# US 5,699,556 A · Catcher's face mask with a sun-shade

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- Number: US 5,699,556 A
- Document ID: US5699556A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/718,896
- Filed: 1996-09-24
- Granted: 1997-12-23
- Earliest claimed: 1996-09-24
- Assignees: Hun-yuan Chen
- Inventors: Shen-fa Chen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5699556A

## CPC

- A63B 71/10: for the head ({A63B71/081 takes precedence } ; in the form of caps or hats A42B1/08; helmets A42B3/00)
- A42B 3/20: Face guards, e.g. for ice hockey (A42B3/22 takes precedence)
- A61F 9/029: {Additional functions or features, e.g. protection for other parts of the face such as ears, nose or mouth; Screen wipers or cleaning devices}
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)
- A42B: HATS; HEAD COVERINGS (headbands A41D20/00; head-scarves A41D23/00)
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)

## Abstract

A catcher's face mask which has a sun-shade to shield a catcher' eyes from bright light from in front and from above. The catcher's face mask sun-shade includes a cage constructed to protect a catcher's face from a flying ball, and a lower padding attached to a lower inside portion of the cage by adhesive bands thereof and an upper padding attached to an upper inside portion of the cage by adhesive bands thereof at regular interval. A sun-shade having a glare-reducing strip with a curved bar affixed to a top surface thereof and a plurality of openings defined in the glare-reducing strip adjacent to the bar is provided in front of the upper padding but behind the cage, and secured to the cage by the bands of the upper padding extending through the respective openings and tightly adhering to a corresponding portion of the cage.

## Claims

### Claim 1

In a catcher's face mask comprising a cage constructed to allow a catcher to see therethrough and protect the catcher's face from a flying ball, a lower padding attached to a lower inside portion of the cage, an upper padding attached to an upper inner portion of the cage, a sun-shade comprising a glare reducing strip having a plurality of openings defined therein and means for securing the sun-shade to the cage, the improvement comprising:
said openings are defined in one side edge of the sun-shade and a curved bar portion is affixed to said side edge of the sun-shade adjacent to said openings for forming a portion of the periphery of said openings.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A catcher's face mask, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said curved bar portion has a length which is less than the length of said side edge.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A catcher's face mask, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means securing said sun-shade to said cage comprises bands passing through said openings and engaging a portion of said cage.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A catcher's face mask, as claimed in claim 3, wherein said bands form a part of said upper padding.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

A catcher's face mask, as claimed in claim 4, wherein each said band includes at least one adhesive portion for overlapping engagement with another portion of said band.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

A catcher's face mask, as claimed in claim 5, wherein said bands tightly adhere to said cage.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

A catcher's face mask, as claimed in claim 4, wherein said bands extend from said upper padding, through said openings and around said curved bar portion.