U.S. patent application number 12/977927 was filed with the patent office on 2012-06-28 for method and device for providing an opening on a head strap on a baseball or softball sports protective face mask to permit a person to tie back their hair or wear a ponytail style while properly securing the head strap.
Invention is credited to Jason Michael Polstein, Matthew Evan Polstein, Michael Allan Polstein.
Application Number | 20120159696 12/977927 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 46314995 |
Filed Date | 2012-06-28 |
United States Patent
Application |
20120159696 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Polstein; Matthew Evan ; et
al. |
June 28, 2012 |
Method and device for providing an opening on a head strap on a
Baseball or Softball sports protective face mask to permit a person
to tie back their hair or wear a ponytail style while properly
securing the head strap
Abstract
A method or device for providing an opening on a head strap on a
Baseball or Softball sports protective face mask: permitting the
person to tie their hair back or place their hair in a ponytail
style, wherein the head strap would remain properly secured to the
person's head
Inventors: |
Polstein; Matthew Evan;
(Winter Park, FL) ; Polstein; Jason Michael;
(Orlando, FL) ; Polstein; Michael Allan; (Miami,
FL) |
Family ID: |
46314995 |
Appl. No.: |
12/977927 |
Filed: |
December 23, 2010 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
2/417 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 71/10 20130101;
A63B 2102/182 20151001; A63B 2102/18 20151001 |
Class at
Publication: |
2/417 |
International
Class: |
A41D 13/11 20060101
A41D013/11 |
Claims
1. A method or device for providing an opening on a head strap on a
Baseball or Softball sports protective face mask permitting the
person to tie their hair back or place their hair in a ponytail
style wherein the head strap would remain properly secured to the
person's head
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Broadly, an embodiment of the present invention generally
provides a method and device for providing an opening on a head
strap on a Baseball or Softball sports protective face mask to
permit a person to tie back their hair or wear a ponytail style
while properly securing the head strap.
[0002] Persons engaged in Baseball or Softball sports utilize a
protective face mask while playing defense to prevent facial
injuries. These protective face masks are worn on the person's head
through the use of elastic straps that wrap over and around the
person's head to hold the protective face mask to the persons
face.
[0003] Normally, a person engaged in Baseball or Softball sports
utilizing a protective facemask is unable to tie their hair back or
put their hair into a ponytail style because doing so prevents the
elastic strap from being properly secured on the person's head.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0004] The following detailed description is of the best currently
contemplated modes of carrying out exemplary embodiments of the
invention. The description is not to be taken in a limiting sense,
but is made merely for the purpose of illustrating the general
principles of the invention, since the scope of the invention is
best defined by the appended claims.
[0005] Various inventive features are described below that can each
be used independently of one another or in combination with other
features. However, any single inventive feature may not address any
of the problems discussed above or may only address one of the
problems discussed above. Further, one or more of the problems
discussed above may not be fully addressed by any of the features
described below.
[0006] An embodiment of the present invention includes a method and
device that accomplishes the functional task of providing an
opening on a head strap on a Baseball or Softball sports protective
facemask to permit a person to tie back their hair or wear a
ponytail style while properly securing the head strap. The method
or device is an opening in the protective face mask head strap that
permits the person to put a ponytail style or other tied back hair
style through the opening to allow the head strap to be properly
secured.
[0007] An embodiment of the invention provides an opening on a head
strap on a Baseball or Softball sports protective facemask to
accommodate a ponytail style or other tied back hair style
method.
[0008] An embodiment of this method or device could be composed of
any type of material. This could include, but is not limited to:
[0009] Elastic [0010] Cloth or Fabric [0011] Foam [0012] Plastic
[0013] Rubber [0014] Paper or Cardboard
[0015] An embodiment of this material and/or process can be sized
and shaped to fit any design and/or shape as it is needed.
[0016] An embodiment of this method could be applied to any and all
baseball or softball protective face masks to permit the person to
tie their hair back or put their hair in a ponytail style while
properly securing the head strap.
[0017] An embodiment of the method or device would involve an
opening on a head strap on a Baseball or Softball sports protective
facemask to accommodate a ponytail style or other tied back hair
style that could be either permanently or temporarily installed on
the protective face mask. This would allow the baseball or softball
contest participant to use a protective face mask and still be able
to tie their hair back or place their hair into a ponytail and
properly secure the head strap.
[0018] It should be understood, of course, that the foregoing
relates to exemplary embodiments of the invention and that
modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and
scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0019] FIG. 1 is a perspective view a head strap constructed in
accordance with the teaching of the present invention;
[0020] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a head strap constructed in
accordance with the teaching of the present invention that is
attached to a protective face mask.
[0021] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a head strap constructed in
accordance with the teaching of the present invention, that is
attached to a protective face mask and worn by a person that has
their hair tied into a ponytail hair style.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0022] Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a head strap,
generally designated Ref. 10, constructed in accordance with the
teaching of the present invention. The head strap (Ref. 10) is
installed on a protective face mask (Ref. 11) so that the
protective face mask (Ref. 11) can be worn on a player's head (Ref.
12) while the players is wearing their hair tied up in a ponytail
(Ref. 13) or other hair style.
[0023] It can therefore be seen that according to the present
invention, there is provided a novel head strap (Ref. 10) that
solves the issues encountered by players' when they attempt to wear
a protective face mask (Ref. 11) on their head (Ref. 12) while the
player has their hair tied up into a ponytail (Ref. 13) or other
hair style.
[0024] While the invention has been described with respect to a
preferred physical embodiment constructed in accordance therewith,
it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various
modifications and improvements may be made without departing from
the scope and spirit of the invention. Accordingly, it is to be
understood that the invention is not to be limited by the specific
illustrative embodiment, but only by the scope of the appended
claims.
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