Claims
- 1. A headwear piece comprising:
- a crown to receive the head of a wearer,
- said crown having a front and rear, a top and bottom and an external surface,
- said crown further having a bottom edge defining an opening for the head of a wearer;
- a rim/bill attached to the crown and having an external surface projecting angularly away from the crown external surface,
- said rim/bill extending only part way around the bottom edge of the crown;
- ornamentation to produce one of a self-contained advertisement, logo, scene and message; and
- means for fixedly attaching the ornamentation to the external surface of each of the crown and rim/bill so that a first part of the ornamentation overlies and fully conforms to the crown and a second part of the ornamentation overlies and fully conforms to the rim/bill,
- the first and second parts of the ornamentation cooperating to produce the one of the advertisement, logo, scene, and message,
- said second part of the ornamentation being a unitary continuation of the first part of the ornamentation and angularly disposed relative to the first part of the ornamentation to produce a three-dimensional visual effect,
- the first and second parts not projecting significantly outwardly from the external surfaces to which the first and second parts attach so that the first and second parts do not significantly alter the overall shape of the external surfaces to which they attach.
- 2. The headwear piece according to claim 1 wherein the first and second ornamentation parts are each defined by a thin sheet of material.
- 3. The headwear piece according to claim 1 wherein the attaching means comprises stitching.
- 4. The headwear piece according to claim 1 wherein the first and second ornamentation parts are separate, each from the other.
- 5. The headwear piece according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the first and second ornamentation parts comprises embroidery.
- 6. The headwear piece according to claim 2 wherein the first and second ornamentation parts are defined by a single sheet of material.
- 7. The headwear piece according to claim 1 wherein the headwear piece is a baseball-style cap with a bill projecting forwardly from the crown.
- 8. The headwear piece according to claim 7 wherein the crown is made at least partially from fabric.
- 9. A headwear piece comprising:
- a crown to receive the head of a wearer,
- said crown having a front and rear, a top and bottom and an external surface,
- said crown further having a bottom edge defining an opening for the head of a wearer;
- a rim/bill attached to the crown and having an external surface projecting angularly away from the crown external surface,
- said rim/bill extending only part way around the bottom edge of the crown;
- ornamentation that defines one of a self-contained advertisement, logo, scene, and message; and
- means for attaching the ornamentation to the rim/bill and crown so that a first part of the one of the self-contained advertisement, logo, scene, and message follows the contour of the external surface of the crown and a second part of the one of the self-contained advertisement, logo, scene, and message follows the contour of the external surface of the rim/bill,
- neither of said first and second parts of the one of the self-contained advertisement, logo, scene, and message projecting significantly outwardly from the external surface to which it attaches so that the ornamentation does not significantly alter the overall shape of the external surfaces of the crown and rim/bill,
- said first and second parts of the one of the self-contained advertisement, logo, scene, and message cooperatively producing the one of the self-contained advertisement, logo, scene and message;
- said second part of the one of the self-contained advertisement, logo, scene, and message being a unitary continuation of the first part of the self-contained advertisement, logo, scene, and message and angularly disposed relative to the first part of the one of the self-contained advertisement, logo, scene, and message to produce a three dimensional visual effect.
- 10. The headwear piece according to claim 9 wherein the one of the advertisement, logo, scene, and message comprises a letter and approximately one-half of the letter comprises said first part of the letter and approximately the other half of the letter comprises the second part of the letter.
- 11. The headwear piece according to claim 9 wherein at least one third of the one of the advertisement, logo, scene, and message is on each of the bill/rim and crown.
- 12. The headwear piece according to claim 9 wherein the first and second parts of the self-contained advertisement, logo, scene and message can be placed in a) a first state wherein the first and second parts of the self-contained advertisement, logo, scene and message are flattened to a two-dimensional state and b) a second state wherein the first part of the self-contained advertisement, logo, scene and message following the contour of the external surface of the crown and the second part of the second self-contained advertisement, logo, scene and message follows the contour of the external surface of the rim/bill,
- said first and second parts of the self-contained advertisement, logo, scene and message cooperatively producing one of a self-contained advertisement, logo, scene and message that is distorted with the first and second parts of the self-contained advertisement, logo, scene and message in the first state.
- 13. The headwear piece according to claim 12 wherein the first and second ornamentation parts are each defined by a thin sheet of material.
- 14. The headwear piece according to claim 9 wherein the attaching means comprises stitching.
- 15. The headwear piece according to claim 9 wherein the first and second ornamentation parts are separate, each from the other.
- 16. The headwear piece according to claim 9 wherein at least one of the first and second ornamentation parts comprises embroidery.
- 17. The headwear piece according to claim 9 wherein the first and second ornamentation parts are defined by a single sheet of material.
- 18. The headwear piece according to claim 9 wherein the headwear piece is a baseball-style cap with a bill projecting forwardly from the crown.
- 19. The headwear piece according to claim 9 wherein the crown is made at least partially from fabric.
- 20. The headwear piece according to claim 9 wherein the attaching means comprises an adhesive.
- 21. The headwear piece according to claim 1 wherein the ornamentation is a depiction of a 3-dimensional logo/scene which in 3-dimensions has a vertically extending component and a horizontally extending component and the vertically extending component is at least partially on the external surface of the crown and the horizontally extending component is at least partially on the external surface of the rim/bill.
- 22. The headwear piece according to claim 1 wherein the external surface of the rim/bill extends substantially horizontally and the external surface of the crown extends substantially vertically.
- 23. The headwear piece according to claim 1 wherein there is a substantial angle between the external surface of the rim/bill and the external surface of the crown.
- 24. The headwear piece according to claim 23 wherein the angle between the external surface of the rim/bill and the external surface of the crown is on the order of 90-110.degree..
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/984,467 filed Dec. 2, 1992, now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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