Granted Patent B2

US 12,569,020 · App. 19/012,238 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Inventor: Ralph Hoetger (Cotter, AR)

A42B1/245A42B1/22A42C5/02

Abstract

Claims (14)

1 . A hat comprising:

a canopy, wherein the canopy has a front sweatband and a rear sweatband with a right sweatband gap on a right side of the canopy and a left sweatband gap on a left side of the canopy, wherein the front sweatband has a front sweatband right edge and a front sweatband left edge, wherein the rear sweatband has a rear sweatband right edge and a rear sweatband left edge, wherein the front sweatband right edge and the rear sweatband right edge define edges of the right sweatband gap, wherein the front sweatband left edge and the rear sweatband left edge define edges of the left sweatband gap;

a right ear panel mounted to the right side of the canopy at the right sweatband gap, wherein the right ear panel is connected to the front sweatband right edge and the rear sweatband right edge; and

a left ear panel mounted to the left side of the canopy at the left sweatband gap, wherein the left ear panel is connected to the front sweatband left edge and the rear sweatband left edge, wherein the left ear loop is made of wire, wherein the right ear loop is made of wire, wherein the left ear loop is mounted to the front sweatband and the rear sweatband at the left sweatband gap, wherein the right ear loop is mounted to the front sweatband and the rear sweatband at the right sweatband gap, wherein the left ear loop has a left ear loop front end and a left ear loop rear end, wherein the right ear loop has a right ear loop front end and a right ear loop rear end, wherein the canopy comprises ear end loop pockets that include a left ear loop front end pocket receiving a left ear loop front end, a left ear loop rear end pocket receiving a left ear loop rear end, a right ear loop front end pocket receiving a right ear loop front end, a right ear loop rear end pocket receiving a right ear loop rear end, wherein the ear loop end pockets are made from stitching an outside layer of each of the front sweatband and the rear sweatband to an inside layer of the each of the front sweatband and the rear sweatband, respectively.

2 . A hat comprising:

a canopy, wherein the canopy has a front sweatband and a rear sweatband with a right sweatband gap on a right side of the canopy and a left sweatband gap on a left side of the canopy, wherein the front sweatband has a front sweatband right edge and a front sweatband left edge, wherein the rear sweatband has a rear sweatband right edge and a rear sweatband left edge, wherein the front sweatband right edge and the rear sweatband right edge define edges of the right sweatband gap, wherein the front sweatband left edge and the rear sweatband left edge define edges of the left sweatband gap;

a right ear panel mounted to the right side of the canopy at the right sweatband gap, wherein the right ear panel is connected to the front sweatband right edge and the rear sweatband right edge; and

a left ear panel mounted to the left side of the canopy at the left sweatband gap, wherein the left ear panel is connected to the front sweatband left edge and the rear sweatband left edge,

wherein the hat further includes a visor, wherein the visor connects to the canopy, wherein the canopy includes a front right canopy panel and a front left canopy panel, wherein the canopy includes a rear right canopy panel and a rear left canopy panel,

further including a left ear loop and a right ear loop, wherein the left ear loop is made of wire, wherein the right ear loop is made of wire, wherein the left ear loop is mounted to the front sweatband and the rear sweatband at the left sweatband gap, wherein the right ear loop is mounted to the front sweatband and the rear sweatband at the right sweatband gap,

wherein the left ear loop has a left ear loop front end and a left ear loop rear end,

wherein the right ear loop has a right ear loop front end and a right ear loop rear end,

wherein the canopy comprises ear end loop pockets that include a left ear loop front end pocket receiving a left ear loop front end, a left ear loop rear end pocket receiving a left ear loop rear end, a right ear loop front end pocket receiving a right ear loop front end, a right ear loop rear end pocket receiving a right ear loop rear end,

wherein the ear loop end pockets are made from stitching a sweatband outside layer of each of the front sweatband and the rear sweatband to a sweatband inside layer of each of the front sweatband and the rear sweatband, respectively.

Continuity (2)

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