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US 12,194,367 B2Granted
Uncoupled anterior cranial shield
AssigneeVault Protective Innovations, Inc.
InventorEric R. Oliver
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Abstract
An uncoupled anterior cranial shield is disclosed including a yoke configured to attach to support garment or integrated with the support garment and a suspended mask attached to the yoke and extending from the yoke so as to be disposed at least partially covering a face of an individual wearing the support garment. The suspended mask is free of force communicating persistent connection to a head of the wearer other than indirectly through the shoulder pads.
Claims22
An uncoupled anterior cranial shield, comprising:
- a yoke configured to attach to a support garment or integrated with the support garment, wherein the yoke is configured to partially cover shoulders of a wearer;
- and a suspended mask including at least one impact collar extension attached at a first end to the yoke, the suspended mask extending upward from the yoke to a free suspended end and comprising at least one interconnected bar attached at one end of the at least one impact collar extension, the suspended mask configured to at least partially shield a face of the wearer of the uncoupled anterior cranial, wherein the suspended mask is configured to be suspended in front of the wearer's face and worn free of any contact with the face of the wearer and without attachment to a helmet that is separately donned by the wearer, and wherein the suspended mask is free of force communicating persistent connection to a head of the wearer other than indirectly through the support garment to redirect impact force from a player collision away from the wearer's head and neck and into the wearer's torso.
An uncoupled anterior cranial shield, comprising:
- a support garment;
- a yoke configured to attach to the support garment, wherein the yoke is configured to partially cover shoulders of a wearer;
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- a suspended mask including at least one impact collar extension attached to the yoke, the suspended mask extending from the yoke and including a plurality of interconnected bars attached at one end of the at least one impact collar extension,
- wherein the suspended mask is configured to at least partially shield a face of the wearer of the uncoupled anterior cranial when the yoke and suspended mask are affixed thereto,
- wherein the suspended mask is configured to be suspended in front of the wearer's face and worn free of any contact with the face of the wearer and without attachment to a helmet that is separately donned by the wearer, and
- wherein the suspended mask is free of force communicating persistent connection to a head of the wearer other than indirectly through the support garment to redirect impact force from a player collision away from the wearer's head and neck and into the wearer's torso.
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