Adjustable hat with formable brim

Abstract

A hat comprising a bucket and a brim, which hat may have adjustable bucket diameter or brim configuration or both. The bucket diameter may be adjusted by a circumferential belt secured to the bucket by loops affixed to the latter. Length of the belt, as adjusted by modifying the length by which the belt overlaps itself, adjusts the diameter of bucket. The belt may have a fastening element such as hook and loop material to maintain the selected length. The configuration of the brim may be adjusted by for example manually bending or forming a metallic wire incorporated into the brim.

1 . A hat comprising a bucket comprising a generally circular side wall having a upper edge and a lower edge, a brim projecting generally radially outwardly from the lower edge of the bucket, and an adjuster for adjusting the diameter of the bucket, wherein the adjuster fully encircles the bucket, and comprises a fastening element which is disposed to maintain the diameter to which the belt is adjusted. 
   
   
       2 . The hat of  claim 1 , further comprising
 at least one loop fixed thereto; and   wherein the adjuster comprises a belt which is dimensioned and configured to encircle the bucket and to pass through and be retained in place against the bucket by the at least one loop, and which has a fastening element disposed to hold the belt in a selected length.   
   
   
       3 . The hat of  claim 2 , wherein the fastening element comprises hook and loop fastening material comprising hook material and loop material which engages and adheres to the hook material upon contact and which is manually separable there from, wherein one side of the belt bears the hook material and the other side of the belt bears the loop material. 
   
   
       4 . The hat of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one loop comprises a plurality of loops located about the circumferential periphery of the lower edge of the bucket, and wherein each loop is spaced apart from each adjacent loop. 
   
   
       5 . The hat of  claim 1 , further comprising a form holding element disposed in the brim of the hat. 
   
   
       6 . The hat of  claim 5 , wherein the form holding element is located along the periphery of the brim. 
   
   
       7 . The hat of  claim 5 , wherein the form holding element comprises a manually formable filament. 
   
   
       8 . The hat of  claim 7 , wherein the manually formable filament comprises a metallic wire. 
   
   
       9 . A hat comprising a bucket further comprising a generally circular side wall having a upper edge and a lower edge, a brim projecting generally radially outwardly from the lower edge of the bucket, a first adjuster for adjusting the diameter of the bucket, and a second adjuster for adjusting a visual aspect of the brim, wherein the first adjuster and the second adjuster are each disposed to maintain the respective conditions to which each is adjusted, wherein
 the first adjuster comprises a plurality of loops located about the circumferential periphery of the lower edge of the bucket, and wherein each loop is spaced apart from each adjacent loop, and a belt which is dimensioned and configured to encircle the bucket and to pass through and be retained in place against the bucket by each one of the loops, and which has hook and loop fastening material comprising hook material and loop material which engages and adheres to the hook material upon contact and which is manually separable there from, wherein one side of the belt bears the hook material and the other side of the belt bears the loop material, wherein the hook and loop fastening material is disposed to hold the belt in a selected length; and   the second adjuster comprises a metallic wire located along the periphery of the brim.