Hat with music player
View Patent ↗This invention is a hat specially configured to carry earphones and a music player equipped with or without an attachment clip. The hat comprises slit-like button-hole openings and grooves in the bill into which the music player clip can be attached, as well as elastic retaining straps to affix the music player and the earphones. Button holes on the hat's surface form together with the headband a conduit that allow the passage, from outside to the inside, of the electrical cables connecting the music player to the earphones. The seam between the headband and the hat is open above the ears of the wearer to allow the retrieval or stowing away of the earphones. The invention also covers a method of listening to music at the option of the user without obstructing surrounding sound by keeping the earphones stowed away in the retaining area formed by the headband.
1. A hat configured to carry a music player equipped with an attachment clip and also to carry earphones connected to said music player by electrical cables, said hat allowing a wearer having ears to listen to music without obstructing surrounding sound or to listen to music while obstructing surrounding sound comprising:
a) At least one pair of openings from the outside surface to the inside surface of said hat,
i. first opening in each said pair configured to allow the insertion of said attachment clip of said music player, thereby allowing attachment of said music player to the outside of said hat; and
ii. second opening in each said pair correspondingly located near first said opening, said second openings being configured to allow the passage, from the outside to the inside of said hat, of said electrical cables connecting said music player to said earphones; and
b) a headband characterized by a top edge and a bottom edge, said headband being attached at its said bottom edge by a seam around the inside surface of said hat at its rim, except above the ears of said wearer thereby forming seam openings between said headband and said hat, said seam openings being configured to allow passage of said earphones, and furthermore said headband being attached by stitch points at its top edge to the inside surface of said hat, and in addition, said headband forming between itself and the inside surface of said hat a conduit, said conduit forming a retainer above the ears of said wearer, said a retainer configured to hold said earphones;
said cables from said music player enter the inside of said hat through the second said opening, follow said conduit formed by said headband, to said retainer and reach said earphones,
whereby said wearer can listen to music without obstructing surrounding sound by leaving said earphones tucked away between said headband and said hat, or listen to music while blocking surrounding sounds by lowering said earphones through said seam openings and inserting them in said ears.
2. A hat as in claim 1 wherein said first opening in said pair is in the shape of a horizontal button hole.
3. A hat as in claim 1 wherein said second opening in said pair is in the shape of a vertical button hole.
4. A hat as in claim 1 wherein said first opening and said second opening are located on the left side of said hat, also comprising a third opening located on the right side of said hat, symmetrically with said first said opening, and a fourth opening located on the right side of said hat, symmetrically with said second said opening, wherein the left and right directions are taken with respect to said wearer.
5. A hat as in claim 1 in the shape of a cap, further comprising grooves indented on its bill, said grooves being configured to receive said clip of said music player.
6. A hat as in claim 1 further comprising bands of elastic fabric essentially rectangular in shape said hat also comprising, for each said elastic band, two button holes, each said elastic band, at each of its end, inserted through one of said button holes and sewn to the inside surface of said hat, and furthermore, said elastic bands configured to hold said earphones and said button holes configured to allow the passage of said electrical cables.
7. A hat as in claim 1 further comprising bands of elastic fabric essentially rectangular in shape said hat also comprising, for each said elastic band, two button holes, each said elastic band, at each of its end, inserted through one of said button holes and sewn to the inside surface of said hat, furthermore, and said elastic bands configured to hold said music player and said button holes configured to allow the passage of said electrical cables.
8. A hat as in claim 1 further comprising bands of elastic fabric essentially rectangular in shape and sewn at each end to the outside surface of said hat, and configured to hold a at least one music player.
9. A hat as in claim 8 in the shape of a cap, said cap having a bill, wherein said bands are located underneath said bill.
10. A hat as in claim 1 , further comprising bands of elastic fabric sewn at their ends to said hat, said bands forming a retaining area configured for storing said earphones.
11. A hat as in claim 1 in the shape of a cowboy hat and comprising an internal lining, wherein first said opening and second said opening are located in said lining.
12. A hat as in claim 1 further comprising a lanier for providing a secure means for attaching said hat to said wearer, said lanier firmly affixed to said hat, and said lanier also being configured to be securely attached to said wearer.
13. A method of listening to music, which does not obstruct surrounding sound, utilizing the hat of claim 1 comprising the steps of
a) turning on said music player; and
b) stowing earphones away in said retainers between said headband and said hat.
14. A method of listening to music, utilizing the hat of claim 1 comprising the steps of
c) turning on said music player, and
d) lowering said earphones from said retainers between said headband and said hat through said seam openings,
e) inserting said earphone into the ears.