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 Title: |
US4736466:
Protective face guard
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Kallstrom, Erik C.; Phoenix, AZ 85032
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1988-04-12
/ 1987-03-30
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| Application Number: |
US1987000031583
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A42B 3/20;
A63B 71/10;
Core:
A42B 3/18;
A63B 71/08;
IPC-7:
A61F 9/04;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/009;
002/427;
002/441;
D29/111;
Original:
002/009;
002/441;
002/427;
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| Field of Search: |
002/009,10,8,424,425,206,426,427,441,443
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| Priority Number: |
| 1987-03-30 |
US1987000031583 |
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| Abstract: |
This invention relates to a protective face guard employing a grillwork such as used in a catcher's mask and particularly an eye shield which is detachably fastened between a forehead pad and the grillwork for shading the eye of a user.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Lindsley, Warren F. B. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Nerbun, Peter;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A face mask comprising:
- an arcuate shaped grillwork for a baseball catcher's mask substantially covering the face of a user,
- said grillwork defining a plurality of elongated, curved openings sufficiently small to prevent the passage of a ball therethrough, and substantially encompassing the user's field of view,
- a pad mounted in said grillwork for engaging the forehead of a user,
- at least a pair of strap means, each comprising a pair of elongated straps spacedly attached at one end to said pad and positioned for partially surrounding a part of said grillwork and detachably engaging each other for holding said pad in place on said grillwork, and
- a curved shield formed of a flexible transparent plastic material mounted between said pad and said grillwork and extending partially within the user's field of view for shading the eyes of a user,
- said shield being provided with at least a pair of spacedly arranged slot means with each of said slot means comprising a rectangular configuration spacedly arranged with the other slot means across said shield in a line along the longitudinal axes of the plural slot means extending through said shield, each positioned for receiving therethrough a different one of the straps of said strap means for detachably securing said shield to said grillwork.
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| Forward References: |
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