(19)
(11) EP 0 639 338 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
24.07.1996 Bulletin 1996/30

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.02.1995 Bulletin 1995/08

(21) Application number: 94303053.6

(22) Date of filing: 27.04.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6A42B 1/06, A42B 1/04, A42B 1/22, A42C 5/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES GB IT

(30) Priority: 14.08.1993 KR 9315756

(71) Applicant: YUPOONG & CO LTD
Seoul (KR)

(72) Inventor:
  • Cho, Byoung-Woo
    Kangnam-Gu, Seoul (KR)

(74) Representative: Sanderson, Michael John et al
MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway
London WC2B 6HP
London WC2B 6HP (GB)

   


(54) Free size cap


(57) A free size cap includes a crown (1), a portion (1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5) of which rearward from the visor (3) is formed of a stretch woven fabric consisting of stretchable weft yarns and non-stretchable warp yarns, and a sweat band (4) having an elasticity and a stretchability, wherein the lower edge of the sweat band (4) is sewn to the crown (1) along the bottom edge (5) of the inner wall thereof, whereby the stretch woven fabric of the crown (1) and the sweat band (4) are stretchable/shrinkable in the inner-circumferential direction of the crown (1), for example, by an amount of 6.35 cm in a cap having a standard size of 60 cm ± 3 cm. The upper edge of the sweat band (4) is preferably sewn to a multi-stitch line area (6-1, 6-2, 6-3) in the inner surface of the crown (1) rearward from the visor (3).







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