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US 4,377,009 AGranted
Head protector
OwnerHuey Douglasinventor
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Abstract
Garments for the protection of a football player's jaws are disclosed utilizing lightweight overlapping flexible jointed flap members attached together by cloth padding to cover the player's jaws and other parts of the face.
Claims4
A jaw protective garment to be worn by a person to protect the jaw bones of said person comprising:
- (a) a soft, flexible head piece shaped to fit over the top of the head of said person and extending down each side of said head a sufficient distance to cover the back portion of the said jaw bones;
- (b) a chin strap attached to said head piece and shaped to fit snugly against the chin of said person to hold said piece in position;
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- (c) flap assemblies having overlapping, flexible convex flaps attached to said head piece and shaped to cover said back portion of said jaw bones for absorbing a blow thereto.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.