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Granted Patent B2
US 11,372,252 · App. 16/902,217 · Granted Jun 28, 2022

Item of headwear

Inventors: Fielding B. Staton (Liberty, MO); David Strumpf (Columbia, MO)
Assignee: Newtonoid Technologies, L.L.C.
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Patent No.
US 11,372,252
App. No.
16/902,217
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Items of headwear are disclosed. An item of headwear has a battery, and an information portal. The information portal includes an input device, a human interface device, and a content providing system. The content providing system has non-transitory computer memory with a program with instructions for receiving information from the input device, and relaying the information to the human interface device. The content providing system further includes a processor, an output device, and a networking device.

Claims (30)

1. A wearable apparatus, comprising:

a headband configured to be worn around a head of a user, the headband consisting of a band and a bladder adjacent an inside surface of the band;

wherein:

the bladder rests directly adjacent a forehead of the user without anything in between; and

the bladder is selectively inflatable.

2. The wearable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in a use configuration, the bladder inflates to form a soft surface when worn by the user.

3. The wearable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bladder is selectively sealable.

4. The wearable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the wearable apparatus further comprises a human interface device.

5. The wearable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the human interface device is in operable communication with a content providing system comprising computer memory having instructions for receiving information from the human interface device and relaying the information to a third party.

6. The wearable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bladder further comprises at least one output device.

7. The wearable apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the output device is a light.

8. The wearable apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an output device.

9. The wearable apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the output device is a light.

10. A wearable apparatus, comprising:

a hat having a headband for securing the hat to a person's head;

the headband consisting of a band and a bladder secured directly to the band such that the bladder sits directly adjacent a forehead of the person without anything in between; and

an input device secured to the hat and in operable communication with the bladder;

wherein:

the input device is activated to selectively inflate the bladder; and

the input device is a pump.

11. The wearable apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the bladder is selectively sealable.

12. The wearable apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the bladder comprises at least one output device.

13. The wearable apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the output device is a light.

14. An item of headwear, comprising:

a headband consisting of a band having an inside surface, and a bladder secured adjacent to the inside surface;

wherein:

in a use configuration, the bladder inflates to form a soft surface to support a user's head, the bladder resting directly adjacent the user's head.

15. The item of headwear of claim 14 , wherein the bladder is selectively inflatable.

16. The item of headwear of claim 15 , further comprising at least one input device in operable communication with the bladder.

17. The item of headwear of claim 16 , further comprising at least one output device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2020
From: STATON, FIELDING B.; STRUMPF, DAVID
To: NEWTONOID TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
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Continuity (5)
Continuation 16035097 · Jul 13, 2018
Continuation In Part PCTUS2017013802 · Jan 17, 2017
Provisional Application 62329544 · Apr 29, 2016
Provisional Application 62281007 · Jan 20, 2016
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