Protective headgear
AssigneeCascade Maverik Lacrosse, LLC
InventorsJesse Newman, Nicholas Colville, David Winthrop Fream, Stephen Moore
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Abstract
Aspects herein relate to protective headgear for sports and to methods of using such headgear. In one aspect, the headgear has an external head-protecting shell that is soft to reduce the risk of injuring other players. In another aspect, the headgear has a rear closure arrangement that includes a bridge component for ease of putting on the headgear and for added protection at the closure area of the rear closure arrangement. In another aspect, fit pads of different sizes are removeably attachable to a cheekbone extension member of the headgear to provide a proper fit to the wearer's cheekbone. A face mask is integrated with the headgear in some embodiments.
Claims20
A protective headgear, such as for a women's lacrosse player, comprising:
- an external head-protecting shell having a first end portion and a second end portion, each of the first and second end portions located on a rear side of the shell, and the second end portion being moveable relative to the first end portion;
- a tightener attached to the shell, the tightener being constructed and arranged to move the second end portion toward the first end portion to tighten the shell;
- and
- a bridge component attached at a rear of the shell to at least partially stabilize the headgear on a wearer's head prior to tightening of the shell;
- wherein, when the tightener tightens the shell, the tightener tightens the shell around the wearer's head and at least a portion of the bridge component overlaps with at least a portion of the first end portion and/or the second end portion.
A protective headgear, such as for a women's lacrosse player, comprising:
- an external head-protecting shell to at least partially cover a wearer's head;
- the shell including a first downwardly-angled rear portion extending from a first side portion of the shell toward a rear of the shell, and further including a second downwardly-angled rear portion extending from a second side portion of the shell toward the rear of the shell;
- wherein
- the first downwardly-angled rear portion has a first upper edge, and the first upper edge forms an angle of between 30 and 50 degrees inclusive relative to a horizontal plane when the headgear is oriented as if being worn by a wearer standing in an upright position and pointing his or her head straight forward;
- the second downwardly-angled rear portion has a second upper edge, and the second upper edge forms an angle of between 30 and 50 degrees inclusive relative to the horizontal plane;
- and
- the first and second downwardly-angled rear portions form an opening between the first and second upper edges and a lower edge of an upper rear portion of the shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.