US2009205108A1PendingUtilityA1

Head and Neck Rain Shield

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Feb 15, 2008Filed: Feb 15, 2008Published: Aug 20, 2009
Est. expiryFeb 15, 2028(~1.6 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Stanley M. Ross
A42B 1/0187
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Abstract

A rain shield comprising a waterproof fabric material having means for attachment to a hat or cover for a hat and sides which hang down proximate an ear of a user with side edges that are weighted to prevent the fabric material from being blown around in a wind.

Claims

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1 . A rain shield comprising:
 a fabric material having a means for attachment to a hat, and sides which hang down proximate an ear of a user with side edges that are weighted to prevent the fabric material from being blown around in a wind and expose a wearer to rain.   
   
   
       2 . A rain shield according to  claim 1 , wherein weighting is accomplished by placing heavy material along side edges of said fabric material. 
   
   
       3 . A rain shield according to  claim 2 , wherein the heavy material is lead. 
   
   
       4 . A rain shield according to  claim 1 , wherein the means for attachment to a hat is an elastic band loop which slides through a sleeve formed at a top of the rain shield said elastic band loop looping around a hat band or exterior wall of a hat. 
   
   
       5 . A rain shield according to  claim 1 , wherein said fabric is nylon coated with neoprene. 
   
   
       6 . A rain shield according to  claim 1 , including an elastic band loop passing through said sleeve and slidable therethrough with a portion of the elastic band material at the front not covered by the fabric material said elastic band loop being looped around an internal head band of a hat or hat cover. 
   
   
       7 . A rain shield according to  claim 1 , wherein a first set of side edges slope downwardly and outwardly and a second set slope downwardly and inwardly with the length of the rain shield such that the fabric hangs down to the shoulder blades of a user. 
   
   
       8 . A rain shield according to  claim 2 , wherein no weight is placed along a bottom of the fabric so as to allow wind to lift the back of the fabric and with the side edges remaining in place. 
   
   
       9 . A rain shield according to  claim 1 , wherein the material is waterproof. 
   
   
       10 . A rain shield according to  claim 1 , wherein the material is a mesh.

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