Sweatband with convertible visor

Abstract

A head-worn article having a band portion and a visor portion is composed at least in part of the same absorbent material such as terrycloth. The band portion, being adapted to encircle the head of a wearer above the eyes, features an inner surface and an outer surface assuming a generally round or oval shape defining a periphery when worn. The visor portion is attached to the band portion along a line spanning at least one-quarter of the outer surface of the band, thereby creating an arc-shaped line of attachment, whereby the visor portion assumes two stable states, those being a flipped-up state and a flipped-down state. In the preferred embodiment, the forward extent of the visor in the flipped-down state does not extend above the top edge of the band portion in the flipped-up state.

1 . A head-worn article, comprising:
 a band portion having an upper edge and a lower edge adapted to encircle the head of a wearer above the eyes, thereby assuming a generally round or oval shape when worn;   the band portion having inner and outer surfaces composed of a soft, absorbent material;   a visor portion having outer surfaces composed of the same soft, absorbent material as the band portion;   the visor portion being attached to the band portion along a line spanning at least one-quarter of the outer surface of the band, thereby creating an arc-shaped line of attachment; and   whereby the visor portion assumes two stable states: namely, a flipped-down state for use as a visor, and a flipped-up state wherein the visor portion is disposed against the outer surface of the band portion.   
     
     
         2 . The head-worn article of  claim 1 , wherein the band and visor portions are both made of terrycloth material. 
     
     
         3 . The head-worn article of  claim 1 , wherein the visor portion is attached to the band portion along a line proximate to the lower edge of the band. 
     
     
         4 . The head-worn article of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the visor portion defines a forward edge in the flipped-down state when used as a visor; and   wherein the forward edge of the visor portion is at or below the upper edge of the band portion in the flipped-up state.