Safety device in combination with a football helmet

Claim 1

A SAFETY DEVICE IN COMBINATION WITH A HELMET HAVING OPPOSITE DEPENDING SIDE PORTIONS AND A FRONTAL OPENING EXPOSING THE FACE OF THE WEARER, SAID SAFETY DEVICE COMPRISING: A FACE PROTECTION MEMBER HAVING A PAIR OF END PORTIONS; A PAIR OF MOUNTING MEMBERS EACH OF WHICH IS ATTACHED TO A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID DEPENDING SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID HELMET, EACH SAID MOUNTING MEMBER HAVING A FORWARDLY OPENING HOLLOW PORTION FORMING A SOCKET THEREIN THE CROSS SECTION OF WHICH IS OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME CONFIGURATION BUT SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THAT OF THE END PORTIONS OF SAID FACE PROTECTION MEMBER SO THAT SAID END PORTIONS MAY BE RECEIVED IN SAID SOCKETS; AND MEANS RELEASABLY RETAINING SAID END PORTIONS IN SAID SOCKETS BUT PERMITTING SAID FACE PROTECTION MEMBER TO BE READILY DETACHED FROM SAID MOUNTING MEMBERS WHENEVER AT LEAST A PREDETERMINED FORCE IS EXERTED ON SAID FACE PROTECTION MEMBER IN A SUBSTANTIALLY FORWARDLY DIRECTION, SAID MEANS INCLUDING PROJECTION MEANS MOUNTED IN ONE OF SAID MEMBERS AND AN INDENTATION IN THE OTHER OF SAID MEMBERS, SAID PROJECTING MEANS REGISTERING WITH SAID INDENTATION AT A POINT WITHIN SAID SOCKETS WHEN SAID END PORTIONS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY FULLY INSERTED INTO SAID SOCKETS.