Patent ID: 7739752
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: A42B,A63B

Abstract:
1. A headgear comprising a gear main body comprising: a surface-side skin material; a back-face-side skin material; and a shock absorbing material filled between the surface-side and back-face-side skin materials, wherein the headgear being worn on a head portion of a player to protect mainly a face of the player from a hit by an opponent, an eye opening portion having a single opening in a close shape, through which single opening both eyes of the player can be seen, is formed in the front, a mouth opening portion having a single opening in a closed shape, through which single opening a mouth portion of the player can be seen, is formed in addition to and separately from the eye opening portion in the front, a part between the eye opening portion and the mouth opening portion for covering cheek portions and a nose portion of the player has a seam extending from the eye opening portion to the mouth opening portion, the surface-side skin material and the back-face-side skin material are split in a vertical direction between the eye opening portion and the mouth opening portion at the seam to form a gap, and a part above the eye opening portion for covering a forehead portion of the player and a part below the mouth opening portion for covering a lower jaw portion are further formed, end portions facing each other at the seam are connected by connecting means in such a manner that left and right spaces between the surface-side skin material and the back-face-side skin material communicate with each other, and the shock absorbing material is filled also in the communicating space at the seam, wherein the surface-side skin material and the back-face-side skin material are sewn together with a sewing thread all around the eye opening portion and all around the mouth opening portion except the gap between the eye opening portion and the mouth opening portion with seams being turned inside out, such that the sewing thread is positioned on the back-face side of the head gear except the seam of the part between the eye opening portion and the mouth opening portion.