US 12,295,446 B2
Deflecting sound waves away from an ear of a wearer of a sports protective helmet
Sebastian Schaefer, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Sebastian Schaefer, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/823,277.
Application 17/823,277 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/934,655, filed on Jul. 21, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/995,109, filed on Jan. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408867 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A42B 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 3/166 (2013.01) [A42B 3/16 (2013.01); A42B 3/163 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for deflecting sound waves, the system comprising:
a sports protective helmet having an ear hole on at least one side thereof having at least one dimension across the hole; and
a sound-deflecting apparatus comprising a baffle, wherein the baffle has an ellipsoid shape or a hemi-ellipsoid shape, wherein the baffle has a first surface configured to face an ear of a wearer of the sports protective helmet and a second surface configured to face away from the ear, the baffle having a long dimension that is equal to or greater than the at least one dimension of the ear hole and a shorter width that is less than the one dimension such that at least a portion of the ear hole is not blocked by the baffle,
wherein the sound-deflecting apparatus is configured to couple with an interior surface or an exterior surface of the sports protective helmet proximate the ear hole, and
wherein a contour of the second surface of the baffle is configured to deflect a sound wave in a direction that is different than the direction that the sound wave was received.