ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,637, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to NICHIYOU HATSUMEI GALLARY CO LTD (Yaizu City, Japan).

"Cooling structure used for headgear and like" was invented by Toyohiro Kobayashi (Yaizu City, Japan), Akiko Yamada (Yaizu City, Japan) and Shinichirou Nakajima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water inlet is provided at a top portion of a main body portion of a headgear or the like for pouring water from a plastic bottle into the water inlet. The back side of the main body portion and a flap portion are covered with moisture-permeable waterproof fabrics on one side or partially on both sides of sheet-like absorbent materials. A gap i...