Abstract:
A head garment kit comprising the combination of at least one detachable headband further comprising at least one coupling attachment, at least one elastic material, at least one suction material, at least one sunray protection cloth further comprising at least one second coupling attachment adapted to the first coupling attachment. The sunray protection cloth further comprises, at least one peripheral pocket at least one tying band and at least one flexible band. Wherein the one flexible band is to be disposed within said peripheral pocket and the one detachable headband is demountably disposed on said at least one sunray protection cloth by said at least one first coupling attachment and said at least one second coupling attachment.

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
       [0001]    The present invention relates to head apparel. 
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    Sun exposure can cause wrinkles and skin cancer and up to 90 percent of skin changes commonly thought to be a part of aging are actually caused by the sun, and the sun is responsible for 90 percent of all skin cancers. According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. One of the solutions to prevent sun ray exposure is the “hat” or shade making device for the face. 
         [0003]    The shade making device successfully blocks the harmful rays to the face and neck, but heat to the head only is merely reduced. The problem is that the heat from sun also raises the temperature of head, thus as a defense, the body cooling mechanism is triggered and sweat is created. The issues with hats, in particular with headbands that are worn around the head and next to the skin, are that it will effectively wick moisture (sweat) away from the skin thus creating the perfect environment for bacterial growth within the fabric. The bacteria that thrive in this environment can create foul odors and even develop fungus. 
         [0004]    In order to prevent odor build up and fungus growth, there is a need to inhibit the growth of these odor causing bacteria. One solution is that the industry has proposed is a silver ion treatment that when applied to fabric. The issue with this type of treatment is that it does not actually kill the bacteria, it merely inhibits the growth of new bacteria within the fabric. Said “odor resistant” headbands are only a patch solution to the fundamental problem of wicking and storing of the sweat. Even if the sweat “evaporates”, it is only the water part that does so, sweat further contains NaCl, Vitamin C, uric acid, urea, ammonia and lactic acid, and said chemicals will never disappear. Another problem when wearing sweated headbands is that the headband would tend to cause the oil build up around the hair follicle in the forehead—thus causing acne. Pressure on the skin from baseball hats, headbands, sport masks and helmets can aggravate acne in the forehead by friction. 
         [0005]    Another solution the industry has proposed is to wash the head gear and reuse. The problem with this method is that the hat fabric is usually not made for washing and gets destroyed after a wash or two. Most people would like to reuse their head garments for years and at the same time have several of them when going to games such as football or baseball proudly wearing the team colors and do not want them to be washed up in the washing machine. 
         [0006]    There is a need in the head garment industry to create a non usable detachable headband for hats. Furthermore, the hat industry has in the past relied washing the whole hat in order to remove odors, but at the same time compromising the integrity of the hat cloth as a hole. There is a further need to create a head band that is compatible and interchangeable with many hats in order to switch hat-design depending on the team while attending a game. Moreover, in the head garment arts, it would be desirable to progress from the fixed headband attached to the hat to a headband that is removable in order to be washed separately or disposed. 
       BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0007]    The present invention provides for an exchangeable garment assembly 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0008]    The foregoing summary, as well as the following detailed description of the invention, will be better understood when read in conjunction with the appended drawings. For the purpose of illustrating the invention, there are shown in the embodiments which are presently preferred. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown. In the drawings: 
           [0009]      FIG. 1  depicts the elements of the interchangeable head assembly as a three dimensional drawing. 
           [0010]      FIG. 2  depicts one embodiment of the invention, namely, the detachable adjustable headband in three dimensions further comprising male-female rivets as means of attachment. 
           [0011]      FIG. 3  depicts a crossection of the detachable adjustable headband further comprising male-female rivets as means of attachment. 
           [0012]      FIG. 4  depicts a crossection of the detachable adjustable headband further comprising female-female rivets at the end of the headband to accommodate different size heads. 
           [0013]      FIG. 5  depicts one embodiment of the invention namely, a closed detachable band in three dimensions using hook and loop type fastener as attachment means. 
           [0014]      FIG. 6  depicts a crossection of a closed detachable headband further comprising hook and loop type fastener as means of attachment. 
           [0015]      FIG. 7  depicts one embodiment of the invention namely, an adjustable detachable headband using hook and loop type fastener as attachment means in three dimensions. 
           [0016]      FIG. 8  depicts a crossection of an adjustable detachable headband further comprising hook and loop type fastener as means of attachment. 
           [0017]      FIG. 9  depicts a crossection of an adjustable detachable headband further comprising hook and loop type fastener as means of adjust to different head sizes. 
           [0018]      FIG. 10  depicts a crossection of an adjustable detachable headband further comprising hook and loop type fastener as means of adjust to different head sizes. 
           [0019]      FIG. 11  depicts the means of attachment in one embodiment of the invention, namely, a smaller flexible band that is threaded into and sandwiched into a pocket in the detachable headband. 
           [0020]      FIG. 12  depicts one embodiment in three dimensions, namely, an adjustable detachable smaller flexible band threaded and sandwiched into a pocket in the headband as means of attachment to the sunray protection cloth. 
           [0021]      FIG. 13  depicts a crossection of an adjustable detachable headband further comprising an adjustable detachable smaller flexible band threaded into and sandwiched into a pocket as means of attachment to the sunray protection cloth. 
           [0022]      FIG. 14  depicts a crossection of an adjustable detachable headband and how the smaller flexible band is threaded into and sandwiched into a pocket and attached on to the sunray protection cloth. 
           [0023]      FIG. 15  depicts a crossection of an adjustable detachable headband further comprising an adjustable detachable smaller flexible band threaded into and sandwiched into a pocket as means of attachment and hook and loop type fastener as means of adjust to different head sizes. 
           [0024]      FIG. 16  depicts a crossection of an adjustable detachable headband further comprising an adjustable detachable smaller flexible band threaded into and sandwiched into a pocket as means of attachment and hook and loop type fastener as means of adjust to different head sizes. 
           [0025]      FIG. 17  depicts one embodiment of the invention in three dimensions, namely, the flexible band. 
           [0026]      FIG. 18  depicts how the flexible band folds to create a smaller profile head assembly. 
           [0027]      FIG. 19  depicts how the elements of the interchangeable head kit assembly are mixed and matched. 
       
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
       [0028]    One embodiment of the invention is depicted in  FIG. 1 . The invention comprises an adjustable headband  109  that further comprises a coupling attachment means. The headband  109  is attached to a circular sunray protection cloth  101  for example by means of a hook and loop type coupling fastener  107 B. The circular face and neck protector or sunray protection cloth  111  further comprises a pocket  106  hat is created by folding and sawing  105  the rim of the sunray protection cloth  101 . The purpose of the pocket  106  is to insert at least one flexible band  103  though openings  107 . The purpose of the flexible band  103  is to give peripheral stability to the sunray protection cloth. The other purpose of the flexible band  103  is to be able to fold the band as shown in  FIG. 18  and  FIG. 19  in order to make the head assembly more compact as depicted in  1901 . The sunray protection cloth further comprises a tying band  109  that is attached at the edge of said cloth. The tying band  109  further comprises at gauging ball  110  in order to accommodate the tying band to the sunray protection cloth once in the folded position  1901 . 
         [0029]    In one embodiment of the invention, as seen in  FIG. 2 , the coupling attachment means is accomplished by male-female rivet  201  and  202  type buttons disposed around the headband,  FIG. 3  depicts a crossection of one if the male-female rivet. As shown, the rivet penetrates and is fastened though at least one elastic material  302  and at least one suction material/fabric  301 . The suction material  301  and the elastic material  302  are sown together using a small stitch around the periphery of the headband. The stitches  203  transverses both layers of the suction material and the elastic material  302 . As depicted in  FIG. 4 , a double head type female-female rivet  401  is used at the end of the head band. This is in order for the headband to be able to be adjusted by male rivet  202 , and the user couples them according to the size of her head. Any other type of rivet attachment means may be used for the same purpose to accomplish the same result, some examples are snap buttons, hooks, clamps and regular through-hole buttons. 
         [0030]    The suction material  301  used a part of the described invention is composed of a porous foam type materials. One of these materials is GORE-TEX foam manufactured by the Gore-tex Company. The pores use capillary action to wick in the sweat from the user. The porous type materials polymeric foam structures suitable for absorbing and storing body fluids. These liquid storage structures have large liquid suction thanks to small collapsible capillary, holes and tunnels. Most of these absorbent polymeric foams comprise of interconnected open-cells. The suction material  301  could also be made from the materials selected from the group consisting of, organic and non organic waxes, acrylic monomers, fluoropolymer composites (PTFE), prepolymers, halogenated compounds, polymer resins, petroleum polymers, and styrene polymers. Yet other materials that may be used for the substantially the same purpose to obtain substantially the same result are, cotton in small tubular form or fibers, nylon fibers, polyester fibers and linen fabrics 
         [0031]    As seen in  FIG. 5 , in one embodiment of the invention, the closed headband depicted herein comprises a loop and hook type band  107  that is sown around the entire or part of the headband by stitching  203 . As seen in  FIG. 6 , in a crossection of the embodiment, the headband is comprised of a sandwich of the suction fabric  301  the elastic material  302  another suction fabric  301  (for comfort) and the loop and hook type coupling attachment  107 . The loop and hook type tape VELCRO is usually produced by the Velcro Company. The loop and hook tape  107  could also be made from the materials selected from the group consisting of nylon hooks, polyester loops, teflon loops, polyester hooks, and glass backing Alternatives to velcro are buttons, zippers, laces and buckles may be used for the substantially the same purpose to obtain substantially the same result.  FIG. 7  depicts how the hook and loop head band is advantageously cut to allow for adjustability to the head of the user.  FIG. 9  and  FIG. 10  depicts how the hook and loop material is used on both sides of the headband at the cutting edge in order to facilitate adjustment. As depicted in  FIG. 8  in a cross-section of  FIG. 7 , the elastic material  302  is sandwiched between to layer of suction material  301  which a loop and hook type coupling attachment  107 A attached on the outside of the sandwich in order to be subsequently attached to  107 B on to the sunray protection cloth  101 . 
         [0032]    In yet another embodiment of the invention,  FIG. 12  depicts the use of a smaller flexible band  1101 , depicted in  FIG. 11 , and threaded into and sandwiched into a pocket  1202 . As seen in  FIG. 13  the smaller flexible band is attached next to the elastic material,  302  and covered in parts by  301 . As seen in the crossection of  FIG. 14 , it is covered in parts because the exposed parts  1101  are threaded into a mirror interior pocket  1401  created in the inner circle of the sunray protection cloth  101  in order to couple the two together.  FIG. 15  and  FIG. 16  depict how the end of the detachable headband is assembled. The cross-sections depict the use of both a small flexible band  1101  and loop and hook materials  107 A and  107 B in order to create to facilitate adjustment to different heads sizes. 
         [0033]      FIG. 17  depicts how the flexible band  103  is twisted and folded into a smaller size. By reducing the size, the sunray protection cloth can be folded once it is inserted into the user&#39;s pocket  106 . The flexible band  103  can be selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyester, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene dichloride (Saran) and nylon. All the aforementioned materials may be used for the substantially the same purpose to obtain substantially the same result. The advantage of having said flexible band  103  is that it allows for the sunray protection cloth to be carried separately from the stiffer headband  109 . This separation of elements allows the user to later assemble the kit elements for later convenient use. As seen in  FIG. 18  the tying band  109  wraps around the flexible band  103 , keeping it in place. The tying band  109  further comprises a tying clamp  110  in order to secure said tying band as shown in  1801 . 
         [0034]      FIG. 19  depicts the head assembly kit and its elements. One of the advantages of the combination of parts is that it can be mixed and matched as the user pleases. The headband  109  in any aforementioned coupling configurations may be attached to any of the sunray protection cloths  111  as depicted in  FIG. 19 . The variety of sunray protection cloths  111  will ensure that the owner does not get uninterested with any of them and at the same time giving her the sanitary condition of a washable or disposable headband  109 . There is yet another advantage and that is the user may lend another person the sunray protection  111  cloth and detach the headband  109  thus eliminating the issue of bacterial contamination. 
         [0035]    Yet another advantages of introducing the aforementioned elements in a kit, as seen in  FIG. 19 , is that it allows for the interchangeability of its elements thus accommodating the user&#39;s needs. For example, having a removable headband  109  allows for it to be washed separate from the valuable sunray protection cloth  111 . It also allows for the headband to be discarded in order to prevent odor build up and fungus growth. Another advantage of having detachable elements is that since usually the headband  109  gets dirty quicker than the sunray protection cloths, it allows for easy replacement. This sanitary option will also prevent acne from forming in the forehead region of the face. Another advantage of having detachable elements is that the user might have different team-sport she supports and thus having multiple sunray protection cloths  111  depicting the different teams she supports. Head gear users, for the most part own two or tree hats depending of the teams that said users follow. One of the ingenious advantages of selling a kit with multiple sunray protection cloths is that the users may mix and match the team colors using universal interchangeable headband  109  that will fit in any sunray protection cloth  111 . 
         [0036]    It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes could be made to the embodiments described above without departing from the broad inventive concept thereof. It is understood, therefore, that this technology is not limited to the particular embodiments disclosed, but it is intended to cover modifications within the spirit and scope of the present technology. Numerous characteristics and advantages have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of structure and function. The novel features are pointed out in the appended claims. The disclosure, however, is illustrative only and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts, within the principle of invention, to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.