Baseball batter's helmet
AssigneeVicis IP, LLC
InventorsBrendan Kays, Jason Neubauer
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Abstract
A baseball batter's helmet includes a helmet body having an outer helmet surface and an inner helmet surface, and multiple removable plugs molded into the helmet body at multiple locations. Each removable plug is configured to be removed, thereby forming a through-hole through the inner helmet surface and the outer helmet surface at the respective location of the removable plug on the helmet body. The helmet also includes an attachment component that is removably connected to the inner helmet surface upon removal of one or more of the removable plugs from the helmet body.
Claims26
A baseball batter's helmet comprising:
- a helmet body comprising an inner helmet surface and an outer helmet surface;
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- a removable jaw flap removably connected, to the inner helmet surface of an ear flap portion of the helmet body, the removable jaw flap engaging the inner helmet surface, wherein the removable jaw flap comprises:
- a first portion comprising a first end having a shape corresponding to a portion of the ear flap portion and an outer attachment surface contacting an inner surface of the ear flap portion of the helmet body;
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- a forward portion adjacent to the first portion, the forward portion comprising an extension beyond a front opening of the helmet body in a forward direction relative to the front opening of the helmet body.
A baseball batter's helmet comprising:
- a helmet body including an ear flap portion comprising a first through-hole, the helmet body comprising an inner helmet surface and an outer helmet surface;
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- an attachment component comprising:
- a recessed portion comprising a second through-hole removably connected to the inner helmet surface of the ear flap portion of the helmet body at the first through-hole using a rotational mechanical fastener;
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- a forward portion adjacent to the recessed portion, the forward portion comprising an extension beyond a front opening of the helmet body in a forward direction relative to the front opening of the helmet body.
A baseball batter's helmet comprising:
- a helmet body comprising an inner helmet surface and an outer helmet surface;
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- a removable jaw flap removably connected to the inner helmet surface of an ear flap portion of the helmet body, the removable jaw flap engaging the inner helmet surface, wherein the removable jaw flap comprises:
- a first portion comprising a first end having a shape that extends above and below a front edge of an ear hole in the ear flap portion and an outer attachment surface contacting an inner surface of the ear flap portion of the helmet body;
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- a forward portion adjacent to the first portion, the forward portion comprising an extension beyond a front opening of the helmet body in a forward direction relative to the front opening of the helmet body;
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- an impact mitigating pad removably attached to the inner surface of the ear flap portion of the helmet body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.