Patent ID: 7937778

Claim:
A cap comprising a plurality of interconnected panels adapted to cover a head; a pocket formed at each said panel, said pockets having an open end; a headband covering said open ends but allowing access to said pockets; and a protection segment adapted to protect a user received in each said pocket, each said protection segment including a protective panel made of a rigid plastic material and an energy absorbing layer made of foam, wherein each said protection segment has a longitudinal extent and a lateral extent, said protection segments being curved in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction and not all having the same radius of curvature in the longitudinal direction and not all having the same radius of curvature in the lateral direction, wherein there is a front pair of adjacent protection segments which are generally of the same configuration, a central pair of opposed protection segments which are generally of the same configuration and a back pair of adjacent protection segments which are generally of the same configuration, said front, central and back pairs being of different configurations, and wherein said back pair of protection segments have the largest radii of curvature in the longitudinal direction and said front pair of protection segments have the smallest radii of curvature in the longitudinal direction.