Abstract: A helmet for protecting a user's head is provided with a faceguard, in which fastening of the faceguard to the helmet is facilitated, including by retention of fastening hardware (e.g., one or more fasteners) on the faceguard before the faceguard is fastened to the helmet. This may be useful for the user or other individuals, such as at a retail store or other location selling or otherwise providing the helmet and/or the faceguard.

Abstract: An innovative protective football helmet includes a durable shell having an impact attenuation system, a visor system with a visor, a lower chin bar assembly, and internal impact attenuation assembly. The connection of the visor to the shell is “tool-less,” meaning that no unique tool is required for coupling or removing the visor system. The visor system is not coupled to the lower chin bar assembly, which allows the visor to independently flex and independently elastically deform relative to the chin bar assembly. The visor is configured to match a substantial extent of the frontal shell region, thus the visor does not need to be substantially deformed during the installation process, which eliminates the introduction of additional stresses on the visor during the installation process. The visor also replaces a significant upper extent of a conventional facemask that is both heavy and costly to manufacture.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a VR mask and a mask bracket. The VR mask includes a mask main body, which is configured to be connected with a mask bracket. The mask main body includes a fabric layer and a bracket connecting component. The fabric layer is connected to the bracket connecting component to form an accommodating cavity. A filling layer is arranged in the accommodating cavity. When a user wears VR equipment, the fabric layer of the mask main body is in direct contact with the skin of the user. A fabric used in the fabric layer is softer and more comfortable than a hard or viscous material, which can better adapt to the facial contour of the user. Furthermore, the fabric usually has good breathability, which allows air circulation, reduces moisture and excessive sweating, and can satisfy the best performance and improve the wearing experience of the user.

Abstract: An extended reality (XR) head-mounted display (HMD) device may include a processor, a memory device, a power management unit, an HMD video display to present to a user an extended reality image of an environment, and an HMD housing fitted to be formed around a user's eyes. The HMD housing includes an HMD shield, an HMD hood comprising a fabric shroud operatively coupled to a shroud frame and a face mask operatively coupled to the shroud frame to interface with a suer's face and the HMD hood operatively coupled to the HMD shield.

Abstract: A helmet, such as a football helmet, includes a shell portion, a retention assembly, and a face guard assembly. The shell portion includes: an outer shell; an inner shell spaced apart from the outer shell, the inner shell and the outer shell defining an interior space between the inner shell and the outer shell; at least one fastener assembly extending from the outer shell to the inner shell through the interior space; and at least one inflated bladder positioned in the interior space defined by the inner shell and the outer shell. The shell(s) can be formed from lightweight materials, such as carbon fiber. The retention assembly is connected to the inner shell for securing the helmet to a head of a wearer. The face guard assembly is connected to the outer shell and is positioned to protect at least a portion of a face of the wearer.

Abstract: A patient interface system for delivery of a supply of air at positive pressure to the entrance of a patient's airways for treatment of sleep disordered breathing includes an air delivery tube connected to a flexible portion of a plenum; a vent structure having sufficient rigidity to support its own weight under gravity and/or not to block or fold under tube movement or tube drag; and a patient interface structure. The patient interface structure includes a seal forming structure arranged on a top portion of the plenum; and a seal positioning and stabilizing structure connected to a flexible portion of the plenum. The seal-forming structure is substantially decoupled from a tube drag force.

Abstract: A glasses mounted face shield for mounting on a nose bridge of a pair of eyeglasses may include a shield bib fabricated from a flexible, translucent material and having a lock slot cut into the shield bib proximate a bib top edge from a shield front surface to a shield rear surface. A glasses engagement portion with a lock finger may extend upward from the the bib top edge. The lock finger is inserted through the lock slot and engages the shield bib proximate the lock slot to retain the lock finger within the lock slot. The glasses engagement portion may be wrapped around the nose bridge of the eyeglasses and the lock finger inserted through the lock slot to hang the glasses mounted face shield from the eyeglasses and in front of a face of a person wearing the eyeglasses.

Abstract: A facial shield for a protective headgear system includes a polymeric sheet having an upper portion configured to be coupled to a support and a lower portion having a lower extremity, wherein the upper portion includes a first hole, a second hole, and a third hole, each one of the first, second, and third holes laterally spaced from the other two of the first, second, and third holes, and the first hole including a first section having a first hole gap and a second section laterally adjacent the first section and having a second hole gap, wherein the first hole gap of the first hole is greater than or equal to the maximum vertical dimension of a first hook of the support, and wherein the second hole gap of the first hole is greater than a vertical base thickness of a base of the first hook and is less than the maximum vertical dimension of the first hook.

Abstract: Eyewear includes a lens (31) including left and right curved, concave protuberances (33) with a connecting structure (37) for sitting on a nose of a user. A peak point (63) of each protuberance (33), which is at a point of maximum distance from a user's eye, is not aligned with a centerline of the user's eye but is offset from the centerline of the user's eye by an offset distance.

Abstract: A conformable body interface is fabricated using a data set representing a three-dimensional, soft tissue body surface. The conformable body interface includes a body scaffold that is divided into two or more longitudinal segments separated by axial joints. Optionally, the body scaffold is further divided into two or more circumferentially split segments separated by circumferential joints. The axial joints are circumferentially constrained by bands, tabs, or similar structures and the circumferential joints are longitudinally constrained by axial tethers or similar structures. In this way, the body interfaces can accommodate swelling and bending of the body surface.

Abstract: A dental guard (10) for preventing wear of the occlusal surfaces of a user's teeth resulting from bruxism is provided. The dental guard (10) can be can be custom-fitted to the teeth of the wearer. The guard (10) comprises a durable core (14) that is overmolded by a thermoplastic outer layer (12). The outer layer (12) can be softened through exposure to hot, but not boiling, water, and then formed around the user's teeth. The guard (10) may include one or more features (32, 84) that assist the user in proper positioning of the guard within his or her mouth during the custom fitting process.

Abstract: A strapless, personal protective face mask that includes glasses, a nosepiece, and a mouth covering is described. The glasses are configured to be worn by a user and includes a bridge. The face mask may include a nosepiece having a curved body, an attachment portion disposed along the top of the body, and an attachment feature configured to securely attach the nosepiece to, for example, the bridge of the glasses. The mouth covering extends from the bottom of the body and covers at least a majority of the user's mouth. An embodiment having a transparent shield over the zone about a user's mouth is also described.

Abstract: The present description provides components that allow a respiratory protection device to be secured in a position of use by attachment with a headwear suspension. In some exemplary embodiments, a harness adapter is positioned along a strap of a headwear suspension and includes a harness attachment element that may releasably attach to a strap component of a respiratory harness assembly.

Abstract: A shock absorber, for use with headgear having a faceguard, has a sliding member that does not extend beyond the support structure of the shock absorber in a way that would leave it vulnerable to damage. A headgear having a faceguard provides a protected mounting location for mounting a shock absorber for the faceguard.

Abstract: A face mask comprising a U-shaped headband for securing to a player's head and a wire cage attached to the headband to provide resistant to impact by balls having a spaced-apart upper bar, intermediate bar and lower bar, interconnected by a pair of opposing side bars and a front bar, which upper bar, intermediate bar, and front bar each comprising flattened wire members having in cross-section opposing curved surfaces and opposing flat surfaces and having one of the curved surfaces facing a first outward direction and the flat faces facing in opposing lateral directions.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing cooled clean filtered air to the wearer of this device while allowing them to remain inconspicuous and to do so using inexpensive easily obtainable filtration supplies.

Abstract: Various face shield assemblies for hard hats are described. In one embodiment, the face shield assembly includes a hard hat, a mounting bracket, a face shield, a first pivot arm and a second pivot arm. The first pivot arm and second pivot arm are pivotally coupled to the hard hat and rotate with respect to the mounting bracket and the face shield. The face shield is coupled to the first pivot arm and the second pivot arm. The face shield actuates between stowed and operating positions such that the face shield can avoid objects near a front of the hard hat, such as a bill and/or lamp. In other embodiments the face shield assembly includes an adjustable frame coupled to the face shield and the hard hat. The adjustable frame rotates and/or slides with respect to the hard hat.

Abstract: A sports helmet has: a shell; a face protector; and a face mask disposed on an inner side of the face protector, the face mask having a body overlapping a nose and a mouth and defining a volume between the face and the body, the body defining a top edge for engaging the face and a bottom edge opposed to the top edge and disposed proximate a chin, the bottom edge secured to a lower portion of the face protector at a location spaced apart from the face to define a gap therebetween, and lateral straps secured to one or both of the face protector and the shell for biasing the top edge against the face of the wearer, the body made of a material offering a flow resistance such that an exhalation flow from the wearer is deviated towards the gap and away from the face protector.

Abstract: A face shield includes a front surface opposite of a back surface, a shield portion, and a band portion extending from a top side of the shield portion. A plurality of spacing projections extend outward from the back surface of the face shield that are configured to be positioned against a forehead of a wearer.

Abstract: A helmet may include a shell defining a cavity to receive a user's head. The shell may include a shell outer surface and a receiving area recessed into the shell outer surface. A liner may be within the cavity and coupled to the shell. A facemask may be coupled to the shell. A front bumper may be coupled to the shell and the liner. The front bumper may extend from within the cavity to an exterior of the shell. The front bumper may be positioned at least partially within the receiving area of the shell.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system and/or an apparatus for an improved helmet system that may help reduce the severity of injuries by enhancing overall helmet protection through uniquely designed facemasks and facemask bumpers. The facemask and facemask bumpers that are particularly adapted to redistribute pressure and impact forces, decrease vibration, sudden shock, noise and/or the peak forces transmitted from the facemask to the rest of the helmet system. The facemask bumpers may be disposed into specific regions of the facemask, including the brow region, the glabella region, orbit region, the frontal region, the mandible (front, right and/or left side) region, the maxilla region, the nasal region, zygomatic region, the ethmoid region, the lacrimal region, the sphenoid region and/or any combination thereof.

Abstract: A fielder's mask includes a headband configured for positioning along the front and side regions of a wearer's head. A faceguard projects downwardly from a front region of the headband to protect the wearer's face from a batted or thrown ball. A rear region of the headband includes downwardly projecting, flexible arms, that secure the fielder's mask to the wearer, while also facilitating efficient, one-handed donning and removal of the fielder's mask. In some embodiments, the flexible arms engage the back of the wearer's head behind the wearer's ears. Elastic straps may be attached to the headband to further secure the fielder's mask to the wearer's head.

Abstract: A demi-helmet and a detachable face mask combination protects the full face of the person wearing the demi-helmet, with the face mask comprising multiple-spaced impact-resistant bars forming a cage in front of the face of the wearer and with vertical struts between adjacent bars constructed and arranged to leave the view of the wearer entirely unobstructed in both the forward and peripheral directions.

Abstract: A sanitizing device includes a nonlinear optical element, one or more laser diodes, a lens, and a battery pack. The one or more laser diodes are each configured to direct a beam of optical energy to the nonlinear optical element. Each beam of optical energy has a first wavelength and the nonlinear optical element is configured to produce UV-C energy having a second wavelength from the beams of optical energy. The lens is configured to focus the UV-C energy to cover a desired area for sanitizing purposes. The battery pack is configured for powering the one or more laser diodes.

Abstract: A patient interface comprising a plenum chamber pressurisable to a therapeutic pressure, a seal-forming structure constructed and arranged to maintain said therapeutic pressure in the plenum chamber, a positioning and stabilising structure to provide a force to hold a seal-forming structure in a therapeutically effective position on a patients head. The positioning and stabilising structure comprising at least one arm configured to be positioned adjacent to a cheek of the patient, and a strap removably received around the arm and configured to contact a posterior region of the patients head. The strap comprising a first coupling having a mechanical connector that is configured to engage the arm and limit movement of the arm into and out of the cavity, a second coupling spaced apart from an outer surface of the first coupling, and a sleeve being folded over the second coupling and positioned between the first and second couplings.

Abstract: Provided is a head band including a band main body, a supporting band, and an adjusting band, wherein the supporting band may stably support a head of a wearer by contacting and supporting the head at two or more points, and the length of the head band may be adjusted for improved wearing convenience.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a helmet with a split type skeleton structure. The helmet includes a helmet body; the helmet body is composed of a head guard and a chin guard which are separated; the head guard and the chin guard are mounted through cooperation between a fastened spliced skeleton and a plug pin; the spliced skeleton is composed of two skeleton connection members arranged inside the head guard and a chin skeleton arranged inside the chin guard; and hollows of a surface of the chin skeleton are fixedly connected with a plurality of one-piece structured reinforcing ribs.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for use of an improved face shield assembly which prevents foreign materials or contaminants from vertically migrating from the above a wearer's head to the area around a wearer's face, eyes, nose and mouth.

Abstract: A front cover for a helmet connectable to a shell for the helmet for covering an upper side, a rear side, and two sides of the head of a wearer so as to protect the upper side, the rear side, and two sides of the head of the wearer, is provided. The front cover includes a jaw protection portion configured to protect the wearer's jaw when the front cover is connected to the shell, and a jaw mediation portion connected to the jaw protection portion and configured to serve to mediate the jaw protection portion and the shell by being connected to the shell. When the jaw protection portion is connected to the shell by the jaw mediation portion, the jaw protection portion is rotatable based on the shell.

Abstract: In a swimming mask, a skirt includes a circumferential wall in an annular shape extending rearward from a lens frame, and a seal portion disposed behind the circumferential wall to be brought into contact with a face of a wearer. The skirt also includes a high stiffness annular region disposed rearward apart from the lens frame, extending in both side regions and an upper region of a mask body, and having higher stiffness than stiffness of other part of the skirt.

Abstract: A helmet with a gear-constraint type transformable chin guard structure may include a shell body, a chin guard and two branches on the chin guard, wherein a supporting base, the branch, an inner gear, an outer gear and a drive member form an associated mechanism, the inner gear and the outer gear are rotatable about fixed axes and constitute a meshing constraint pair, the inner gear and the branch are in sliding fit with each other and constitute a sliding constraint pair, and the drive member transfer the motion of the outer gear to the branch and causes the chin guard to make an extension/retraction displacement relative to the shell body, such that the chin guard makes an turnover motion while also recombining a reciprocating motion, thereby realizing a transformation between a full-helmet position and a semi-helmet position.

Abstract: A protective sports helmet that includes a chin strap system that allows for rapid, one-handed adjustment of a chin strap assembly by the player while he/she is wearing the helmet is provided. The chin strap assembly includes a protective chin cup and a pair of straps extending from opposed sides of the chin cup and having a plurality of securing elements. The assembly also includes a pair of adjustable connectors affixed to the helmet and that include a central opening that receives an extent of the strap and a lever that engages a portion of the securing elements. The adjustable connector allows movement of the strap in a first direction, and prevents movement of the strap in a second direction when the lever is engaged with at least one of the securing elements. The adjustable connector allows movement of the strap in both the first and second directions when the lever is not engaged with the securing elements.

Abstract: The present application discloses an apparatus, comprising: a goggle, including a goggle frame and a protective lens installed in the goggle frame; a face mask releasably connected to the goggle; a detachable pivot-connection structure provided between two lateral sides of the goggle frame and the face mask, the detachable pivot-connection structure comprising a pivoting axis substantially parallel to a lateral direction of the goggle frame; and a detachable locking structure provided between the goggle frame and the face mask, the detachable pivot-connection structure configured to cooperate with the detachable pivot-connection structure to selectively lock the goggle frame and the face mask together.

Abstract: Novel and advantageous masks and helmets to protect an athlete's head and face from impacts and injuries. In particular, the present disclosure relates to novel and advantageous masks and helmets to help protect a baseball or softball catcher's face and head from concussive forces of an incoming ball strike. A mask of the present disclosure may be coupled to a helmet, or may be configured for use without a helmet in some embodiments. The mask may provide a generally cone-shaped structure in front of a wearer's face, so as to provide an angled surface for contact with an incoming ball. Additionally, a shock absorbing material may be provided at an interface between the helmet and mask to reduce and distribute force transfer between the mask and the helmet.

Abstract: A helmet for a goalie is described herein. The helmet includes a head protective outer shell, a chin cup support bracket, and a shock membrane. The head protective outer shell defines an interior space. The head protective outer shell includes an exterior portion and in interior portion. The exterior portion includes an exterior lower section and an exterior upper section. The exterior upper section is curved. The interior portion is opposite the exterior portion. The interior portion includes an interior lower section and an interior upper section. The chin cup support bracket is secured to the interior lower section. The chin cup support bracket includes dual arm members configured to interface with a removable chin cup. The shock membrane is coupled with the interior upper section. The shock membrane includes a honeycomb design adapted to match a curvature of the exterior upper section and the interior upper section.

Abstract: A personal sanitizing device includes an eyewear frame and one or more UV-C sources attached to a lower edge of the eyewear frame for directing UV-C energy in a downward direction from the eyewear frame. The one or more UV-C sources are configured for sanitizing air in proximity of a mouth and/or a nose of a wearer of the personal sanitizing device. The personal sanitizing device also includes a battery configured for powering the one or more UV-C sources.

Abstract: A helmet includes a helmet body and a clip coupled to the helmet body, for retaining a helmet accessory such as a face cage. The clip comprises a first clip section partly defining an aperture into which a part of the helmet accessory can be received and a second clip section located opposite the first clip section. The second clip section has a first end and a second end, the first end partly defining the aperture into which the part of the helmet accessory can be received, and the second end being coupled to the helmet body. The second clip section further includes a ramped surface that can be depressed to provide access to or from the aperture by the part of the helmet accessory. Also disclosed is a clip for retaining a helmet accessory.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a wearable air cleaner where an air cleaning device is incorporated into a hat. The air cleaning device includes a fan unit to pull air through the device. The air cleaning device also includes ultraviolet light to disinfect the air and pushes the disinfected air in front of the wearer for breathing.

Abstract: A face shield for use with protective headgear can be shipped flat and easily assembled from a kit of parts without the use of tools or adhesives. The face shield protects against disease, aerosols and splatter that may contain pathogens; may include a curved lower perimeter to facilitate head movements, and can be taken on and off easily.

Abstract: A protective non-helmeted single molded facemask for sports includes a frame structure formed of a polycarbonate polymer that is structured and configured to engage a user's forehead, side and cheek facial structure and chin. An arrangement of vertical and horizontal bars in the central and lower portion of the face area of the facemask protect the users nose and mouth from direct contact with external objects, and particularly softballs, soccer balls, floor hockey sticks and pucks and field hockey sticks and balls. Upper and lower straps extend from slotted openings on the sides of the facemask and are positioned and arranged to extend around the lower back of the wearer's head to secure the facemask on the wearer's head. The facemask is designed to also significantly reduce the effective impact forces to the wearer's brain.

Abstract: A helmet is provided having one or more layers of foam forming a first helmet shell nested inside a second helmet shell. Left and right circular ear openings are positioned on opposing sides of the first helmet shell and on opposing sides of the second helmet shell. A faceguard is attached to the first and second ear opening at opposing sides of the second helmet shell and a right ear hole anchor and a left ear hole anchor, each have an inside surface and an outside surface. One each of the ear hole anchors attach to the first and second circular ear openings of the second helmet shell at their inside surface and a first end of the faceguard attaches to the outside surface of the right ear hole anchor and a second end of the faceguard attaches to the outside surface of the left ear hole anchor.

Abstract: A helmet includes a shell having an interior surface, a padding disposed along the interior surface of the shell, and a chinbar. The padding defines a first engagement surface positioned at a first lateral side of the padding and a second engagement surface positioned at an opposing second lateral side of the padding. The chinbar includes a cage, a first flange, and a second flange. The cage includes a first end defining a third engagement surface and a second end defining a fourth engagement surface. The third engagement surface interfaces with the first engagement surface and the fourth engagement surface interfaces with the second engagement surface. The first flange extends from the first end of the cage. The second flange extends from the second end of the cage. The first flange and the second flange of the chinbar are embedded within the padding.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides generally for a particle guard system and apparatus. The system may comprise temples, shield, and nose bridge. A particle guard may prevent or limit aspiration from entering the user's external environment via shield that covers the nose and mouth. The particle guard may comprise interchangeable components for personalization and various utility. The temples and the nose bridge may be available in various colors and styles for customization of the particle guard. The particle guard may possess attachments for various utility. Temples may comprise integrated attachments. For example, temples may contain a wireless signal device for external communication. The particle guard may comprise a sanitation system. Where the system includes external covering, shield may interface with the external covering via opening in the external covering.

Abstract: The protective sports helmet disclosed herein including a crown energy attenuation assembly positioned within a crown region of the helmet shell and includes: a first energy attenuation element with a plurality of sidewalls arranged to form a hexagonal housing, wherein a first sidewall has a substantially planar configuration; a second energy attenuation element with a plurality of sidewalls arranged to form a hexagonal housing, wherein a first sidewall has a substantially planar configuration; and, a third energy attenuation element with a plurality of sidewalls that are arranged to form a hexagonal housing. A first crown gap is formed between the first and second energy attenuation elements. A second crown gap is formed between the second and third energy attenuation elements. A third crown gap is formed between an extent of the third and first energy attenuation elements.

Abstract: A protective non-helmeted single molded facemask for sports includes a frame structure formed of a polycarbonate polymer and an integrally molded rigid eye shield formed of a transparent polycarbonate polymer composition. The peripheral frame structure is structured and configured to engage a user's forehead, side and cheek facial structure and chin. An arrangement of vertical and horizontal bars in the lower portion of the face area of the facemask are structured and configured to protect the users nose and mouth from direct contact with external objects, while the rigid eye shield on the upper face area of the facemask protects the users eyes from direct impact and contact with external objects. Upper and lower straps extend from slotted openings on the sides of the facemask and are positioned and arranged to extend around the lower back of the wearer's head to secure the facemask on the wearer's head.

Abstract: A protective non-helmeted single molded facemask for sports includes a frame structure formed of a polycarbonate polymer and an integrally molded rigid eye shield formed of a transparent polycarbonate polymer composition. The peripheral frame structure is structured and configured to engage a user's forehead, side and cheek facial structure and chin. An arrangement of vertical and horizontal bars in the lower portion of the face area of the facemask are structured and configured to protect the users nose and mouth from direct contact with external objects, while the rigid eye shield on the upper face area of the facemask protects the users eyes from direct impact and contact with external objects. Upper and lower straps extend from slotted openings on the sides of the facemask and are positioned and arranged to extend around the lower back of the wearer's head to secure the facemask on the wearer's head.

Abstract: A facemask for a helmet has a lower facemask section with a plurality of guard bars extending across and down the facemask section. A plurality of frame members has internal slotting, each of the frame members being attached to more than one of the plurality of guard bars extending across and down the lower facemask section. A transparent shield is located within the internal slotting of each of the frame members and the shields are fixedly secured within the slotting. The shields provide protection from outside impact to the lower part of the face of a wearer.

Abstract: A protective non-helmeted single molded facemask for sports includes a frame structure formed of a polycarbonate polymer and an integrally molded rigid eye shield formed of a transparent polycarbonate polymer composition. The peripheral frame structure is structured and configured to engage a user's forehead, side and cheek facial structure and chin. An arrangement of vertical and horizontal bars in the lower portion of the face area of the facemask are structured and configured to protect the users nose and mouth from direct contact with external objects, while the rigid eye shield on the upper face area of the facemask protects the users eyes from direct impact and contact with external objects. Upper and lower straps extend from slotted openings on the sides of the facemask and are positioned and arranged to extend around the lower back of the wearer's head to secure the facemask on the wearer's head.

Abstract: A chin guard positioning assembly connects a helmet body and a chin guard to each other. The helmet body provides a certain space to allow a user's head to be inserted thereinto and the position of the chin guard is allowed to be moved from a protective position to an open position. The chin guard positioning assembly includes a movable base part in which a position thereof is moved together with the chin guard. A fixed base part is connected to the helmet body and connected to the movable base part to serve as a reference for the movement of the position of the movable base part. A fixed magnetic force part is fixed to the fixed base part. A movable magnetic force part is fixed to the movable base part to fix the movable base part to a first position or a second position.

Abstract: Face coverings that protect the facial T-Zone region (i.e., eyes, nose, and mouth) from airborne transmission of infectious and other harmful particles are disclosed. The face coverings disclosed herein are designed to attach to the temples, frames, and/or the bridge of eyewear, which provides protection for the eyes of the wearer and dispenses of the need to adjust straps traditionally found on face masks. The face coverings may be converted to different configurations depending on the amount of protection and comfort desired by the wearer. For example, the face coverings disclosed herein can convert from a free-hanging position to a more protective configuration in which the mask conforms closely to the face of the wearer.