Patent ID: 8769719

Claim:
A swim cap for persons having long hair, said swim cap comprising: a generally dome shaped external cap having an annular bottom edge extending from a front portion of the external cap to a neck portion thereof, a neck fastener connected with the neck portion of the external cap and configured to fixate the external cap at the neck of a wearer while the external cap ( 2 ) can be pulled over the wearers head from the neck towards the forehead, wherein said neck fastener comprises an annular band suitable to embrace a wearer's head, thereby fixating said external cap at the neck of the wearer, and the annular band is configured as a hair band suitable to hold the wearer's hair against the temples and the frontal-upper part of the head and which is connected to the neck portion of the external cap but separate from the front portion thereof, said annular hair band having a connecting section connected with the neck portion of the external cap and intended to be positioned near the wearer's neck, a head section opposite the connecting section and intended to cover the upper side of the wearer's head, and two opposite lateral sections extending between the connecting section and the head section and intended to cover the ears and temples of the wearer, wherein: a width of the annular hair band transverse to its circumferential direction is maximum at said head section and decreases along the lateral sections towards the connecting section and, the hair band is tailored to define an internal cavity intended to face the wearer's head.