CA1116801A
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CA
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Combination helmet and face guard
Assignee: Ccm Ltd
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Filing: 1978-08-15
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Granted: 1982-01-26
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Expires: 1998-08-15
Abstract
Abstract ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The invention provides protective headgear including a helmet having two portions for protecting the temples of a wearer and a curved face guard pivotally connected to the front of the helmet for movement between an open position to provide access to the wearer's face and a closed position to cover and to protect the wearer's face. The face guard includes two pairs of upper and lower rails adjacent upper and rearward extremities of the face guard and a pair of clips are attached one to each of the helmet temple portions. Each clip has an upper portion defining a downwardly-opening recess for receiving an upper of the rails with the face guard in the closed position and a hinged flap dependent from the upper portion for movement between an open position to provide access to engage the upper of the rails upwardly into the recess and a closed position. The hinged flap is adapted to combine with the lower rail to retain the face guard in the closed position.
Inventors
- 👤 Romas Leparskas
- 👤 Malcolm Cox, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
CA
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 17:31
CPC Classifications
A; A42; A42B; A42B3/00; A42B3/32; A42B3/324; A42B3/04; A42B3/18; A42B3/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
166 words
. Protective headgear comprising: a helmet having two portions for protect-ing the temples of a wearer; a curved face guard pivotally connected to the front of the helmet for movement between an open position to provide access to the wearer's face, and a closed position to cover and to protect the wearer's face, the face guard including two pairs of upper and lower rails adjacent respective upper and rearward extremities of the face guard; a pair of clips attached one to each of said helmet temple portions, each clip having an upper portion defining a downwardly-opening recess for receiving an upper of the rails with the face guard in the closed position, and a hinged flap dependent from the upper portion for movement between an open position to provide access to engage said upper of the rails upwardly into the recess and a closed position, the hinged flap including means adapted to combine with the lower rail to retain the face guard in the closed position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
34 words
Protective headgear as claimed in claim 1 in which the hinged flap retaining means comprises a C-shaped engagement portion adapted to snap over the lower rail with the face guard in the closed position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
Protective headgear as claimed in claim 2 in which the clip is of a moulded synthetic plastic material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
Protective headgear as claimed in claims 1, 2 or 3 in which the face guard is of a wire construction.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
77 words
Protective headgear as claimed in claims 1, 2 or 3 in which the helmet comprises: a first shell including portions for protecting the top and rear of the wearer's head a second shell including said portions protecting the wearer's temples, a portion for protecting the wearer's brow, and a portion for protecting the wearer's forehead; and means adjustably coupling the first and second shells to one another to provide adjustment to fit a range of head sizes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
155 words
Protective headgear as claimed in claims 1, 2 or 3 in which the helmet comprises: a first shell including a top portion, a rear portion, and two side portions, each of the side portions defining a pair of slots extending in parallel generally rearwardly and upwardly; a second shell including said portions protecting the wearer's temples, a brow portion, a forehead portion, and a pair of rearwardly extending wing portions overlying respective ones of said side portions, each of the wing portions defining openings adapted to be aligned with respective slots in the side portions, the side portions and the wing portions defining cooperating pro-trusions and rows of recesses for selective engagement of the protrusions and the recesses to adjust the second shell relative to the first shell to accommodate different head sizes; and fastener means adapted to be engaged through the openings and slots to fasten the first and second shells to one another.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
123 words
Protective headgear as claimed in claims 1, 2 or 3 in which the helmet comprises: a first shell including portions for protecting the top and rear of the wearer's head; a second shell including said portions protecting the wearer's temples, and a portion for protect-ing the wearer's brow and forehead; means adjustably coupling the first and second shells to one another to provide adjustment to fit a range of head sizes; perforated padding attached to both the first and second shells, the padding being perforated by short slits extending transversely of the padding so that on adjusting the helmet to fit a larger head the slits will open to limit stress build up in the padding while providing continued protection to the wearer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
179 words
Protective headgear as claimed in claim 1 in which the helmet comprises: a first shell including a top portion, a rear portion, and two side portions, each of the side portions defining a pair of slots extending in parallel generally rearwardly and upwardly; a second shell including said portions protecting the wearer's temples, a brow portion, a forehead portion, and a pair of rearwardly extending wing portions overlying respective ones of said side portions, each of the wing portions defining openings adapted to be aligned with respective slots in the side portions, the side portions and the wing portions defining cooperating pro-trusions and rows of recesses for selective engagement of the protrusions and the recesses to adjust the second shell relative to the first shell to accommodate different head sizes; and fastener means adapted to be engaged through the openings and slots to fasten the first and second shells to one another; wherein said wing portions define external recesses about the openings to limit the possibility of impact between a puck and the fasteners during use of the headgear.
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