Chinstrap connector
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorPeter L. Axelsson
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Abstract
A chinstrap connector (10) for a safety helmet (100) has a receptacle for attaching a chinstrap (201) to the chinstrap connector and a stud (12) for attachment of the chinstrap connector to the helmet. The stud is formed by at least two spaced stud retainers (13a, 13b) protruding from a body of the chinstrap connector. The body has a through-hole (14) that opens in the space between the stud retainers and a pin (15) which is placeable through the through-hole into the space to restrict a movement of the stud retainers toward each other. The invention helps facilitating the attachment of a chinstrap to a safety helmet and allows for retrofitting a safety helmet with a chinstrap.
Claims13
A chinstrap connector for a safety helmet, comprising a receptacle for attaching a chinstrap to the chinstrap connector and a stud for attachment of the chinstrap connector to the helmet, the stud being formed by at least two spaced stud retainers protruding from a body of the chinstrap connector, the body having a through-hole that opens in the space between the stud retainers and a pin which is placeable through the through-hole into the space to restrict a movement of the stud retainers toward each other;
- wherein
- wherein the body has a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, the body having a first major side from which the stud protrudes and an opposite second major side from which the pin protrudes, and wherein the third portion forms a living hinge connecting the first and the second portions;
- and
- wherein the receptacle extends between the first and second major side and laterally thereto toward an outer side of the body so that the body forms a pre-determined breaking wall between the outer side and the receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.