US 12,290,127 B2
Systems and methods for fastening a faceguard to a helmet
Jacques Durocher, Saint-Jerome (CA); Carolyn Steele, Portsmouth, NH (US); and Marie-Claude Genereux, Sainte-Therese (CA)
Assigned to BAUER HOCKEY LLC, Exeter, NH (US)
Filed by Bauer Hockey, LLC, Exeter, NH (US)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/060,697.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/908,766, filed on Oct. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0093036 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A42B 3/20 (2006.01); A42B 3/22 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 3/20 (2013.01) [A42B 3/221 (2013.01)] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for a helmet worn by a user engaging in a sport, the system comprising:
a faceguard comprising a grid to protect at least part of a face of the user, the grid comprising a plurality of openings such that the face of the user is exposed to a surrounding environment through the openings of the grid;
a plurality of mounts configured to mount the faceguard to the helmet;
a plurality of threaded fasteners configured to fasten the faceguard to the helmet; and
a retainer configured to retain a first one of the threaded fasteners, a second one of the threaded fasteners, and a first one of the mounts together before the faceguard is fastened to the helmet, the retainer extending from the first one of the threaded fasteners to the second one of the threaded fasteners, wherein:
the retainer is removable from the faceguard and the helmet while the first one of the threaded fasteners and the second one of the threaded fasteners fasten the faceguard to the helmet such that, when the retainer is removed from the faceguard and the helmet, the faceguard fastened to the helmet is configured to be used by the user while engaging in the sport; and
the retainer comprises a line of weakness configured to facilitate removal of the retainer from the faceguard.