Hat construction

Abstract

A size adjustable hat or cap has a generally round headpiece which covers a portion of the wearer's head, and a rear opening to allow the headpiece to be adjusted to fit the wearer's head. A decorative adjustment mechanism connected to the headpiece allows the rear opening to adjust the headpiece to fit the wearer's head. The headpiece adjustment is achieved with a sizing tie having two segments attached to lower edge of the headpiece. The sizing tie extends rearwardly of the headpiece and is adjusted by a tie lock which moves along the sizing tie to adjust the fit of the headpiece upon a wearer's head by adjusting the rear opening. The sizing tie is provided with a visually pleasing decorative design on is outside surface to establish the dual utilitarian and decorative role of the tie.

The invention claimed is:  
     
         1 . A hat adjustable to fit a wearer's head comprising: 
 a headpiece approximately circular in shape, having a bottom opening such that said headpiece cover a portion of said wearer's head, and a side opening to allow said headpiece to be adjusted to fit the wearer's head; and    a decorative headpiece adjuster connected on an external surface of said headpiece to increase and decrease said side opening to adjust said headpiece to fit said wearer's head, whereby said headpiece adjuster comprises: 
 a sizing tie having two segments of said sizing tie attached to said external surface of said headpiece adjacent to said bottom opening and said sizing tie becoming detached from said headpiece at a juncture of the bottom opening and the side opening, whereby said sizing tie is a fabric having pleasing decoration and coloring, and  
 an adjustable tie lock secured centrally to the sizing tie in proximity to two detaching points of the sizing tie from the headpiece,  
 whereby the adjustable tie lock moves along the sizing tie to adjust the fit of the headpiece upon a wearer's head by adjusting said side opening.  
   
     
     
         2 . The hat of  claim 1  wherein the sizing tie includes two separate fabric sections separately secured to said headpiece and joined by said adjustable tie lock.  
     
     
         3 . The hat of  claim 1  wherein the sizing tie is a single fabric section having two ends forming the two segments secured to said headpiece.  
     
     
         4 . The hat of  claim 1  wherein the two segments are attached to an outside surface of said headpiece and act as a decorative hatband to provide an identifying insignia.  
     
     
         5 . The hat of  claim 1  wherein the side opening is placed at a rear area of said headpiece and said sizing tie is suspended from said hat at a back of said wearer's head.  
     
     
         6 . The hat of claim I further comprising a brim attached to said headpiece at a front area of said headpiece.  
     
     
         7 . The hat of  claim 1  wherein the adjustable tie lock is a bead having a cylindrical hole through which two parts of said sizing tie pass, whereby said cylindrical hole is sized to allow friction with the sizing tie in contact with an interior surface of said bead within the cylindrical hole to maintain the fit.  
     
     
         8 . The hat of  claim 1  wherein said the adjustable tie lock is a cord lock.  
     
     
         9 . A hat adjustable to fit a wearer's head comprising: 
 a headpiece approximately circular in shape, having a bottom opening such that said headpiece covers a portion of said wearer's head, and a side opening to allow said headpiece to be adjusted to fit the wearer's head; and    a decorative headpiece adjuster connected on an external surface to said headpiece to increase and decrease said side opening to adjust said headpiece to fit said wearer's head, whereby said decorative headpiece adjuster comprises: 
 a sizing tie comprising two separate fabric sections individually attached to the external surface of said headpiece adjacent to said bottom opening and said fabric sections becoming detached from said headpiece at a juncture of the bottom opening and the side opening, whereby said sizing tie is a fabric having pleasing decoration and coloring, and  
 an adjustable tie lock secured centrally to the two fabric sections of the sizing tie in proximity to two detaching points of the two fabric sections of the sizing tie from the headpiece,  
   whereby the adjustable tie lock moves along the two fabric sections of the sizing tie to adjust the fit of the headpiece upon a wearer's head by adjusting said side opening.    
     
     
         10 . The hat of  claim 9  wherein the two fabric sections are attached to an outside surface of said headpiece and act as a decorative hatband to provide an identifying insignia.  
     
     
         11 . The hat of  claim 9  wherein the side opening is placed at a rear area of said headpiece and said sizing tie is suspended from said hat at a back of said wearer's head.  
     
     
         12 . The hat of  claim 9  further comprising a brim attached to said headpiece at a front area of said headpiece.  
     
     
         13 . The hat of  claim 9  wherein the adjustable tie lock is a bead having a cylindrical hole through which the two fabric sections of said sizing tie pass, whereby said cylindrical hole is sized to allow friction with the sizing tie tn contact with an interior surface of said bead within the cylindrical hole to maintain the fit.  
     
     
         14 . The hat of  claim 9  wherein said the adjustable tie lock is a cord lock.  
     
     
         15 . A decorative hat adjuster to adjust a headpiece of a hat to fit a wearer's head, whereby the hat adjuster causes the headpiece to increase and decrease a side opening of said headpiece to adjust said headpiece to fit said wearer's head, 
 said decorative headpiece adjuster comprising: 
 a sizing tie having two segments of said sizing tie attached to an external surface of said headpiece adjacent to said bottom opening and said sizing tie becoming detached from said headpiece at a juncture of the bottom opening and the side opening, whereby said sizing tie is a fabric having pleasing decoration and coloring,; and  
 an adjustable tie lock secured centrally to the sizing tie in proximity to two detaching points of the sizing tie from the headpiece,  
 whereby the adjustable tie lock moves along the sizing tie to adjust the fit of the head piece upon a wearer's head by adjusting said side opening.  
   
     
     
         16 . The decorative hat adjuster of  claim 15  wherein the sizing tie includes two separate fabric sections separately secured to said headpiece and joined by said adjustable tie lock.  
     
     
         17 . The decorative hat adjuster of  claim 15  wherein the sizing tie is a single fabric section having two ends forming the two segments secured to said headpiece.  
     
     
         18 . The decorative hat adjuster of  claim 15  wherein the two segments are attached to an outside surface of said headpiece and act as a decorative hat band to provide an identifying insignia.  
     
     
         19 . The decorative hat adjuster of  claim 15  wherein the two segments are attached to an inside surface of said headpiece and act as a sweatband of said hat.  
     
     
         20 . The decorative hat adjuster of  claim 15  wherein the side opening is placed at a rear area of said headpiece and said sizing tie is suspended from said hat at a back of said wearer's head.  
     
     
         21 . The decorative hat adjuster of  claim 15  wherein the adjustable tie lock is a bead having a cylindrical hole through which two parts of said sizing tie pass, whereby said cylindrical hole is sized to allow friction with the sizing tie in contact with an interior surface of said bead within the cylindrical hole to maintain the fit.  
     
     
         22 . The decorative hat adjuster of  claim 15  wherein said adjustable tie lock is a cord lock.