DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ART: Prior art devices of this type have relied on a variety of different face shield configurations that are positioned on safety helmets for motorcycles and the like. See for example, U.S. Patent Nos. 5,105,475, 5,208,916, and 5,365,651.

In U.S. Patent No. 5,105,475, a headgear with eyeglass is disclosed, wherein the headgear is provided with a head element adapted to be worn by a person, which includes an eye shield carried by the head element which can be movably positioned with respect to the head element in either shielding or covering position relative to the wearer's eyes or in a stored position. The device is pivotally secured to a portion of the headgear so that it can be moved away from the wearer's eyes, as noted.

In U.S. Patent No. 5,208,9016, a sunglass assembly for visored headgear is disclosed in which the headgear includes a mounting device on which can be positioned a lens in front of the wearer's eyes extending from the brim portion of a cap. The device is designed to clip over the brim portion

and have a movable adjustable mounting fixture for the transparent plastic or glass.

Finally, in U.S. Patent No. 5,365,615, a headgear face shield with non-invasive universal mounting is disclosed in which a plastic face shield is illustrated being removably positioned by mechanical fasteners about a portion of the headgear so as to extend over the person's face in spaced relation thereto.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A one-piece adjustable safety visor for sport helmets and the like that provides for a flexible self-contained transparent face shield protection. The safety visor is removably secured to the helmet of choice by a strip of mated hook and loop material bonded to the edge portion of the visor and its respective mating strip of hook and loop material adhesively secured to the helmet above and about the face opening. The safety visor can be adjustably cut to size by guidelines superimposed on a releasable sheet thereon.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a perspective view of a helmet with the safety visor of the invention attached thereto; Figure 2 is an enlarged front elevational view of the safety visor; Figure 3 is a top plan view of the safety visor of the invention positioned on a portion of a helmet; and Figure 4 is an end plan view on lines 4-4 of Figure 2.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to Figures 1, 2, and 4 of the drawings, a safety visor 10 can be seen having a generally flat rectangular sheet configuration defining oppositely disposed ends 11 and 12 with parallel extending upper and lower edges 13 and 14 interconnecting between said respective ends 11 and

12. Each of the ends 11 and 12 define oppositely disposed contoured rounded curved edges 15 and 16.

The lower edge 14 has a curved notch 17 midway between said respective ends 11 and 12. The notch 17 extends inwardly in an arcuate fashion into the body of the safety visor 10 to provide the required comfort clearance for the user (not shown), as will be well understood by those skilled in the art.

The upper edge 13 of the safety visor 10 is defined as a squared-off edge finish 13A with an elongated band 18 of hook and loop material (Velcro brand*) bonded thereon and extending inwardly therefrom as best seen in Figures 2, 3, and 4 of the drawings. The band 18 is in this embodiment the hook portion 18A of the hook and loop material which is commonly available. The band 18 extends the entire length of the safety visor 10 and downwardly along each of its end portions 12 and 13 to a determined distance indicated at 19 and 20, respectively.

Referring now to Figure 2 of the drawings, a plurality of broken guidelines 21, 22, and 23 are superimposed onto the safety visor 10 adjacent its respective ends 11 and 12 and notch 17. The guidelines 21, 22, and 23 are formed on a releasable sheet 24 of thin flexible transparent material so as to provide guides for cutting the visor sheet therealong to custom shapes to fit a variety of helmet configurations (not shown) to which the invention could be applied.

Referring now to Figures 1 and 3 of the drawings, in use, the safety visor 10 of the invention is secured to a registering strip of loop material 26 secured to a helmet 25 by interengaging the safety visor's band 18 of hook material * Velcro is a registered trademark.

18A to the corresponding strip of loop material 26 on the safety helmet 25 about its face open edge at 27. The visor 10 thus secured extends in overlapping relationship on selective portions 28 of the safety helmet 25, as is best seen in Figure 1 of the drawings. The safety visor 10 is made from a transparent synthetic resin material that may be colored or tinted as required or desired as is well known to those skilled in the art.

It will thus be seen that a new and novel safety visor attachment has been illustrated and described, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made thereto without departing from the spirit of the invention.