CA1116801A - Combination helmet and face guard - Google Patents
Combination helmet and face guardInfo
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- CA1116801A CA1116801A CA000309429A CA309429A CA1116801A CA 1116801 A CA1116801 A CA 1116801A CA 000309429 A CA000309429 A CA 000309429A CA 309429 A CA309429 A CA 309429A CA 1116801 A CA1116801 A CA 1116801A
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A42—HEADWEAR
- A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
- A42B3/00—Helmets; Helmet covers ; Other protective head coverings
- A42B3/32—Collapsible helmets; Helmets made of separable parts ; Helmets with movable parts, e.g. adjustable
- A42B3/324—Adjustable helmets
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A42—HEADWEAR
- A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
- A42B3/00—Helmets; Helmet covers ; Other protective head coverings
- A42B3/04—Parts, details or accessories of helmets
- A42B3/18—Face protection devices
- A42B3/20—Face guards, e.g. for ice hockey
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The invention provides protective headgear including a helmet having two portions for protecting the temples of a wearer and a curved face guard pivotally connected to the front of the helmet for movement between an open position to provide access to the wearer's face and a closed position to cover and to protect the wearer's face. The face guard includes two pairs of upper and lower rails adjacent upper and rearward extremities of the face guard and a pair of clips are attached one to each of the helmet temple portions. Each clip has an upper portion defining a downwardly-opening recess for receiving an upper of the rails with the face guard in the closed position and a hinged flap dependent from the upper portion for movement between an open position to provide access to engage the upper of the rails upwardly into the recess and a closed position. The hinged flap is adapted to combine with the lower rail to retain the face guard in the closed position.
The invention provides protective headgear including a helmet having two portions for protecting the temples of a wearer and a curved face guard pivotally connected to the front of the helmet for movement between an open position to provide access to the wearer's face and a closed position to cover and to protect the wearer's face. The face guard includes two pairs of upper and lower rails adjacent upper and rearward extremities of the face guard and a pair of clips are attached one to each of the helmet temple portions. Each clip has an upper portion defining a downwardly-opening recess for receiving an upper of the rails with the face guard in the closed position and a hinged flap dependent from the upper portion for movement between an open position to provide access to engage the upper of the rails upwardly into the recess and a closed position. The hinged flap is adapted to combine with the lower rail to retain the face guard in the closed position.
Description
This invention relates to protective head-gear particularly for use by players of ~ames such as hockey and lacrosse.
It has long been recognized that it would be desirable to provide headgear for use in games such as hockey and lacrosse to protect as much of the wearer's head as possible. Players of these games have found modern lightweight helmets to be acceptable and many players use such helmets as standard equipment. With the acceptance of these helmets work is being done to develop attachments for the helmets to protect the player's face and particularly the eyes. Such attachments must be light yet strong, limit potentially damaging effects caused by impact by pucks, balls and sticks and yet not impair the eyesight significantly. Also, the attachments must be secure so that they do not become loose during play to create a danger both to the wearer and to other players.
Protective attachments have been made of clear plastic which while protecting the eyes create a most uncomfortable heat build up in the helmet and often suffer from condensation on the inner surface. As a result of these problems designers have turned their attention towards developing a face guard which is welded from wires and attached to the helmet.
Helmets for use with face guards must fit sufficiently securely that the face guard will not cause the helmet to move on the player's head during play.
To achieve such a result it is necessary to provide a helmet which provides for adjustment over a range of head sizes.
In view of these design considerations, one of the aspects of the present invention is to provide protective headgear including a helmet having two por- -tions for protecting the temples of a wearer and a curved face guard pivotally connected to the front of the helmet for movement between an open position to provide access to the wearer's face and a closed position to cover and ,.
t.o protect the wearer's face. The face guard includes two pairs of upper and lower rails adjacent upper and rearward extremities of the face guard and a pair of clips are attached one to each of the helmet temple por-tions. Each clip has an upper portion defining a downwardly-opening recess for receiving an upper of the rails with the face guard in the closed position and a hinged flap dependent from the upper portion for movement between an open position to provide access to engage the upper of the rails up~ardly into the recess and a closed position.
The hinged flap is adapted to combine with the lower rail to retain the face guard in the closed position.
The invention will be better understood with reference to the drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of headgear incorporating the invention and having a face guard shown in an open position;
Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l showing the face guard in a closed position;
Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1 to a larger scale;
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a clip forming part of the headgear shown in Fig. 1 and drawn to a larger scale in an open position;
Fig. 5 is a side view of the clip shown in Fig. 4 in a closed position;
Fig. 6 is an exploded perspective view of parts of a helmet forming part of the Fig. 1 headgear and illustrating parts of the helmet used in adjusting the head size of the helmet;
Fig. 7 is a sectional view on line 7-7 of Fig. 6 with the helmet in an assembled condition;
Fig. 8 illustrates part of padding used inside the helmet with the helmet adjusted to the smallest head size; and Fig. 9 is a similar view to Fig. 8 showing ~., ~ .~
,i~.,,~,~
j~ i 8~1 the padding after adjustment of the helmet to the maximum head si~e.
~ eference is first made to Figs. 1 and 2 which illustrate headgear designated generally by the numeral 20 and consisting essentially of a helmet 22 and face guard 24. The helmet 22 includes a first shell 26 and a second shell 28 an~ the face guard 24 is attached to a brow portion 30 of the helmet by a pair of a~tachment loops 32, 34 secured by respective fasteners 36, 38 to the portion 30.
The shell 28 also defines a forehead portion 40 and two temple portions 42 as well as a pair of wing portions 44 extending rearwardly over the first shell 26.
The portions 44 are superimposed over side portions 46 of the first shell and these portions blend into a top portion 48 over part of portion 40 and a rear portion 50.
The helmet includes internal padding only part of which is shown and designated by the numeral 52.
The temple portions 42 of the second shell 28 support a pair of retaining clips 54 (one of which is shown) for receiving respective pairs of upper rails 56 and lower rails 58 located at the rearward and upper extremities of the face guard 24.
The rails 56, 58 of each pair of rails are parallel to one another and are positioned to engage within the clip 54 as will be described more fully with reference to Figs. 4 and 5.
Figs. 1 and 2 also illustrate the shape of the face guard 24. It will be seen that the face guard is made up of a wire construction and has an upper generally cylindrica] portion 60 bordered in part by the rail 58 and at its opposite extremity by a generally conical portion 62 having protective padding 64.
The face yuard 24 defines four generally U-shaped portions 66, 68, 70, and 72. These portions rest against the brow portion 30 of the helmet and the U-shaped portions 68, 70 are engaged quite loosely in the attachment loops 32, 34 so that the face guard 24 can be moved between the open position shown in Fig. 1 and a closed position shown in Fig. 2.
As seen in Fig. 3, the attachment loop 32 is connected by the fastener 36 which lies under the protective padding 52. The loop 32 is shaped to envelope the U-shaped portion 68 while at the same time providing sufficient flexibility to allow for the misalignment between portions 68, 70 during the movement of the face guard between the open and closed positions.
The retaining clip 54 is shown in Fig. 4 in an open position and drawn to a larger scale than that used in Fig. 1. The clip is attached to the temple portion 42 of the first shell using a suitable fastener 74 and includes a base portion 76, a U-shaped upper portion 78, and a flap 80.
The clip 54 is of a moulded synthetic plastic material and the flap 80 is attached to the portion 78 by an integral hinge 82. The portion 78 is quite robust and defines a downwardly opening recess 84 for receiving upper rail 56 (Fig. 1) as better seen in Fig. 5.
Also, the flap 80 defines a C-shaped recess 86 adapted to snap fit over rail 58 as also seen in Fig. 5. It will be appreciated that the spacing between the rails 56, 58 can vary slightly and consequently the depth of the recess 84 is chosen to provide a slight clearance above the rail 56 to avold interference at the bottom of the recess before the rail 58 is in position to cooperate with the flap 80.
As better seen in Fig. 5, any outward or inward force on the face guard will be absorbed by the rail 56 and by the upper portion 78 of the clip 54. This part of the clip is designed to withstand such forces and also, if the forces are sufficiently large to cause some flexing in the face guard the rail 58 can actually move slightly outwards with reference to the rai] 56 without dislodging rail 58 from the flap 80. This is because the flap can move with the rail whereas any force directed towards dislodging the face guard downwardly will be resisted by the flap 58 and its attachment to the portion 78. ~he hinge 82 will withstand considerable tensile forces and consequently the clip is well capable of with-standing downward forces directed towards dislodging the face guard into the open position. Consequently, major forces directed to moving the rails 56, 58 towards and away from the helmet will have no significant effect on the capability of the clip to retain the face guard in - the closed position because these forces are absorbed by the portion 78 whereas the forces tending to dislodge the face guard into the open position are absorbed by the flap 80.
A further feature of the preferred embodi-ment of protective headgear shown in Fig. 1 is illustrated in Fig. 6. This view shows part of the surfaces of first shell 26 and second she]l 28 where they overlap.
Wing portion 44 engages over side portion 46 of shell 26 for attaching the shells to one another using fasteners 88. The side portion 46 defines a pair of parallel slots 90, 92 which ~re inclined slightly upwardly and rearwardly.
The slots are bordered by rows of dimples or recesses 94, 96 arranged in pairs to cooperate with respective pairs of protrusions 98, 100 which border a pair of openings 102, 104 in the wing portion 40. These openings are arranged to permit the fasteners 88 to pass through the openings and through the slots such that the fasteners can ride in the slots for adjustment of the shells 26, - 28 relative to one another. This adjustment is made by applying a slight tension to the fasteners 88 so that the dimples 98, 100 engage lightly in the respective recesses 94, 96. The wearer can then don the helmet and using a slight Eorce the shells can be moved towards one another causing the protrusions to skip from one pair of recesses to another until the helmet is suitably tensioned about the wearer's head. The fasteners are then tightened to positively locate the shells relative to one another with the protrusions engaged in recesses corresponding to the size of the wearer's head as shown in Fig. 7.
It will be seen from Figs. 1, 2 and 6 that the fasteners 88 have outer heads which lie in recesses 106 (Fig. 1) which appear as projections 108 (Fig. 6) on the inside of the wing portion 44. The recesses 106 are provided so that if a puck or other object impacted the helmet in the region of the fasteners, the periphery of the recess would receive at least some of the blow and therefore minimize the possibility that the fastener would be punched through the material of the helmet.
A further feature incorporated in the preferred embodiment is shown in Figs. 8 and 9. The padding 52 (also shown in Fig. 1) is perforated by a series of short transverse slits in the region between the brow portion 30 (Fig. 1) and the top portion 48 and is not attached to the shells in this region. As seen in Fig. 8 the slits are closed when the helmet is used by 1~ a wearer having a smaller head whereas when the helmet is adjusted to a larger size as shown in Fig. 9 the slits open to relieve stresses which would otherwise build up in the padding.
Aspects of the preferred embodiment can be ; used independently and varied without departing from the invention. The face guard can be used on a variety of helmets just as the helmet can be used independe~tly of the face guard.
It has long been recognized that it would be desirable to provide headgear for use in games such as hockey and lacrosse to protect as much of the wearer's head as possible. Players of these games have found modern lightweight helmets to be acceptable and many players use such helmets as standard equipment. With the acceptance of these helmets work is being done to develop attachments for the helmets to protect the player's face and particularly the eyes. Such attachments must be light yet strong, limit potentially damaging effects caused by impact by pucks, balls and sticks and yet not impair the eyesight significantly. Also, the attachments must be secure so that they do not become loose during play to create a danger both to the wearer and to other players.
Protective attachments have been made of clear plastic which while protecting the eyes create a most uncomfortable heat build up in the helmet and often suffer from condensation on the inner surface. As a result of these problems designers have turned their attention towards developing a face guard which is welded from wires and attached to the helmet.
Helmets for use with face guards must fit sufficiently securely that the face guard will not cause the helmet to move on the player's head during play.
To achieve such a result it is necessary to provide a helmet which provides for adjustment over a range of head sizes.
In view of these design considerations, one of the aspects of the present invention is to provide protective headgear including a helmet having two por- -tions for protecting the temples of a wearer and a curved face guard pivotally connected to the front of the helmet for movement between an open position to provide access to the wearer's face and a closed position to cover and ,.
t.o protect the wearer's face. The face guard includes two pairs of upper and lower rails adjacent upper and rearward extremities of the face guard and a pair of clips are attached one to each of the helmet temple por-tions. Each clip has an upper portion defining a downwardly-opening recess for receiving an upper of the rails with the face guard in the closed position and a hinged flap dependent from the upper portion for movement between an open position to provide access to engage the upper of the rails up~ardly into the recess and a closed position.
The hinged flap is adapted to combine with the lower rail to retain the face guard in the closed position.
The invention will be better understood with reference to the drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of headgear incorporating the invention and having a face guard shown in an open position;
Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l showing the face guard in a closed position;
Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1 to a larger scale;
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a clip forming part of the headgear shown in Fig. 1 and drawn to a larger scale in an open position;
Fig. 5 is a side view of the clip shown in Fig. 4 in a closed position;
Fig. 6 is an exploded perspective view of parts of a helmet forming part of the Fig. 1 headgear and illustrating parts of the helmet used in adjusting the head size of the helmet;
Fig. 7 is a sectional view on line 7-7 of Fig. 6 with the helmet in an assembled condition;
Fig. 8 illustrates part of padding used inside the helmet with the helmet adjusted to the smallest head size; and Fig. 9 is a similar view to Fig. 8 showing ~., ~ .~
,i~.,,~,~
j~ i 8~1 the padding after adjustment of the helmet to the maximum head si~e.
~ eference is first made to Figs. 1 and 2 which illustrate headgear designated generally by the numeral 20 and consisting essentially of a helmet 22 and face guard 24. The helmet 22 includes a first shell 26 and a second shell 28 an~ the face guard 24 is attached to a brow portion 30 of the helmet by a pair of a~tachment loops 32, 34 secured by respective fasteners 36, 38 to the portion 30.
The shell 28 also defines a forehead portion 40 and two temple portions 42 as well as a pair of wing portions 44 extending rearwardly over the first shell 26.
The portions 44 are superimposed over side portions 46 of the first shell and these portions blend into a top portion 48 over part of portion 40 and a rear portion 50.
The helmet includes internal padding only part of which is shown and designated by the numeral 52.
The temple portions 42 of the second shell 28 support a pair of retaining clips 54 (one of which is shown) for receiving respective pairs of upper rails 56 and lower rails 58 located at the rearward and upper extremities of the face guard 24.
The rails 56, 58 of each pair of rails are parallel to one another and are positioned to engage within the clip 54 as will be described more fully with reference to Figs. 4 and 5.
Figs. 1 and 2 also illustrate the shape of the face guard 24. It will be seen that the face guard is made up of a wire construction and has an upper generally cylindrica] portion 60 bordered in part by the rail 58 and at its opposite extremity by a generally conical portion 62 having protective padding 64.
The face yuard 24 defines four generally U-shaped portions 66, 68, 70, and 72. These portions rest against the brow portion 30 of the helmet and the U-shaped portions 68, 70 are engaged quite loosely in the attachment loops 32, 34 so that the face guard 24 can be moved between the open position shown in Fig. 1 and a closed position shown in Fig. 2.
As seen in Fig. 3, the attachment loop 32 is connected by the fastener 36 which lies under the protective padding 52. The loop 32 is shaped to envelope the U-shaped portion 68 while at the same time providing sufficient flexibility to allow for the misalignment between portions 68, 70 during the movement of the face guard between the open and closed positions.
The retaining clip 54 is shown in Fig. 4 in an open position and drawn to a larger scale than that used in Fig. 1. The clip is attached to the temple portion 42 of the first shell using a suitable fastener 74 and includes a base portion 76, a U-shaped upper portion 78, and a flap 80.
The clip 54 is of a moulded synthetic plastic material and the flap 80 is attached to the portion 78 by an integral hinge 82. The portion 78 is quite robust and defines a downwardly opening recess 84 for receiving upper rail 56 (Fig. 1) as better seen in Fig. 5.
Also, the flap 80 defines a C-shaped recess 86 adapted to snap fit over rail 58 as also seen in Fig. 5. It will be appreciated that the spacing between the rails 56, 58 can vary slightly and consequently the depth of the recess 84 is chosen to provide a slight clearance above the rail 56 to avold interference at the bottom of the recess before the rail 58 is in position to cooperate with the flap 80.
As better seen in Fig. 5, any outward or inward force on the face guard will be absorbed by the rail 56 and by the upper portion 78 of the clip 54. This part of the clip is designed to withstand such forces and also, if the forces are sufficiently large to cause some flexing in the face guard the rail 58 can actually move slightly outwards with reference to the rai] 56 without dislodging rail 58 from the flap 80. This is because the flap can move with the rail whereas any force directed towards dislodging the face guard downwardly will be resisted by the flap 58 and its attachment to the portion 78. ~he hinge 82 will withstand considerable tensile forces and consequently the clip is well capable of with-standing downward forces directed towards dislodging the face guard into the open position. Consequently, major forces directed to moving the rails 56, 58 towards and away from the helmet will have no significant effect on the capability of the clip to retain the face guard in - the closed position because these forces are absorbed by the portion 78 whereas the forces tending to dislodge the face guard into the open position are absorbed by the flap 80.
A further feature of the preferred embodi-ment of protective headgear shown in Fig. 1 is illustrated in Fig. 6. This view shows part of the surfaces of first shell 26 and second she]l 28 where they overlap.
Wing portion 44 engages over side portion 46 of shell 26 for attaching the shells to one another using fasteners 88. The side portion 46 defines a pair of parallel slots 90, 92 which ~re inclined slightly upwardly and rearwardly.
The slots are bordered by rows of dimples or recesses 94, 96 arranged in pairs to cooperate with respective pairs of protrusions 98, 100 which border a pair of openings 102, 104 in the wing portion 40. These openings are arranged to permit the fasteners 88 to pass through the openings and through the slots such that the fasteners can ride in the slots for adjustment of the shells 26, - 28 relative to one another. This adjustment is made by applying a slight tension to the fasteners 88 so that the dimples 98, 100 engage lightly in the respective recesses 94, 96. The wearer can then don the helmet and using a slight Eorce the shells can be moved towards one another causing the protrusions to skip from one pair of recesses to another until the helmet is suitably tensioned about the wearer's head. The fasteners are then tightened to positively locate the shells relative to one another with the protrusions engaged in recesses corresponding to the size of the wearer's head as shown in Fig. 7.
It will be seen from Figs. 1, 2 and 6 that the fasteners 88 have outer heads which lie in recesses 106 (Fig. 1) which appear as projections 108 (Fig. 6) on the inside of the wing portion 44. The recesses 106 are provided so that if a puck or other object impacted the helmet in the region of the fasteners, the periphery of the recess would receive at least some of the blow and therefore minimize the possibility that the fastener would be punched through the material of the helmet.
A further feature incorporated in the preferred embodiment is shown in Figs. 8 and 9. The padding 52 (also shown in Fig. 1) is perforated by a series of short transverse slits in the region between the brow portion 30 (Fig. 1) and the top portion 48 and is not attached to the shells in this region. As seen in Fig. 8 the slits are closed when the helmet is used by 1~ a wearer having a smaller head whereas when the helmet is adjusted to a larger size as shown in Fig. 9 the slits open to relieve stresses which would otherwise build up in the padding.
Aspects of the preferred embodiment can be ; used independently and varied without departing from the invention. The face guard can be used on a variety of helmets just as the helmet can be used independe~tly of the face guard.
Claims (8)
- . Protective headgear comprising:
a helmet having two portions for protect-ing the temples of a wearer;
a curved face guard pivotally connected to the front of the helmet for movement between an open position to provide access to the wearer's face, and a closed position to cover and to protect the wearer's face, the face guard including two pairs of upper and lower rails adjacent respective upper and rearward extremities of the face guard;
a pair of clips attached one to each of said helmet temple portions, each clip having an upper portion defining a downwardly-opening recess for receiving an upper of the rails with the face guard in the closed position, and a hinged flap dependent from the upper portion for movement between an open position to provide access to engage said upper of the rails upwardly into the recess and a closed position, the hinged flap including means adapted to combine with the lower rail to retain the face guard in the closed position. - 2. Protective headgear as claimed in claim 1 in which the hinged flap retaining means comprises a C-shaped engagement portion adapted to snap over the lower rail with the face guard in the closed position.
- 3. Protective headgear as claimed in claim 2 in which the clip is of a moulded synthetic plastic material.
- 4. Protective headgear as claimed in claims 1, 2 or 3 in which the face guard is of a wire construction.
- 5. Protective headgear as claimed in claims 1, 2 or 3 in which the helmet comprises:
a first shell including portions for protecting the top and rear of the wearer's head a second shell including said portions protecting the wearer's temples, a portion for protecting the wearer's brow, and a portion for protecting the wearer's forehead; and means adjustably coupling the first and second shells to one another to provide adjustment to fit a range of head sizes. - 6. Protective headgear as claimed in claims 1, 2 or 3 in which the helmet comprises:
a first shell including a top portion, a rear portion, and two side portions, each of the side portions defining a pair of slots extending in parallel generally rearwardly and upwardly;
a second shell including said portions protecting the wearer's temples, a brow portion, a forehead portion, and a pair of rearwardly extending wing portions overlying respective ones of said side portions, each of the wing portions defining openings adapted to be aligned with respective slots in the side portions, the side portions and the wing portions defining cooperating pro-trusions and rows of recesses for selective engagement of the protrusions and the recesses to adjust the second shell relative to the first shell to accommodate different head sizes; and fastener means adapted to be engaged through the openings and slots to fasten the first and second shells to one another. - 7. Protective headgear as claimed in claims 1, 2 or 3 in which the helmet comprises:
a first shell including portions for protecting the top and rear of the wearer's head;
a second shell including said portions protecting the wearer's temples, and a portion for protect-ing the wearer's brow and forehead;
means adjustably coupling the first and second shells to one another to provide adjustment to fit a range of head sizes;
perforated padding attached to both the first and second shells, the padding being perforated by short slits extending transversely of the padding so that on adjusting the helmet to fit a larger head the slits will open to limit stress build up in the padding while providing continued protection to the wearer. - 8. Protective headgear as claimed in claim 1 in which the helmet comprises:
a first shell including a top portion, a rear portion, and two side portions, each of the side portions defining a pair of slots extending in parallel generally rearwardly and upwardly;
a second shell including said portions protecting the wearer's temples, a brow portion, a forehead portion, and a pair of rearwardly extending wing portions overlying respective ones of said side portions, each of the wing portions defining openings adapted to be aligned with respective slots in the side portions, the side portions and the wing portions defining cooperating pro-trusions and rows of recesses for selective engagement of the protrusions and the recesses to adjust the second shell relative to the first shell to accommodate different head sizes; and fastener means adapted to be engaged through the openings and slots to fasten the first and second shells to one another;
wherein said wing portions define external recesses about the openings to limit the possibility of impact between a puck and the fasteners during use of the headgear.
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