Patent ID: 7290292

Claim:
An apparatus for protecting a user's head from undesirable UV light while ventilating stagnant air emanating from a users head, said apparatus comprising: a hat formed from straw material and including a unitary and continuous brim having an annular shape, said brim being provided with radially spaced inner and outer edges wherein said inner edge is positioned above said outer edge for defining a smooth slope traveling downwardly and outwardly towards said outer edge, said hat further including a raised head region monolithically formed with said inner edge of said brim, said head region having a pair of spaced apex regions equidistantly offset from a centrally registered longitudinal axis bifurcating said hat, said apex regions being coextensive and extending along a longitudinal length of said head region, said head region further having a rectilinear trough intercalated between said apex regions and monolithically formed therewith, said trough channeling humid and stagnant air upwardly towards said apex regions for maximizing a vertical separation between the user's head and said head region of said hat; a motorized fan directly mounted to a front side of said head region and registered subjacent said trough for channeling the humid and stagnant air along a rectilinear and horizontal path beneath said trough; and a plurality of flat solar panels directly connected to a top surface of said brim and equidistantly spaced adjacent said outer edges for absorbing a maximum quantity of light rays emitting from above; wherein said hat has an oblong opening formed within said head region in which the opening is sized and shaped for allowing air to flow outwardly from said hat region at a rate equal to at least twice an inlet air flow rate of said motorized fan; wherein said hat further includes a sleeve formed along an interior surface thereof, said sleeve directly extending from each said solar panels and directly connecting to said motorized fan for housing electrical leads electrically coupled thereto.