Chinstrap with jaw protection

摘要

A device includes a chinstrap with two or four-point attachment which also incorporates jaw protection and inertia displacement. The chin protection consists of a padded chin cup with interior webbing to align the chin cup on the user's chin. To either side of the chin cup, jaw protecting portions laterally emanate to either side of the chin along the jaw line of the user/wearer. These jaw protecting structures are as wide as the chin cup at their attachments to the chin cup and may taper to a thinner configuration as they extend away from the chin cup. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, two opposed straps emanate laterally to either side of the chin cup and two other straps emanate laterally from respective ones of the jaw protecting structures. An alternate embodiment with only two attachment points is also disclosed.

主权项

1. A chinstrap, comprising:
a) a chin pad having first and second opposed sides and first and second chin pad side terminations and a recess sized to receive a wearer's chin; b) a separate first jaw protecting pad having a first edge and a first length extending away from said first edge, said first edge abutting and affixed to said first side termination of said chin pad and a separate second jaw protecting pad having a second edge and a second length extending away from said second edge, said second edge abutting and affixed to said second side termination of said chin pad, each jaw protecting pad having a length extending away from a side termination to which it is affixed; c) opposed straps comprising a strap to each side of said chin pad, wherein each of said straps is attached to one of said first and second jaw protecting pads, said straps having respective ends distal from said first and second jaw protecting pads and said distal ends bearing attachments facilitating releasable fastening to opposed sides of a helmet or other head protector; d) each of said opposed straps having a first width, each of said first and second jaw protecting pads having a second width wider than said first width for at least a portion of said first or second lengths respectively and each of said jaw protecting pads being configured to overlie a portion of a wearer's jaw line remote from a wearer's chin and spaced from said first and second side terminations when said chin pad surrounds a wearer's chin and said straps are fastened to opposed sides of a helmet or other head protector.