Patent ID: RE40483

Claim:
A headgear holder for use with a sewing machine, the headgear holder holding a headgear including a covering member which has an opening and covers the head of a person through the opening, and a sweatband which is fixed at a portion thereof to an inner surface of an annular portion of the covering member located on the side of the opening, the sweatband being foldable into an inner space of the covering member and unfoldable outside from the inner space through the opening, the sewing machine forming an embroidery on each of a frontal portion, and at least one of a right and a left temporal portion, of the annular portion, the headgear holder comprising: a main frame member on which the headgear is set such that the sweatband unfolded outside and the annular portion of the covering member externally fit on said main frame member; a pressing member which externally presses the headgear set on said main frame member; and two fastening devices one of which is provided between said main frame member and a corresponding one of opposite ends of said pressing member and the other of which is provided between the main frame member and the other end of the pressing member, said two fastening devices cooperating with each other to fasten the pressing member to the main frame member to hold the headgear between the pressing member and the main frame member, each of said fastening devices being provided at a position where said each fastening device permits the sweatband unfolded outside to fit externally on the main frame member , wherein said each fastening device includes a support member, and wherein a space is provided between said support member and an outer surface of the main frame member, the sweatband unfolded outside being inserted into said space and thereby externally fit on the main frame member .