CN215737130U

CN215737130U - Cap (hat)

Info

Publication number: CN215737130U
Application number: CN202120129891.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: O·高文
Original assignee: Decathlon SE
Current assignee: Decathlon SE
Priority date: 2020-01-16
Filing date: 2021-01-18
Publication date: 2022-02-08
Anticipated expiration: 2031-01-18
Also published as: FR3106257A1; FR3106257B1

Abstract

A hat. The utility model relates to a cap having a cap (1) intended to be worn on the head of a wearer and a visor (9) connected to the lower edge (4) of the cap, the visor extending forward from the cap, the visor having a surface (9a) defined by a peripheral edge (10), said surface (9a) of the visor (9) being provided with a sweat band (11) made of a sweat absorbing material, the sweat band being attached to at least a portion of the peripheral edge (10), the sweat band having a geometry adapted such that said surface (9a) has a region (12) of non-sweat absorbing material between the inner edge (11a) of the sweat band and the lower edge (4) of the cap (1). The cap can prevent sweat from flowing from the front of the wearer's eyes.

Description

Cap (hat)

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a cap, particularly for wearing in the sun, particularly during physical exercise outdoors, to protect the head of the wearer from the sun, thus limiting the risk of health problems associated with prolonged exposure to the sun, particularly sunstroke.

Background

Generally, hats have a cap intended to be worn on the head of a wearer, and a visor attached to the lower edge of the cap, which extends forward from the cap to protect the wearer's eyes from the sun in order to limit the risk of glare for the wearer.

In particular, the hat may have a strip of fabric material attached, especially by stitching, to the lower edge of the cap so as to be arranged to contact the wearer's head when the hat is worn by the wearer, to enhance the wearer's comfort.

Exercising the body, especially on hot days, can lead to perspiration, which can be absorbed by the fabric strip in the first instance.

However, when the wearer perspires heavily, the fabric band may not be sufficiently absorbent of all the perspiration, which eventually runs down the wearer's face, especially in front of his eyes, thereby affecting his line of sight during the wearer's exercises.

Document KR-200468171 proposes providing the lower surface of the visor with a band made of sweat-absorbent material, said band extending along the lower edge of the cap sleeve.

This solution is not entirely satisfactory, since the sweat absorbed by the band remains in the vicinity of the wearer's eyes. Thus, when the sweat band is saturated, excess sweat may flow down the front of the wearer's eyes, thereby affecting his or her sight line.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention aims to improve the prior art and in particular to propose a cap arranged to avoid the flow of perspiration from the front of the wearer's eyes.

To this end, the utility model proposes a cap having a cap intended to be worn on the head of a wearer and a visor connected to the lower edge of the cap, the visor extending forward from the cap, the visor having a surface defined by a peripheral edge, said surface of the visor being provided with a sweat band made of a sweat-absorbent material, characterized in that said sweat band is connected to at least a portion of the peripheral edge, the sweat band having a geometry adapted to give said surface an area of non-sweat-absorbent material between the inner edge of the sweat band and the lower edge of the cap.

Advantageously, the lower surface of the visor is provided with said sweatband.

Advantageously, the peripheral edge has a front portion equipped with said sweat band.

Advantageously, the sweat band has two ends, each end being arranged near the lower edge of the cap, so that said sweat band extends along the entire circumference along the edge.

Advantageously, the sweat band has a U-shaped geometry complementary to the geometry of the peripheral edge.

Advantageously, the width of the sweat band is between 10% and 50% of the width of the cap bill, the width of the cap bill being measured between the front portion of the peripheral edge of the cap bill and the lower edge of the cap sleeve.

Advantageously, the thickness of the sweat band is less than or equal to 0.5 cm.

Advantageously, the non-sweat-absorbent material region of the surface is formed of a material adapted to transport sweat from the lower edge to the sweat-absorbent band by capillary action.

Advantageously, the sweat band is covered by a fabric wall.

Advantageously, the fabric wall has a geometry similar to that of the sweat band.

Advantageously, the fabric wall is fixed to said surface by stitching to attach the sweat band to the peripheral edge.

Advantageously, the lower edge of the cap is free of inserts made of sweat-absorbent material.

Advantageously, the non-wicking material region of the surface is formed from a fabric.

Drawings

Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

fig. 1 and 2 schematically show a cap according to an embodiment of the utility model in exploded bottom view, in particular showing the attachment of a sweat band to the visor (fig. 1) and said sweat band (fig. 2), respectively;

FIG. 3 is a bottom perspective view of a cap according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In the following, in connection with these figures, a cap is described, particularly for wearing in the sun and/or during outdoor exercises, for protecting the head of a wearer from the sun.

The cap has a cap 1 for wearing on the head of a wearer.

In the embodiment shown, the cap 1 has a generally hemispherical geometry, allowing the cap to generally conform to the shape of the crown of the wearer's head. In particular, the cap 1 is formed by a plurality of pieces of fabric 2, 2a assembled to each other by stitching 3.

These pieces of fabric 2, 2a can be made of different materials and/or be realized in different colours, depending on the desired aesthetic and/or technical effect of the cap. The textile material used may comprise, in particular, cotton, to facilitate washing of the cap, or may comprise a mesh-type perforated material to facilitate the circulation of air between the inside of the cap 1 and the outside environment, thus limiting sweating for the wearer.

According to one embodiment, the cap 1 can have two different fabric pieces 2, 2a, which are arranged in an alternating manner, in particular two by two.

The cap 1 has a lower edge 4 intended to be arranged, in particular, above the eyebrow of a wearer. In the figures, the cap 1 has a fabric band 5, which band 5 is attached inside its lower edge 4 by stitching 6 so as to be arranged to contact the wearer's head when the cap is worn by the wearer, thereby improving their comfort.

In particular, the cap has means 7 for adjusting the circumference of the lower edge 4 around the wearer's head. In the embodiment shown, the rear piece 2a of the cap 1 has a recess 8 defined by a line of inverted U-shape, the device 7 having two jaws 7a, each having one end connected respectively to one branch of the U-shape, and a reversible connection reversibly to the other jaw 7a, the reversible connection being arranged so as to enable the wearer to manually adjust the circumferential size of said recess according to his head circumference.

The reversible connection may be in the form of an automatic hook and loop fastener of the velcro type, respectively connected to one of the jaws 7a by gluing or sewing. The jaws 7a may also be made of semi-rigid plastic, having a row of teeth and a complementary row of holes, respectively, the wearer selectively engaging some of the teeth in a given number of holes to obtain the desired size.

In a variant not shown, the cap 1 can be provided with a band of elastic material which extends along at least part of the lower edge 4, so as to be able to adjust said lower edge automatically around the wearer's head when the cap is worn by the wearer.

The cap also has a visor 9 attached to the lower edge 4 and extending forwardly from the cap 1 to protect the wearer's eyes from the sun and thereby limit the risk of glare to the wearer.

The visor 9 can have, in particular, a plate of a semi-rigid material, for example based on plastic, having a lower surface and an upper surface, each of which is covered with a fabric layer.

To prevent sweat from running down in front of the wearer's eyes, especially in the case of high heat and/or during high intensity physical exercises, the visor 9 has a surface 9a defined by a peripheral edge 10, said surface being provided with a sweat band 11 made of a sweat-absorbent material.

In the embodiment shown, the lower surface 9a of the visor 9 is provided with such a sweatband 11. In addition, the peripheral edge 10 has a U-shaped geometry, which is dimensioned such that the visor 9 has a substantially rectangular shape.

The sweat band 11 can be made in particular of a foam plastic which has a sufficiently low mass to limit the weight of the cap, in particular in the case of a wearer with a high amount of perspiration.

A sweat-absorbent band 11 is attached to at least a portion of the peripheral edge 10, the sweat-absorbent band having a geometry adapted such that said surface 9a has a region 12 of non-sweat-absorbent material between the inner edge 11a of the sweat-absorbent band and the lower edge 4 of the cap 1.

Thus, the cap keeps perspiration away from the wearer's eyes to avoid excess perspiration running down the eyes which could interfere with the wearer's vision if the sweatband 11 were saturated.

Advantageously, the lower edge 4 of the cap 1, in particular the fabric strip 5 connected to it, has no insert made of sweat-absorbent material, so as to avoid sweat accumulating at said lower edge and thus dripping onto the wearer's face. However, the cleaning tape may be arranged generally on the inside of the lower edge 4.

In addition, the lower surface 9a, in particular the area 12 thereof, may be formed by a material, in particular a fabric, suitable for transmitting sweat from the lower edge 4 to the sweat-absorbing strips 11 by capillary action.

According to one embodiment, the peripheral edge 10 has a front portion 10a equipped with a sweat-absorbing band 11, so as to keep the sweat as far away as possible from the wearer's eyes.

In particular, the sweat band 11 has two ends 11b, each of which is arranged in the vicinity of the lower edge 4 of the cap 1, so that it extends along the entire periphery along the edge 10.

Therefore, the sweat band 11 has a maximum length, so that its sweat absorbing ability can be satisfactorily increased. In addition, in order to extract sweat from the sweatband 11, the wearer simply presses it with his fingers sliding along the peripheral edge 10, a completely intuitive action that does not affect his line of sight.

In the embodiment shown, the sweatband 11 has a U-shaped geometry, which is complementary to the geometry of the peripheral edge 10. In addition, the sweat band 11 has a substantially constant width.

Advantageously, the width of the sweat band 11 is between 10% and 50%, in particular less than 30%, of the width L of the cap bill 9, measured between the front portion 10a of the peripheral edge 10 of the cap bill and the lower edge 4 of the cap 1.

This arrangement allows the sweatband 11 to be of sufficient size to provide good sweat absorption, while keeping the sweat sufficiently away from the wearer's face to avoid possible excess sweat running from in front of their eyes.

The sweatband 11 also has a moderate thickness, in particular less than or equal to 0.5 cm, so as not to obstruct the wearer's view when wearing the cap.

The sweatband 11 is covered by a fabric wall 13 which is fixed to the surface 9a by stitching so that the sweatband 11 is connected to the perimetric edge 10.

In the embodiment shown, the geometry of the fabric wall 13 is similar to that of the sweat-absorbing band 11, and the fabric wall can be attached by stitching to the possible fabric layer forming the lower surface 9a of the visor 9.

Claims

1. A cap having a cap (1) for wearing on the head of a wearer and a visor (9) connected to a lower edge (4) of the cap, the visor extending forwardly from the cap, the visor having a surface (9a) defined by a peripheral edge (10), said surface (9a) of the visor (9) being provided with a sweat band (11) of sweat absorbing material, characterised in that said sweat band is connected to at least a portion of the peripheral edge (10), the sweat band having a geometry adapted such that said surface (9a) has a region (12) of non-sweat absorbing material between an inner edge (11a) of the sweat band and the lower edge (4) of the cap (1).

2. Cap as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the lower surface of the visor (9) is provided with said sweatband (11).

3. Cap as in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the peripheral edge (10) has a front portion (10a) equipped with said sweat band (11).

4. Cap as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the sweat band (11) has two ends (11b), each end being arranged near the lower edge (4) of the cap (1) so that it extends along the entire peripheral edge (10).

5. Cap according to claim 4, characterized in that the sweat band (11) has a U-shaped geometry complementary to the geometry of the peripheral edge (10).

6. Cap according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the sweat band (11) has a width of between 10% and 50% of the width (L) of the cap bill (9), the width of the cap bill being measured between the front portion (10a) of the peripheral edge (10) of the cap bill and the lower edge (4) of the cap sleeve (1).

7. Cap according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the thickness of the sweat band (11) is less than or equal to 0.5 cm.

8. Cap according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the non-sweat-absorbent material area (12) of the surface (9a) is formed by a material adapted to transmit sweat from the lower edge (4) to the sweat-absorbent band (11) by capillary action.

9. Cap according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the sweat band (11) is covered by a fabric wall (13).

10. Hat according to claim 9, characterized in that the fabric wall (13) has a geometry similar to the geometry of the sweat band (11).

11. Hat according to claim 9, characterized in that the fabric wall (13) is fixed to the surface (9a) by stitching in order to attach the sweat band (11) to the peripheral edge (10).

12. Cap as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the lower edge (4) of the cap (1) is free of inserts made of sweat-absorbent material.

13. Hat according to claim 8, characterized in that the non-sweat-absorbent material area (12) of the surface (9a) is formed by a fabric.