HEADWEAR WITH SLIDABLE VISOR

The present invention relates to a headwear with a visor which is suitable for shading the eyes according to the preamble of claim 1, a respectively configured headwear/a respectively configured visor on its own, according to the preambles of claims 11 and 14.

Such a headwear is generally known and is often configured as a baseball cap with a visor shading the eyes.

The disadvantage of this type of headwear consists in that depending on the desired shading of the eyes, different adjustments of the headwear are required, which is not always practicable, in particular if there is a reluctance to change the way the headwear is worn because of the hairstyle.

It is therefore the aim of the invention to propose an improved headwear.

To this end the headwear featuring a visor comprises the characteristics of claim 1, and the headwear itself comprises the characteristics of claim 13, while the visor itself comprises the characteristics of claim 15.

Due to the fact that the visor is slidably arranged on the headwear, the headwear can always be adjusted to suit the position of the sun, and always be worn in the same way. Over and above the stated aim the visor can also be worn raised up, so that a writing can be seen or so that an event-cam attached to the underside of the visor can be used, which when the visor is arranged as normal, is not visible or hardly visible.

Due to the fact that the headwear comprises a hinge device for the holder, or preferably comprises a further holder, the holder can be arranged on the visor/the visor (or an accessory arrangement) can be detached from the headwear and exchanged, whilst the headwear can also be worn on its own, i.e. without visor or without an accessory arrangement.

The invention will now be explained in more detail with reference to the figures, in which:

FIG. 1 shows the headwear with a visor in a view from the side, wherein the visor is depicted in an initial position and in three swivelled positions,

FIG. 2 shows a further embodiment of the headwear according to the invention, wherein the visor is again shown in different positions,

FIG. 3 shows the headwear of FIG. 1 in a view from below,

FIG. 4 shows a headwear with the visor in a part view according to a further embodiment of a view from below,

FIG. 5 shows the headwear with the visor in section, wherein locking elements for the visor are provided,

FIG. 6 shows the headwear without visor, but with a further holder, which comprises a microphone and a sound emitter for a portable communication means,

FIG. 7 shows a further embodiment of the headwear according to the invention with a modified magnetic connection for the swivel arms, and

FIGS. 8a and 8b show details regarding the magnetic connection as per FIG. 7.

FIG. 1 shows a headwear 1, for example of the type of a baseball cap, which may consist of a fabric or any other flexible or even hard material. Further, a visor 2 is shown, with a holder 3, via which the visor 2 is connected to the headwear. The holder 3 comprises laterally projecting swivel arms 4, 5 (of which swivel arm 5 is covered up in the figure and therefore not visible), which at their ends 6, 7 comprise a hinge device 8, 9 (again, the hinge device 9 is not visible). The hinge devices 8, 9 are, in turn, operatively connected with the headwear 1 at, for example, at its lower rim 10, such that as a result, the visor 2 is slidable due to a swivelling movement relative to the headwear 1.

The holder 3 with two swivel arms 4, 5 has a fork-like shape, wherein the swivel arms 4, 5 laterally embrace the headwear. In the embodiment shown the swivel arms 4, 5 are connected in one piece with the visor 2, so that the holder, in the embodiment shown, has only two swivel arms 4, 5. Alternatively it is possible to, for example, configure the holder as a bracket, the centre area of which is connected to the visor 2 and the end areas of which form the swivel arms.

This leads to the visor 2 being slidably arranged on the headwear 1, in contrast to the state of the art, where the visor—for example the visor of a baseball cap—can albeit be folded over along the connecting seam, but cannot be shifted relative to the headwear.

In FIG. 1 the visor 2 is shown in several positions, once in a initial position G, then when rotated anti-clockwise, in two intermediate positions II and III shown as broken lines, and finally in an even further pushed-back position IV up to a possible end position V, in which the neck is shaded. As the visor 2 is rotated clockwise out of the initial position, the visor 2 can cover the face, this is position B indicated in the figure by a broken line. The expert can, depending on the desired swivel range of the visor 3, adapt the geometry of the visor 2 and of the holder 3/the swivel arms 4, 5 as required.

It can be seen that the visor 2 can be swivelled about an axis 11 and is therefore configured so as to be slidable along the headwear 1. The range for sliding the visor, can, in one end position, comprise coverage of the face and in the other end position, comprise at least a vertical position on the headwear, or it may even be shifted as far as a position, which is inclined obliquely backwards. If therefore the visor for covering the face is aligned almost vertically in a downward direction, and if the rear end position is such that the neck is shaded, then the swivelling range of the visor exceeds not only 90 degrees, but exceeds more than 180 degrees and may reach as far as 230 degrees, 270 degrees or more, depending on the expert's design.

The result shown in FIG. 1 is a headwear with a visor 2 arranged on a holder 3, wherein the holder 3 has two swivel arms 4, 5, both of which, with one end, laterally engage via a hinge device 8, 9 operatively cooperating with the headwear 1 and with the other end, on the visor 2 in such a way that the visor 2 is slidably arranged on the headwear.

Further FIG. 1 shows a joint arrangement 15 of the holder 3. This allows to swivel the visor 2 relative to the holder 3 (or relative to the swivel arms 4, 5). In the figure the joint 15 is not activated, i.e. the swivel arms 4, 5 lie essentially in one line with the visor 2. However, in order to cover the face (position B) or the neck (position V) the joint 15 is advantageous activated, so that the visor 2 with the swivel arms 4, 5 encloses an angle, see FIG. 2. It should be noted here that the joint arrangement 15, in a further embodiment of the invention, may also be omitted or may be arranged in the swivel arms 4, 5, and not as shown in the figure, at a location at which the swivel arms 4, 5 engage with the visor 2/transition into the same (for a one-piece embodiment). As mentioned above the expert, depending on the desired functionality, can determine the geometry of the holder 3, of the visor 2 and also of the position of the joint 15 in order to suit different criteria, such as for example, as to whether the visor, in position B, shall rest on the face or shall have a distance from the same etc.

FIG. 2 shows the headwear of FIG. 1, wherein the advantageously increased movability of the visor 2 is shown on the basis of the joint arrangement 15 by way of the positions V to VIII of the visor.

Position B allows for only a narrow field of vision to be left exposed, which allows the wearer of headwear 1 sufficient space to view the environment, but denies a view of the wearer's face.

Position VI allows to adapt the visor 2 to the position of the sun, but slightly raised so that the visor 2 does not interfere with the wearer's field of vision.

Position VII allows the use of an event-Cam 16 or another device such as indicated by broken lines underneath the visor 2, which device, in the initial position G as per FIG. 1 or as per position II, is not pointing in forward direction but in downward direction. This shows a further advantage of the headwear according to the invention: it is easy to carry a camera or any other device such as a light source along, but in a discrete manner; to use it, all that is necessary is to bring the visor 2 with one hand into position VII or VI.

In a position not shown the visor 2 may be brought into a vertically upright position so that for example a sign affixed to the underside of the visor 2 is facing forward, or a sign affixed to the top is facing backward.

A further advantage of the joint arrangement 15 consists in that the visor 2 can always be placed on the body 11 of the headwear 1 without leaving a gap, even if its shape is different from that shown, for example if it is flattened, which allows a more stable seat of the visor 2 on the headwear 1. The swivel arms 4, 5 and the visor 2 then extend in a V-shape relative to each other, and not essentially in one line, as depicted in FIG. 1.

The result shown in FIG. 2 shows a headwear 1, wherein the preferably stiff swivel arms 4, 5 further comprise a joint arrangement 15 for swivelling the visor 2 relative to the swivel arms 4, 5.

As depicted further below by way of the example of the magnetic connection, the visor may be configured so as to be detachable from the headwear and again attachable to the same. This means that it can simply be omitted or exchanged, for example against a visor with or without event-cam, with an integrated (newly charged) battery, with or without writing, against a larger or smaller visor, etc. To this end the visor may be double-walled, wherein the cavity created thereby can be used for housing a battery or for mass storage without this being visible from outside.

FIG. 3 schematically shows the headwear 1 according to the invention with a visor 2 of FIG. 1 in a view from below.

A fastening strip 18, 19 can be recognised on either side of the headwear 1, which is arranged extending along the lower rim 10 of the headwear 1 and is configured for the holder of visor 2, and which here comprises a magnet 20, 21, which is attached to the strip 18, 19, for example by gluing. Alternatively the fastening strip itself may consist of a ferromagnetic material so that the magnet 20, 21 may be omitted. Or the magnet 20, 21 may be sewn directly onto the rim 10 of the headwear 1, wherein then the fastening strip may be omitted. Fastening strips 18, 19 and magnet 20, 21 here form a hinge arrangement 24, 25 of the headwear 1. This cooperates operatively with the holder 3 of the visor 2 such that the same is slidable along the headwear 1.

The fastening strips 18, 19 may, for example, be glued to the inside of the fastening strip 1 or inserted or sewn into a textile pocket not shown for reasons of clarity. This permits many different options for fastening which are covered by the invention. As such it is possible to provide a bracket extending along the lower rim 10 and running, for example, around the forehead region or the back-of-the-head region, wherein the widened ends of the bracket, as the case may be, may form the fastening strips 18, 19. Alternatively it is feasible, as mentioned, to affix only the magnets 20, 21 as such to the headwear 1 via a small fabric pocket.

Also depicted are the swivel arms 4, 5 of the holder 3, which in turn, have magnets, which are affixed such that in the initial position of the visor 2 (FIG. 1), they lie at the location of the magnets 20, 21 of the headwear 1, thus ensuring a magnetic connection of the visor 2 with the headwear 1. The end of the swivel arms 4, 5 together with the magnets 27, 28 each form a hinge device 29, 30 for the visor 2.

The result is that the connection of the holder with the headwear 1 is effected preferably magnetically, and that in the embodiment shown, the hinge device 29, 30 (of the holder 3) and the hinge arrangement 24, 25 (of the headwear 1) each comprise operatively cooperating magnets 20, 21 and 27, 28.

If, as mentioned above, the fastening strips 18, 19 consist of a ferromagnetic material, then the magnets 27, 28 of the holder 3 are sufficient for providing a firm but detachable connection of the visor 2 to the headwear 1. Vice versa, the swivel arms 2, 4 could include a strip of ferromagnetic material (or be made of the same), wherein the magnets arranged on the headwear 1 then form the connection of the visor 2 to the headwear 1.

FIGS. 1 and 2, in the embodiments shown there, indicate a star-shaped structure of the hinge device 8. This respectively symbolises complimentary shaped surfaces of the facing sides of the magnets 20, 21 and 27, 28. Star-shaped elevations enclose between them recesses, in which the elevations of the counter-magnets engage. On the one hand, this results in a centring, if the holder 3 is to be fixed to the headwear, and on the other, in a locking arrangement for sliding the visor 2 by rotating the holder 3 about the axis 11. Such a locking arrangement, depending on the strength of the magnets 20, 21 and 27, 28, remains effective, even if fabric from the headwear 1 is caught between the magnets 20, 21 and 27, 28 (FIG. 3).

Instead of the magnetic connection a Velcro closure (or any other closure, such as e.g. a screw closure) may be used.

FIG. 4, schematically shows a further embodiment of the invention in a view from below, wherein the proportions are stretched in width for better understanding and only the left side of the headwear 1 with its visor 3 is shown.

The lower rim 10 of the headwear 1 contains a fastening strip 18 of ferromagnetic material. The holder 3 with the swivel arms 4 comprises a strip 32 consisting of PVC for example (or another suitable material), at the end of which a magnet 27 is arranged, which interacts with the fastening strip 18, thereby fixing the holder 3 with the visor 2 on the headwear 1 in a detachable and—in relation to the headwear—movable manner (as is preferably the case with the majority of embodiments). At the other end of the PVC strip 32 a further magnet 33 is arranged which cooperates with a countermagnet 34, wherein the two magnets 33, 34 together form one of the two joint arrangements 18 of the holder 3, the rotary axis 35 of which is shown as a broken line.

Again, the cooperating surfaces are preferably, but not necessarily, configured to mirror each other with, for example, star-shaped elevations and indentations (see also FIGS. 1 and 2).

The magnet 34 is arranged on a visor-side fastening strip 36, which, for example, may be sewn into, or glued onto the same.

Again further modifications are possible in case of the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, which are covered by the invention. For example, the visor-side fastening strip 36 can consist of ferromagnetic material with only the magnet 33 being provided (or vice versa).

FIG. 4 shows that the location of the axis 11 is determined by how the visor 2, via its holder 3, is fitted on the headwear 1, as the ferromagnetic fastening strip 18 can, of course, be utilised across its entire length, in order to fix the magnets 27. It is also feasible, with an embodiment according to FIG. 3, to arrange a number of magnets 20, 21 one behind the other on the lower rim 10 of the headwear 1. With all embodiments the expert may perform meaningful modifications in the actual case.

In summary, a visor according to the invention for a correspondingly designed headwear is provided with a holder 3 for arranging the visor 2 on a headwear 1, wherein preferably the holder 3 comprises a hinge device 29, 30 for the preferably magnetic fixing of the visor 2 on the headwear 1. Further, in one embodiment the hinge device 29, 30 may comprise at least one magnet 27, 28. In a further embodiment the holder 3 comprises joint arrangements 18. Finally, in a further embodiment, the visor 2 according to the invention is configured such, that the holder 3 comprises two swivel arms 4, 5, arranged in a fork-shaped manner in order to embrace the headwear 1 on the sides, and wherein preferably the swivel arms 4, 5 at their ends each comprise a hinge device 29, 30 for the swivellable attachment of the holder 3 on the headwear 1.

Further it is revealed in one embodiment that the joint arrangement 15 comprises a magnetic connection. With this arrangement, in a still further embodiment, the joint movement of the joint arrangement 15 is effected via the magnetic connection, wherein a magnet 33 or 34 is rotatably, preferably also slidably, arranged on a magnetic counterpart (here the other magnet 34 or 33—or even another material with magnetic effect, such as a magnetic metal sheet).

At this point it should be mentioned that the different elements of the embodiments described here can be randomly combined by the expert insofar as their functions do not mutually exclude each other. Therefore it is possible for the expert to modify an embodiment using individual elements of another embodiment.

FIG. 5 shows a further embodiment of a headwear 1 according to the invention. In the visor 2 a locking element 40 indicated as a broken line is arranged, which is configured here as a thickened wall section 41 of the visor 2 and which comprises a recess 42. The headwear 1 also has a recess 45, which is configured here as a tab 46 protruding from the front face of the headwear 1. The tab 46 protrudes into the recess 42. Tab 46 and recess 42 are preferably configured to match each other. When the locking elements, i.e. tab 46 and recess 42, operatively cooperate, the visor 2 is locked on the headwear 1, as long as the holder 3 is in the locking position, see comments further below.

In practice the expert can determine the form of the locking elements for a certain embodiment of the headwear. For example, a number of tabs/recesses may be provided or merely a suitably shaped clamp on the headwear, which grips the conventionally formed visor in locking position. As mentioned, other random embodiments are possible.

As a result, in a further embodiment the headwear 1 comprises a locking element 40 for the visor 2, which is configured to lock the visor 2 on the headwear 1, wherein preferably the locking element is shaped as a tab projecting from the front face. Preferably the visor has also a locking element, which is configured to operatively cooperate with the locking element of the headwear, and wherein further preferably the locking element on the visor is configured as a recess matching the tab.

In the embodiment as per FIG. 5 the holder 3 for the visor 2 has a joint arrangement 15 (connection of the holder 3 to the visor 2, see FIGS. 1 and 2), wherein preferably additionally the hinge arrangement 47 of the holder 3 is modified in relation to the hinge devices 8, 9 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The hinge arrangement 47 has two (or even more) connections, preferably magnetic connections 49, 50 on each of the swivel arms 6, 7 (FIG. 1) instead of only one connection.

As a result there are two possible positions for the visor 2, when the magnetic connections 49 or the magnetic connection 50 are arranged on the headwear 1 (here at the same location).

If the holder 3 is fixed via the forward hinge arrangement 49, as is the case in FIG. 5, the visor 2 with its recess 42 is held firmly on the tab 46 and is locked onto the same. The holder 3 is in a locked position.

If the holder 3 is fixed via the rearward hinge arrangement 50, the visor 2 is further forward and therefore is freely movable because the tab 46 is no longer capable of being in engagement with the recess 42 (the visor 2 is as mentioned too far forward).

Instead of the holder 3 shown in FIG. 5, the other possibility is to provide the arrangement as shown in FIG. 4 because the magnet 27 (FIG. 4) for performing the locking can be placed far back on the fastening strip 18 (FIG. 4). Vice versa the magnet 27 (FIG. 4) can be pushed forward so that the locking elements on the headwear 1 and on the visor 2 separate from each other.

It is, of course, also possible to provide a holder as per FIG. 1 or 2, wherein however the hinge arrangements on the headwear and the holder must then be separated from each other if the visor is to be locked or released from the lock.

FIG. 6 shows the headwear 1 with a further holder 56 for an accessory arrangement 53. The headwear 1 is shown here without the visor 2, since this is detachable from the headwear 1 and the headwear 1 can be worn without the visor 2. The visor 2 (via a holder 3) and the further holder 56 can, of course, also be operatively arranged on the headwear 1.

The further holder 56, as regards a head-side hinge device 51 with which it is fixed to the headwear 1, may be designed identically to the holder 3 (wherein, of course, the further holder 3 is preferably configured as a single swivel arm 52). As regards functionality it is irrelevant, ultimately, whether the holder 3 or the further holder 56 supports the visor 2 or an accessory arrangement 53.

The headwear 1, of course, then preferably comprises a fastening strip as per FIG. 4, which is arranged on the lower rim of the headwear 1 and is extending along the same, and which is configured for the connection with a holder 3 for the visor 2, and preferably comprises a ferromagnetic metal and especially preferably< at least one magnet.

Again, any variations are covered by the invention: on the headwear 1 two fastening strips may be provided on each side, one for the holder 3 and one for the further holder 56, and it is also possible to provide the same fastening strip for fixing the holder 3 and also the further holder 55. In the latter case the hinge arrangement 24 (FIG. 3) of the headwear 1 is also configured for the holder of a further holder 56.

The further holder 56 is thus preferably configured so as to be detachable from the headwear 1, wherein further preferably the connection of the further holder 56 with the headwear 1 is a magnetic connection. Other types of connection, such as by a Velcro closure, are possible.

The further holder 56, depending on the length of its swivel arms 52 (or even another criterion) may, of course, comprise a joint arrangement 15 (FIGS. 1 and 2), so that the accessory arrangement 53 can be tilted or swivelled relative to the further holder 56.

In particular in case of the magnetic connection between the further holder 50, but also if the connection is configured as a Velcro closure (or other), the further holder 56 can be moved from the shown operative position into a rest position, in which, for example, the swivel arm 52 extends parallel to the lower rim of the headwear 1. In FIG. 6 the swivel arm 52 is arranged on the outside of the headwear 1, but if it is arranged on the inside, it is not visible in the rest position when the headwear 1 is worn.

The result is that the headwear 1 comprises a hinge arrangement 24, 25 for the further holder 56, which is configured to move the holder for the accessory arrangement 53 backwards and forwards between a rest position and an operative position and wherein preferably the accessory arrangement 53 comprises at least one component configured as a visor, a microphone, a sound emitter or a camera. The further holder 56 may also support, for example, a wearable such as a wearable computer, for example the wearable computer known by the name of Google glass, and may then be preferably additionally combined with a holder 3 for the visor 2.

Preferably the accessory arrangement comprises a microphone and a loudspeaker, which, for example, are connected wirelessly by e.g. Bluetooth (or cable) to a transmission device such as a smartphone 54 (or any other electronic device, e.g. for data recording). The smartphone 54 indicated in FIG. 6 by a broken line may be arranged in a fabric pocket 55 of the headwear 1.

In summary the embodiment depicted in FIG. 6 shows a headwear 1, wherein a further holder 56 is provided for an accessory arrangement, which preferably comprises a swivel arm 52 which operatively cooperates with a hinge arrangement of the headwear 1, wherein particularly preferably the operative connection is configured as a magnetic connection, which comprises a magnet, which is rotatably, especially preferably also slidably, arranged on a magnetic counterpart. As mentioned above, the magnetic counterpart may be a magnet or even a fastening strip made of a magnetically effective material, such as a ferromagnetic metal sheet.

FIG. 7 shows a further embodiment of the headwear according to the invention with a modified magnetic connection 60 for the swivel arms 61, 62 (which here form the holder 3). For clarity's sake, what can be seen in FIG. 7, is a visor 2 detached from the headwear, also a cut-out 63 of the headwear, left-hand side, on the lower rim 10, at the point of the swivel axis 11 (see also FIGS. 1 and 21) and the (left) swivel arm 61, which again is detached from the visor 2 and from the headwear for clarity's sake. It should be noted here that, as is the nature of the subject, the description below also refers to the right-hand side of the headwear not shown, which is configured in the same way as the depicted side.

In the depicted embodiment the swivel arm 61 consists of a plastic bracket or wire bracket 65 with two parallel bars or wires 66, 67, which are connected to each other at the ends. The wire bracket 65 holds two magnets 68, 69 (see details in FIG. 8), which are preferably shaped cylindrically and disk-like and comprise a round circumference 70. In the embodiment shown the magnets 68, 69 are rigidly fixed on the wire bracket 65, each forming a forward hinge device 75 (for the visor 2)/a rearward hinge device 76 (for the headwear) on the swivel arm 61.

In the embodiment shown the visor 2 is provided with a magnetic counterpart to the magnet 68, consisting of a ferromagnetic metal sheet 70. The sheet 70 is sewn into the visor 2 along the broken-line contour, angled at the rim of the visor with a section 71 extending here vertically downwards. On this vertical section 71 of the metal sheet 70 a guide wall 72 is arranged, which extends vertically away from the section 71 and in its progression corresponds to part of the circumference 70 of the magnet 68, so that this can be pushed into the backward-facing opening 72 formed by the guide wall and is then partially enclosed by it. The metal sheet 70 together with the guide wall 72 forms a hinge arrangement 77 for the swivel arm 61 on the visor 2.

If, for example, by gripping the swivel arm 61 the magnet 68 is pushed through the opening 73 into the space formed by the guide wall 72 (thus connecting the swivel arm 61 with the visor 2), the magnet 68 adheres with its underside to the section 71, but can be rotated in the position determined by the guide wall 72 and thus, of course, can be moved backwards right through the opening 73. Since the height of the magnet 68 corresponds at least to the height of the guide wall 72, the swivel arm 61, in its operative position, can be rotated by 360 degrees. Rotation is inhibited by the sliding friction of the magnet 68 in the section 71 and, depending on the expert's design, also by a slight clamping of the respectively arranged guide wall 72.

In the embodiment shown the guide wall has the advantage that even with frequent rotation of the swivel arm 61 relative to the visor 2, the axis of rotation of the magnet 68 always remains at the location, although it could also be omitted since the adhesive effect of the magnetic connection would be sufficient to retain the magnet 68 at the location in the section 71.

It is evident that the magnet 68, 69 is disk-shaped with a round circumference 70, which in operation rotatably rests against the guide walls 71, 83, which are rigidly connected with the magnetic counterpart (here section 71, 82), wherein preferably the guide walls 71, 83 are arranged such that rotation of the magnet 68 is inhibited by friction.

In summary the magnet (due to its flat underside with which it rests on the section 71) comprises an effective surface which, when the magnetic connection 60 is in operation, rests on a matching magnetic sheet (here section 71) adhering to it due to the magnetic effect in a rotatable or slidable manner.

Further it is generally evident that the visor 2 for a headwear 1, comprises magnetically effective contact surfaces (here section 71, but also magnet 34, see FIG. 4) provided at its outer ends E for magnetically connecting to a holder 3 (which has swivel arms 66, 67, but also 4, 5) for the visor 2.

The magnetic connection 60 consisting of the forward hinge device 75 on the swivel arm and hinge arrangement 77 on the visor 2, forms a joint arrangement similar to the joint arrangement 15 (FIGS. 1, 2 and 4), due to which the visor 2, in operation, can be swivelled relative to the swivel arm 61.

The rearward hinge device 76 is of the same design as the forward hinge device 75, it comprises a disk-shaped magnet 69 with a round circumference 70, the underside of which is flat and configured to cooperate with a magnetic counterpart. The magnetic counterpart here is the ferromagnetic metal strip 80, which again is sewn into the section 63 of the headwear, has a contour as indicated by the broken line and is exposed to the outside through a window 81 of the headwear in a section 82, which is the section to which the magnet 69 can be attached. The section 82 again supports a guide wall 83, which forms an opening 84, through which the magnet 69 can be inserted, wherein it adheres rotatably and slidably in this position. The section 82 together with the guide wall 85 forms a hinge arrangement 78 for the swivel arm 61 and the headwear. When the magnet 69 is arranged on the section 82, the swivel arm 61 is operatively connected with the headwear.

Similarly the hinge device 76 of the swivel arms forms a magnetic connection 60 together with a hinge arrangement 78 of the headwear, wherein this magnetic connection 60 comprises a magnet 69, which is arranged on a magnetic counterpart (here the metal sheet section 82) in a rotatable, preferably slidable manner. This results in a holder 3 for a headwear and a visor 2, where the swivel arms 65 each comprise two parallel bars 66, 67, which support the hinge devices 75, 76 slidably arranged on the bars 66, 67.

According to the invention FIG. 7 reveals that in one embodiment a visor 2 is provided with a holder 3 for the operative connection of the visor 2 with the headwear 1, wherein the holder 3 comprises swivel arms 4, 5 or 65 each with a hinge device 8, 9 or 76, which in turn comprises a magnetically effective contact surface (for example a magnet 27, FIG. 4 or a magnet 69, FIG. 7) for the rotatable magnetic connection with a magnetic counterpart (for example a fastening strip 18, FIG. 4, a magnet 20, FIG. 3, or a magnet 69, FIG. 7) of a headwear.

Moreover according to the invention FIG. 7 reveals that in a further embodiment the holder 3 comprises a joint arrangement 15 (with the aid of magnets 33, 34 as per FIG. 4 and with the aid of magnets 68 and the metal sheet section 71 according to FIG. 7) preferably configured as a magnetic connection 60 for swivelling the visor 2 relative to the holder 3 (or its swivel arms 4, 5, see FIG. 4, or its swivel arms 65, see FIG. 7).

These embodiments reveal that the magnetic connection further preferably comprises a magnet 33, 68, which with the magnetic connection in operation is arranged on a magnetic counterpart 34, 71 in a rotatable, especially preferably slidable manner.

Finally FIGS. 3, 4 and 7 show a headwear for a slidably arranged visor 2, wherein the headwear, on its lower rim 10, comprises two laterally arranged magnetically effective contact surfaces (magnet 20, FIG. 3, fastening strips 18, FIG. 4 and metal sheet section 82, FIG. 7) for a magnetic counterpart (magnet 27, FIGS. 3 and 4, magnet 69, FIG. 7), which are configured such that the magnetic counterpart 27, 69, when magnetically adhering to the contact surface 20, 18, 82, is rotatably, preferably also slidably arranged on the same.

FIG. 8a shows the magnet 68, 69 in detail in a section through plane AA of the hinge arrangement 77 and of the hinge arrangement 78 of FIG. 7. A support pin 90 sitting on the magnet 68, 69 supports a clamping disc 91, which together with the magnet 68, 69 operatively fixes the parallel wires 67, 68 of the bracket 65.

This arrangement has the advantage that, provided the magnet 68, 69 is slidable along the wires on condition that the clamping of the wires by the clamping disk is suitably dimensioned, the swivel arm can be changed in its effective length.

FIG. 8b shows a further embodiment of magnets 67, 69 as depicted in FIG. 8a, wherein however, the guide walls 72, 73 and the ferromagnetic metal sheets 71, 82 have been omitted. The magnet 68, 69 comprises a groove 92 on its circumference, into which a friction element configured as an 0-ring has been inserted, which in operation cooperates with the guide walls 68, 96, increasing the resistance of the magnet 68, 69 against rotation and against sliding.

In a further embodiment it is revealed that the magnet 68, 69, on its circumference 70, comprises a friction element configured as an 0-ring 93, which cooperates with the guide walls 72, 83 in such a way that a movement of the magnet 68, 69 relative to the magnetic counter-body (here the metal sheets 71, 82) is inhibited.

FIG. 8c, in a further embodiment according to the invention, shows a joint arrangement 100 for fixing the holder 3 on the headwear. The figure shows the lower rim 10 of the headwear 1 in a view from below (left side of the headwear) onto the joint arrangement 100, showing the wire 67 of the swivel arm 65 configured here as shown in FIG. 7. The wire 66 (FIG. 7) is covered by the wire 65. The wires 65, 66 each extend through a bore in a rotary block 101, wherein the one bore 102 for the wire 65 is visible, but again, the other bore is covered by the bore 102.

A screw arrangement symbolised by the broken line 103 fixes the rotary block 101 with the aid of a counter-plate 104 which is arranged on the inside of the headwear 1, so as to be rotatable on the headwear. In this way the swivel arm 65 is rotatably fixed on the headwear.

With an embodiment not shown in the figures the swivel arms of the holder 3 rigidly engage on the visor 2 and are preferably formed in one piece with the visor 2.

In conclusion, the features listed below are covered alternatively or cumulatively by the invention:

A headwear 1 with a slidable visor 2, wherein the visor is arranged via a holder 3 on a headwear 1, which has two swivel arms, and wherein

- the swivel arms support the visor so that the visor can be swivelled preferably via a joint arrangement, which can be configured as a magnetic connection (like the joint arrangement 15) or in another way (for example by a screw connection analogue FIG. 8c), wherein the swivel arms themselves are rotatably arranged on the headwear,
- the swivel arms rigidly hold the visor, but are themselves rotatably fixed on the headwear via a magnetic connection, wherein preferably the magnetic connection allows rotation in that the parts magnetically adhering to one another are arranged so as to be rotatable against each other,
- the swivel arms support the visor so that it can be swivelled or not swivelled, and they are rotatably fixed to the headwear via a magnetic or non-magnetic arrangement.
- In addition to the swivel arms for the visor, a further holder is provided for an accessory arrangement, which is preferably rotatably fixed to the headwear via a magnetic connection or another connection.
- A visor detachable from the headwear, wherein preferably the holder can be detached from the visor and especially preferably also from the headwear at the same time.

Number	Date	Country	Kind
01297/14	Aug 2014	CH	national
01861/14	Dec 2014	CH	national

HEADWEAR WITH SLIDABLE VISOR

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