Patent ID: 7051406

Claim:
An apparatus for hands free holding of an article to a hat, comprising: a. a substantially stiff lower clamp for attaching to a hat comprising a bill and a crown that covers a head of a user, wherein the substantially stiff lower clamp comprises: i. a shape contoured to match the juncture of the bill with the crown; and ii. a first lower planar surface with serrated teeth designed to grip the underside of the bill and an upper planar surface to provide grip support integral with the first planar surface, also oriented approximately parallel to the first planar surface and adapted to removably attach to the bill; b. a substantially stiff upper clamp integrally secured to the first planar surface, and wherein the substantially stiff upper clamp comprises a base engaging two arms, wherein an inner arm of the two engaging arms slides inside the crown on one side for resting alongside the head of the user and the other side resting against the inside of the crown, wherein the inner arm of the two engaging arms comprises a surface that has serrated teeth to hold the hat and an outer arm of the two engaging arms that is substantially parallel to the inner arm and is in a spaced apart relationship to the inner arm to removably attach to the crown; c. a spring fixedly secured to a spring base on the outer arm and extending away from the base substantially parallel to a soft outer clamp, wherein the spring is adapted to removably secure an article; and d. the soft outer clamp secured to a spring for additionally holding the article.