Adjusting strap for headwear piece

Abstract

A headwear piece with a crown defining a receptacle for a wearer's head. The crown has an exposed outside surface, a circumferential inside surface that bears against a wearer's head, and an opening bounded by an edge, including spaced edge portions. A strap assembly has first and second strap parts, each with a length, connected one each to one of the opening edge portions. The first and second strap parts are releasably joinable to each other in at least first and second different predetermined operative relationships. The first strap part has a first surface with a first area facing outwardly and away from a wearer's head and exposed to view with the headwear piece in a worn position. The first surface has discrete ornamentation thereon.

1 . A headwear piece comprising:
 a crown defining a receptacle into which a wearer's head is directed with the headwear piece in a worn position,   the crown having an exposed outside surface,   the crown having a circumferential inside surface that bears against a wearer's head and an opening bounded by an edge including spaced edge portions; and   a strap assembly comprising first and second strap parts, each with a length, connected one each to one of the opening edge portions,   the first and second strap parts releasably joinable to each other in at least first and second different predetermined operative relationships in which: a) the strap assembly has first and second different lengths; and b) the crown has first and second different sizes attributable to the length of the strap assembly changing,   the first strap part having a first surface with a first area facing outwardly and away from a wearer's head and exposed to view with the headwear piece in a worn position,   the first surface having discrete ornamentation thereon.   
     
     
         2 . The headwear piece according to  claim 1  wherein the discrete ornamentation is coordinated with an appearance of the exposed outside surface. 
     
     
         3 . The headwear piece according to  claim 1  wherein the ornamentation comprises an identification of an entity responsible for designing, making, and/or distributing the headwear piece. 
     
     
         4 . The headwear piece according to  claim 1  wherein the first surface is made from a rubber-based material. 
     
     
         5 . The headwear piece according to  claim 1  wherein the first strap part has a first body, the second strap part has a second body, and there are cooperating parts on the first and second bodies that are joinable and separable by respectively moving the first and second strap parts towards and away from each other substantially in a line extending through a wearer's head with the headwear piece in a worn position. 
     
     
         6 . The headwear piece according to  claim 1  wherein the first body comprises a first component and a second component, the first component defining the first surface and joined to the second component. 
     
     
         7 . The headwear piece according to  claim 6  wherein the discrete ornamentation is formed on the first component by making a three-dimensional impression in the first component. 
     
     
         8 . The headwear piece according to  claim 7  wherein the first component is made from a first material and the second component is made from a second material that is different than the first material. 
     
     
         9 . The headwear piece according to  claim 8  wherein the first material is softer than the second material. 
     
     
         10 . The headwear piece according to  claim 9  wherein the first material is a rubber and the second material is a hard plastic. 
     
     
         11 . The headwear piece according to  claim 8  wherein the first component is formed by a compression molding process and the second component is formed by an injection molding process. 
     
     
         12 . The headwear piece according to  claim 6  wherein the first and second components each comprises a flat strip with oppositely facing surfaces, the first surface defining one of the oppositely facing surfaces on the first component. 
     
     
         13 . The headwear piece according to  claim 12  wherein one of the oppositely facing surfaces in each of the first and second components is a flat surface and the flat surfaces are facially presented, and bonded, to each other. 
     
     
         14 . The headwear piece according to  claim 12  wherein the oppositely facing surfaces on the second component each has an area that is substantially the same as the first area. 
     
     
         15 . The headwear piece according to  claim 5  wherein the cooperating parts on the first body comprise openings, the first body comprises a first component and a second component, the first component defining the first surface and joined to the second component, and the openings in the first body extend through the first and second components. 
     
     
         16 . The headwear piece according to  claim 11  wherein the first component is formed by compression molding material with first and second different colors. 
     
     
         17 . The headwear piece according to  claim 11  wherein the first component is compression molded directly against the second component. 
     
     
         18 . The headwear piece according to  claim 11  wherein the first and second components are separately formed and bonded to each other. 
     
     
         19 . The headwear piece according to  claim 18  wherein there is an adhesive layer between the first and second components that bonds the first and second components together. 
     
     
         20 . The headwear piece according to  claim 1  wherein the ornamentation is at least one of: a) a word identification of a person, place, or thing; b) a logo; and c) a depiction of a person, place, or thing.