111   a.  Such a structure can be simply manufactured and size can be easily controlled, and the fixed size is not easily loosened. The headwear having such a size controller  110  is widely used, particularly, by long-haired wearer because tied hair can be pulled out through the opening portion  1   a.    
         [0005]    Recently, a method for adorning the size controller  110  has been researched and developed in order to expand such a usage of the headwear  1 . 
         [0006]    However, a conventional method for adorning the size controller  110  requires an injection molding method to add an adorning element to the female and male size control portions  111  and  113 , but design for each size controller  110  requires expensive injection molding, and an image of the adorning apparatus and the size control portions have limits in expression because they should have the same color and material. In addition, the adorning apparatus has a size limit, and the adorning apparatus cannot be 3-dimensionally expressed due to a limit of the injection molding. For these reasons, the conventional injection molding method for adorning the size controller  110  cannot be substantially used. 
         [0007]    The above information disclosed in this Background section is only for enhancement of understanding of the background of the invention and therefore it may contain information that does not form the prior art that is already known in this country to a person of ordinary skill in the art. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0008]    The present invention has been made in an effort to provide an apparatus for adorning a size control portion that can be made of various materials in various colors and sizes at low cost and can provide 3-dimensional expression, and headwear using the same. 
         [0009]    An apparatus for adorning a size control portion, formed in at least one of lower both side portions of an opening portion of headwear according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an adorning portion having at least one surface that is 3-dimensionally adorned, a support portion connected to the adorning portion to support the adorning portion, and a detachable coupling portion formed in a part of the support portion and detachably coupled to the size control portion. 
         [0010]    The apparatus for adorning the size control portion formed in at least one of the lower both side portions of the opening portion of the headwear includes a support portion thin enough to not significantly protrude when being coupled to the size control portion, a detachable coupling portion formed in the support portion and detachably coupled to the size control portion, and an adorning portion connected to the support portion and having one face that is 3-dimensionally adorned. 
         [0011]    In headwear that can use the apparatus for adorning the size control portion according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the size control portion may include a recess portion formed in a main body extended in a head circumferential direction corresponding to the thickness and the size of the support portion of the apparatus for adorning the size control portion. 
         [0012]    In headwear that can use the apparatus for adorning the size control portion according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the size control portion of the headwear may include a coupling protrusion integrally formed in a main body extended in a head circumferential direction, and the height of the coupling protrusion may be larger than the sum of the thickness of the size control portion and the thickness of the support portion of the apparatus for adorning the size control portion. 
         [0013]    In the size control portion of the headwear, the size control portion may include a wing portion having a plurality of auxiliary coupling portions along a length direction in a main body extended in a head circumferential direction. 
         [0014]    According to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a main body portion of an adorning apparatus fastened with a size control portion is designed to be very thin so that the size control portion can be freely fastened to and detached from the size control portion of the headwear, and the size control portion can be formed in various shapes with various colors and can be 3-dimensionally expressed. 
         [0015]    A conventional injection molding method for adorning a plastic size control portion has a limit in various expression, but according to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the adorning apparatus can be detachably fitted into the plastic size control portion so that the size control portion can be formed in various shapes with various colors corresponding to various user&#39;s demands, and an one face molding method can be adopted by adopting an inexpensive open molding method. In addition, small-quantity production is available, and the adorning apparatus can be used in various size control portions such as a plastic, hook, or loop type. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0016]      FIG. 1  is a schematic view for description of a concept of headwear using a general size controller. 
           [0017]      FIG. 2A  is a partial perspective back view of a size controller adorning apparatus and headwear using the same according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0018]      FIG. 2B  is a partial perspective back view of a size controller adorning apparatus according to an exemplary variation of the present invention, and headwear using the same. 
           [0019]      FIG. 3A  is a schematic view for description of headwear using the size controller adorning apparatus according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0020]      FIG. 3B  is a schematic view of headwear using the size controller adorning apparatus according to the exemplary variation of the present invention. 
           [0021]      FIG. 3C  is a schematic view of headwear using a size controller adorning apparatus according to another exemplary variation of the present invention. 
           [0022]      FIG. 4  is a partial perspective back view of a size controller adorning apparatus according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and headwear using the same. 
           [0023]      FIG. 5A  is a schematic view of headwear using the size controller adorning apparatus according to the other exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0024]      FIG. 5B  is a schematic view of headwear using a size controller adorning apparatus according to an exemplary variation of the present invention. 
           [0025]      FIG. 5C  is a schematic view of headwear using a size controller adorning apparatus according to another exemplary variation of the present invention. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
       [0026]    Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. 
         [0027]    Like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the specification. 
         [0028]    Further, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and structures incorporated herein may be omitted to avoid obscuring the subject matter of the present invention. 
         [0029]    In this specification, headwear includes various headwear forms such as a hat and a visor as well as baseball headwear, and a second size adjustment unit may use various materials such as conventional plastic, cloth, and leather as well as various size adjustment members such as a female and male coupling type, a string, a buckle, and a band form. 
         [0030]    Referring to  FIG. 2A  to  FIG. 3C , an adorning apparatus for a size controller according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention and an exemplary variation thereof, and headwear using the same, will be described. 
         [0031]      FIG. 2A  is a partial perspective back view of a size controller adorning apparatus and headwear using the same,  FIG. 2B  is a partial perspective back view of a size controller adorning apparatus and headwear using the same according to an exemplary variation of the present invention,  FIG. 3A  is a schematic view of headwear using a size controller adorning apparatus according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention,  FIG. 3B  is a schematic view of headwear using the size controller adorning apparatus according to the exemplary variation of the present invention, and  FIG. 3C  is a schematic view of headwear using a size controller adorning apparatus according to another exemplary variation of the present invention. 
         [0032]    Referring to  FIG. 2A , according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a dome-shaped opening  100   a  is formed in a back side of headwear  100 , and the size controller  110  may be provided between lower lateral ends of the opening  100   a  to control a head circumferential direction length. 
         [0033]    In the headwear  100  according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the size controller  110  may include size control portions  111  and  113  coupled to at least one of the lower lateral ends of the opening  100   a.    
         [0034]    The size control portions  111  and  113  may have a pair of female or male size control portions respective formed in flexible flat-shaped main bodies  111   b  and  113   b  where coupling protrusions  111   a  and coupling holes  113   a  are respectively formed. 
         [0035]    As shown in  FIG. 2A , an adorning apparatus  200  for adorning the size portion portions  111  and  113  may be provided in the size control portions  111  and  113 . 
         [0036]    The adorning apparatus  200  may include a thin plate-type support portion  210 , a detachable coupling portion  230 , and an adorning portion  250 . The support portion  210  is formed to be thin so as not to be significantly protruded when being coupled to the size control portions  111  and  113 , and the detachable coupling portion  230  is detachably coupled to the size control portions  111  and  113 . The adorning portion  250  is connected to the thin plate-type support  210 , and at least one face of the adorning portion  250 , preferably, the one face of the adorning portion  250  may be 3-dimensionally adorned. 
         [0037]    The detachable coupling portion  230  may be formed in the shape of a hole so as to be coupled to the coupling protrusion  111   a  of the male size control portion  111 , and at least one face of the adorning portion  250  may be injection-molded to have various 3D patterns through open molding. 
         [0038]    The thin plate-type support portion  210  and the adorning portion  250  may be integrally molded, or they may be separately formed and then coupled with each other through various methods. 
         [0039]    As shown in  FIG. 2B , the size controller  110  may be formed of the female size control portion  113  that is formed in one face of the opening  100   a  and has the coupling holes  113   a  and the male size controller  111  formed as a buckle hook in the other side of the opening  100   a.    
         [0040]    In this case, the adorning apparatus  200  may be provided with a single hole-type coupling portion  230  formed in the thin plate-type support portion  210  to correspond to the single buckle hook. Here, the hole-type coupling portion  230  is reversibly attachable to one coupling protrusion  111   a  of the male size control portion  111 , and at least one face of the adorning portion  250  may be 3-dimensionally shaped. 
         [0041]    As shown in  FIG. 3A , a recess portion  120  may be provided in at least one of the main bodies  111   b  and  113   b  of the size control portions  111  and  113  to receive the thickness and the size of the thin plate-type support portion  210  of the adorning apparatus  200 . 
         [0042]    As described, since the recess portion  120  is provided in at least one of the size control portions  111  and  113 , the thin plate-type support portion  210  is mounted to the recess portion  120  and thus provided in the same plane even though the hole-shaped coupling portion  230  of the adorning apparatus  200  is coupled to the coupling protrusion  111   a  of the size control portion  111 , and although the female size control portion  113  having the coupling holes  113   a  formed therein is coupled on the thin plate-type support portion  210  that is mounted to the recess portion  120 , the adorning portion  250  can adorn the size control portions  111  and  113  by exposing the adorning portion  250  without interfering with the coupling of the female or male size control portions  111  and  113  and without exposing the thin plate-type support portion  210 . 
         [0043]    In addition, as shown in  FIG. 3B , the coupling protrusions  111   a  are integrally formed in the main body  111   b  that is extended in the head circumferential direction of the male size control portion  111  among the size control portions  111  and  113 , and a height h of each coupling protrusion  111   a  is formed as a height H that is greater than the sum of a thickness D of the size control portion  111  and a thickness d of the thin plate-type support portion  210  of the adorning apparatus  200 , and thus the size control portions  111  and  113  can be adorned by exposing the adorning portion  250  without interfering with the coupling of the female and male size control portions  111  and  113  and without exposing the thin plate-type support portion  210  even through the hole-type coupling portion  230  of the adorning apparatus  200  is coupled to the coupling protrusion  111   a  and then the coupling protrusion  111   a  is coupled to the coupling hole  113   a  of the female size control portion  113 . 
         [0044]    In addition, as shown in  FIG. 3C , a wing portion  121  having a plurality of auxiliary coupling portion  121   a  formed along a length direction of the main bodies  111   b  and  113   b  of the size control portions  111  and  113  may further be provided. 
         [0045]    The auxiliary coupling portion  121   a  may be a plurality of protrusions respectively distanced from each other, or may be a plurality of holes, a plurality of embossed hooks, and a plurality of hooks sewing-coupled in a fabric cloth, and this will be described later with reference to  FIG. 5A  to  FIG. 5C . 
         [0046]    As the wing portion  121  having the auxiliary coupling portions  121   a  are further provided, the size control portions  111  and  113  can be adorned by coupling the adorning apparatus  200  without interfering with the coupling of the female or male size control portions  111  and  113 . 
         [0047]    A size control portion adorning apparatus according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and headwear using the same, will now be described with reference to  FIG. 4  to  FIG. 5C . 
         [0048]      FIG. 4  is a partial perspective back view of a size control portion adorning apparatus and headwear using the same according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention,  FIG. 5A  is a schematic view of headwear using the size controller adorning apparatus according to the other exemplary embodiment of the present invention,  FIG. 5B  is a schematic view of headwear using a size controller adorning apparatus according to an exemplary variation of the present invention, and  FIG. 5C  is a schematic view of headwear using a size controller adorning apparatus according to another exemplary variation of the present invention. 
         [0049]    As shown in  FIG. 4 , in headwear  100 ′ according to the other exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a size controller  110 ′ may include a size control portion  111 ′ formed of Velcro-type female or male coupling portions  111   a ′ and  113   a ′ formed in single band-type main body  111   b ′ and a ring  113 ′. The size control portion  111  is provided in one side portion of an opening portion  100   a ′ and the ring  113 ′ is provided in the other side portion of the opening portion  100   a′.    
         [0050]    Meanwhile, the size controller  110 ′ may be formed of a single band-type size control portion  111 ′ provided in one side portion of the opening  100   a ′ and a buckle provided in the other side portion of the opening  100   a′.    
         [0051]    As shown in  FIG. 4  and  FIG. 5A , an adorning apparatus  200 ′ may be provided in the size control portions  111 ′ and  113 ′ to adorn the size control portions  111 ′ and  113 ′. 
         [0052]    The adorning apparatus  200 ′ for adorning the size control portion includes a thin plate-type support portion  210 ′, a female or male coupling portion  230 ′, and an adorning portion  250 ′. The support portion  210 ′ faces the size control portions  111 ′ and  113 ′ and is formed thin so as to not excessively protrude when the support portion  210 ′ is coupled with the size control portions  111 ′ and  113 ′, and the female or male coupling portion  230 ′ is formed wide in the support portion  210 ′ to couple the support portion  210 ′ to the female and male coupling portions  111   a ′ and  113   a ′ of the size control portions  111 ′ and  113 ′. Various 3D patterns can be molded in at least one face of the adorning portion  250 ′ by an open molding process. 
         [0053]    The thin plate-type support portion  210 ′ and the adorning portion  250 ′ may be integrally molded, or may be individually manufactured and then coupled to each other through various methods. 
         [0054]    As shown in  FIG. 5A , in headwear  100 ′ according to the current exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the female or male coupling portions  111   a ′ and  113   a ′ of the size control portions  111 ′ and  113 ′ are formed as hooks by embossing, the female and male coupling portion  230   a ′ may be formed as hooks by embossing in the thin plate-type support portion  210 ′ corresponding to the female or male coupling portions  111 ′ and  113   a′.    
         [0055]    As shown in  FIG. 5B , in headwear  100 ′ according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the female or male coupling portions  111   a ′ and  113   a ′ of the size control portions  111 ′ and  113 ′ may be sew-coupled in a fabric cloth form having a plurality of loops, and a plurality of hooks  230   b ′ may be formed by embossing in the female or male coupling portion  230 ′ formed in the thin plate-type support portion  210 ′ corresponding to the female or male coupling portions  111   a ′ and  113   a′.    
         [0056]    As shown in  FIG. 5C , in headwear  100 ′ according to the current exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the female or male coupling portions  111   a ′ and  113   a ′ of the size control portions  111 ′ and  113 ′ may be sew-coupled in a fabric cloth form having a plurality of loops  111   a ′, and a plurality of hooks  230   c ′ may be sew-coupled in a fabric cloth form in the female or male coupling portion  230 ′ formed in the thin plate-type support portion  210 ′. 
         [0057]    While this invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. 
       DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 
       [0058]      100 ,  100 ′: headwear 
         [0059]      110 ,  110 ′: size controller 
         [0060]      111 ,  113 ,  111 ′,  113 ′: female or male size control portion 
         [0061]      111   a,    113   a,    111   a ′,  113   a ′: female or male coupling portion 
         [0062]      200 ,  200 ′: size control portion adorning apparatus 
         [0063]      210 ,  210 ′: thin plate-type support portion 
         [0064]      230 ,  230 ′: coupling portion 
         [0065]      250 ,  250 ′: adorning portion 
         [0066]    Thus, the present invention is well adapted to carry out the objectives and attain the ends and advantages mentioned above as well as those inherent therein. While presently preferred embodiments have been described for purposes of this disclosure, numerous changes and modifications will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. Such changes and modifications are encompassed within the spirit of this invention as defined by the claims.