Drape attachment for a standard cap

Abstract

A cloth drape for shading a wearer's neck and ears includes left and right semi-rigid support members, such as 3-5 mm plastic tubes containing a copper wire, supporting the top edge of the drape. Ends of the support members extend out of the front of the drape and are attached to left and right visor clips. The visor clips are clipped over the side edges of the visor and retain the support members at an angle approximately parallel to the visor edge around the outside of the cap. There is a gap between the support members at the back of the drape to allow tightening of the drape using a cord attached to the support members. To support the drape at the back of the cap, the drape has one or two Velcro strips attached to it that extend around the size-adjustment band in the back of a standard cap.

1 . A shade device comprising:
 a cap having a visor and a back;   a drape releasably attached to the cap, the drape comprising:
 a drape material configured for shading a wearer's neck and ears from the sun; 
 at least one semi-rigid support member supporting an upper edge of the drape material; 
 a first clip and a second clip attached to ends of the at least one semi-rigid support member, wherein the first clip is clipped to a right edge of the visor and the second clip is clipped to a left edge of the visor, the at least one semi-rigid support member extending towards the back of the cap; and 
 a releasable attachment device secured to a back portion of the drape, the attachment device being releasably secured to the back of the cap, 
 wherein the drape is supported around an outside of a bottom edge of the cap by the first clip, the second clip, the at least one semi-rigid member, and the attachment device. 
   
     
     
         2 . The shade device of  claim 1  wherein the at least one semi-rigid support member comprises a semi-rigid first support member having a first end attached to the first clip and a semi-rigid second support member having a second end attached to the second clip, the shade device further comprising an adjustment cord extending from opposite ends of the first support member and the second support member for cinching the first support member and the second support member around the cap. 
     
     
         3 . (canceled) 
     
     
         4 . The shade device of  claim 1  further comprising snaps for folding sides of the drape up to expose the ears of the wearer. 
     
     
         5 . The shade device of  claim 1  wherein the first clip and the second clip hold the at least one semi-rigid support member approximately parallel with the edge of the visor and above a bottom edge of the cap. 
     
     
         6 . The shade device of  claim 5  wherein the at least one semi-rigid support member comprises a metal wire. 
     
     
         7 . The shade device of  claim 6  wherein the at least one semi-rigid support member comprises the wire within a tube. 
     
     
         8 . The shade device of  claim 5  wherein the first clip and the second clip each comprises opposing faces of spring steel that resiliently clamp onto the visor, wherein the at least one semi-rigid support member is secured within an opening of the first clip and second clip. 
     
     
         9 . The shade device of  claim 1  wherein the cap has a band in the back of the cap, and an opening above the band, wherein the attachment device is configured to be releasably secured to the band in the back of the cap. 
     
     
         10 . (canceled) 
     
     
         11 . The shade device of  claim 9  wherein the attachment device comprises one or more Velcro pieces.