Patent ID: 11937658
Assignee: SPORT MASKA INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A sports helmet comprising: a shell enclosing at least a portion of a head of a wearer; a face protector secured to the shell and configured for covering at least a portion of a face of the wearer; and a face mask removably securable to the face protector and having a body sized for covering a nose and a mouth of the wearer, the body shaped to define a volume between the face of the wearer and the body, the body defining a top edge for engaging the face of the wearer above the nose of the wearer and a bottom edge opposed to the top edge and disposed proximate a chin of the wearer, the body made of a material having a stiffness selected such that a shape of the body is maintained when the wearer is breathing, lateral straps extending from respective lateral side ends of the body and secured to one or both of the face protector and the shell for biasing the top edge against the face of the wearer, and a gap between the bottom edge and the face of the wearer, the gap communicating with the volume and oriented away from the face protector such that an exhalation flow from the wearer exits the volume in a direction facing away from the face protector.