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US 5,184,354 AGranted
Protective head and eye gear
AssigneeAlJim Corporation
InventorsDaniel V. Alfaro, Cecilio V. Jimenez, Jr.
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Abstract
Headgear for athletes such as basketball players includes a head encircling strap assembly and an eye/nose protective assembly. The strap assembly includes straps extending around the user's head and under the chin and provides padding at strategic places. The eye/nose assembly includes an eye encircling rim connected to the strap assembly and a covering over the rim to protect the user's eyes. The covering is preferably a filament mesh grid using filaments less than about 0.050" in diameter spaced not more than about 3/8 inch apart.
Claims11
A combination head and eye protective headgear, comprising:
- a head encircling strap assembly including
- a bodily flexible forehead band of unpadded material for extending horizontally above the eyebrows of the user,
- a bodily flexible head encircling strap of padded material connected to the forehead band for extending horizontally around the user's head near its maximum periphery,
- a bodily flexible top strap of unpadded material connected tot he forehead band for extending vertically over the top of the user's head and connected to the head encircling strap near its rearmost extremity,
- a bodily flexible chin strap and means connecting the chin strap to the head encircling strap assembly for extending below the chin of the user;
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- an eye protective assembly connected to the forehead band and to the chin strap and terminating above the end of the user's nose, the eye protective assembly including
- a bodily flexible unpadded band for extending across the user's nose,
- a padded eye encircling rim having an annular relatively rigid frame and padding material encapsulating the annular frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.