US 12,446,645 B2
Head covering
Eileen W. Goldblatt, New York, NY (US); and Beth J. Polish, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to AQUA SECO LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Aqua Seco LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/821,578.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/308,311, filed on Feb. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0248100 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. A42B 1/04 (2021.01)
CPC A42B 1/04 (2013.01) 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head covering, including:
a cap formed from a first stretchable material and shaped to encompass a top of a human head, the cap comprising opposing front and back sides, opposing right and left sides, and a top to be positioned adjacent to the top of the human head, the front side having a first center and the back side having a second center;
an elastic band connected to a circumferential rim of the cap; and
a headband formed from a second stretchable material and arranged around a bottom circumferential region of the cap, the headband being non-detachably affixed to the bottom circumferential region of the cap at a plurality of attachment points spaced along a top edge of the headband and a bottom edge of the headband, affixing of the headband to the cap forming a pocket therebetween;
wherein spacings between the plurality of attachment points along the top edge of the headband form openings that provide access to the pocket, to receive via the openings excess material of the cap for storage therein, wherein the plurality of attachment points along the top edge comprise an attachment point positioned proximate the second center, an attachment point positioned on the left side, and an attachment point positioned on the right side, wherein the plurality of attachment points along the bottom edge comprise an attachment point positioned proximate to the second center, at least two attachment points positioned on the left side, at least two attachment points positioned on the right side, and an attachment point positioned proximate to the first center, and wherein the cap further comprises a plurality of pleats, the plurality of pleats comprise at least four pleats positioned on the back side, at least two pleats positioned on the left side, at least two pleats positioned on the right side, and at least two pleats positioned on the front side of the cap, the plurality of pleats formed by stitching a fold in the first stretchable material at a respective point proximate to the circumferential rim of the cap, and extending from the circumferential rim of the cap toward a top of the cap.