Helmet accessory attachment system
AssigneeRevision Military S.a.r.L.
InventorsEdward R. Hall, Pierre-Luc Lussier, Nicolas Desjardins, Dominic Giroux Bernier, Stéphane Lebel
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Abstract
A helmet accessory attachment member includes a finger-actuatable lock configured to secure an accessory attachment member mount to a helmet mount as part of securing an accessory such as a mandible guard to a helmet. The lock includes a pivot arm with a rotation axis that is parallel to the helmet surface, and also includes one or more blocking surfaces on the pivot arm to engage with grooves on the helmet mount. The lock may be positioned on a slidable insert of the accessory attachment member.
Claims29
A helmet accessory attachment system configured to attach a helmet accessory to a helmet, the attachment system comprising:
- a helmet mount having a helmet-facing surface;
- an accessory attachment member having an accessory attachment member mount configured to engage with the helmet mount such that the engagement of the accessory attachment member with the helmet mount supports the accessory attachment member from the helmet mount;
- a lock to secure the accessory attachment member to a helmet, the lock including a pivot arm and a first blocking surface, and the pivot arm having an unlocked position and a locked position;
- wherein the pivot arm is pivotable about a pivot axis that is not perpendicular to the helmet-facing surface of the accessory attachment member mount at the pivot axis location;
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- wherein when the pivot arm is in the locked position, the first blocking surface is positioned relative to a second blocking surface on the helmet mount to prevent movement of the accessory attachment member mount relative to the helmet mount.
A mandible guard attachment system configured to attach a mandible guard to a helmet, the attachment system comprising:
- a helmet mount having a helmet-facing surface;
- a mandible guard attachment member having a mandible guard attachment member mount configured to engage with the helmet mount;
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- a lock positioned on the mandible guard attachment member mount, the lock configured to secure the mandible guard attachment member to a helmet, the lock including a pivot arm and a first blocking surface, and the pivot arm having an unlocked position and a locked position;
- wherein when the pivot arm is in the unlocked position, engagement of the mandible guard attachment member mount with the helmet mount supports the mandible guard attachment member from the helmet mount;
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- wherein when the pivot arm is in the locked position, the first blocking surface is positioned relative to a second blocking surface on the helmet mount to prevent movement of the attachment member mount relative to the helmet mount.
A helmet accessory attachment system configured to attach a helmet accessory to a helmet, the attachment system comprising:
- a helmet mount having a helmet-facing surface;
- a helmet accessory attachment member having a slidable insert configured to engage with the helmet mount such that the engagement of the slidable insert with the helmet mount supports the helmet accessory attachment member from the helmet mount;
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- a lock to secure the helmet accessory attachment member to a helmet, the lock including a pivot arm and a first blocking surface, and the pivot arm having an unlocked position and a locked position, wherein the lock is positioned on the slidable insert;
- wherein when the pivot arm is in the locked position, the first blocking surface is positioned relative to a second blocking surface on the helmet mount to prevent movement of the slidable insert relative to the helmet mount;
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- when the pivot arm is in the locked position, the first blocking surface protrudes from an underside of the slidable insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.