Patent ID: 7966673

Claim:
A protective shield for a cap, comprising: (a) a substantially rigid liner including a curvature that approximates the curvature of a portion of a human head, and wherein said rigid liner is able to absorb and distribute over a greater surface area of said human head at least a portion of the kinetic energy of an object that impacts said cap at a location on said cap that is disposed over said rigid liner, and wherein said rigid liner extends over a portion of a forehead of a person who is wearing said cap, and wherein said rigid liner includes a plurality of upper protruding tabs that are disposed along an upper surface of said rigid liner, and wherein each of said upper protruding tabs includes a generally trapezoidal shape, and wherein each adjacent pair of said upper protruding tabs includes an intermediate V-shaped notch that terminates in a point and which is disposed between each adjacent pair of said upper protruding tabs, and wherein each of said plurality of upper protruding tabs includes an inward deflection along a line extending along a bottom of all of said V-shaped notches, and wherein said inward curvature redirects a position of each of said plurality of upper protruding tabs closer toward a head of a wearer of said protective shield for a cap; and (b) means for securing said rigid liner to said cap at a desired location on said cap.