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  Plastic sunshade for a hat or a sun visor capUSPTO Application #: 20070056080Title: Plastic sunshade for a hat or a sun visor cap Abstract: Problem: the conventional plastic sunshades of hats or sun visor caps are disadvantageous for various designs and easily return to a straightened shape even after being bent into a shape of curved surface. Solution: to solve the problems, an improved sunshade for a hat or a sun visor cap is disclosed. The sunshade is formed into a shape of smoothly curved surface or an angularly surface with multi-segments. To sustain such shape without being flat by itself surface of being coupled with a head-engaging portion (main body), the sunshade is made of plastic by a molding process, a hot-pressing process or the like. (end of abstract) Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP - Washington, DC, US Inventor: Jae Seok So USPTO Applicaton #: 20070056080 - Class: 002172000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Apparel, Head Coverings, Flapped The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070056080. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a sunshade, and more particularly to a plastic sunshade for a hat or a sun visor cap. BACKGROUND ART [0002] A hat or a sun visor cap includes a main body and a sunshade. The main body is a part for covering a wearer's head, and the sunshade is a part forwardly protruding from the main body. The sunshade is for shielding the wearer's face from sunrays or rains or for decorating the hat or the sun visor cap. [0003] In making conventional hats or sun visor caps, a sunshade is prepared, prior to being attached to the main body, to have a shape of flat plate, and then such sunshade is attached to the main body as it is. If a user has that sunshade be purposely bent by hands to transform the flat shape of sunshade into a bent shape, the end portion of the sunshade becomes straightened with time due to a strong restoration force of plastic, while the surrounding portion of the main body almost maintains its bent shape. Therefore the front and the rear of the sunshade have different curvatures. The kinds of design of the conventional sunshade are not diverse. [0004] Various kinds of designs for the main body (which covers over wearer's head) of the conventional hats or the sun visor caps have been developed, but not for the shape of the sunshade. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0005] FIG. 1 is a front view showing an exemplary hat having a sunshade which is formed into a smoothly curved surface like a circular arc, and [0006] FIG. 2 is a front view showing another exemplary hat having a sunshade which is formed into an angularly curved surface, according to the present invention; [0007] FIG. 3 is a side view of the hat with the sunshade shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 is a side view of the hat with the sunshade shown in FIG. 2, according to the present invention; [0008] FIGS. 5 and 6 are sectional views of heat treatment molds for forming the 5 sunshades shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, respectively, [0009] FIG. 7 is a top view of a plastic sunshade formed into an angularly curved surface. DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION [0010] It is an object of the present invention to provide a sunshade capable of maintaining its original bent shape even after the sunshade is attached to the main body of a hat or a sun visor cap. [0011] It is another object of the present invention to provide a sunshade of a hat or a sun visor cap for which diverse designs are applicable. [0012] According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sunshade for a hat or a sun visor cap characterized in that the sunshade is made of plastic to be formed into a shape of angularly curved surface. [0013] According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sunshade for a hat or a sun visor cap characterized in that the sunshade is made of plastic to be formed into a shape of smoothly curved surface like a circular arc. [0014] Such curved surface shapes of the sunshade are designed and formed prior to being attached to the main body the hat or the sun visor cap. [0015] The sunshade according to the present invention can maintain its original bent shape after being attached to the main body of a hat or a sun visor cap. [0016] The present invention can provide lots of diversity in designing the shape of sunshade, while applicable shapes in designing conventional sunshades for a hat or a sun visor cap are not diverse. [0017] It is expected that the hat or the sun visor cap having the sunshade of the present invention will be popular with consumers who are interested in new designs. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION [0018] FIG. 1 is a front view of an exemplary hat having a sunshade which is formed into a smoothly curved surface like a circular arc, and FIG. 2 is a front view showing another exemplary hat having a sunshade which is formed into an angularly curved surface with multi-segments, according to the present invention [0019] The hat shown in FIG. 1 is fabricated by forming a plastic sunshade 2 of which shape is a smoothly curved surface like a circular arc in a front view and then attaching the plastic sunshade 2 to a main body 1 of the hat. Similarly, the hat shown in FIG. 2 is made by forming a plastic sunshade 3 of which shape is an angularly curved surface with connected multi-segments and then attaching the plastic sunshade 3 to a main body 1 of the hat. Continue reading... Full patent description for Plastic sunshade for a hat or a sun visor cap Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Plastic sunshade for a hat or a sun visor cap patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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