Pivoting face guard assembly

Claim 1

A PIVOTING FACE GUARD ASSEMBLY FOR MOUNTING IN ALIGNED HOLES IN THE OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS OF A PROTECTIVE HELMET, SAID ASSEMLBY COMPRISING AN APPROXIMATELY U-SHPAED FACE GUARD HAVING A CENTRAL FACE-PROTECTING PORTION DISPOSED FORWARDLY THEREOF AND HAVING OPPOSITE LATERALLY-SPACED SIDE ARMS EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID CENTRAL PORTION, SAID SIDE ARMS NEAR THEIR REARWARD ENDS HAVING A PAIR OF ALIGNED HOLES THERETHROUGH ADAPTED TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE ALIGNED HOLES IN THE HELMET SIDE WALLS; AND A PAIR OF PIVOTAL FACE GUARD CONNECTORS, ONE FACE GUARD CONNECTOR BEING MOUNTED IN EACH OF SAID PAIR OF ALIGNED SIDE ARM HOLES; EACH PIVOTAL CONNECTOR INCLUDING A HEADED THREADED INNER FASTENER HAVING A TUBULAR INTERNALLY-THREADED SHANK ADAPTED TO BE INSERTED THROUGH AND EXTEND OUTWARDLY FROM ONE OF THE ALIGNED HELMET SIDE WALL HOLES AND HAVING MEANS THEREON ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE HELMET SIDE WALL IN ROTATIONPREVENTING RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH, A TUBULAR SPACER DISPOSED IN ONE OF SAID FACE GUARD SIDE ARM HOLES IN TELESCOPED RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID INNER FASTENER AND HAVING AN AXIAL LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE THICKNESS OF ITS RESPECTIVE FACE GUARD ARM, AND A HEADED THREADED OUTER FASTENER HAVING AN EXTERNALLY-THREADED SHANK EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SPACER INTO THREADED ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID INNER FASTENER AND WITH ITS HEAD HAVING AN ABUTTING CONNECTION WITH SAID SPACER.