Patent ID: 9693594
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A42B,A63B

Claim:
1. A protective cap for a head of an individual comprising: a flexible headpiece shaped to conform to the head; and a plurality of protective panels fastened to the flexible headpiece and arranged adjacent to each other to define a plurality of flexible seams therebetween, the flexible seams including adjacent sides extending parallel to one another over a portion of the headpiece, wherein the headpiece defines at least one spherical radius of curvature from a common center point, and the plurality of panels forming an outer shell defines at least one spherical radius of curvature from the common center point, the at least one spherical radius of curvature of the shell being greater than the at least one spherical radius of curvature of the headpiece by an amount ranging between about ¼ to about ⅜ inch.