Sport face mask

Abstract

A sport face mask is primarily a hollow face mask with a curved surface, made by extrusion wire-shape tubing along a length and width of the face mask, which can be worn on a user's face in association with a helmet or an elliptic pad. At least a part of the wire-shape tubing in the face mask is provided with a cross section in an elliptic or flat shape, and a long side of its cross section is perpendicular to the curved surface formed upon extrusion and assembling into the face mask. According to the aforementioned structure, in using the present invention, compressive and collision strengths of the face mask can be increased, a block to line of sight can be reduced, and a weight of the face mask product can be decreased.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] (a) Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a sport face mask, and more particularly to a hollow (or solid face) mask with a curved surface, which is extruded to be oval or flat shape, the purpose is used to enhance an intensity to have high impact effect and prevent an athlete's face from being subject to a collision by a ball or other alien object, and also is provided with a good line of sight and field of vision, in mean time, the unit weight of wire cage will be much more lighter weight than traditional solid wire cage, it has been significantly decrease on weight for a player, we can maintain the high impact, wider vision and also decrease the unit weight. [0003] (b) Description of the Prior Art [0004] For a conventional round shape face mask composed with wire-shape steel material, which is made by extrusion (such as a face mask for a hockey, a baseball / softball, lacrosse and any. game needs wire cage for protection), ...

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Benefits of technology

[0006] The primary object of present invention is to provide an improved structure of a sport face mask which can increase compressive strength and collision strength of the face mask without affecting a line of sight, and can even further improve its line of sight and field of vision, under a condition of same material, same weight, and same cross sectional area.

[0008] According to the aforementioned structure, as a conventional round-wire steel material is squeezed into a wire of flat cross section, and its long side of cross section is outward perpendicular to a curved surface formed in extrusion and assembling into the face mask, the compressive strength and the collision strength of the face mask can be increased, under a condition of same material, same weight, and same cross sectional area. In addition, when a user wears on the face mask and looks out from an interior, he or she will see a narrower wire diameter, thereby achieving an effect of reducing a block to the line of sight.

[0010] In addition to above version, the present invention have the hollow tubing as well to decrease the weight, but still maintain the high impact and wider vision property.

Problems solved by technology

However, if compressive strength and collision strength of that face mask needs to be increased, it cannot be achieved without enlarging a diameter of the wire or replacing with a better material, as far as the round-wire steel material is concerned.

Accordingly, when the wire diameter is enlarged to enhance the strengths, a weight of the face mask will be naturally increased to add a burden to a user.

And a line of sight will become inferior due to the enlarged wire diameter, thereby being disadvantageous to use for an athlete.

Furthermore, the increased compressive strength will be very limited such that it cannot be proportional to the increased cost, for a same wire diameter.

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