Patent ID: 8250674

Claim:
Musical headwear, comprising: an article of headwear adapted for wearing on a user's head; a fabric pouch having an opening, the pouch being attached to the headwear about its bottom and lateral edges thereby defining the opening; fasteners disposed on the pouch proximate the opening and on the headwear, the fasteners reversibly closing at least a portion of the pouch opening to the headwear; an electronic audio playback device including at least one loudspeaker, wherein the electronic audio playback device is water resistant, the electronic audio playback device being removably inserted into the pouch and secured in the pouch when the fasteners are arranged to close the portion of the pouch opening; digital memory disposed in the playback device, the digital memory storing at least one sound audibly playable to listeners in the vicinity of the playback device upon actuation; a touch sensitive actuator having no moving parts operably connected to the electronic audio playback device, the touch sensitive actuator actuating the electronic audio playback device when touched by the user; and indicia disposed on said headwear, at least one audible playable sound being associated with the indicia; wherein when the user touches the actuator, the electronic audio playback device audibly plays the at least one stored sound through the at least one loudspeaker to listeners in the vicinity of the electronic audio playback device.