Patent ID: 8763166

Claim:
A head guard, comprising: a plurality of multi-layered sidewalls, wherein the plurality of multi-layered sidewalls are sewn to collectively form a dome, wherein the dome defines a circular opening for a head of a wearer, and wherein each of the multi-layered sidewalls comprises: an inner stretchable fabric layer comprising a spandex component, an outer stretchable fabric layer comprising a spandex component, wherein a periphery region of the inner stretchable fabric layer is attached to a periphery region of the outer stretchable fabric layer to define a pocket; and a side padding layer positioned within the pocket, the side padding layer being disconnected from each of the inner stretchable fabric layer and the outer stretchable fabric layer, the side padding layer comprising a padding material; and wherein the head guard is stretchable between a relaxed configuration and an expanded configuration upon placement on a head of a wearer, and wherein the inner and outer stretchable fabric layers deliver a compressive force to maintain placement on the head of the wearer.