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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Delby C Humphrey, Terre Haute, IN (US);
Robert D Humphrey, Litchfield, IL (US);
Assignee:
Schutt Manufacturing Company, Litchfield, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2-9 ;
Abstract
A football face guard adapted for connection to the forward side of a football helmet in which the top of the face guard is pivotally connected to the helmet so the guard is swingable on the helmet in the fore and aft direction. The sides of the face guard are connected to the helmet by connectors which extend angularly upwardly toward the rear while the portion of the face guard engaged by the connectors is inclined in a direction perpendicular to the direction of inclination of the connectors.