Patent ID: 6381749
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: A42B,A61F

Abstract:
A protective mask adapted to be worn by persons engaging in physical games comprising:a main body formed of rigid plastic material: said body having a configuration to cover the front and sides of a person's head and including a first part consisting of a brow portion and opposite side temple portions and a second part consisting of a lens receiving portion, a nose portion, a chin portion, and opposite cheek portions; said lens receiving portion defining a lens opening and including first engaging means adjacent each opposite side end of said opening: a removable flexible transparent lens adapted to engagedly cover said opening; said lens having, at each opposite side end, second engaging means adapted to snapingly engage said first engaging means; said lens being flexible in a direction enabling distance variation between said side ends thereof so that manual pressure exerted on said lens causes said lens to snapingly engage with or to disengage from said first engaging means; and removable anchor means mounted at each said opposite side end of said lens receiving portion and insertable at said opposite side ends of said lens to further secure said first and second engaging means together in an engagement position, wherein each said anchor means includes a first portion shaped to receive said side end of said lens and to bear against said first engaging means, and a second portion consisting of a slot to receive a strap there through for mounting said mask to a person's head.