US Patent Issued to RAWLINGS SPORTING GOODS on Jan. 28 for "Fielder's mask with flexible retention system" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,696, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to RAWLINGS SPORTING GOODS COMPANY INC. (St. Louis).

"Fielder's mask with flexible retention system" was invented by Mitch Hinrichsen (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fielder's mask includes a headband configured for positioning along the front and side regions of a wearer's head. A faceguard projects downwardly from a front region of the headband to protect the wearer's face from a batted or thrown ball. A rear region of the headband includes downwardly projecting, flexible arms, that secure the fielder's mask to the wearer, while also facilitating efficient, one-handed donning and rem...