Adorning apparatus and headwear using the same

Abstract

An apparatus for adorning a size control portion, formed in at least one of lower lateral sides of an opening portion of headwear according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an adorning portion having at least one face that is 3-dimensionally adorned, a support portion connected to the adorning portion to support the adorning portion, and a detachable coupling portion formed in a part of the support portion and detachably coupled to the size control portion. According to the present invention, an apparatus for freely and variously adorning a size control portion provided in a lower edge portion of a head receiving portion of headwear at low cost, and the adorning apparatus can be used in headwear.

Claims

1. A headwear and adorning apparatus assembly, comprising: a size controller having a male size control portion having a base end affixed to the headwear and a female size control portion having a base end affixed to the headwear, the male size control portion having a distal end, the female size control portion having a distal end, the distal ends affixing to one another, the distal ends defining an overlapping portion for selectively adjusting a head size of the headwear; an adorning apparatus having an adorning portion and a support portion to support the adorning portion, the adorning apparatus being attachable to and detachable from the size controller, wherein: the size controller spans across an opening portion defined by the headwear, the male size control portion has a coupling protrusion and the female size portion has a coupling hole, the adorning portion has a front surface and a back surface, the front surface being three-dimensionally adorned and the back surface being flat, the support portion extends away in a vertical direction from the adorning portion for a distance that is equal to a width of the size controller, the support portion being interposed between the male size control portion and the female size control portion and disposed within the overlapping portion, the support portion is rectangular and is thinner than the adorning portion, the support portion has a detachable coupling portion for detachably being coupled to the male size control portion, a recess portion is formed in the size controller, and extended in a head circumferential direction corresponding to a thickness and a width of the support portion to receive the support portion, the recess portion is located within a space defined by the opening portion, and a height of the coupling protrusion is greater than a sum of a thickness of the size controller and the thickness of the support portion.

2. The headwear and adorning apparatus assembly of claim 1, wherein: the detachable coupling portion of the support portion receives the coupling protrusion for securing the support portion between the male size control portion and the female size control portion , and the detachable coupling portion is located within a space defined by the opening portion of the headwear for displaying the adorning apparatus.

3. The headwear and adorning apparatus assembly of claim 1, wherein the detachable coupling portion has a hole corresponding to the coupling protrusion of the male size control portion.

4. The headwear and adorning apparatus assembly of claim 1, wherein the male size control portion further comprises a wing portion having a plurality of auxiliary coupling portions along a length direction of a section of the male size control portion extended in the head circumferential direction.

5. The headwear and adorning apparatus assembly of claim 4, wherein the plurality of auxiliary coupling portions are a plurality of protrusions.

6. The headwear and adorning apparatus assembly of claim 5, wherein the support portion comprises a plurality of holes corresponding to the plurality of auxiliary coupling portions.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1A is a schematic view for description of a concept of headwear using a general size controller shown with a male size control portion and a female size control portion affixed to one another in a first position.

(2) FIG. 1B is a schematic view for description of a concept of headwear using a general size controller shown with a male size control portion and a female size control portion affixed to one another in a second position.

(3) FIG. 2A is a partial perspective back view of a size controller adorning apparatus and headwear using the same according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

(4) FIG. 2B is a partial perspective back view of a size controller adorning apparatus according to an exemplary variation of the present invention, and headwear using the same.

(5) FIG. 3A is a schematic view for description of headwear using the size controller defining a recess portion for receiving an adorning apparatus according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

(6) FIG. 3B is a schematic view for description of headwear using the size controller shown receiving an adorning apparatus.

(7) FIG. 3C is a schematic view for description of headwear using the size controller wherein the adorning apparatus of FIG. 3B is shown between a male size control portion and a female size control portion.

(8) FIG. 4 is a schematic view of headwear using the size controller adorning apparatus according to the exemplary variation of the present invention.

(9) FIG. 5 is a schematic view of headwear using a size controller adorning apparatus according to another exemplary variation of the present invention.

(10) FIG. 6 is a partial perspective back view of a size controller adorning apparatus according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and headwear using the same.

(11) FIG. 7A is a schematic view of headwear using the size controller adorning apparatus according to the other exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

(12) FIG. 7B is a schematic view of headwear using a size controller adorning apparatus according to an exemplary variation of the present invention.

(13) FIG. 7C is a schematic view of headwear using a size controller adorning apparatus according to another exemplary variation of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

(14) Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings.

(15) Like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the specification.

(16) Further, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and structures incorporated herein may be omitted to avoid obscuring the subject matter of the present invention.

(17) In this specification, headwear includes various headwear forms such as a hat and a visor as well as baseball headwear, and a second size adjustment unit may use various materials such as conventional plastic, cloth, and leather as well as various size adjustment members such as a female and male coupling type, a string, a buckle, and a band form.

(18) Referring to FIG. 2A to FIG. 5, an adorning apparatus for a size controller according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention and an exemplary variation thereof, and headwear using the same, will be described.

(19) FIG. 2A is a partial perspective back view of a size controller adorning apparatus and headwear using the same, FIG. 2B is a partial perspective back view of a size controller adorning apparatus and headwear using the same according to an exemplary variation of the present invention, FIGS. 3A-3C are schematic views of headwear using a size controller adorning apparatus according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a schematic view of headwear using the size controller adorning apparatus according to the exemplary variation of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a schematic view of headwear using a size controller adorning apparatus according to another exemplary variation of the present invention.

(20) Referring to FIG. 2A, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a dome-shaped opening 100a is formed in a back side of headwear 100, and the size controller 110 may be provided between lower lateral ends of the opening 100a to control a head circumferential direction length.

(21) In the headwear 100 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the size controller 110 may include size control portions 111 and 113 coupled to at least one of the lower lateral ends of the opening 100a.

(22) The size control portions 111 and 113 may have a pair of female or male size control portions respective formed in flexible flat-shaped main bodies 111b and 113b where coupling protrusions 111a and coupling holes 113a are respectively formed.

(23) As shown in FIG. 2A, an adorning apparatus 200 for adorning the size portion portions 111 and 113 may be provided in the size control portions 111 and 113.

(24) The adorning apparatus 200 may include a thin plate-type support portion 210, a detachable coupling portion 230, and an adorning portion 250. The support portion 210 is formed to be thin so as not to be significantly protruded when being coupled to the size control portions 111 and 113, and the detachable coupling portion 230 is detachably coupled to the size control portions 111 and 113. The adorning portion 250 is connected to the thin plate-type support 210, and at least one face of the adorning portion 250, preferably, the one face of the adorning portion 250 may be 3-dimensionally adorned.

(25) The detachable coupling portion 230 may be formed in the shape of a hole so as to be coupled to the coupling protrusion 111a of the male size control portion 111, and at least one face of the adorning portion 250 may be injection-molded to have various 3D patterns through open molding.

(26) The thin plate-type support portion 210 and the adorning portion 250 may be integrally molded, or they may be separately formed and then coupled with each other through various methods.

(27) As shown in FIG. 2B, the size controller 110 may be formed of the female size control portion 113 that is formed in one face of the opening 100a and has the coupling holes 113a and the male size controller 111 formed as a buckle hook in the other side of the opening 100a.

(28) In this case, the adorning apparatus 200 may be provided with a single hole-type coupling portion 230 formed in the thin plate-type support portion 210 to correspond to the single buckle hook. Here, the hole-type coupling portion 230 is reversibly attachable to one coupling protrusion 111a of the male size control portion 111, and at least one face of the adorning portion 250 may be 3-dimensionally shaped.

(29) As shown in FIGS. 3A-3C, a recess portion 120 may be provided in at least one of the main bodies 111b and 113b of the size control portions 111 and 113 to receive the thickness and the size of the thin plate-type support portion 210 of the adorning apparatus 200.

(30) As described, since the recess portion 120 is provided in at least one of the size control portions 111 and 113, the thin plate-type support portion 210 is mounted to the recess portion 120 and thus provided in the same plane even though the hole-shaped coupling portion 230 of the adorning apparatus 200 is coupled to the coupling protrusion 111a of the size control portion 111, and although the female size control portion 113 having the coupling holes 113a formed therein is coupled on the thin plate-type support portion 210 that is mounted to the recess portion 120, the adorning portion 250 can adorn the size control portions 111 and 113 by exposing the adorning portion 250 without interfering with the coupling of the female or male size control portions 111 and 113 and without exposing the thin plate-type support portion 210.

(31) In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the coupling protrusions 111a are integrally formed in the main body 111b that is extended in the head circumferential direction of the male size control portion 111 among the size control portions 111 and 113, and a height h of each coupling protrusion 111a is formed as a height H that is greater than the sum of a thickness D of the size control portion 111 and a thickness d of the thin plate-type support portion 210 of the adorning apparatus 200, and thus the size control portions 111 and 113 can be adorned by exposing the adorning portion 250 without interfering with the coupling of the female and male size control portions 111 and 113 and without exposing the thin plate-type support portion 210 even through the hole-type coupling portion 230 of the adorning apparatus 200 is coupled to the coupling protrusion 111a and then the coupling protrusion 111a is coupled to the coupling hole 113a of the female size control portion 113.

(32) In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, a wing portion 121 having a plurality of auxiliary coupling portion 121a formed along a length direction of the main bodies 111b and 113b of the size control portions 111 and 113 may further be provided.

(33) The auxiliary coupling portion 121a may be a plurality of protrusions respectively distanced from each other, or may be a plurality of holes, a plurality of embossed hooks, and a plurality of hooks sewing-coupled in a fabric cloth, and this will be described later with reference to FIG. 7A to FIG. 7C.

(34) As the wing portion 121 having the auxiliary coupling portions 121a are further provided, the size control portions 111 and 113 can be adorned by coupling the adorning apparatus 200 without interfering with the coupling of the female or male size control portions 111 and 113.

(35) A size control portion adorning apparatus according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and headwear using the same, will now be described with reference to FIG. 6 to FIG. 7C.

(36) FIG. 6 is a partial perspective back view of a size control portion adorning apparatus and headwear using the same according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 7A is a schematic view of headwear using the size controller adorning apparatus according to the other exemplary embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 7B is a schematic view of headwear using a size controller adorning apparatus according to an exemplary variation of the present invention, and FIG. 7C is a schematic view of headwear using a size controller adorning apparatus according to another exemplary variation of the present invention.

(37) As shown in FIG. 6, in headwear 100 according to the other exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a size controller 110 may include a size control portion 111 formed of Velcro-type female or male coupling portions 111a and 113a formed in single band-type main body 111b and a ring 113. The size control portion 111 is provided in one side portion of an opening portion 100a and the ring 113 is provided in the other side portion of the opening portion 100a.

(38) Meanwhile, the size controller 110 may be formed of a single band-type size control portion 111 provided in one side portion of the opening 100a and a buckle provided in the other side portion of the opening 100a.

(39) As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7A, an adorning apparatus 200 may be provided in the size control portions 111 and 113 to adorn the size control portions 111 and 113.

(40) The adorning apparatus 200 for adorning the size control portion includes a thin plate-type support portion 210, a female or male coupling portion 230, and an adorning portion 250. The support portion 210 faces the size control portions 111 and 113 and is formed thin so as to not excessively protrude when the support portion 210 is coupled with the size control portions 111 and 113, and the female or male coupling portion 230 is formed wide in the support portion 210 to couple the support portion 210 to the female and male coupling portions 111a and 113a of the size control portions 111 and 113. Various 3D patterns can be molded in at least one face of the adorning portion 250 by an open molding process.

(41) The thin plate-type support portion 210 and the adorning portion 250 may be integrally molded, or may be individually manufactured and then coupled to each other through various methods.

(42) As shown in FIG. 7A, in headwear 100 according to the current exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the female or male coupling portions 111a and 113a of the size control portions 111 and 113 are formed as hooks by embossing, the female and male coupling portion 230a may be formed as hooks by embossing in the thin plate-type support portion 210 corresponding to the female or male coupling portions 111a and 113a.

(43) As shown in FIG. 7B, in headwear 100 according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the female or male coupling portions 111a and 113a of the size control portions 111 and 113 may be sew-coupled in a fabric cloth form having a plurality of loops, and a plurality of hooks 230b may be formed by embossing in the female or male coupling portion 230 formed in the thin plate-type support portion 210 corresponding to the female or male coupling portions 111a and 113a.

(44) As shown in FIG. 7C, in headwear 100 according to the current exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the female or male coupling portions 111a and 113a of the size control portions 111 and 113 may be sew-coupled in a fabric cloth form having a plurality of loops 111a, and a plurality of hooks 230c may be sew-coupled in a fabric cloth form in the female or male coupling portion 230 formed in the thin plate-type support portion 210.

(45) While this invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS

(46) 100, 100: headwear

(47) 110, 110: size controller

(48) 111, 113, 111, 113: female or male size control portion

(49) 111a, 113a, 111a, 113a: female or male coupling portion

(50) 121: a wing portion

(51) 200, 200: size control portion adorning apparatus

(52) 210, 210: thin plate-type support portion

(53) 230, 230: coupling portion

(54) 250, 250: adorning portion

(55) Thus, the present invention is well adapted to carry out the objectives and attain the ends and advantages mentioned above as well as those inherent therein. While presently preferred embodiments have been described for purposes of this disclosure, numerous changes and modifications will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. Such changes and modifications are encompassed within the spirit of this invention as defined by the claims.