Adjustable cap

Abstract

An adjustable cap having a crown having a bottom edge, said bottom edge having an interior and an exterior; a brim attached to said crown at a portion of said bottom edge; a non-elastic material attached to the interior of said bottom edge, wherein said non-elastic material is coextensive with the brim and/or the wearer's forehead; and an elastic material attached to substantially all of the remaining portion of said bottom edge.

We claim:  
     
         1 . An adjustable cap comprising: 
 a crown having a bottom edge, said bottom edge having an interior and an exterior;    a brim attached to said crown at a portion of said bottom edge;    a non-elastic material attached to the interior of said bottom edge, wherein said non-elastic material is generally coextensive with the brim and/or the wearer's forehead; and    an elastic material attached to substantially all of a remaining portion of said bottom edge.    
     
     
         2 . The cap as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said non-elastic material is a fluid absorbent material.  
     
     
         3 . The cap as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said elastic material is a fluid absorbent material.  
     
     
         4 . The cap as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said non-elastic material is at least one selected from the group consisting of twill fabrics and jersey fabrics.  
     
     
         5 . The cap as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said elastic material is at least one selected from the group consisting of jaquarded elastic and knitted lycra.  
     
     
         6 . A cap comprising: 
 a crown having a bottom edge, said bottom edge having an interior and an exterior;    a brim attached to said crown;    a non-elastic material attached to the interior of said bottom edge, wherein said non-elastic material covers substantially all of the forehead-contacting portion of the interior of said bottom edge.    
     
     
         7 . A method of forming an adjustable cap comprising forming a crown portion that is substantially hemispherical, said crown portion having a bottom edge, said bottom edge having an interior and an exterior; 
 forming a brim portion;    attaching said brim portion to a portion of the bottom edge of said crown portion;    attaching an elastic material to an interior portion of said bottom edge, wherein said elastic material is attached to substantially all of the interior bottom edge that is not in contact with the brim and/or forehead; and    attaching a non-elastic material to substantially all of the interior bottom edge that is in contact with the brim and/or forehead.    
     
     
         8 . A method of forming an adjustable cap comprising forming a crown portion that is substantially hemispherical, said crown portion having a front, sides, back, and a bottom edge, said bottom edge having an interior and an exterior; 
 forming a brim portion;    attaching said brim portion to the bottom edge of said crown portion;    attaching an elastic material to an interior of said bottom edge of said crown portion, wherein said elastic material covers substantially all of a non-forehead-contacting portion of the circumference of said bottom edge; and    attaching a non-elastic material to the front of said interior of said bottom edge of the crown, wherein in said non-elastic material and said elastic material are contiguously joined.