Patent ID: 7836517

Claim:
A face guard for a hockey helmet, said face guard comprising a contour wire and a plurality of welded wires made of stainless steel, said plurality of welded wires being arranged as a curved grid having a concave side for facing a face of a hockey player and having a plurality of apertures, each aperture being sized and configured for preventing a hockey stick or puck from impacting the hockey player's face, said plurality of plurality wires comprising first, second, third and fourth vertical wires intersecting first and second horizontal wires, each of said first, second, third and fourth vertical wires and first and second horizontal wires having a portion to be at least partially located within a field of view of the eyes of the player, each of said first, second, third and fourth vertical wires and first and second horizontal wires having an inner surface facing the face of the player and an outer surface opposing said inner surface, wherein said inner surface is mat and said outer surface is shiny.