Patent ID: 7137149

Claim:
A headwear piece comprising: a crown defining an opening for receiving a wearer's head with the headwear piece in an operative position on the wearer's head, the headwear piece having an exposed surface; and ornamentation applied to the exposed surface of the headwear piece, the ornamentation comprising a substrate layer, that is separate from and secured to the exposed surface of the headwear piece, and a design piece separately formed from and attached in relationship to the substrate layer, the substrate layer having a perimeter edge, the design piece comprising thread that is woven to produce a viewable design and having a perimeter edge, the substrate layer extending beyond the perimeter edge of the design piece to define a frame surface at least partially around the perimeter edge of the design piece and maintaining the entirety of the design piece spaced from the exposed surface of the headwear piece within the perimeter edge of the substrate layer, the perimeter edge of the substrate layer having a shape that at least nominally conforms to a shape of the perimeter edge of the design piece at least partially around the perimeter edge of the design piece.