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US 10,928,163 B2Granted
Ballistic helmet
OwnerTrent Zimmerinventor
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Abstract
Implementations of a ballistic helmet are provided. The ballistic helmet comprises two armor plates, each armor plate can be positioned to cover an ear of a wearer and thereby provide ballistic protection. In some implementations, the ballistic helmet may further comprise two earcup adapters, each earcup adapter is configured to be mounted on an interior side of an armor plate and to allow an attached earcup to rotate thereon. In this way, each earcup may be comfortably positioned over an ear of the wearer and thereby attenuate sound.
Claims3
A ballistic helmet comprising:
- a first armor plate attached by a hinge to a first side of the ballistic helmet, the first armor plate is configured to provide ballistic protection;
- a first lever assembly operationally connected to the first armor plate, the first lever assembly includes a lever and at least one spring and is configured to selectively position the first armor plate to shield a first ear of a wearer;
- a second armor plate attached by a hinge to a second side of the ballistic helmet, the second armor plate is configured to provide ballistic protection;
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- a second lever assembly operationally connected to the second armor plate, the second lever assembly includes a lever and at least one spring and is configured to selectively position the second armor plate to shield a second ear of the wearer, wherein the at least one spring of the first lever assembly is configured to hold the first armor plate in a position adapted to shield the first ear of the wearer when acted upon by the lever;
- wherein the at least one spring of the second lever assembly is configured to hold the second armor plate in a position adapted to shield the second ear of the wearer when acted upon by the lever.
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