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US4631758A
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Protective headgear
Assignee: ATHLETIC SAFETY PRODUCTS Inc A CORP OF NEW YORK
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Filing: 1986-04-11
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Granted: 1986-12-30
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Expires: 2006-04-11
Abstract
Abstract A protective headgear comprising a helmet and a face mask of flexible material secured to the helmet. When a force capable of causing injury to the headgear wearer is applied to the face mask, the mask deflects to a significant degree, without fracturing, with respect to the helmet. The deflection may take place entirely within the material of the face mask, or the deflection may in part take place within the attachments resiliently securing the face mask to the helmet. The intersecting bars forming the face mask have modified trapezoidal cross-sectional shapes in which each base of the trapezoid is a circular arc tangent to the sides of the trapezoid.
Inventors
- 👤 Malcolm Newman
- 👤 Carl J. Abraham
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 03:17
CPC Classifications
A; A42; A42B; A42B3/00; A42B3/04; A42B3/18; A42B3/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
59 words
A protective headgear comprising: (a) a helmet, (b) a face mask, and (c) means securing the face mask to the helmet, (d) the face mask being formed of at least one bar of flexible material, the bar having a modified trapezoidal cross-sectional shape, each base of the trapezoid being a circular arc tangent to the sides of the trapezoid.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
59 words
A protective headgear comprising: (a) a helmet, (b) a face mask, and (c) means securing the face mask to the helmet, (d) the face mask being formed of at least one bar of flexible material, the bar having a modified trapezoidal cross-sectional shape, each base of the trapezoid being a circular arc tangent to the sides of the trapezoid.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
A protective headgear as defined in claim 1, wherein the face mask if formed of a plurality of interconnected bars of flexible material, each of the bars having a modified trapezoidal cross-sectional shape, each base of each trapezoid being a circular arc tangent to the sides of the trapezoid.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
71 words
A protective headgear as defined in claim 1 wherein the major axis of the trapezoidal cross-sectional shape includes the centers of the arcs and extends transverse to the plane of the face of the wearer of the headgear, and the minor axis of the trapezoidal cross-sectional shape is perpendicular to the major axis and extends generally parallel, or at an acute angle, to the plane of the face of the wearer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A protective headgear as defined in claim 3 wherein the sides of the trapezoidal cross-sectional shape converge in a direction away from the face of the wearer.
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