Hat Or Cap Attachments Patents (Class 2/10)
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Patent number: 12178277Abstract: A helmet is provided which includes a helmet shell defining a cavity. The helmet shell has left and right helmet mounting sections defined on left and right sides thereof, and the helmet includes a visor mounting system comprising a primary visor connector made of a single piece and adapted for connection with the left and right helmet mounting sections. The helmet further has a primary visor removably and pivotally connected to the primary visor connector and adapted to pivot about a primary pivot axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: KIMPEX INC.Inventors: Jean-Simon Levesque, Frederic Rene-Laforest, Charles Blouin, Stephane Dion, Philippe Pages
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Patent number: 12161590Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a welding protector including a helmet unit, a mounting frame unit, a cartridge unit including an information display portion, and a movement control unit, and allowing an operator to directly view related work information through the information display portion during welding operation to improve user convenience.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: OTOS WING CO., LTD.Inventor: Sung Won Huh
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Patent number: 12075872Abstract: An adjustable hat includes a covering and an adjustable fastener including first and second fastening elements that can releasably fasten together by snap fit connection at a plurality of discrete positions. The first fastening element defines an attachment hole adjacent to an end portion remote from the second fastening element. An elastic strap affixed to the covering extends through the attachment hole and loops around the end portion of the first fastening element to connect the first fastening element to the covering such that the elastic strap permits the entire first fastening element to move relative to the covering by elastic elongation of the elastic strap. The hat can be free of stitching which passes through any portion of the first fastening element. The first fastening element can be male or female. Moreover, both fastening elements can be elastically connected to the covering via respective attachment holes and elastic straps.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: LML Headwear, LLCInventor: Lacie Leatherman
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Patent number: 12048652Abstract: A protective eye mask for practicing winter sports and in particular alpine skiing is provided. The protective eye mask is provided with an electrically powered lyquid crystal (LC) lens having at least one LC layer made of guest-host (GH) type liquid crystals.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: OUT OF S.R.L.Inventors: Federico Righi, Roberto Righi
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Patent number: 12016419Abstract: A weight compensating bracket to releasably and pivotably mount a protective face shield to a helmet. The bracket has an adapter, which places the pivot of the cap bracket to which the face shield is mounted, rearwardly from the releasable connector to the helmet, enabling the face shield to be well balanced when in the stowed position above the helmet.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Paulson Manufacturing CorporationInventor: Roy Paulson
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Patent number: 11963569Abstract: Baseball caps to be worn on a person's head are provided. According to one embodiment, a baseball cap includes a dome configured to be placed on the wearer's head, wherein the dome includes one or more panels and one or more cooling channels. The baseball cap also includes a hub positioned at a top of the dome. The hub comprises a central cavity and one or more conduits in gaseous communication with the one or more cooling channels of the dome. A coolant output port is provided in gaseous communication with the central cavity of the hub. The coolant output port is configured to supply a coolant gas to the one or more cooling channels of the dome via the central cavity of the hub.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: THNK, INC.Inventor: Trafton D. Rodgers
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Patent number: 11910862Abstract: A ventilated helmet is provided. The helmet includes a shell defining a cavity, the shell having a front section provided with an opening to allow the wearer to see. The helmet also includes a transparent shield adapted having an inner surface and being adapted to substantially close the opening. Finally, the helmet includes a ventilation system having an evacuation subsystem adapted to create an evacuation airflow to evacuate humid air within the cavity to a surrounding environment. The ventilation system further has a pressurizing subsystem adapted to admit a pressurizing airflow within the cavity to create a high-pressure zone and a low-pressure zone within the cavity, wherein when in use, the wearer exhales air within the low-pressure zone, and wherein the high-pressure zone prevents air within the cavity from travelling from the low-pressure zone to the high-pressure zone. A method of evacuating humid air from the cavity is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: KIMPEX INC.Inventors: Nicolas Bouchard Fortin, Robert Handfield, Jean-Simon Lévesque, Étienne Gilbert, Hachimi Fellouah, Marouen Dghim
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Patent number: 11903438Abstract: The invention discloses a helmet with associated rotation of a chin guard and a face mask, comprising a helmet body, wherein the face mask and the chin guard are symmetrically hinged to a mounting groove at a side surface of the helmet body, the mounting groove is provided with a face mask rotation limiter, a face mask mount, a linkage guide annular piece connected with the face mask mount, a driving rod matched with the annular groove on the linkage guide annular piece, a chin guard mount connected with the driving rod via hinging pieces, and a chin guard rotation guide clamped on the driving rod and the chin guard mount, wherein a double-track guide groove for guiding the rotation of the chin guard is formed in the chin guard rotation guide, and the hinging pieces provided at two ends of the driving rod respectively pass through the double-track guide groove and are connected with the chin guard mount; wherein the face mask rotation limiter is mounted on the mounting groove by a connector, and the linkage gType: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Jiangyin Dafeima Automobile Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Luca Guazzerotti
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Patent number: 11864603Abstract: A visor and protective face shield apparatus having a transparent or non-transparent visor and a transparent face shield. The visor and face shield can be assembled from separate components or from a unitary blank using improved tabs and slots such that the face shield is supported by the visor.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: OP-D-OP, INC.Inventor: Timothy J. Landis
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Patent number: 11844382Abstract: An automated face shield assembly includes a band that is wearable around a user's head. A pair of actuators is coupled to the band and a face shield is coupled to the pair of actuators. The face shield covers the user's face when the actuators are actuated into a first condition. The face shield exposes the user's face when the actuators are actuated into a second condition. Moreover, the face shield is comprised of a fluid impermeable material to inhibit airborne transmission of infectious diseases between the user and another person. A pair of motion sensors is each coupled to a respective one of the actuators. The actuators are actuated into the first condition when the motion sensors sense motion to cover the user's face when the person approaches the user. Additionally, the actuators are actuated into the second condition when the motion sensors do not sense motion.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Inventor: Nazar Ali
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Patent number: 11844386Abstract: A hat with an adjustable visor includes a shell disposed on a user's head, an upper visor coupled to the shell and having a plurality of elongated slots, each elongated slot having a pair of rails extending along opposing side walls of the elongated slot, and a lower visor slidably mounted to the upper visor and having a plurality of tab assemblies, each tab assembly slidably mounted to the pair of rails of one of the plurality of elongated slots in the upper visor. The lower visor slidably adjusts relative to the shell to enable the plurality of tab assemblies of the lower visor to traverse the pairs of rails in the plurality of elongated slots of the upper visor, thereby extending the lower visor beyond the upper visor in an extended position or retracting the lower visor to align with the upper visor in a retracted position.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Inventor: Steven Luis Armendariz
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Patent number: 11839256Abstract: A ventilated helmet is provided. The helmet includes a shell defining a cavity, the shell having a front section provided with an opening to allow the wearer to see. The helmet also includes a transparent shield adapted having an inner surface and being adapted to substantially close the opening. Finally, the helmet includes a ventilation system having an evacuation subsystem adapted to create an evacuation airflow to evacuate humid air within the cavity to a surrounding environment. The ventilation system further has a pressurizing subsystem adapted to admit a pressurizing airflow within the cavity to create a high-pressure zone and a low-pressure zone within the cavity, wherein when in use, the wearer exhales air within the low-pressure zone, and wherein the high-pressure zone prevents air within the cavity from travelling from the low-pressure zone to the high-pressure zone. A method of evacuating humid air from the cavity is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: KIMPEX INC.Inventors: Nicolas Bouchard Fortin, Robert Handfield, Jean-Simon Lévesque, Étienne Gilbert, Hachimi Fellouah, Marouen Dghim
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Patent number: 11805835Abstract: The present invention provides a hat which can prevent a golfer's head-up occurring in an actual swing during swing practice or a golf round, and can prevent surroundings causing a hindrance to the swing from coming into the golfer's view so as to enable the golfer to stably swing, so that the golfer can accurately hit a golf ball and increase a driving distance, and can have an excellent shot feeling. The present invention comprises: a holding hole formed in a brim protruding forward from and connected to the cap of a hat; and a gaze-holding member which is fitted in the holding hole, so as to allow the direction of a user's gaze to coincide with a ball and thus enable the user to perform a follow-through action while gazing at the ball until the moment of impact.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Inventor: Doo Hee Lee
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Patent number: 11744313Abstract: A protective helmet including a visor attached to the external sides of the helmet shell. The shell includes substantially flat mount surfaces on each side which correspond with substantially flat portions on the respective ends of the visor. A fastener hole on the shell aligns with an access hole on the visor so that the two elements can be releasably fastened. The access hole provides space for a fastener to protrude out from the surface of the shell, allowing the visor to sit flush against the shell when fastened together. The helmet may include chin straps which are attached to the inner surface of the shell. The helmet may also include a catch strip on the front of the visor which protrudes from the visor such that it can prevent a cloth helmet cover (sometimes used in games such as Roller Derby) from easily sliding off the helmet.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: CONCRETE DISTRIBUTION, INC.Inventors: Daniel Andrew McCashin, Christopher Michael Terins
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Patent number: 11659875Abstract: A face covering hat assembly for includes a hat for wearing on a user's head. The hat has a head portion and a flap that is coupled to the head portion. The flap is positionable in an exposing position having the head portion is exposed. A mask is provided for wearing on a user's face such that the mask covers the user's mouth and the user's nose. The mask is storable between the flap and the head portion of the hat when the mask in not is worn. A pair of first straps is each coupled to the mask and each of the first straps is releasably matable to the flap. A pair of second straps is each coupled to the mask and each of the second straps is extendable around then user's neck when the mask is worn.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Inventors: Chris Hugenberg, Amy Hugenberg
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Patent number: 11627775Abstract: A rain guard for headwear is configured to removably attach to a leading edge of a brim for the headwear. The rain guard creates a channel for collected water on the brim of the headwear to be diverted to either side of the headwear as opposed to directly in front of a wearer's line of vision.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Inventor: Joseph Devine
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Patent number: 11617408Abstract: A pivoting shield assembly for hats is revealed. The pivoting shield assembly includes mounting slots arranged at two sides of a hat, a pivot base mounted to each mounting slot, a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod each of which having one end pivotally connected to the pivot base and the other end pivotally mounted to a shield, and a pathway groove disposed on an inner side of the first connecting rod. The pivot base includes an elastic locking piece which is mounted and moveable in the pathway groove correspondingly. Thereby lifting up and pulling down of the shield are more precise and having different stages. The pivoting shield assembly for hats is practical.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Inventor: Chien-Hung Lu
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Patent number: 11590028Abstract: A visor that can be removably attached to a variety of field masks, including those used in softball and baseball and other sports, to protect the user from weather elements and minimize sun damage while not affecting play and withstanding movement. In some embodiments, the visor may include a curvilinear base having at least one recess. The visor may additionally include a brim attached to, or formed with, the base. The visor may further include a fastener received in the at least one recess, where the fastener is configured to secure the visor to the field mask.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Z2D LLCInventors: Joseph Hayes, Leslie Hayes
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Patent number: 11564436Abstract: An exemplary accessory mount for securing an accessory to a helmet includes a body, a moveable arm, and a hinge portion. The body has a top, bottom, and first and second sides. A fixed tab extends from the bottom of the body and a moveable tab extends from a top of the moveable arm. The hinge portion hingeably attaches the moveable arm to the top of the body proximate one of the first and second sides.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Intellectual Property Holdings, LLCInventors: Adam John Lauser, Jr., Jon Adlard Hauserman, Ron Szalkowski
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Patent number: 11470906Abstract: A protective helmet (1), including a shell (2), a cap (3) attached in the shell (2), and a movable face shield (4) attached to the shell (2) by at least one assembly arrangement, which includes: a rod (40) connected to the shell (2) in an articulated manner about a first substantially transverse axis (51) and a second substantially transverse axis (52); and a rail (55) positioned on the shield (4) and having at least one guide surface (59) that operates with at least one element (56, 58a, 58b) to guide the movement of the face shield (4) between a lowered and raised position and along, but spaced from, the shell (2).Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: MSA Production FranceInventors: Gilles Basson, Clément Tuffery
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Patent number: 11464483Abstract: An overlay system can include a substantially planar overlay base including a top side. The base can define a handle receptacle, for instance at a first end of the base. The handle receptacle can include a handle capture section optionally having a tapered profile. A centrally located elongated guide can extend longitudinally along the top side of the base to guide translational movement of the ultrasound probe holder along a longitudinal axis of the base. A handle can be configured to be attached and detached, by a user, with the handle receptacle of the base. The handle can define a channel optionally having a wedge profile. The wedge profile of the handle can correspond to the tapered profile of the handle receptacle. Engagement of the channel to the capture section of the handle receptacle can attach the handle to the base.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Elekta LimitedInventors: Marc Hoffman-Zukowski, Daniel Lodu
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Patent number: 11452327Abstract: A safety helmet includes an outer shell having a front receptacle disposed on a front side of the outer shell and a rear receptacle disposed on a rear side of the outer shell. A first accessory device having a first mating receptacle formed thereon is releasably mountable onto each of the front receptacle or the rear receptacle of the outer shell, and a second accessory device having a second mating receptacle formed thereon is releasably mountable onto each of the front receptacle or the rear receptacle of the outer shell.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.Inventors: Shantanu Deshpande, Kingston Wong
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Patent number: 11425953Abstract: A face shield comprising: a shield having a perforation that receives a brim of a baseball cap, and a pair of tabs extending from the shield that engage opposing sides of an inner portion of the baseball cap. Each tab may include a projection extending away from the base, and the projection may be inserted into a sweatband within the baseball cap.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: EXTANG CORPORATIONInventor: Brent Lorenz Rose
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Patent number: 11399581Abstract: A protective shield for use with headgear includes a unitary panel having a protective portion including opposing first and surfaces The unitary panel additionally includes at least one lateral tab connectable to the headgear. The protective portion is sized to extend over the face of a user when the at least one lateral tab is connected to the headgear and the headgear is worn on the user's head. The unitary panel is selectively connectable to the headgear in at least one of a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the at least one lateral tab is connected to the headgear such that the first surface assumes a convex configuration and faces away from the user. In the second configuration, the at least one lateral tab is connected to the headgear such that the first surface assumes a concave configuration and faces toward from the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Racing Optics, Inc.Inventors: Bart E. Wilson, Tonya L. Smith
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Patent number: 11375765Abstract: A portable brim can be securely attached to and operate with various helmets such as bicycle, skateboarding, snow sport, mountain/rock climbing, equestrian, and paddlesport helmets as well as hard hats used in construction, utility maintenance, material moving, dock loading, and airport baggage handling, to give the wearer shade and protection from the sun. The brim apparatus includes a center section having a size for fitting about a circumference of the sports helmet and a visor outwardly or radially extending from the center section. In one brim apparatus the center section features a stop surface that opposes an upper surface of the visor when the apparatus is affixed to the headgear such that the visor is prohibited from flipping upwards or sliding down or coming off during use.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Bryan Family Enterprises LLCInventors: Teresa A. Bryan, John E. Bryan
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Patent number: 11369154Abstract: Disclosed here is an extended use mask hat. The principal components are a hat member, a mask member and an attachment means. Under conditions where there is no desire for protection, the mask member can be easily stored against the interior surface of the hat member. When there is a desire for protection, the mask member can be easily and quickly donned. The service period of the mask hat is extendable by washing. Several technological problems are overcome, including, individual and community protection from the airborne spread of infectious disease in a manner that is effective, not noxious to human sensibility and not overly bearing.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Inventor: Alexander Luis Hernandez
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Patent number: 11324273Abstract: Systems and methods of a safety helmet for protecting the human head against repetitive impacts, moderate impacts and severe impacts so as to significantly reduce the likelihood of both translational and rotational brain injury and concussions can be provided. The helmet can include an outer shell, an omnidirectional liner disposed within and coupled to the outer shell and configured to move relative to the outer shell, and a chinstrap coupled to the omnidirectional liner. The chinstrap coupled to the omnidirectional liner can hold a wearer's head to the omnidirectional liner and prevent the chinstrap from applying forces to the wearer while omnidirectional liner moves relative to outer shell. Other embodiments may include a chinguard with a movable chincup.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: 6D HELMETS, LLCInventors: Robert Weber, Robert Daniel Reisinger
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Patent number: 11278075Abstract: Headwear with airflow visor. The headwear includes a crown with a head receiving portion configured to be receivable on a head of a user. A sweatband extends along at least a portion of an inner edge of the head receiving portion of the crown. A brim or visor extends outwardly from a lower edge of the crown adjacent the sweatband. A plurality of vent channels through the brim permit and encourage passage of air from above the brim, through the brim, toward the sweatband and toward a forehead of the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: OUTDOOR CAP CO., INC.Inventors: Michele Wood, Alyssa Graves, Jeremy Jackson
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Patent number: 11278067Abstract: A face protector for reducing the transmission of pathogens (including but not limited to viruses such as COVID-19) between individuals, along with methods of making and using the same, are generally provided herein. More specifically embodiments of face protectors that are configured to be supported by the bill of a hat, visor, or other headgear are disclosed, wherein the face protector provides a physical barrier separating the wearer's face from the environment. Embodiments include side panels to provide additional protection and/or wings to provide additional support. Fasteners may be used with embodiments to secure the face protector to the brim or headgear. Radiation (such as ultraviolet light) may be used to sanitize air as it moves past the edge of the face protector. An embodiment includes a projection configured to cover the bill of the headgear.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Inventors: Daniel Patrick Brown, II, Daniel Patrick Brown, III
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Patent number: 11275257Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include an integrated eyewear and headgear system, including retrofitting existing headgear and eyewear, allowing the eyewear to remain attached, affixed to, or connected with headgear while not in use (not covering the eyes), as well as when in use (covering the eyes). A headgear and eyewear system may comprise eyewear configured to be worn on the face of a user; headgear configured to be worn on the head of the user; and at least one retaining mechanism configured to attach the eyewear to the headgear, wherein the eyewear comprises a first position in front of the user's eyes, wherein the eyewear comprises a second position upon the headgear and not in front of the user's eyes, and wherein the retaining mechanism is configured to retain the eyewear with respect to the headgear in at least one of the first position and the second position.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Inventor: Matthew W. Lowe
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Patent number: 11266194Abstract: A brim shade has a shade element, a clip, and a hinge that joins the shade element and the clip to make the brim shade. The shade element and the hinge combine to create a shade that does not allow the light to get past the brim shade. The brim shade can be adjusted through 360 degree rotation and along the side of a hat to provide protection to the wearer.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Inventor: James E. Danko
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Patent number: 11259579Abstract: A face shield and head covering combination is provided. The head covering comprises a body and an attachment element. The body defines a head opening configured to receive a user's head therethrough. The attachment element is coupled to the body and configured to couple to a face shield positionable on the user's face. The attachment element is configured to transition between a first position on the body and a second position on the body, wherein the second position is spaced from the first position.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Inventor: Steven Powell
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Patent number: 11247115Abstract: A protective system including: a protective suit capable of withstanding the force of an impact without tearing, the protective suit including: a head portion; a neck portion connected to the head portion; a torso portion connected to the neck portion; a fluid bladder formed in at least two of the head portion, neck portion and torso portion, the fluid bladder containing a fluid; and an alert indicator for indicating when the force of an impact on the fluid bladder exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Sports Medicine Sciences, LLCInventor: Andrew Blecher
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Patent number: 11243417Abstract: An article of personal protective equipment (PPE) for covering a wearer's face when wearing loupes and/or a light mounted to an eyeglass frame, the apparatus including a set of adapters, each adapter mounted or configured for mounting to an eyeglass frame, wherein each adapter has an outward extending protrusion; and a transparent face shield with opposing sidewalls joined by a convex front with upper and lower portions angled inward to cover the wearer's face when wearing the loupes and/or light, each sidewall configured to engage one of the protrusions to align an apex of the convex with the loupes and/or light.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Inventors: Keith E. Kubischta, Karen M. Kubischta
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Patent number: 11213089Abstract: A protective helmet has an outer shell, a protection shield movable relative to the outer shell between a deployed position and a stowed position, and a linkage mechanism for connecting the protection shield to the outer shell and permitting movement of the protection shield between the deployed and stowed positions. The linkage mechanism has a first link with a first end connected to the outer shell and a second end connected to the protection shield, a second link having a first end connected to the outer shell and a second end connected to the protection shield, and a biasing member having a first end connected to the first link and a second end connected to the second link. The second end of the biasing member moves between the first and second ends of the second link during movement of the protection shield between the deployed and stowed positions.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: MSA Technology, LLCInventors: Alexa Danielle Bohn, Daniel Martin Hehman
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Patent number: 11206889Abstract: A safety hat assembly for enhancing safety and comfort of a user includes a hat that is selectively sizable to a head of a user and which has a brim coupled thereto. The hat is positionable on the head of the user with the brim extending over a forehead of the user. A pair of safety glasses is slidably engaged to the hat and is selectively positionable in a stowed configuration within the hat and a deployed configuration to protect eyes of the user. An earplug is engaged to and selectively extendible from the hat to allow insertion into a respective ear canal of the user to protect hearing of the user. A set of pads is engaged to and positioned within the hat to cushion the head of the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Inventor: Carl Samuel, Jr.
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Patent number: 11202482Abstract: A ventilated helmet is provided. The helmet includes a shell defining a cavity, the shell having a front section provided with an opening to allow the wearer to see. The helmet also includes a transparent shield adapted having an inner surface and being adapted to substantially close the opening. Finally, the helmet includes a ventilation system having an evacuation subsystem adapted to create an evacuation airflow to evacuate humid air within the cavity to a surrounding environment. The ventilation system further has a pressurizing subsystem adapted to admit a pressurizing airflow within the cavity to create a high-pressure zone and a low-pressure zone within the cavity, wherein when in use, the wearer exhales air within the low-pressure zone, and wherein the high-pressure zone prevents air within the cavity from travelling from the low-pressure zone to the high-pressure zone. A method of evacuating humid air from the cavity is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: KIMPEX INC.Inventors: Nicolas Bouchard Fortin, Robert Handfield, Jean-Simon Lévesque, Étienne Gilbert, Hachimi Fellouah, Marouen Dghim
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Patent number: 11197508Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a face shield capable of sliding onto a brim of a head covering. The face shield may have coatings providing anti-microbial protection, UV protection, fire protection, or combinations thereof. The face shield may be pre-designed for a specific head covering, or may be adaptable to take the correct shape upon mounting to the head covering. The face shield may also include a snap-on strip that is releasably connectable to a substantially transparent sheet of material forming the face shield and the snap-on strip may be configured to impart a shape to the substantially transparent sheet of material when connected thereto.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Spellbound Development Group, Inc.Inventors: Earl Joseph Votolato, Ryan Michael Burkes, Carlos David Reyes
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Patent number: 11172718Abstract: A wearable display device includes a wearing device, a linking-lever set, a bracket and an optical imaging device. The linking-lever set includes a first rod and a second rod, and the first rod is pivotally connected to the wearing device and the second rod, respectively. The bracket is fixedly connected to the optical imaging device, and is pivotally connected to the second rod of the at least one linking-lever set.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chun-Lung Chen, Yuan-Peng Yu, Wei-Jen Chang, Hung-Chieh Wu
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Patent number: 11172724Abstract: A hat with a replaceable paracord chinstrap. A hat is provided that includes a removably attached paracord chinstrap. A chinstrap adjustment piece is attached to the hat and may be used to adjust the tightness around a wearer's chin. An instruction sheet is provided that includes instructions on how to attach the paracord chinstrap and adjustment piece and how to utilize the paracord chinstrap.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Inventor: Peter Grimm Niedermeyer
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Patent number: 11166514Abstract: A helmet/hood assembly includes a housing, a support ring subassembly configured to hold the assembly on a human head, a face shield, and a flexible hood attached to the housing and to the face shield, with the assembly being received, stored, used, and disposed as a single unit. The support ring subassembly pivots on the housing between a position suitable for shipping and storing the assembly and a position in which the assembly is worn. An accessory light powered by a battery may be held in place on the housing by magnetic attraction through the hood.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2015Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Inventor: Mohammed A. Hajianpour
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Patent number: 11147323Abstract: A protective shield is provided for use with headwear having a brim and wearable by a user. The protective shield includes an elongate suspension strap portion and a pair of attachment tabs engageable with the headwear and positioned such that the elongate suspension strap portion extends between the pair of attachment tabs. A protective portion is connected to the suspension strap portion and is configured to extend over the user's eyes, nose, and mouth when the protective shield is attached to the headwear. The suspension strap portion and the protective portion collectively define a slot sized to receive the brim of the headwear to facilitate engagement between the protective shield and the headwear.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Racing Optics, Inc.Inventor: Bart E. Wilson
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Patent number: 11147331Abstract: A glasses/cap system for separably coupling glasses to a cap and for securing the glasses to the hat in either a usage orientation or a storage orientation. The coupling components mainly consisting of complementary magnets and ferromagnetic materials located in reciprocal parts of the glasses and cap alone or in combination with push type or bungee type connectors.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Inventor: Israel Rosario
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Patent number: 11137611Abstract: A head mounted display mounting assembly for casual headwear is provided. The assembly comprises a resilient support band that is employed to secure a head-mounted display unit to a piece of casual headwear worn by a user. The head mounted display mounting assembly can be supported by pre-existing structures (e.g., sweat band) of a piece of casual headwear, and further supported and/or secured to temple regions of the casual headwear. Once seated within and secured to the piece of casual headwear, the head-mounted display unit can be secured to the head mounted display mounting assembly, providing a comfortable and integrated wearable experience for the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: REALWEAR, INC.Inventor: Stephen A. Pombo
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Patent number: 11134731Abstract: A garment having a protective hood joined to a collar at an attachment point above a neck seam on the collar, the protective hood having a perimeter defining a hood opening, a rigid, transparent visor attached to the protective hood at the perimeter such that the visor is configured to cover eyes during normal wear.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Zhik Pty LtdInventors: Thomas Kenneth Hussey, Bartosz Milczarczyk
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Patent number: 11096440Abstract: A multifunctional lens assembly includes a functional transparent plate and a layered adhesive body. The functional transparent plate includes spaced apart through holes disposed in an outer peripheral region thereof. Each through hole extends through two opposite surfaces of the outer peripheral region. The layered adhesive body is attached to the functional transparent plate for adhering the functional transparent plate to a face shield of a mobile helmet. The layered adhesive body has a first layer 61 disposed on one of the two opposite surfaces of the outer peripheral region facing toward the face shield, and connection studs respectively extending through the through holes and integrally connecting the first layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Inventor: Cheng-Liang Tsai
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Patent number: 11083239Abstract: A visor system for a protective sport helmet (e.g., a hockey helmet) wearable on a head of a user (e.g., a hockey player) is provided. The visor system comprises a visor for protecting at least part of a face of the user. The visor is transparent and comprises left and right connectors. The visor system also comprises left and right visor supports for supporting the visor on left and right sides of the protective sport helmet. The left and right connectors of the visor are toollessly connectable to and toollessly disconnectable from the left and right visor supports to allow the user to toollessly connect the visor to the left and right visor supports and toollessly disconnect the visor from the left and right visor supports. The visor system may be configured to define an open gap from a top edge of the visor to the outer shell when the left and right visor supports are supporting the visor on the left and right sides of the protective sport helmet.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY LLCInventors: Thierry Krick, David Rudd, Charles-Antoine Desrochers
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Patent number: 11013287Abstract: A goggle retaining apparatus to secure a pair of goggles having a goggle strap to a helmet. The apparatus having a first and second retaining component affixed to the sides of the helmet at a position substantially in line with the goggle strap when the pair of goggles is placed over the eyes of a wearer. The retaining components have a base member being secured to the side of the helmet and a retaining member secured to the base member. The retaining member is configured to receive the goggle strap when the pair of goggles is placed over the eyes of the wearer. The retaining component is configured to engage the goggle strap when the pair of goggles is moved upward from the eyes of the wearer such that the rear portion of the goggle strap located to the rear of the retaining component remains at a position substantially in line with the position of the goggle strap when the pair of goggles is placed over the eyes of a wearer.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Inventor: Ian John Daburn
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Patent number: 10993495Abstract: A headwear apparatus is provided. The headwear apparatus including a cap configured to be worn on a head of a user, and a visor coupled to the cap, wherein at least a portion of the visor is transparent in at least one direction, and wherein the visor is configured to block a portion of ultraviolet (UV) rays from passing through the visor. The visor may be permanently affixed to the cap or may be removably coupled to the cap.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Inventor: Matt Heller
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Patent number: 10945480Abstract: A one-piece facemask in combination with a ball cap including a bill. The facemask includes a grid portion formed by a plurality of interconnected plastic segments with circular cross sections joined at substantially perpendicular angles. One of the segments forms an upper edge of the grid portion spanning from a distal left side of the grid portion to a distal right side of the grid portion. The facemask includes one plastic bar spanning the upper edge of the grid portion. The one plastic bar is unconnected to the upper edge of the grid portion between the distal left side of the upper edge of the grid portion and the distal right side of the upper edge of the upper edge of the grid portion to define an open slot between the elongated bar and the upper edge of the grid portion. The open slot receives the bill of the ball cap.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Inventors: Douglas Romanski, Mark Barrett, Kirk Schultz