BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Headgear is commonly used for attaching a variety of devices for different purposes. Conventional headgear typically comprises a continuous head band of flexible or resilient material, which encircles the wearer's head above the ears and commonly across the forehead, with the ends of the band tied together at the scruff of the head.

For example Document WO 89/04124 describes a headgear to be worn on a head for the mounting of protective equipment, e. g. visor. Disclosed headgear comprises a continuous head band encircling the head of the person and including a front band portion and two side band portions having front parts adjacent to said front band portion. The side band portions comprises ends and means for circumferential adjustment about a wearer's head on said ends. This prior art headgear further comprises elements for pivotal connection of a support device or visor to the head band, arranged on the front parts of the side band portions.

But irrespective of the fact that headgear of this type is adequately adjusted to the shape of the head, it is not possible to change the configuration of, or easy to attach additional useful band members as chin-strap or crow strap to the headgear, according to the purpose of mounted device. No provisions were made for readily replacing, positioning and retaining of the mounted devices. In addition, known prior art headgear configuration is relatively complicated and expensive. The disclosed prior art headgear is suitable for use only by humans.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the invention is to provide a headgear, where it is possible to change the configuration of the band, or easy to attached additional useful band members as chin-strap or crow strap to the headgear, according to the purpose of mounted device.

Another object of the invention is to provide a headgear enabling easily to replace and retain the mounted devices.

Another object of the invention is to provide a headgear having relatively simple and easy for manufacturing construction.

Yet another object of the invention is to provide a headgear which may be transformed for wearing by animals.

The present invention provides a headgear to be worn on a head for supporting a variety of devices, e. g. visor device. The invented headgear comprises a head band for encircling the wearer's head and including at least a front band portion and two side band portions having front parts adjacent to said front band portion. Band portions are formed as separate dismountable members consecutively connected to each other to form united band configuration. At least one detent joint is provided between two band members for readily positioning and retention of flat device elements and/or band members to each other. Said detent joint comprise at least three protrusions arranged on the one band member so that to form an angular configuration and corresponding apertures on the other band member which are structured and configured to reversibly engage the protrusions on the former band member in a snap fitting fashion. The disclosed detent joint make possible easy to change the configuration of the band, for example to form a bulge. On the other hand it is easy to attach additional useful band members as chin-strap or crow strap to the headgear, according to the purpose of mounted device. This headgear enables easily to replace and retain the mounted devices.

In one embodiment of the invention the front band member further comprises at least two elements connected dismountable to each other. In one embodiment of the invention a front detent joint is provided between the ends of front band elements for readily positioning and retention of flat device

elements and/or front band elements to each other. Said detent joint comprises at least three protrusions arranged on the one front band element so that to form an angular configuration and corresponding apertures on the other front band element which are structured and configured to reversibly engage the protrusions on the former front band element in a snap fitting fashion.

In another embodiment the elements of said front band member may comprise means for circumferential adjustment about a wearer's head on their ends.

In one embodiment of the invention the side band members comprise means for circumferential adjustment about a wearer's head on their ends.

In one embodiment of the invention the adjusting means further comprise a plurality of protrusions arranged consecutively on the one band member or element and corresponding apertures on the other band member or element.

The apertures are structured and configured to reversibly engage the protrusions on the former band member or element in a snap fitting fashion.

In another embodiment of the invention the adjusting means further comprises an intermediate member between the ends of the band members or elements. Said intermediate member terminates by tails and each tail includes a plurality of protrusions or apertures arranged consecutively on said tail. Each end of a band member or element includes corresponding apertures or protrusions which are structured and configured to reversibly engage the protrusions or apertures on the tails of the intermediate member in a snap fitting fashion.

The present invention also provides a head cap comprising a head band encircling the head and a visor device for sun protecting attached to the head band. Said head band includes at least a front band portion and two side band portions having front parts adjacent to said front band portion. The side band portions comprise end parts and means for circumferential adjustment about a wearer's head on said end parts. Each band portion is formed as separate dismountable member. A side detent joint is provided between each side band member and said front band member for readily positioning and retention of flat visor elements and/or band members to each other. Said detent joint

comprising at least three protrusions arranged on the one band member so that to form an angular configuration and corresponding apertures on the other band member which are structured and configured to reversibly engage the protrusions on the former band member in a snap fitting fashion. The visor device comprises flat side portions for retention between the portions of the band members forming said detent joints. Each flat side portion of the visor device has an angular hole for positioning said visor device and the hole corresponds to the angular configuration formed by the protrusions on the one band member, so as to surround said protrusions. Thus a headgear enabling easily to replace and retain the mounted devices.

In one embodiment of the invention the visor device comprises a plurality of bills formed of sheet material and having side portions with same angular holes for surrounding the protrusions. The holes of each follow bill are transposed in angular direction toward the previous one, so that one bill cover anew a part of the next. In one embodiment each bill is folded in the middle of the sheet to form a sharp edge and the sharp edges of all bills lie on a plane.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The invention will be more fully understood by reference to the following drawings which are for illustration purposes only: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a headgear in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a detent joint between two band members according to the present invention disengaged relative to each other.

Fig. 3 shows an exemplary intermediate member.

Fig. 4 is a side view of a head cap with a visor device.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of bills forming a visor device with positioning and retaining holes surrounding the protrusions of the detent joint according to the invention.

Fig. 6 shows a possible use of the invention as a headgear to be worn on a head of animal for supporting decorations.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Referring more particularly to the drawings, for illustrative purposes the present invention is embodied in a headgear which is generally shown in Fig. 1 through Fig. 3. Also the present invention is embodied in a head cap which is generally shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5. It will be appreciated that the shown embodiments may vary as to configuration and as to details without departing from the basic concepts as disclosed herein.

Fig. 1 disclosed generally the headgear which comprises the present invention. The invented headgear includes a head band for encircling the wearer's head and comprising a front band member 1 and two side band members 2,3 having front parts 4,5 adjacent to said front band member 1.

Band members are consecutively connected to each other to form united band configuration. In the shown embodiment the front band member 1 comprises two elements 6 and 7 connected dismountable to each other by means of an intermediate member 8 between the ends of the front band elements 6 and 7.

The intermediate member 8 (see also Fig. 3) terminates by tails 9 and 10 and each tail includes a plurality of protrusions 11 arranged consecutively on said tail. The intermediate member 8 may be designed so as to serve as trademark carrier, as shown in Fig. 3 or for other advertising purposes. The ends of the front band elements 6,7 include corresponding apertures 12 which are structured and configured to reversibly engage the protrusions 11 on the tails 9 and 10 of the intermediate member 8 in a snap fitting fashion. The side band members 2 and 3 comprise means for circumferential adjustment about a wearer's head on their ends. The adjusting means comprises a plurality of protrusions 13 arranged consecutively on the one band member 2 or 3 and corresponding apertures 14 on the other band member 3 or 2. The apertures 14 are structured and configured to reversibly engage the protrusions 13 on the former band member in a snap fitting fashion.

A detent joints 15 (see also Fig. 2) are provided between the front band member 1 and the side band members 2 and 3 for readily positioning and retention of flat device elements, e. g. bills, and/or band members to each other. Each detent joint 15 comprises three protrusions 16 arranged on the one

band member 6 so that to form an angular configuration and corresponding apertures 17 on the other band member 7 which are structured and configured to reversibly engage the protrusions 16 on the band member 2 in a snap fitting fashion.

A plurality of openings 18 may be provided along the band members and elements to serve for ventilation and to reduce respiration by a wearer which may cause discomfort. Of course the form and location of the ventilation openings may be varied according to the particular application of the invented headgear.

Referring more particular to Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 it can be seen that the headgear may serve to support a visor device, thus forming a head cap. The visor device is generally used for sun protecting. It is attached to the head band above described. The visor device as shown on figures comprises a plurality of bills, e. g. three bills 19,20 and 21 formed of sheet material, e. g. paper, carton or plastics. The side portion of the bills 19,20 and 21 have same angular holes 22 for positioning the bill. The holes 22 correspond to the angular configuration formed by the protrusions 16 on the band member 2, so as to surround said protrusions 16. The holes 22 of each follow bill are transposed in angular direction toward the previous one, so that one bill cover anew a part of the next. Each bill 19,20 or 21 is folded in the middle of the sheet to form a sharp edge 23,24 or 25 and the sharp edges of all bills lie on a plane.

On Fig. 6 it can be seen that the invented headgear can be easy transformed and is suitable for wearing by animals, e. g. horse. Different decorations can be supported by detent joints provided on front and side of the headgear.

Although the description above contain many specifics, these should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention but as merely providing illustrations of some of the presently preferred embodiments of this invention.

Thus, the scope of this invention should be determined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents.