Patent ID: 8479319

Claim:
A method for using a head covering apparatus, said method comprising: (a) providing a head covering apparatus, the head covering apparatus comprising a front portion, a top portion, and a rear extending portion, said rear extending portion attached to said top portion, said front portion having a first layer of material, said first layer of material having a periphery defined by a first outer edge and a second, opposite outer edge; a second layer of material, said second layer of material having a periphery defined by a first outer edge and a second, opposite outer edge; and a third layer of material, said third layer of material having a periphery defined by a first outer edge and a second, opposite outer edge; (a) each of the first, second, and third layers of material being stacked directly above one another with said second layer sandwiched between said first and third layers, in which each of said first outer edges, from each of said first, second, and third layers, is joined along a joining line to define a common periphery at said plurality of first outer edges, and in which each of said second, opposite outer edges, from each of said first, second, and third layers is left unjoined to one another, thereby forming a first pocket space between said first and second layers of material, and forming a second pocket space between said second and third layers of material; (b) the top portion being affixed to a surface of said first layer of material; (c) placing a bill of an external hat into said second pocket space, and positioning said head covering apparatus on said external hat while said top and rear extending portions are unfurled in a usage configuration and covering at least a substantial portion of said user's head; (d) compacting said top and said rear extending portion and tucking said top and said rear extending portion into said first pocket space to form a storage configuration; and (e) while the top portion is still affixed to the surface of the first layer of material, unfurling said top and rear extending portions from said first pocket space to form said usage configuration such that said top and rear extending portions are sized and shaped to fit over a head of a human user.