Patent ID: 8375469

Claim:
A hat ( 100 ) comprising: a crown ( 102 ) comprising: a front ( 118 ) having a first height; a rear ( 120 ) having a second height wherein the second height is greater than the first height, an interior ( 108 ) and exterior ( 112 ) including a forward portion ( 110 ), a first side portion, a second side portion, a rearward portion ( 114 ), and a circumferential bottom edge ( 116 ) separating the interior ( 108 ) from the exterior ( 112 ) and spanning along and surrounding the front ( 118 ), the first side portion, the second side portion, and the rear ( 120 ); wherein the circumferential bottom edge ( 116 ) of the rear ( 120 ) only extends downwards from the first side portion and second side portion forming a crown extension ( 121 ) adapted to rest below the entire external occipital protuberance of a user ( 128 ) when the hat ( 100 ) is worn by the user ( 128 ); the crown extension ( 121 ) integrally formed with the rearward portion ( 114 ) and extending downwardly from the rearward portion such that the entire crown extension ( 121 ) always lies below a resilient member ( 106 ); a band ( 104 ) positioned and surrounds the forward portion ( 110 ) of the interior ( 108 ) of the crown ( 102 ); the resilient member ( 106 ) coupled to the band ( 104 ), the resilient member ( 106 ) having a first end ( 132 ), a second end ( 134 ), and an intermediate portion ( 136 ) between the first ( 132 ) and second ( 134 ) ends, wherein the intermediate portion ( 136 ) of the resilient member ( 106 ) is positioned between the band ( 104 ) and the forward portion ( 110 ) at the interior ( 108 ) of the crown ( 102 ); the resilient member ( 106 ) extending through an interior side of the hat ( 100 ) from the band ( 104 ) to the rearward portion ( 114 ) of the crown ( 102 ) without touching the first side portion and the second side portion, thus forming a gap ( 138 ) between the resilient member ( 106 ) and the circumferential bottom edge ( 116 ) at each of the first side portion and the second side portion at the interior side of the crown ( 100 ), wherein the gap ( 138 ) is designed to receive the top portion of the user's ( 128 ) ear so that the hat ( 100 ) can sit lower on the user's ( 128 ) head without impinging upon the user's ( 128 ) ears when the hat ( 100 ) is worn; wherein the first end ( 132 ) and the second end ( 134 ) of the resilient member ( 106 ) further extends through the rearward portion ( 114 ) of the crown ( 102 ), above the circumferential bottom edge ( 116 ) of the rear ( 120 ) through the exterior ( 112 ) of the crown( 102 ); the resilient member ( 106 ) is designed to releasably engage the rear of the user's ( 128 ) head below the entire external occipital protuberance of the user ( 128 ) to secure the hat ( 100 ) to the user's ( 128 ) head; and wherein the crown extension ( 121 ) is designed in such a manner that during a normal use and operation, the crown extension ( 121 ) is always adapted to be positioned completely below the entire external occipital protuberance of the user ( 128 ).