Patent ID: 8191178

Claim:
In combination with a U-shaped mouthguard for a wearer's mouth and a helmet of type having a facemask mounted thereto, the improvement which comprises: a means for holding said U-shaped mouthuard at a front exterior surface of said helmet medially located above a top rung of said helmet, further comprising pair of mounts, each said mount generally cuboidal in shape having a concave back surface and a flat front surface and configured to be fixed to said front, exterior surface of said helmet with each said back surface conforming to and abutting said front, exterior surface of said helmet; a face plate having a bottom edge and two ends and a medial portion, each said end connected to each said flat front surface of each said mount such that said face plate spans the distance of said mounts to define a pocket over said top rung of said facemask at said front, exterior surface, said medial portion non-coplanar with each said end to jut outwards away from each said end; and, a support base medially located within said pocket formed integral to said medial portion at a bottom edge of said medial portion of said face plate to partially fill said pocket, said support base having a width less than or equal to a width of said medial portion.