Ear Warming Headwear Having Retention Means for Securing Same in an Ear-Covering Position

摘要

A thin athletic headband, tuque or knit cap has selective areas of extra padding and elastic bands extending around the ears at a position thereunder. The extra thickness or layering at the ear areas provides increased ear protection in cold and/or windy weather, while the elastic provides an area of increased headband tension below the ears to block sliding of the headwear upwardly out of the proper ear-covering position. This headwear can be used alone or under protective headgear, for example beneath a hockey helmet.

主权项

1. Ear-warming headwear with means for preventing displacement thereof from a position covering both ears of a wearer's head, said ear-warming headwear comprising:
an ear-covering member comprising a circumferential band for use in a worn position circumscribing said wearer's head and overlying both ears thereof; two elastic members attached to the circumferential band adjacent a bottom edge thereof at positions lying generally opposite one another across a space delimited by the circumferential band in order to hold the ear-covering member in a snug fit against the wearer's head below the ears of the wearer's head or behind earlobes thereof, whereby the snug fit cooperates with the ears to block sliding of the bottom edge of the circumferential band upwardly past either earlobe, thereby blocking upward displacement of the circumferential band out of the worn position.