Reconfigurable headwear with scarf

Abstract

Reconfigurable headwear includes a scarf and a hood. In another aspect, a scarf of a headwear garment only extends from one side of a hood. Yet another aspect provides a scarf integrally extending from a hood, with a distal end of the scarf wrapping around the hood and with essentially infinite adjustability secured away from a face opening. A further aspect of a hood and single scarf permanently attached to and extending from only one side of the hood, also has a border externally located on the hood adjacent a face opening, with the border having a different material characteristic from a top of the hood but having the same material characteristic has an exterior of the scarf.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . Headwear comprising:
 a hood including a front opening, a top segment and a lower segment, the hood also including side sections and a rear section;   a fastener affixed on at least one of the side and rear sections;   a single scarf permanently attached to and extending from only one of the side sections in an elongated manner; and   the scarf being removeably and adjustably secured to the fastener, such that a portion of the scarf spans across or below the front opening of the hood.   
     
     
         2 . The headwear of  claim 1 , further comprising a border externally located on the hood defining side and upper edges of the front opening, the border having a different material characteristic than the top segment of the hood, the material characteristic of the border being the same as that for an exterior of the scarf. 
     
     
         3 . The headwear of  claim 2 , wherein the border includes a single fabric sheet folded over at the front opening edges and having distal edges sewn to at least one fabric sheet of the top segment. 
     
     
         4 . The headwear of  claim 2 , wherein the material characteristic is an aesthetic pattern. 
     
     
         5 . The headwear of  claim 2 , wherein the material characteristic is a color. 
     
     
         6 . The headwear of  claim 2 , wherein the material characteristic is a texture and breathability. 
     
     
         7 . The headwear of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the scarf flexibly extends from the hood adjacent a first side edge of the front opening;   an opposite second side edge of the front opening is substantially straight adjacent a bottom corner of the front opening as viewed when the hood is not worn; and   the second side edge of the front opening is free of a flap.   
     
     
         8 . The headwear of  claim 1 , wherein the scarf and hood are reconfigurable to all the following positions when a distal end of the scarf is fastened to the hood:
 (a) the scarf covers a wearer's nose and mouth;   (b) a middle of the scarf covers the wearer's mouth but is below the nose;   (c) the middle of the scarf covers a wearer's neck but is below the mouth and the nose;   (d) all of the hood is below a top of a wearer's ears while the scarf is in any one of the positions (a)-(c); and   (e) the hood covers a top of a wearer's head and the ears while the scarf is in any one of the positions (a)-(c).   
     
     
         9 . The headwear of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a distal end of the scarf is substantially straight,   the scarf has a height dimension of at least six inches; and   the scarf has a length dimension of at least fifteen inches.   
     
     
         10 . The headwear of  claim 1 , wherein the fastener includes a horizontally elongated hook-and-loop fastening strip permanently attached to the rear and at least one of the side sections of the hood, allowing infinite adjustment between a distal end of the scarf and the hood. 
     
     
         11 . The headwear of  claim 1 , wherein the scarf is capable of wrapping around the hood by at least 270° and a distal end of the scarf is attachable and detachable to the hood in a single-hand manner. 
     
     
         12 . The headwear of  claim 1 , wherein the scarf is integrally of the same fabric sheet as the side and rear sections of the hood as a single piece. 
     
     
         13 . The headwear of  claim 1 , further comprising multiple fore-and-aft elongated seams on the top segment of the hood, and the top and lower segments including a single and integral outer fabric sheet at the rear section. 
     
     
         14 . The headwear of  claim 1 , further comprising multiple seams intersecting at a peak of the hood. 
     
     
         15 . Headwear comprising:
 a hood including a front opening having a substantially inverted U-shape;   a fastener located on the hood;   an elongated scarf permanently attached to and extending from only one side edge of the front opening;   the scarf being integral as a single piece with at least a lower segment of the hood;   an opposite second side edge of the front opening being substantially straight adjacent a bottom corner of the front opening when viewed in an unworn condition, the second side edge of the front opening being free of a flap;   a distal end of the scarf being substantially straight when viewed in the unworn condition; and   the scarf having a height dimension greater than an outermost width dimension of the hood.   
     
     
         16 . The headwear of  claim 15 , further comprising a border externally located on the hood defining at least one of: (a) the side edges and (b) an upper edge, of the front opening, the border having a different material characteristic than an upper section of the hood, the material characteristic of the border being the same as that for an exterior of the scarf. 
     
     
         17 . The headwear of  claim 16 , wherein the border includes a single fabric sheet folded over at the front opening edges, and the border having a cross-sectional and externally visible dimensional of at least one inch along its entirety. 
     
     
         18 . The headwear of  claim 16 , wherein the material characteristic is an aesthetic pattern. 
     
     
         19 . The headwear of  claim 16 , wherein the material characteristic is a color. 
     
     
         20 . The headwear of  claim 16 , wherein the material characteristic is breathability. 
     
     
         21 . The headwear of  claim 15 , wherein the scarf and hood are reconfigurable to the following positions when the scarf is fastened to the hood:
 (a) the scarf covers a wearer's nose and mouth;   (b) a middle of the scarf covers the wearer's mouth but is below the nose;   (c) the middle of the scarf covers a wearer's neck but is below the mouth and the nose;   (d) all of the hood is below a top of a wearer's ears while the scarf is in any one of the positions (a)-(c); and   (e) the hood covers a top of a wearer's head and the ears while the scarf is in any one of the positions (a)-(c).   
     
     
         22 . The headwear of  claim 21 , wherein the fastener includes a horizontally elongated hook-and-loop fastening strip permanently attached to rear and at least one side sections of the hood, allowing infinite adjustment between the distal end of the scarf and the hood. 
     
     
         23 . The headwear of  claim 15 , wherein the scarf is capable of wrapping around the hood by at least 270° and the distal end of the scarf is attachable and detachable to the hood in a single-hand manner. 
     
     
         24 . Headwear comprising:
 a hood including a front opening, a top segment and a lower segment;   a fastener located on at least one of the segments;   a single scarf permanently attached to and extending from only one side of the lower segment in an elongated manner;   a border externally located on the hood adjacent side and upper edges of the front opening, the border having a different material characteristic than the top segment of the hood, the material characteristic of the border being the same as that for an exterior of the scarf; and   the scarf being wrappable around a wearer's head by at least 270°.   
     
     
         25 . The headwear of  claim 24 , wherein:
 a distal end of the scarf is substantially straight,   the scarf has a height dimension of at least six inches; and   the scarf has a length dimension of at least fifteen inches.   
     
     
         26 . The headwear of  claim 24 , wherein the scarf and hood are reconfigurable to all the following positions when a distal end of the scarf is fastened to the hood:
 (a) the scarf covers a wearer's nose and mouth;   (b) a middle of the scarf covers the wearer's mouth but is below the nose;   (c) the middle of the scarf covers a wearer's neck but is below the mouth and the nose; and   (d) the hood covers a top of a wearer's head and ears while the scarf is in any one of the positions (a)-(c).   
     
     
         27 . The headwear of  claim 24 , wherein the scarf has a uniform height along at least a majority length thereof, the uniform height being at least half of a total height of the combined scarf and hood when viewed in an unworn condition. 
     
     
         28 . The headwear of  claim 24 , wherein the material characteristic is an aesthetic pattern. 
     
     
         29 . The headwear of  claim 24 , wherein the material characteristic is a color. 
     
     
         30 . The headwear of  claim 24 , wherein the material characteristic is a texture. 
     
     
         31 . The headwear of  claim 24 , wherein the material characteristic is breathability. 
     
     
         32 . The headwear of  claim 24 , wherein the material characteristic is water resistance. 
     
     
         33 . The headwear of  claim 24 , wherein the fastener includes at least one hook-and-loop fastener permanently attached to a rear of the hood and an opposite side of the hood from the side from which the scarf extends, allowing infinite length adjustment between the scarf and the hood. 
     
     
         34 . The headwear of  claim 24 , further comprising multiple fore-and-aft elongated seams on the top segment of the hood. 
     
     
         35 . The headwear of  claim 24 , further comprising multiple seams intersecting at a peak of the hood.