Patent ID: 9675128
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A42B

Claim:
1. A faceguard for a batting helmet, comprising: a wire grid comprising a plurality of horizontal wires, wherein the plurality of horizontal wires comprises a horizontal wire configured to extend proximate to a user's nose, and a horizontal wire configured to extend proximate to a user's chin, wherein the horizontal wire configured to extend proximate to a user's chin comprises a pair of lateral sections that engage a shell of a batting helmet, and a front section that extends between the lateral sections, wherein the lateral sections and the front section of the horizontal wire configured to extend proximate to a user's chin form a single, continuous wire, wherein the lateral sections extend along a common plane, and the front section deviates from the plane along which the lateral sections extend, and wherein the front section comprises an anterior point disposed between a first elevation point and a second elevation point, wherein the first and second elevation points have a first height in a caudal-to-cranial direction, wherein the anterior point is configured to approximately align with the sagittal plane and is elevated at a second height in a caudal-to-cranial direction that is 0.25 inches to 1.5 inches greater than the first height, and wherein the first height is less than the height at any point on the lateral sections in a caudal-to-cranial direction.