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US 12,302,959 · App. 18/921,270 · Granted May 20, 2025

Neck laceration prevention device

Inventors: Lynn D. Wilson (Westport, CT); Robert L. Stevenson (Boca Raton, FL)
Assignee: LeV Innovations LLC
A41D13/0512
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Patent No.
US 12,302,959
App. No.
18/921,270
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

Hockey players are at risk of laceration injuries to the neck, which can be fatal. Neck guards with cut-resistant material are available but have deficiencies that limit the safety protection that they can provide. The neck laceration prevention devices of the embodiments presented herein can provide improved safety. In one example embodiment, a neck laceration prevention device comprises a protective portion and a support portion attached to the protective portion. The protective portion comprises a cut-resistant material and is shaped to protect vascular structures inferior to a base of skull entry and/or a submental/submandibular region of a wearer of the neck laceration prevention device. The support portion is configured to maintain a position of the protective portion on the wearer of the neck laceration prevention device.

Claims (15)

1. A neck laceration prevention device comprising:

a protective portion comprising a cut-resistant material, wherein the protective portion is shaped to protect vascular structures inferior to a base of skull entry and/or a submental/submandibular region; and

a support portion attached to the protective portion, wherein the support portion is configured to maintain a position of the protective portion;

wherein the support portion comprises a balaclava attached to an undergarment.

2. The neck laceration prevention device of claim 1 , wherein the undergarment comprises a cut-resistant wrist protector.

3. A neck laceration prevention device comprising:

a protective portion comprising a cut-resistant material, wherein the protective portion is shaped to protect vascular structures inferior to a base of skull entry and/or a submental/submandibular region; and

a support portion attached to the protective portion, wherein the support portion is configured to maintain a position of the protective portion;

wherein the support portion comprises a head strap; and

wherein the protective portion comprises a gaiter attached to an undergarment.

4. The neck laceration prevention device of claim 3 , wherein the undergarment comprises integrated cut-resistant wrist protectors.

5. A neck laceration prevention device comprising:

a protective portion comprising a cut-resistant material, wherein the protective portion is shaped to protect vascular structures inferior to a base of skull entry and/or a submental/submandibular region; and

a support portion attached to the protective portion, wherein the support portion is configured to maintain a position of the protective portion;

wherein the protective portion comprises a first sub-portion shaped to protect the vascular structures inferior to the base of skull entry and a second sub-portion shaped to protect the submental/submandibular region, wherein at least one of the first and second sub-portions are removably attachable to the neck laceration prevention device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2024
From: WILSON, LYNN D.; STEVENSON, ROBERT L.
To: LEV INNOVATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 068957/0373 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63548117 · Nov 10, 2023
Provisional Application 63547491 · Nov 6, 2023
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