Headwear with multiple bills

Abstract

This invention is directed toward headwear with multiple bills capable of simultaneously shading the user's face and at least one more body part such as the ears or neck, and providing such protection without relying upon loose flaps of cloth to provide the shade. With the goal of providing both shade/rain protection for the user and promotional opportunities for commercial entities, the invention covers a variety of iterations with small and large bills covering the face, ears and neck of the user, where the bills can be flipped down or up. The invention can be made in a cap version, a one-piece version where the visor has two or more bills permanently attached, or a version capable of assembly where the bills can be attached in different iterations and detached at will, such that the bills can be removably attached to the visor or hat in downward-slanting or upward-slanting positions.

1 . A device with a plurality of bills, comprising: an item of headwear, and a plurality of bills, where the plurality of bills are attached to the headwear, and where, and where, the bills consist of a flexible yet resilient inner core covered on either side by a layer of material, where the layers of material and the resilient inner core are connected to each other by a plurality of stitches, where the stitches are formed into a plurality of stitch lines, and where the bill is manufactured in a domed or crowned shape such that the bill has a curvature which helps it retains its shape whether in a traditional downward tilt, or flipped up with an upward tilt, and where, none of the bills are hanging sections of material or other substances without adequate resiliency to be able to be moved by a user from a “down” position to an “up position” such that the bill will stay in an “up position” without further effort expended by the user or further devices other than the internal resiliency of the bill, a means of attachment between the plurality of bills and the headwear, where the means of attachment consists of the inner core of the bill being inserted in between a front panel and a back panel of the headwear, and held in place with a plurality of stitches, where the stitches are formed into a plurality of stitch lines, and a means of retention to keep the device attached to the head of the user, and where, the headwear comprises one large bill and two small bills where the two small bills are located 90 degrees away from the large bill in either direction along the visor headband from the large bill, such that a user can position the large bill over his/her face or neck, and the small bills will protect the ears, and, where the small bills can be flipped up or down depending on the desire of the user.  
   
   
       2 . The device of  claim 1 , where, the headwear is a baseball cap consisting of a plurality of hat sectors stitched together by a plurality of stitches, where the stitches arranged into a plurality of stitch lines.  
   
   
       3 . The device of  claim 2 , where the headwear additionally consists of a top button, and one or more ventilation holes.  
   
   
       4 . The device of  claim 2 , where, the headwear comprises two bills where the first bill and the second bill are located on opposite sides of the visor headband such that a user can position to bills either over the face and neck, or over both ears.  
   
   
       5 . A device with a plurality of bills, comprising: an item of headwear, and a plurality of bills, where the plurality of bills are attached to the headwear, and where, and where, the bills consist of a flexible vet resilient inner core covered on either side by a layer of material, where the layers of material and the resilient inner core are connected to each other by a plurality of stitches, where the stitches are formed into a plurality of stitch lines, and where the bill is manufactured in a domed or crowned shape such that the bill has a curvature which helps it retains its shape whether in a traditional downward tilt, or flipped up with an upward tilt, and where, none of the bills are hanging sections of material or other substances without adequate resiliency to be able to be moved by a user from a “down” position to an “up position” such that the bill will stay in an “up position” without further effort expended by the user or further devices other than the internal resiliency of the bill, a means of attachment between the plurality of bills and the headwear, where the means of attachment consists of the inner core of the bill being inserted in between a front panel and a back panel of the headwear, and held in place with a plurality of stitches, where the stitches are formed into a plurality of stitch lines, and a means of retention to keep the device attached to the head of the user, and, where, the visor comprises two large bills and two small bills where the two small bills are located 90 degrees away from the two large bills in either direction along the visor headband from the large bill, such that a user can position the large bills over his/her face and neck, and the small bills will Protect the ears, and, where the small bills can be flipped up or down depending on the desire of the user.  
   
   
       6 . The device of  claim 1 , where, the headwear is a visor, where the visor consists of one or more bands of material encircling the head of the user which do not completely cover the crown of the user's head.  
   
   
       7 . The device of  claim 6 , where, the headwear comprises two visor components, where each visor component comprises a means of attachment between the two visor components, one or more bills, a front panel, a back panel, where, the front panel and the back panel extend along the length the front panel and the back panel are connected at their tops and bottoms such that they form an open sleeve.  
   
   
       8 . The device of  claim 7 , where each visor component comprises one or more bills, two partial headband members which extend horizontally from either side of the bill, and means of attachment such as hook and fastener means, where one visor component has hook on both partial headband members and the other visor component has fastener on both partial headband members, such that one visor component can be removably attached to another visor component, so that the user can attach the visor components to each other with both visor components in an upward or downward inclination, or with one visor component with an upward inclination and the other visor component in a downward inclination.  
   
   
       9 . The device of  claim 8 , where each visor can be positioned in either an “up” or “down” position.  
   
   
       10 . The headwear of  claim 9 , where, the headwear consists of one visor component consisting of a partial headband member and one bill, and one visor component consisting of a partial headband member, one large bill, and two small bills, where the two small bills are located  90  degrees away from the two large bills in either direction along the visor headband from the large bill, such that a user can position the large bills over his/her face and neck, and the small bills will protect the ears.  
   
   
       11 . The headwear of  claim 8 , where, the a means of attachment between the two visor components is an encircling headband, consisting of a loop of flexible and at least partially elastic material, where the loop is formed by attaching the two ends of the encircling band together after the encircling headband has been threaded through the sleeve, and where the sleeve consists of a front panel and a back panel which are connected at the top and bottom of the front panel and back panel, and where the front panel and the back panel extend from one side of the bill to the other.  
   
   
       12 . The headwear of  claim 11 , where, the bills are directly opposed to one another such that 180 degrees of arc is covered from the tip of one bill to the tip of the other bill.  
   
   
       13 . The headwear of  claim 11 , where, one visor component has one bill and the other visor component has one large bill and two small bills, such that a user can protect his/her face, ears, and neck from the sun or rain.  
   
   
       14 . The headwear of  claim 7 , where, the headwear comprises one large bill and two small bills where the two small bills are located approximately 90 degrees away from the large bill in either direction along the visor headband from the large bill, such that a user can position the large bill over his/her face or neck, and the small bills will protect the ears, where all three bills are capable of being set by the user with either and “up” or “down” tilt, and that tilt will remain without further effort on the part of the user and without any means of retaining the “up” or “down” tilt other than the internal resiliency of the inner core material of the bill.  
   
   
       15 . The headwear of  claim 14 , where, the means of retention is a headband which is flexible and elastic, and encircles the user's head without a break in the headband.  
   
   
       16 . The headwear of  claim 14 , where, the means of retention is a headband with two ends located opposite the large bill, where there is a hook means of attachment on one end and a fastener means of attachment on the other end, such that a user can adjust the circumference of the headband to a larger or small head size.  
   
   
       17 . The headwear of  claim 7 , where, the headwear consists of a bill, a front panel, a back panel, a back inside panel, a right side back outer panel, a left side back outer panel, a right side attachment point, and a left side attachment point, where, the front panel, back panel, back inside panel, right side back outer panel, and left side back outer panel are all attached by hook and fastener means, such that any of the front panel, back panel, back inside panel, right side back panel, or left side back panel can be removed and replaced with another similar component, and where, advertising logos and other commercial images can be emblazoned on the front panel, back panel, back inside panel, right side back outer panel, and left side back outer panel, and replaced with other images on other components as desired by the user.  
   
   
       18 . The headwear of  claim 17 , where, the front panel, back panel, back inside panel, right side back panel, or left side back panel can be removed and replaced with another similar component, and where, the replacement components can have additional bills attached to them, such that the user can add or subtract additional bills as desired by the user.  
   
   
       19 . A method of enhancing the fashion choices available to a user of a device with two or more bills, comprising the steps of: 
 first, creating a piece of headwear with two or more bills, where the device comprises: an item of headwear which is a baseball cap, and a plurality of bills, where the plurality of bills are attached to the headwear, and where, and where, the bills consist of a flexible yet resilient inner core covered on either side by a layer of material, where the layers of material and the resilient inner core are connected to each other by a plurality of stitches, where the stitches are formed into a plurality of stitch lines, and where the bill is manufactured in a domed or crowned shape such that the bill has a curvature which helps it retains its shape whether in a traditional downward tilt, or flipped up with an upward tilt, and where, none of the bills are hanging sections of material or other substances without adequate resiliency to be able to be moved by a user from a “down” position to an “up position” such that the bill will stay in an “up position” without further effort expended by the user or further devices other than the internal resiliency of the bill, a means of attachment between the plurality of bills and the headwear, where the means of attachment consists of the inner core of the bill being inserted in between a front panel and a back panel of the headwear, and held in place with a plurality of stitches, where the stitches are formed into a plurality of stitch lines, and a means of retention to keep the device attached to the head of the user, and where the headwear has means by which the user can selectively add or remove bills from the headwear,    second, making the item of headwear available to a user,    third, conveying adequate instructions such that the user can avail himself or herself of the options available with the headwear.    
   
   
       20 . A method of enhancing the fashion choices available to a user of a device with two or more bills, comprising the steps of: 
 first, creating a piece of headwear with two or more bills, where the device comprises: an item of headwear which is a visor, and a plurality of bills, where the plurality of bills are attached to the headwear, and where, and where, the bills consist of a flexible yet resilient inner core covered on either side by a layer of material, where the layers of material and the resilient inner core are connected to each other by a plurality of stitches, where the stitches are formed into a plurality of stitch lines, and where the bill is manufactured in a domed or crowned shape such that the bill has a curvature which helps it retains its shape whether in a traditional downward tilt, or flipped up with an upward tilt, and where, none of the bills are hanging sections of material or other substances without adequate resiliency to be able to be moved by a user from a “down” position to an “up position” such that the bill will stay in an “up position” without further effort expended by the user or further devices other than the internal resiliency of the bill, a means of attachment between the plurality of bills and the headwear, where the means of attachment consists of the inner core of the bill being inserted in between a front panel and a back panel of the headwear, and held in place with a plurality of stitches, where the stitches are formed into a plurality of stitch lines, and a means of retention to keep the device attached to the head of the user, and where the headwear has means by which the user can selectively add or remove bills from the headwear,    second, making the item of headwear available to a user,    third, conveying adequate instructions such that the user can avail himself or herself of the options available with the headwear.