US 11,986,041 B2
Protective sports face mask
Michael Polstein, Orlando, FL (US); Jason Polstein, Orlando, FL (US); and Matthew Polstein, Orlando, FL (US)
Assigned to Clearview Systems, LLC, Orlando, FL (US)
Filed by Clearview Systems, LLC, Orlando, FL (US)
Filed on May 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/737,633.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/185,094, filed on May 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0354204 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A42B 3/20 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 3/20 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire cage face mask, comprising:
a headband defining a U-shape forehead portion and opposing diverging side portions that extend to respective free distal ends and having a harness for securing the headband to a player's head; and
a wire cage attached to the headband, said wire cage extending forwardly to provide resistant to impact by balls, comprising:
an upper bar attached to the headband on an outward face;
an intermediate bar spaced from the upper bar and having opposing distal ends attached to the headband proximate the distal ends of the opposing side portions;
a lower bar spaced from the intermediate bar and having opposing distal ends attached to the headband proximate the distal ends of the intermediate bar;
a pair of lateral side bars attached at opposing distal ends to the lower bar and the upper bar and at an intermediate portion to the intermediate bar; and
a front bar centrally attached at opposing ends to the lower bar and the intermediate bar;
said upper bar, intermediate bar, and front bar each comprising a flattened wire member having in cross-section opposing curved surfaces and opposing flat surfaces, said upper, intermediate, and front bars oriented to have a respective one of the curved surfaces facing a first outward direction relative to the u-shaped forehead portion of the headband and the respective flat faces facing in opposing lateral directions.