US 2025/0366558 A1 · SPORTS FACEMASK

Abstract

Representative embodiments of the present technology include a facemask having a first anterior-lateral cage portion, a second anterior-lateral cage portion, and one or more laterally extending bridge elements connecting the first cage portion to the second cage portion. Each of the cage portions may include an upper elongated element, a lower elongated element, and an upright elongated element spanning between the upper and lower elongated elements. In some embodiments, each upper elongated element includes a downwardly extending dip portion forming a void region in the facemask. In some embodiments, the bridge elements are positioned below the upper elongated elements to form a void region in the facemask. In some embodiments, the facemask includes only one single bridge element, which may be the only portion of the facemask connecting the cage portions to one another. In some embodiments, the facemask does not have a bridge element.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A facemask for protecting a human user's face from impact, the facemask comprising:

a first anterior-lateral cage portion forming a first side of the facemask;
and
a second anterior-lateral cage portion forming a second side of the facemask opposite the first side;
wherein the facemask does not include a connection between the first anterior-lateral cage portion and the second anterior-lateral cage portion.

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A sports helmet comprising:

a forehead area positionable to cover at least part of a user's forehead when the user dons the helmet;
a first lateral area positionable to cover at least part of a first side of a user's head when the user dons the helmet;
a second lateral area positioned opposite the first lateral area, wherein the second lateral area is positionable to cover at least part of a second side of the user's head opposite the first side of the user's head when the user dons the helmet;
a first anterior-lateral cage portion attached to the first lateral area and positionable to cover at least part of a user's first cheek when the user dons the helmet;
and
a second anterior-lateral cage portion attached to the second lateral area and positionable to cover at least part of a user's second cheek opposite the user's first cheek when the user dons the helmet;
wherein:
the first anterior-lateral cage portion is spaced apart from the second anterior-lateral cage portion to form at least part of a void region in which there is no portion of the helmet between the user's face and an area in front of the helmet when the user dons the helmet;
the void region spans between, and is bounded by, the first anterior-lateral cage portion, the second anterior-lateral cage portion, the forehead area, the first lateral area, and the second lateral area;
each of the first anterior-lateral cage portion and the second anterior-lateral cage portion comprises a laterally extending upper elongated element, a laterally extending lower elongated element, and a longitudinally extending elongated upright element spanning between and intersecting the laterally extending upper elongated element and the laterally extending lower elongated element;
and
for each of the first anterior-lateral cage portion and the second anterior-lateral cage portion, the laterally extending upper elongated element extends only from a terminal end of the cage portion to the longitudinally extending elongated upright element.

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A sports helmet comprising:

a forehead area located at a front of the helmet and positionable to cover at least part of a user's forehead when the user dons the helmet;
a first lateral area positionable to cover at least part of a first side of a user's head when the user dons the helmet;
a second lateral area positioned opposite the first lateral area, wherein the second lateral area is positionable to cover at least part of a second side of the user's head opposite the first side of the user's head when the user dons the helmet;
a first anterior-lateral cage portion attached to the first lateral area and positionable to cover at least part of a user's first cheek when the user dons the helmet;
and
a second anterior-lateral cage portion attached to the second lateral area and positionable to cover at least part of a user's second cheek opposite the user's first cheek when the user dons the helmet;
wherein the first anterior-lateral cage portion is not connected to the second anterior-lateral cage portion forward of the forehead area to form at least part of a void region in front of a user's face when the user dons the helmet.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/299,500Filed 14 Aug 2025

Priority

14 Sep 2021

Published

4 Dec 2025

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A42B 3/20
Face protection devices: face guards, e.g. for ice hockey
A42B 3/04
Helmets; Helmet covers ; Other protective head coverings: parts, details or accessories of helmets
A42B 3/18
Parts, details or accessories of helmets: face protection devices
A63B 71/10
Body-protectors for players or sportsmen , i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions: for…

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