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Granted Patent B2
US 7,861,322 · App. 11/609,665 · Granted Jan 4, 2011

Size adjuster and headwear using the same

Assignee: Yupoong, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,861,322
App. No.
11/609,665
Granted
Jan 4, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a size adjuster and a headwear using the same having advantages of increasing exterior aesthetical features and automatically adjusting a circumference of a wearing portion of a headwear. The size adjuster may include: a first guide having one end connected to the wearing portion; a second guide having one end connected to the wearing portion corresponding to a position of the first guide; a case having an inner portion connected to the respective other ends of the first and second guides and where the first and second guides move through; and an elastic band extended or contracted by connecting to the first and second guides.

Claims (56)

1. A headwear using an automatic size adjuster comprising:

a wearing portion put on a head of a wearer;

a first guide having one end connected to the wearing portion;

a second guide having one end connected to the wearing portion opposite to the first guide;

a case having an inner portion connected to each other end of the first and second guides and where the first and second guides move through; and

an elastic band extended or contracted by being connected to the first and second guides; wherein

the case comprises a base member having a first fastening portion and a cover member having a second fastening portion connected to the first fastening portion and the first fastening portion includes a groove opposed to each other along a longitudinal direction and the second fastening portion includes a protrusion sliding along the groove.

2. The headwear of claim 1 , wherein the case has an advertisement portion at an outer portion thereof.

3. The headwear of claim 1 , wherein the first and second guides respectively are sewn by a yarn at one end to the wearing portion.

4. The headwear of claim 1 , wherein the case has a hooking protrusion therein and the first and second guides respectively have a hooking protrusion corresponding to the hooking protrusion of the case.

5. The headwear of claim 1 , wherein the base member and the cover member respectively have a locking portion for locking a center portion of the elastic band therebetween.

6. A headwear using an automatic size adjuster comprising:

a wearing portion put on a head of a wearer;

a first guide having one end connected to the wearing portion;

a second guide having one end connected to the wearing portion opposite to the first guide;

a case having an inner portion connected to each other end of the first and second guides and where the first and second guides move through; and

an elastic band extended or contracted by being connected to the first and second guides; and

wherein the first guide includes first and second members engaged with each other, and the first and second members fix one end of the elastic band.

7. The headwear of claim 6 , wherein the first and second members respectively have a locking portion at a portion corresponding to each other, and the locking portion including a groove and a protrusion inserted into the corresponding groove and fixing one end of the elastic band therebetween.

8. The headwear of claim 7 , wherein the first and second members respectively have a hooking protrusion and a hooking hole for engaging the first and second members with each other.

9. A headwear using an automatic size adjuster comprising:

a wearing portion put on a head of a wearer;

a first guide having one end connected to the wearing portion

a second guide having one end connected to the wearing portion opposite to the first guide;

a case having an inner portion connected to each other end of the first and second guides and where the first and second guides move through; and

an elastic band extended or contracted by being connected to the first and second guides;

wherein the second guide includes third and fourth members engaged with each other, and the third and fourth members fix the other end of the elastic band.

10. The headwear of claim 9 , wherein the third and fourth members respectively have a locking portion at a portion corresponding to each other, the locking portion including a groove and a protrusion inserted into the corresponding groove and fixing the other end of the elastic band therebetween.

11. The headwear of claim 9 , wherein the third and fourth members respectively have a hooking protrusion and a hooking hole for engaging the third and fourth members with each other.

12. A headwear using an automatic size adjuster comprising:

a wearing portion put on a head of a wearer;

a first guide having one end connected to the wearing portion;

a second guide having one end connected to the wearing portion corresponding to a position of the first guide;

a case having an inner portion connected to the respective other ends of the first and second guides and where the first and second guides move through; and

an elastic band extended or contracted along a longitudinal direction in an inner portion of the first and second guides and connected to the wearing portion;

wherein the case comprises a base member having a first fastening portion and a cover member having a second fastening portion connected to the first fastening portion and the first fastening portion includes a groove opposed to each other along a longitudinal direction and the second fastening portion includes protrusion inserted into the groove.

13. The headwear of claim 12 , wherein the case has an advertisement portion at an outer portion thereof.

14. The headwear of claim 12 , wherein the first and second guides respectively have one end sewn by a yarn to the wearing portion.

15. The headwear of claim 12 , wherein the case has a hooking protrusion therein and the first and second guides respectively have a hooking protrusion corresponding to the hooking protrusion of the case.

16. The headwear of claim 12 , wherein the base member and the cover member respectively have a locking portion for locking a center portion of the elastic band therebetween.

17. A headwear using an automatic size adjuster comprising:

a wearing portion put on a head of a wearer;

a first guide having one end connected to the wearing portion;

a second guide having one end connected to the wearing portion corresponding to a position of the first guide;

a case having an inner portion connected to the respective other ends of the first and second guides and where the first and second guides move through; and

an elastic band extended or contracted along a longitudinal direction in an inner portion of the first and second guides and connected to the wearing portion;

wherein the first guide includes first and second members engaged with each other, and the first and second members fix one end of the elastic band.

18. The headwear of claim 17 , wherein the first and second members respectively have a hooking protrusion and a hooking hole for engaging the first and second members with each other.

19. A headwear using an automatic size adjuster comprising:

a wearing portion put on a head of a wearer;

a first guide having one end connected to the wearing portion;

a second guide having one end connected to the wearing portion corresponding to a position of the first guide;

a case having an inner portion connected to the respective other ends of the first and second guides and where the first and second guides move through; and

an elastic band extended or contracted along a longitudinal direction in an inner portion of the first and second guides and connected to the wearing portion;

wherein the second guide includes third and fourth members engaged with each other, and the third and fourth members fix the other end of the elastic band.

20. The headwear of claim 19 , wherein the third and fourth members respectively have a hooking protrusion and a hooking hole for engaging the third and fourth members with each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2006
From: CHO, BYOUNG-WOO
To: YUPOONG, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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