US 6,499,147 B2
Protective headgear and chin pad
Paul Schiebl,
8905 Chatsworth,
Houston, Tex. 77024 (US);
and Marshall F. Holtsclaw, II,
6641 Evergreen Loop Rd.,
Leslie, Mo. 63056 (US)
Assigned to Gray Matter Holdings LLC,
Baltimore, Md. (US)
Filed on 08-Oct-2001, as Appl. No. Gray Matter Holdings LLC,
Baltimore, Md. (US)
Int. Cl.7A63B 71/10
US 6,499,147 B2
Protective headgear and chin pad
Paul Schiebl,
8905 Chatsworth,
Houston, Tex. 77024 (US);
and Marshall F. Holtsclaw, II,
6641 Evergreen Loop Rd.,
Leslie, Mo. 63056 (US)
Filed on Oct. 08, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/972,604.
Application 09/972604 is a continuation of application No. 09/146875, filed on Sep. 03, 1998, granted, now 6298483.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/056305, filed on Sep. 03, 1997.
Prior Publication US 2002/0010958 A1, Jan. 31, 2002
Int. Cl.7A63B 71/10
U.S. Cl. 28212;425
8 Claims
1. Protective headgear comprising:
a) a substantially rigid helmet shell shaped to fit over a head and to form protection over both sides of a face;
b) removeable face pads attached to the shell along both sides of a face, said face pads being removeable while the helmet
is on a head;
c) the face pads preventing removal of the helmet shell from the head without removal of the face pads from the shell before
removal of the helmet from the head.
