Patent ID: 6266826
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: A42B,A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
A protective head device for protecting the forehead, temporal, and occipital portions of a user's head from injury, said protective head device comprising:a covering member for positioning against the user's head, the covering member comprising a continuous loop for mounting about the user's head, an adjustment portion of the continuous loop of the covering member being elastomeric for permitting stretching of the adjustment portion of the continuous loop to adjust an overall circumferential size of the continuous loop to a size of the user's head;a resiliently flexible elongated member mounted on the covering member for absorbing impacts directed toward the user's head, the elongated member having a first end, a second end, a front side, and a back side, the elongated member extending along and being mounted on only the remainder portion of the continuous loop of the covering member such that the elongated member does not extend along the adjustment portion of the continuous loop.