Cover for cap adjustment strap and method

Abstract

A cover for an adjustment strap on a cap has a wrap and a securing part. The wrap wraps around the strap and has one part of a hook and loop fastener. The securing part has a flexible, elastic body with three dimensional indicia on one side. The body has the other part of the hook and loop fastener on the opposite side to secure the wrap around the strap. A method of making the cover includes molding the body and attaching part of the hook and loop fastener to the body.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A cover for an adjustment strap for a cap comprising:
 a wrap member, sized to wrap around said strap, having a pair of spaced longitudinal edges and an outer surface with hook and loop first fastener portions adjacent to said edges,   a securing member having a flexible, elastic body portion with an inner face, a spaced, oppositely facing outer face and three dimensional indicia on said outer face, and a hook and loop second fastener portion attached to said inner face, said body portion and said indicia being made as an integral unit of a selected material,   whereby said wrap member wraps around said strap and said second fastener portion fastens to said first fastener portion along said longitudinal edges to secure said wrap member.   
     
     
         2 . The cover as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said material of said outer face has a first color and said material of said indicia includes a second color that contrasts with said first color. 
     
     
         3 . The cover as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said indicia projects outwardly from said outer face. 
     
     
         4 . The cover as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said indicia projects inwardly from said outer face. 
     
     
         5 . The cover as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said indicia includes a texture on said outer face. 
     
     
         6 . The cover as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said material of said body portion is chosen from the group of latex, PVC, silicone and rubber. 
     
     
         7 . The cover as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said material of said body portion has a durometer range of 25-70 Shore A. 
     
     
         8 . The cover as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said second fastener portion is bonded directly to said inner face of said body portion. 
     
     
         9 . The cover as set forth in  claim 8  wherein said second fastener portion is thermally bonded to said body portion. 
     
     
         10 . The cover as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said first fastener portions are loop portions and said second fastener portion is a hook portion. 
     
     
         11 . A cover for an adjustment strap for a cap comprising:
 a wrap member, sized to wrap around said strap, having a pair of spaced longitudinal edges and an outer surface with a hook and loop fastener loop portions adjacent to said edges,   a securing member having a flexible, elastic body portion with an inner face, a spaced, oppositely facing outer face and three dimensional indicia on said outer face, a hook and loop fastener hook portion attached to said inner face, said body portion and said indicia being made as an integral unit of a selected material, said material being chosen from the group of latex, PVC, silicone and rubber, said material of said outer face having a first color and said material of said indicia including a second color that contrasts with said first color,   whereby said wrap member wraps around said strap and said second fastener portion fastens to said first fastener portion along said longitudinal edges to secure said wrap member.   
     
     
         12 . A method of making a cover for an adjustment strap for a cap comprising the steps of:
 providing a wrap member, sized to wrap around said strap, having a pair of spaced longitudinal edges and an outer surface with a hook and loop first fastener portions adjacent to said edges,   forming as an integral unit of a selected material a flexible, elastic body portion, said body portion having an inner face, a spaced, oppositely facing outer face, and three dimensional indicia on said outer face,   providing a hook and loop second fastener portion, and   bonding said second fastener portion directly to said inner face of said body portion to create a securing member,   whereby said wrap member wraps around said strap and said second fastener portion fastens to said first fastener portion along said longitudinal edges to secure said wrap member.   
     
     
         13 . The method as set forth in  claim 12  wherein said step of forming includes molding said body portion. 
     
     
         14 . The method as set forth in  claim 12  wherein said step of bonding includes attaching said second fastener portion to said body portion. 
     
     
         15 . The method as set forth in  claim 12  wherein said material of said outer face has a first color and said material of said indicia includes a second color that contrasts with said first color. 
     
     
         16 . The method as set forth in  claim 12  wherein said material of said body portion is chosen from the group of latex, PVC, silicone and rubber. 
     
     
         17 . The method as set forth in  claim 12  wherein said material of said body portion has a durometer range of 25-70 Shore A.