Ergonomic facemask for an athletic headpiece
AssigneeAmpac Enterprises Inc.
InventorsBrad Jurga, Shyan-Wei Chen
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Abstract
An ergonomic facemask for a headpiece, including a wire cage having a plurality of horizontal wires and a plurality of vertical wires. The plurality of horizontal wires includes a horizontal wire configured to extend forward of a user's face at a height between the user's nose and the user's upper lip, and the plurality of vertical wires includes a center vertical wire that extends along the sagittal line of a user's face. The mutual arrangement of the center vertical wire together with the horizontal wire adequately shields a user's face while avoiding interference with, the user's field of view.
Claims20
An athletic headpiece, comprising:
- a headband for contacting a user's forehead;
- a harness for contacting the back of a user's head;
- a plurality of straps for securing the harness to the headband;
- a facemask secured to the headband;
- and
- a chin pad for contacting a user's chin;
- wherein the facemask comprises a wire cage comprising a plurality of horizontal wires and a plurality of vertical wires,
- wherein the plurality of horizontal wires comprises a first horizontal wire secured to the headband, and a second horizontal wire that is configured to extend forward of a user's face at a height between the user's nose and the user's upper lip,
- wherein the plurality of vertical wires comprises a center vertical wire that is configured to extend along the sagittal line of a user's face,
- wherein a space between the first horizontal wire and the second horizontal wire is a sight window that is configured to align with a user's eyes, and the center vertical wire divides the sight window into a right-eye opening configured to align with a user's right eye and a left-eye opening configured to align with a user's left eye.
A facemask for an athletic headpiece comprising:
- a wire cage comprising a plurality of horizontal wires and a plurality of vertical wires,
- wherein the plurality of horizontal wires comprises a first horizontal wire secured to the headband, and a second horizontal wire that is configured to extend forward of a user's face at a height between the user's nose and the user's upper lip,
- wherein the plurality of vertical wires comprises a pair of lateral vertical wires arranged on opposite sides of a center line of the wire cage, and a center vertical wire that is configured to extend along the sagittal line of a user's face,
- wherein a space between the first horizontal wire and the second horizontal wire is a sight window that is configured to align with a user's eyes, and the center vertical wire divides the sight window into a right-eye opening configured to align with a user's right eye and a left-eye opening configured to align with a user's left eye.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.