Patent ID: 10849384

Abstract:
A helmet includes a housing sized for use on a human head and having an opening designed to expose a face associated with the human head and a facemask attached to the housing and situated over the opening to cover the face. The facemask has a slightly curved front portion, a slightly curved right side portion, and a slightly curved left side portion. The facemask has a plurality of substantially vertically oriented bars having different widths. The vertically oriented bars include a first type having a first width, a second type having a second width that is larger than the first width, and a third type having a third width that is larger than the first and second widths. The left and right side portions of the facemask include a first type bar and a second type bar, where the second type bar is situated nearer to the housing than the first type bar. The front portion of the facemask includes four first type bars, for example, two on a left side of the front portion and two on a right side of the front portion. A single third type bar is situated in a right side transitional region between the front portion and the right side portion of the facemask and in a left side transitional region between the front portion and the left side portion.