Head guard and method for making same

Abstract

A head guard, preferably annular brow-band, comprising a longitudinal, preferably annular unit (2) which completely or substantially is made of cellular plastic. In order to ensure that all parts of the head guard provide adequate protection, the cellular-plastic unit (2) has depressions (12, 13) which protrude into the cellular-plastic material alternately from an inner side (14a) and an outer side (14b) respectively, of the unit, which inner side (14a) and outer side (14b) respectively, faces inwardly towards and outwardly from the head (15) respectively, whereby the depressions (12, 13) define cellular-plastic pads (16) with shock-absorbing properties and extending substantially transverse to the longitudinal direction (L) of the cellular-plastic unit (2) and whereby the cellular-plastic pads (16) and the connecting portions (17) connecting the pads together permit a limited stretching or elongation of the cellular-plastic unit (2) in its longitudinal direction (L) for providing at least one elastic portion (8-11) for adaptation to the size and/or shape of the cellular-plastic unit (2) and to the size and/or shape of the head (15) (FIG. 2). A simple and efficient method for manufacturing the cellular-plastic unit (2), includes pressing heated blades (24, 25) into the cellular-plastic unit (2) to provide depressions (12, 13) therein and bringing warm processing devices in contact with other parts of the cellular-plastic unit such that the unit receives a surface which is less porous than the portion disposed below the surface.

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