| US 7,461,408 B1 | ||
| Head ornamentation | ||
| Gerald L. Barkdoll, 12314 Riding Fields Rd., Rockville, Md. 20850 (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 07, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/246,886. | ||
| Int. Cl. A42B 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 2—209.13 [2/410; 2/6.2; 2/6.8; 2/422; 2/425; 2/10; 2/171] | 11 Claims |
| 1. An improved ornamentation such as a mask, cap, hat or headdress construction wherein an outer shell having an ornamental
display is supported upon a portion of the body of a wearer for movement relative thereto, comprising:
an outer shell having an outer surface forming an ornamentation to be displayed, and having an opening into the interior thereof
for receiving a portion of the body of a wearer upon which said outer shell is to be supported;
a vertical support means for effecting movement of said outer shell relative to the wearer;
said vertical support means having a lower portion adapted to be supported by the portion of a wearer's body received through
said outer shell opening, and a upper portion operatively connected to said outer shell interior;
spring means operatively connected to said upper portion of said vertical support means and to said outer shell interior;
shaft means extending coaxially through said upper portion and said lower portion of said vertical support means for limiting
the vertical movement and facilitating the rotational movement between said upper and lower portions; and
drive means selectively and releasably connecting said upper portion to said lower portion for imparting a rotational movement
to said upper portion of said vertical support means in response to the movement of said lower portion supported by the portion
of a wearer's body received through said outer shell opening.
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