ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,644, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Cap Creatures Inc. (San Diego).

"Headwear support assembly and method" was invented by Casey Loring White (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A headwear support assembly that not only supports one's favorite headwear, but also has the appearance of a character wearing the headwear, bringing the headwear to life, includes one or more bases, which may be in the configuration of feet and/or shoes, one or more legs supported by the one or more bases, and a dome supported by the one or more legs. The dome receives one's headwear to support and store the headwear."

The patent was filed on June...