Jaw protector

Claim 1

IN A HELMET CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING A HELMET SHELL OF THE TYPE INCLUDING CHEEK PROTECTING PORTIONS DEFINED ON EACH SIDE OF THE SHELL, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A JAW PROTECTOR INCLUDING A SEMI-RIGID JAW ENGAGING PORTION WHICH COMPRISES A RELATIVELY STIFF INTERIOR MEMBER, A LAYER OF RESILIENT MATERIAL COVERING SAID INTERIOR MEMBER, SAID ENGAGING PORTION DEFINING AN INTERIOR SURFACE CONTOURED TO CORRESPOND TO THE LOWER JAW OF THE WEARER, HELMET CONNECTION MEMBERS FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH SAID STIFF INTERIOR MEMBER AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE JAW PROTECTOR, COOPERATING MEANS COMPRISING SECURING MEANS LOCATED ON SAID CHEEK PORTIONS OF SAID HELMET SHELL AND ADDITIONAL SECURING MEANS LOCATED ON SAID HELMET CONNECTION MEMBERS, SAID SECURING MEANS BEING ADAPTED FOR THE SECURING OF THE CONNECTION MEMBERS TO SAID HELMET SHELL AND BEING ADJUSTABLE WHEREBY SAID PROTECTOR IS ADPATED TO BE SNUGLY FITTED AGAINST THE JAW OF THE WEARER, SAID PROTECTOR COVERING SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE CHIN OF THE WEARER WITH PORTIONS THEREOF EXTENDING TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE JAW ALONG EITHER SIDE OF THE FACE TO COVER SUBSTANTIAL PORTIONS OF THE BONE STRUCTURE ON THE SIDES OF THE FACE IN THE AREA OF THE JAW, AND SAID SECURING MEANS BEING MOVABLY CONNECTED TOGETHER TO THEREBY PERMIT PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID PROTECTOR WITH RESPECT TO SAID HELMET SHELL WHEREBY THE WEARER OF THE HELMET CAN MOVE THE LOWER JAW.