# US 10,863,787 B2 · Cover system

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- Number: US 10,863,787 B2
- Document ID: US10863787B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/432,940
- Filed: 2017-02-15
- Published: 2017-06-08
- Granted: 2020-12-15
- Earliest claimed: 2015-09-23
- Applicants: Li Ray Chen; Shih-Chun Chen
- Inventors: Li Ray Chen; Shih-Chun Chen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10863787B2

## CPC

- A42B 3/003: {Helmet covers}
- A41D 13/1153: {with a hood}
- A41D 27/00: Details of garments or of their making (buttons, pins, buckles, slide fasteners or the like A44B)
- A42B 1/006: convertible or adaptable for uses other than as headgear
- A42B 1/046: Balaclavas
- A42B 3/22: Visors
- A42B: HATS; HEAD COVERINGS (headbands A41D20/00; head-scarves A41D23/00)
- A41D: OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES

## Abstract

A method and apparatus can include: providing a cover, the cover including face cover, neck cover, crown cover, side cover, and back cover; creating a cover opening in the cover above the face cover for exposure of facial features of a user from the cover; attaching a helmet cover at an attachment point near the back cover configured to expand around a helmet; and forming a helmet cover opening.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A cover system comprising:
a cover, the cover including a face cover, neck cover, crown cover, side cover, and a back cover;
a cover opening in the cover above the face cover for exposing facial features of a user from the cover;
a helmet cover attached at an attachment point near the back cover, the neck cover providing coverage for a rear neck area of the user, and the helmet cover providing an extended helmet cover configuration with the helmet cover extended up from an attachment point around a helmet, and providing a retracted helmet cover configuration with the helmet cover extending from the attachment point to contact portions of the neck cover between the neck and the helmet cover; and
a helmet cover opening in the helmet cover configured to allow access to a back portion of the helmet.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1 further comprising:
a first fastener affixed to a cover opening side; and
a second fastener affixed to a face cover side.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The system of claim 2 wherein the first fastener and the second fastener are magnets.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1 wherein the helmet cover is releasably affixed near the back cover with a zipper.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1 wherein the helmet cover opening is formed facing an opposite direction of the cover opening.

### Claim 6

A cover system comprising:
a cover, the cover including a face cover, neck cover, crown cover, side cover, and a back cover;
a cover opening in the cover above the face cover for exposing facial features of a user from the cover;
a helmet cover attached at an attachment point near the back cover, the neck cover providing coverage for a rear neck area of the user, and the helmet cover providing an extended helmet cover configuration with the helmet cover extended up from an attachment point around a helmet, and providing a retracted helmet cover configuration with the helmet cover extending from the attachment point to contact portions of the neck cover between the neck and the helmet cover;
a helmet cover opening in the helmet cover configured to allow access to a back portion of the helmet; and
linings around the cover opening.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The system of claim 6 further comprising vent holes within the face cover.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The system of claim 6 further comprising an extension affixed to the helmet cover.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8 wherein the extension includes:
a visor;
a baseball hat;
an animal feature;
a ball; or
a combination thereof.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1 wherein the helmet cover is configured to stretch over a helmet and allow straps of the helmet to extend down from the helmet and to be buckled below the face cover.