It is common today for people to collect billed caps, such as baseball caps and other similar novelty caps, as a hobby. Upon collecting such caps, the desire arises to display these caps in an orderly and attractive fashion. Additionally, retail stores and the like who cater to collectors and others will also desire the ability to display the different hats that they sell in an attractive fashion which will clearly display any emblem or lettering printed on the hats. Accordingly, a need has arisen for a way to support caps in an orderly and attractive fashion which is still relatively inexpensive.
One problem which arises when these types of hats are merely laid on a shelf or put on a basic display rack is that they are easily knocked off of the shelf or display by passers by. Therefore, there is also a need to have some type of a simple mechanism by which the hats can be secured to the support, to avoid having them easily fall off, and yet still be easily placed on and removed from the support. Further, the support should provide a simple and inexpensive way to accomplish these requirements, by being simple to set up, assemble and mount to wherever the hats will be displayed. Another problem with merely storing the caps on a shelf is that some of the caps may end up being stored in a crushed shape. Caps stored in this shape may not retain their original proper shape.
Consequently, the need for a new and improved wall mountable hat rack for caps which is easy to use as well as inexpensive and also securely supports the caps while maintaining their proper shape is needed for collectors as well as retailers and others.