Patent Application
20240285014
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The disclosure relates to caps with interchangeable components and more particularly pertains to a new cap with interchangeable components for removably displaying indicia on the cap.
The prior art relates to caps with interchangeable components, including a cap with interchangeable logos that are attachable on a front side of a crown portion of the cap.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a crown frame that is concave to define an interior space. A cover is releasably attachable to the crown frame, and the cover extends over and around the crown frame when the cover is attached to the crown frame. An attachment member has a first mating element which is coupled to the cover and a second mating element which is coupled to the crown frame. The first mating element is engageable with the second mating element to releasably attach the cover to the crown frame.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A cover 36 is releasably attachable to the crown frame 12. The cover 36 extends over and around the crown frame 12 when coupled to the crown frame 12. The cover 36 has an indicia 38 that is positioned on an outer surface 40 of the cover 36. “Indicia” in the detailed description and the claims is used to refer to both the singular and plural forms of the word. The indicia 38 may include one numbers, letters, ornamental designs, logos, symbols, or the like. In some embodiments, the indicia 38 is positioned on a front portion 42 of the outer surface 40 that faces forwardly from the crown frame 12 when the cover 36 is attached to the crown frame 12. The cover 36 is dome shaped and has a rim 44 at a lower end of the cover 36 such that the rim 44 faces downwardly from the cover 36 when the cover 36 is attached to the crown frame 12. A brim 46 is coupled to and extends forwardly from the front side 28 of the headband 16. The brim 46 is rigid and may be planar or arcuate, for example.
Each of a plurality of attachment members 48 has a first mating element 50 is coupled to the cover 36 and a second mating element 52 is coupled to the crown frame 12. The first mating element 50 is engageable with the second mating element 52 to releasably attach the cover 36 to the crown frame 12. Each of the plurality of attachment members 48 comprising snap button fasteners. The first mating element 50 is a male snap button element, and the second mating element 52 is a female snap button element. But each attachment member may be a hook-and-loop fastener, button, zipper, or the like.
The plurality of attachment members 48 includes a first attachment member 54, second attachment member 56, third attachment member 58, and fourth attachment member 60. The first mating element 50 of the first attachment member 54 is positioned on an inner surface 62 of the cover 36 adjacent to a back portion of the rim 44, and the second mating element 52 of the first attachment member 54 is positioned on the back side 30 of the headband 16. The first mating element 50 of the second attachment member 56 is positioned on the inner surface 62 of the cover 36 adjacent to a first lateral portion of the rim 44, and the second mating element 52 of the second attachment member 56 is positioned on the first lateral side 32 of the headband 16. The first mating element 50 of the third attachment member 58 is positioned on the inner surface 62 of the cover 36 adjacent to a second lateral portion of the rim 44, and the second mating element 52 of the third attachment member 58 is positioned on the second lateral side 34 of the headband 16. The first mating element 50 of the fourth attachment member 60 is positioned on an upper end of the inner surface 62 of the cover 36, and the second mating element 52 of the fourth attachment member 60 is positioned on the intersection 22 of the pair of elongated members 18.
In use, the cap assembly 10 is worn on the head 66 of a user 64. The cover 36 is attached to the crown frame 12 via the plurality of attachment members 48. Some embodiments may include a plurality of covers 36 with different indicia 38, such that one of the covers 36 can be selectively attached to the crown frame 12 to display the indicia 38 of the selected cover 36.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
