US 11,832,678 B2
Accessory for baseball-style cap
Ronald Kronenberger, Eldorado, IL (US); Samuel Kronenberger, Highland Park, IL (US); and Daniel M. Colvin, Wake Forest, NC (US)
Filed by Ronald Kronenberger, Eldorado, IL (US); Samuel Kronenberger, Highland Park, IL (US); and Daniel M. Colvin, Wake Forest, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/507,426.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/859,361, filed on Jun. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0383420 A1, Dec. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. A42C 5/02 (2006.01); A42B 1/02 (2006.01); A42B 1/002 (2021.01)
CPC A42C 5/02 (2013.01) [A42B 1/002 (2013.01); A42B 1/02 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. In combination:
a headwear piece having: a) a crown with a wall having an inside surface bounding a crown space for receiving a part of a wearer's head with the headwear piece in an operative position; and b) a rim/bill projecting from a forward region of the crown; and
an accessory having a body with a thickness between front and rear sides and made from a material that substantially blocks migration of moisture from the rear side to the front side,
the accessory body having top and bottom edges,
the accessory further comprising a component applied to the accessory body to limit migration of moisture and/or loose matter from a wearer's head to the headwear piece,
the accessory configured to be placed in an operative position against the inside surface of the crown wall at the forward region of the crown to reduce contaminant transmission from a wearer's head to the inside surface of the crown wall at the forward region,
wherein the crown wall has an outer layer that is exposed at the forward region and a layer that is folded upwardly behind the outer layer to produce an upwardly opening pocket,
the upwardly folded layer having a top edge at an entry to the upwardly opening pocket,
wherein with the accessory in the operative position a part of the accessory body is extended into the pocket,
wherein the layer that is folded upwardly behind the outer layer has an inside surface portion making up a part of the inside surface of the crown wall,
wherein the component applied to the accessory body comprises a drape layer that overlies the top edge of the upwardly folded layer and resides against the inside surface portion on the upwardly folded layer with the accessory in the operative position and the headwear piece in the operative position on a wearer's head,
wherein a part of the accessory is bonded through an adhesive to a part of the headwear piece,
whereby the accessory is maintained in the operative position by a combination of: a) frictional forces acting between the accessory body and the headwear piece; and b) the adhesive acting between the part of the accessory and the part of the headwear piece,
wherein the front side of the accessory body at the top edge of the accessory body is directly exposed to the inside surface of the crown wall,
wherein the drape layer comprises a single sheet with oppositely facing front and rear surfaces,
wherein the front surface of the single sheet abuts to the back side of the accessory body and the rear surface of the single sheet bounds a part of the crown space so that the rear surface of the single sheet is directly against a wearer's head with the headwear piece in the operative position.