Apparatus and method for wearing replica cauliflower ears

United States Patent Application
Publication number US20130326793 A1
December 12, 2013

Canadian Patents Database
Patent Application: CA 2812333
Open to Public Inspection: 2013-10-06

Andrew James Bingley, Walter David McCrindle, Christopher Brian Prickett

Fergus, CA

Abstract

There is disclosed an apparatus and method for wearing replica “cauliflower” ears which are molded from the actual cauliflower ears of athletes contact sports including mixed martial arts (MMA), wrestling, rugby, boxing and others. In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises support means adapted to support left and right replica cauliflower ears on a wearer's head. A fastening means is adapted to fasten the left and right replica cauliflower ears, respectively, to the support means. The left and right replica cauliflower ears are modeled from a mold of an athlete's cauliflower ears, and suitably resized and shaped to be worn over the ears of the wearer. In another embodiment, the supporting means comprises a flexible head band, and the left and right replica cauliflower ears are fastened to the left and right arms, respectively, of the head band, and wherein the left and right arms am configured to at least partially wrap around a wearer's head.

BACKGROUND

In mixed martial arts (MMA), wrestling, rugby, boxing and other contact sports, athletes may sustain injuries which may become scarred when the injuries heal. More particularly, athletes in contact sports such as MMK wrestling, rugby and boxing may sustain injuries to the ears resulting in hematoma auris, perichondrial hematoma, or traumatic auricular hematoma, more commonly known as “cauliflower” ears. These cauliflower ears are often unique and distinctive for each athlete, and are often considered by the athletes and their fans to be badges of honor.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for wearing replica “cauliflower” ears which are modeled from the ears of an athlete in MMA, wrestling, or other contact sports.

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