Cap

Claim 1

A CAP OF TAILORED CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING A SHELL FOR EMBRACING THE UPPER PART OF THE HEAD INCLUDING A PORTION ADAPTED TO COVER THE TOP OF THE HEAD AND A PORTION ADAPTED TO ENCIRCLE THE HEAD AND COVER THE FOREHEAD, SIDES AND REAR OF THE HEAD, SAID LATTER PORTION HAVING AN UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY FOLDED EDGE, SAID LATTER PORTION TERMINATING ALONG A LOWER EDGE DEFINED AS THE HEADBAND LINE, A VISOR ATTACHED TO SAID SHELL ALONG THE FOREHEAD PORTION OF THE HEADHAND LINE, A FLAP ADAPTED TO EXTEND AT LEAST AROUND THE BACK AND SIDES OF THE HEAD, SAID FLAP HAVING A LOWER EDGE AND AN UPPER EDGE, SAID FLAP BEING SITUATED WITHIN THE SHELL, AND A CUSHION BAND COMPOSED OF AN INVERTED U-SHAPED FOLD OF RESILIENT MATERIAL ATTACHED TO SAID UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY FOLDED EDGE, SAID CUSHION BAND HAVING RESILIENCY ALONG ITS LENGTH SO AS TO PERMIT IT TO BE STRETCHED, SAID CUSHION BAND BEING COMPRESSIBLE TRANSVERSELY THROUGH ITS THICKNESS SO AS TO PERMIT IT TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY FLATTENED, SAID CUSHION BAND EXTENDING AROUND AT LEAST THE BACK AND SIDES OF THE CAP AND SITUATED BETWEEN THE SHELL AND SAID FLAP, SAID SHELL, CUSHION BAND, AND FLAP BEING STITCHED TOGETHER ALONG THE HEADBAND LINE WITH SAID CUSHION BAND BEING TENSIONED WHEN STITCHED.