Karate cap

Abstract

A Karate Cap is disclosed for use as both a head cover and as a defense weapon. The Karate Cap has a visor with an outer edge. A crown has a center point and an outer edge. The visor is secured to the crown along a portion of the outer edge and extends from the crown. The crown has an inner surface and an outer surface. An impact disk is mounted generally at the center point on the outside surface of the crown and the impact disk being circular and made from a hard dense material with a diameter in the range of three quarters of an inch to one and a quarter inches and with a thickness in the range of three sixteenths of an inch to five sixteenths of an inch. An outer disk cover is located over the impact disk opposite from the outside surface of the crown. The outer disk cover is circular. An inner disk cover is located on the inside surface of the crown. The inner disk cover is circular. The inner disk cover is secured to the inside surface of the crown. The inner disk cover and the outer disk cover are sewn together into the crown.

1 . A Karate Cap for use as both a head cover and as a defense weapon, such Karate Cap comprising: 
 a visor;    a crown having an outside surface and an outer edge and having a center point, the visor being secured to a portion of the crown along the outer edge of the crown, the crown further including an inside surface and an inner disk cover on the inside surface of the crown and being aligned with the outer disk cover;    an impact disk being circular and formed from a hard dense material and having a diameter of at least three quarters of an inch and having a thickness of at least three sixteenths of an inch;    an outer disk cover located over the impact disk, the outer disk cover being secured to the outside surface of the crown at the center point.    
   
   
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       3 . A Karate Cap according to  claim 1  wherein the crown further includes a cushion located between the inside surface of the crown and the inner disk cover.  
   
   
       4 . A Karate Cap according to  claim 1  wherein the impact disk has a diameter in the range of three quarters of an inch to an inch and a quarter.  
   
   
       5 . A Karate Cap according to  claim 1  wherein the impact disk has a thickness in the range of three sixteenths of an inch to five sixteenths of an inch.  
   
   
       6 . A Karate Cap according to  claim 1  wherein the impact disk has a diameter in the range of three quarters of an inch to an inch and a quarter and wherein the impact disk has a thickness in the range of three sixteenths of an inch to five sixteenths of an inch.  
   
   
       7 . A Karate Cap according to  claim 1  wherein the impact disk has a diameter of substantially one inch and a thickness of a quarter of an inch.  
   
   
       8 . A Karate Cap according to  claim 1  wherein the impact disk is made from rattan.  
   
   
       9 . A Karate Cap according to  claim 1  wherein the impact disk is made from oak.  
   
   
       10 . A Karate Cap according to  claim 1  wherein the impact disk is made of aluminum.  
   
   
       11 . A Karate Cap for use as both a head cover and as a defense weapon, such Karate Cap comprising: 
 a visor;    a crown having a center point and an outer edge, the visor being secured to the crown along a portion of the outer edge and extending from the crown, the crown having an inner surface and an outer surface;    an impact disk mounted generally at the center point on the outer surface of the crown, the impact disk being circular and made from a hard dense material with a diameter in the range of three quarters of an inch to one and a quarter inches and with a thickness in the range of three sixteenths of an inch to five sixteenths of an inch;    an outer disk cover located over the impact disk opposite from the outer surface of the crown, the outer disk cover being circular; and    an inner disk cover on the inside surface of the crown, the inner disk cover being circular, the inner disk cover and the outer disk cover and the inside surface of the crown being sewn together into the crown.    
   
   
       12 . A Karate Cap according to  claim 11  wherein the crown is formed in sections secured together along seams extending from the center edge to the center point.  
   
   
       13 . A Karate Cap according to  claim 11  having a cushion located between the inner disk and the inside surface of the crown.  
   
   
       14 . A Karate Cap for use as both a head cover and as a defense weapon, such Karate Cap comprising: 
 a visor;    a crown having a center point and an outer edge and being formed in sections secured together along seams extending from the outer edge to the center point, the visor being secured to the crown along a portion of the outer edge and extending from the crown, the crown having an inner surface and an outer surface;    an impact disk mounted generally at the center point on the outside surface of the crown, the impact disk being circular and made from a hard dense material with a diameter in the range of three quarters of an inch to one and a quarter inches and with a thickness in the range of three sixteenth of an inch to five sixteenths of an inch;    an outer disk cover located over the impact disk on the outside surface of the crown, the outer disk cover being circular;    an inner disk cover on the inside surface of the crown, the inner disk cover being circular; and    a cushion located between the inner disk cover and the inside surface of the crown, the inner disk cover and the outer disk cover being sewn together into the crown.