US 12,329,231 B2
Cover for headwear closure with integrated magnet
Dylan McClain Sasser, St Simons Island, GA (US)
Filed by Dylan McClain Sasser, St Simons Island, GA (US)
Filed on Jan. 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/407,684.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/451,507, filed on Mar. 10, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0298736 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. A42B 7/00 (2006.01); A44B 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 7/00 (2013.01) [A44B 9/00 (2013.01); A44D 2203/00 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cover for covering a headgear closure strap, the cover comprising:
a cover body defining a central passage for accepting the headgear closure strap, wherein the cover body is configured to encircle a cross-sectional profile of the headgear closure strap and extend along at least a portion of the extension of the headgear closure strap, wherein the cover body is formed from a sheet of flexible material having a semi-rectangular outline;
a magnet disposed inside of the cover body behind a rear outer face of the cover body when the cover body is installed on the headgear closure strap, wherein an edge of the sheet of flexible material is folded over and fastened to the remainder of the sheet of the material to form a pocket in which the magnet is retained;
a fastening mechanism for securing a top and a bottom wrap portion of the cover body together in front of a front inner face of the cover body when the cover body is installed on the headgear closure strap, wherein the fastening mechanism comprises a pair of snaps, wherein first portions of the pair of snaps are mounted through a lower front face of the sheet of flexible material, and wherein second portions of the pair of snaps are mounted through an upper rear face of the sheet of flexible material, so that when the cover body is wrapped around the closure strap, active ends of the first and second portions of the pair of snaps may be fastened together to secure the cover body around the closure strap; and
a frame for retaining the magnet within the pocket, the frame comprising a frame rim having a shape conformed to an outer profile of the magnet, and defining side edges and a bottom edge that at least partially surround the magnet on at least three sides, and a pair of extensions extending from sides of the frame past the centers of the second portions of the pair of snaps and defining voids positioned at the centers of the second portions of the pair of snaps for accepting posts of the second portions of the pair of snaps, wherein the frame and the magnet are retained within the pocket by the posts of the second portions of the pair of snaps.