Protective headgear
AssigneeAmpac Enterprises Inc.
InventorsStanley Jurga, Charles O'Brien, Eric Niskanen
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Abstract
The protective headgear, such as a catcher's/umpire's headgear, is defined by a forward substantially concave rigid shell and a rear substantially concave rigid shell articulately interconnected together adjacent upper portions thereof. Resilient straps snap-secure opposite lower side portions of the forward shell to opposite lower edge portions of the rear shell. A rigid framework having a relatively large view opening is fastened to a view opening of the forward shell to afford maximum visibility to the user.
Claims41
A protective headgear comprising a forward substantially concave rigid shell and a rear substantially concave rigid shell;
- said forward shell including a crown portion, a forehead portion, opposite side face portions and a jaw portion;
- a view opening in said forward shell defined by a continuous forward edge;
- a protective open framework substantially closing said view opening, said continuous forward edge including an uppermost edge portion defining a boundary of said forehead portion, opposite side edge portions defining boundaries of said opposite side face portions, and a lowermost edge portion defining a boundary of said jaw portion;
- said rear shell including a back head portion and a lower nape portion;
- means for articulately connecting said back head portion to said crown portion, and means for resiliently urging said shells toward each other whereby the head of a wearer can be embraced thereby while at the same time permitting the rapid removal of the headgear from a user's head.
A protective headgear comprising a forward substantially concave rigid shell and a rear substantially concave rigid shell;
- said forward shell including a crown portion, a forehead portion, opposite side face portions and a jaw portion;
- a view opening defined by a continuous forward edge;
- said continuous forward edge including an uppermost edge portion defining a boundary of said forehead portion, opposite side edge portions defining boundaries of said opposite side face portions, and a lowermost edge portion defining a boundary of said jaw portion;
- said rear shell including a back head portion and a lower nape portion;
- means for articulately connecting said back head portion to said crown portion, said forehead portion includes a central forwardmost wall portion of relatively minor surface area, and a plurality of ribs and valleys emanate from said central forwardmost wall portion and extend rearwardly therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.