Protective helmet for the retarded

Claim 1

A helmet to protect the head, including the face and chin, of persons with severe motor or mental disabilities comprising: (a) a padded frontal forehead piece of a height and width adapted to span the forehead of a wearer and terminating on each end in (b) two padded side pieces, said side pieces each being an identical, mirror image of the other, curved in construction to adapt to the contour of the wearer's head, extending on the wearer longitudinally from approximately cheekbone to approximately the center of the back of the wearer's head and vertically from the wearer's crown to chin bone and including an aperature placed so that the side piece surrounds but leaves open the ear; (c) a crown cover comprising a T-shaped strap connecting said frontal piece and each of said side pieces; (d) a padded frontal chin piece parallel to said forehead piece adapted to span the chin front of the wearer and terminating in said side pieces; (e) a generally arcuate, padded chin underpiece attached to and in alignment with said frontal chin piece and said side pieces so that said chin underpiece covers the entire under chin area of the wearer; (f) an under chin rim piece comprising a continuous, curved extension of said chin underpiece to cup said wearer's jowls to prevent the wearer from removing said helmet by pulling it from his head; and (g) means to removably secure said side pieces to each other at the back of the wearer's head whereby said wearer of said helmet is protected from injury on the sides, forehead, chin front and under chin area from contact injury.