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US 2003/0070201 A1Published application
Protective face mask
OwnerJim McClellandinventor
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Abstract
There is provided an improved protective face mask for use in hockey, or other sports requiring facial protection, comprising a plurality of wire members defining a grid of a plurality of apertures of a size and configuration sufficient to prevent penetration of a hockey stick through the grid to contact the face of a wearer when the mask is in place and yet to maintain very good vision for a wearer and to comply with safety and strength requirements due to the use of relatively thin wire members of a particular form and placement within the grid.
Claims17
A protective face mask comprising:
- a plurality of wire members defining a grid of a plurality of apertures, wherein said grid is defined by a top and a bottom and first and second sides and a convex wire mesh structure defined by a plurality of substantially horizontal transverse wire members from said first side to said second side and a plurality of substantially vertical wire members from said top to said bottom affixed to said plurality of horizontal transverse wire members;
- at least one laterally disposed arcuate wire member at each of said first and second sides over said horizontal transverse wire members, said arcuate wire members each defining a substantially semi-circular area and disposed such that said arcuate members are in a position proximate to an ear of a user of said mask when said mask is in use.
A protective face mask comprising:
- a plurality of wire members defining a grid of a plurality of apertures, said apertures disposed of a size and configuration sufficient to prevent penetration of a stick through said grid to contact the face of a wearer when said mask is in use, said wire members possessing a diameter of at least 0.090 inches and not more than 0.120 inches and composed of steel of a grade in the range of C1008 to C1032, wherein said grid is defined by a top and a bottom and first and second sides and a convex wire mesh structure defined by a plurality of substantially horizontal transverse wire members from said first to said second side and a plurality of substantially vertical wire members from said top to said bottom affixed to said plurality of horizontal transverse wire members;
- at least one laterally disposed arcuate wire member at each of said first and second sides over said horizontal transverse wire members, said arcuate wire members each defining a substantially semi-circular area and disposed such that said arcuate members are in a position proximate to an ear of a user of said mask when said mask is in use;
- laterally disposed plates within said semi-circular area;
- a coating of marine or automotive high grade paint, nylon or PVC plastic, or equivalent, on said wire members and said laterally disposed plates;
- a fastening means to secure said mask to a helmet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.