Patent Publication Number: US-2019174855-A1

Title: Hat and Eye Covering Combination Assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to head covering devices and more particularly pertains to a new head covering device for covering a person&#39;s eyes. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a hat including a crown with a top wall and a perimeter wall extending downwardly from the top wall. A brim is attached to the crown. A panel comprising a flexible material is attached to the hat. The panel is positionable in a stored position within an interior space bounded by the crown or in a deployed position extending outwardly of the interior space. The panel is positionable in front of a person&#39;s eyes when in the deployed position to shield the person&#39;s eyes from light and distractions. The panel comprises an opaque material. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a bottom side view of a hat and eye covering combination assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a bottom side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new head covering device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the hat and eye covering combination assembly  10  generally comprises a hat  12  that includes a crown  14 . The crown  14  has a top wall  16  and a perimeter wall  18  that extends downwardly from the top wall  16 . The perimeter wall  18  has a forward side  20 , a rear side  22 , a first lateral side  24  and a second lateral side  26 , an inner surface  28  and an outer surface  30 . A brim  32  is attached to the crown  14  and extends outwardly from the outer surface  30  from the forward side  20 . The hat  12  may comprise a baseball cap wherein the brim  32  extends exclusively forward of the crown  14 . 
     A panel  34  that comprises a flexible material is attached to the hat  12 . The panel  34  is positionable in a stored position within an interior space  36  bounded by the crown  14  or in a deployed position wherein the panel  34  extends outwardly of the interior space  36 . The panel  34  is positionable in front of a person&#39;s eyes when in the deployed position. The panel  34  has a first surface  38 , a second surface  40  and an outward edge  42  that extends therebetween. The outward edge  42  includes a top edge  44 , a bottom edge  46 , a first lateral edge  48  and a second lateral edge  50 . The panel  34  has an upper portion  52  that extends downwardly from the top edge  44 . The upper portion  52  may be removably attached to the forward side  20  of the inner surface  28  or non-removably attached to the forward side  20  of the inner surface  28 . In the removably attached embodiment the panel may be secured to the cap  12  by a plurality of fasteners such as buttons. The second surface  40  abuts the inner surface  28  of the hat  12  and the first surface  38  abuts a person&#39;s head  54  in the stored position. The bottom edge  46  faces downwardly from the hat  12  such that the second surface  40  faces toward a person&#39;s face  56  in the deployed position. The panel  34  comprises an opaque cloth material to inhibit light from penetrating the panel  34 . 
     In use, the panel  34  is positioned in the deployed position or the stored position then placed on the person&#39;s head  54  to be worn. In the deployed positioned the panel  34  inhibits light from striking the person&#39;s eyes. In the stored positioned the panel  34  is positioned within the interior space  36  bounded by the crown  14  and the hat  12  is worn conventionally. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.