Oscar D Gonzalez

US Patent:

6374422, Apr 23, 2002

Filed:

May 11, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/853494

Inventors:

Hugo Gonzalez - Los Angeles CA 90022
Maria Gonzalez - Los Angeles CA 90022
Oscar Gonzalez - Los Angeles CA 90022

International Classification:

A63B 7110

US Classification:

2425

Abstract:

A head guard for soccer players for protecting the forehead of a soccer player when the forehead is struck with a soccer ball. The head guard for soccer players includes a plate having a outer surface and an inner surface. The plate has a bottom edge, a pair of side edges and a top edge. The inner surface is concave and the outer surface is convex. The bottom edge generally lies in a plane such that the plate generally arcs back from the bottom edge to the top edge. A head band is elongated and has a pair of ends. Each of the ends of the head band is attached to the plate and defines a loop for extending around a head such that the plate may be abutted against the forehead of the wearer. Each of the ends of the head band is positioned adjacent to the bottom edge and one of the side edges.