US4660230A
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Baseball batting helmet
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1986-06-17
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Granted: 1987-04-28
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Expires: 2006-06-17
Abstract
Abstract This invention is directed to an improved baseball helmet. More particularly, this invention is directed to an improved baseball batting helmet comprising an outer shell which projects over at least one of a batter's ears and has webbing and/or padding on the interior side of the shell to cushion the helmet against the batter's head and having an outer member adjacent to at least one side of the helmet, an impact-release member being positioned between the outer surface of the shell and the inner surface of the outer member.
Inventors
- 👤 Rudolf M. Mayling
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 14:01
CPC Classifications
A; A42; A42B; A42B3/00; A42B3/04; A42B3/16; A42B3/06; A42B3/069; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S2/00; Y10S2/908; Y10S2/909
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
190 words
In an improved baseball batting helmet comprising an outer shell which has front and rear portions and inner and outer surfaces, which projects over at least one of a batter's ears, and which has webbing and/or padding on the inner surface of the shell to cushion the helmet against the batter's head, the improvement wherein the helmet has an outer member adjacent to at least one side of the outer shell, an impact-release member is position between the outer surface of the shell and the inner surface of the outer member, the impact-release member comprising a fluid-filled sac which has sufficient cross-sectional area to substantially cover the ear and/or temple area of the batter's head and which ruptures upon impact of a projectile upon the helmet, and the outer member is attached to the outer shell by attachment means at two or more points of attachment, each point of attachment being located sufficiently far from the center of the outer member that portions of the outer member not directly above the fluid-filled sac are flexible and act to deflect objects which may strike the helmet on one of said portions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
190 words
In an improved baseball batting helmet comprising an outer shell which has front and rear portions and inner and outer surfaces, which projects over at least one of a batter's ears, and which has webbing and/or padding on the inner surface of the shell to cushion the helmet against the batter's head, the improvement wherein the helmet has an outer member adjacent to at least one side of the outer shell, an impact-release member is position between the outer surface of the shell and the inner surface of the outer member, the impact-release member comprising a fluid-filled sac which has sufficient cross-sectional area to substantially cover the ear and/or temple area of the batter's head and which ruptures upon impact of a projectile upon the helmet, and the outer member is attached to the outer shell by attachment means at two or more points of attachment, each point of attachment being located sufficiently far from the center of the outer member that portions of the outer member not directly above the fluid-filled sac are flexible and act to deflect objects which may strike the helmet on one of said portions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The helmet of claim 1, wherein the attachment means are slot and strap arrangements and/or snap means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The helmet of claim 1, wherein the outer member is attached to the shell in such a manner that the impact-release member can be replaced.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The helmet of claim 1, wherein the impact-release member comprises a water-filled latex rubber sac.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The helmet of claim 1, wherein the impact-release member comprises an air-filled latex rubber sac.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
The helmet of claim 1, wherein the outer member projects over the rear portion of the outer shell and an impact-release member covers the rear of the batter's head.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The helmet of claim 6, wherein one impact-release member covers the ear and/or temple area and the rear of the batter's head.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The helmet of claim 6, wherein one impact-release member covers the ear and/or temple area and a second impact-release member covers the rear of the batter's head.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
44 words
The helmet of claim 1, wherein a face shield is secured at one or more places to the frontal portion of the helmet, the face shield being arranged so as to cover from about 25 to 100 percent of the batter's exposed face area.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
38 words
The helmet of claim 9, wherein the face shield is secured to a visor of the helmet by hinge means and by snap, strap, and/or gripping means to the frontal portion of each lateral surface of the helmet.
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