US 11,744,302 B2
Protective headband
Federico Olivares Velasco, Cranberry Township, PA (US); Alberto Marana Jurado, Seville (ES); and Juan Solano Leiva, Seville (ES)
Assigned to 2nd Skull, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by 2ND SKULL, INC., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/970,760.
Application 17/970,760 is a continuation of application No. 16/821,177, filed on Mar. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,478,030.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/819,796, filed on Mar. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0040930 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A41D 20/00 (2006.01); A41D 13/015 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 20/00 (2013.01) [A41D 13/015 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A headband, comprising:
an outermost layer, wherein the outermost layer defines a front region and an opposing rear region, and wherein the outermost layer defines a circular opening to accept a head of a wearer, wherein the outermost layer comprises
an outer facing portion, and
an inner facing portion, wherein the inner facing portion is positioned to directly contact a head of a wearer, and
wherein the outermost layer is stitched to define a plurality of circumferentially-spaced pockets, wherein one of the plurality of circumferentially-spaced pockets is frontal pocket positioned in the front region of the outermost layer;
a plurality of padding panels, wherein a respective one of the plurality of padding panels is positioned within a respective one of each of the plurality of circumferentially-spaced pockets, wherein one of the plurality of padding panels has a generally trapezoidal shape and is non-removably positioned in the frontal pocket; and
an impact panel, wherein the impact panel is non-removably positioned within the frontal pocket, and wherein the impact panel has a generally trapezoidal shape and is positioned between the outer facing portion and the one of the plurality of padding panels positioned within the frontal pocket.