Impact protection headguard

A protective headguard comprising:

• a central pad for covering a portion of a forehead of a wearer;
• a pair of first padded ribs each extending from a respective side of the central pad and, each first padded rib including a large area with a thicker padding thickness and a distal end having a thinner area of a thinner padding thickness;
• a pair of second padded ribs each extending from a respective side of the central pad above a respective one of the first padded ribs, each second padded rib including a large area with the thicker padding thickness and a distal end having a thinner area of a thinner padding thickness, wherein the thinner areas of respective first and second ribs overlap and wherein the combined thickness of the overlapping thinner areas is about the same as the thicker padding thickness;
• a rear pad for covering an occipital bone of the wearer;
• an upper adjustment strap system interconnecting an upper portion of the rear pad to upper portions of the side portions;
• and
• a lower adjustment strap system interconnecting a lower portion of the rear pad to lower portions of the side portions.

A method of manufacturing a protective headguard, comprising:

• forming a planar pad having a central pad and first and second padded ribs extending from each side of the central pad;
• bending the first and second padded ribs on each side to contact a distal end of one of the first padded ribs with a distal end of a respective one of the second padded ribs;
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• securing the contacted distal ends of respective first and second padded ribs to form a multidimensional pad from the planar pad having side portions extending rearward of the central pad for covering sides of the head of a wearer.

A protective headguard to be worn by an athlete, comprising:

• a) a protective central pad having an exterior surface, and configured and arranged to cover at least a portion of the athlete's forehead and lateral frontalis when the headguard is worn;
• b) perceptible lines of demarcation visually separating an otherwise continuous area of the headguard on the exterior surface of the central pad beginning proximate the lateral frontalis and extending towards the brow when the headguard is worn;
• c) a rear pad configured and arranged to cover at least a portion of the athlete's occipital bone when the headguard is worn;
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• (d) an adjustable strap system interconnecting the rear pad and the central pad.