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US 11,109,632 B2Granted
Protective helmet
OwnerLoubert S. Suddabyinventor
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Abstract
A protective helmet, including an outer shell including at least one aperture, an inner shell slidingly connected to the outer shell, and at least one expandable bladder positioned between the outer shell and the inner shell, wherein, when a force strikes the helmet, the at least one expandable bladder is operatively arranged to displace radially outward in the at least one aperture and protrude beyond an outer surface of the outer shell.
Claims19
A protective helmet, comprising:
- an outer shell including at least one aperture;
- an inner shell slidingly connected to the outer shell, wherein the outer shell is connected to the inner shell by at least one elastomeric cord;
- and,
- at least one expandable bladder positioned between the outer shell and the inner shell;
- wherein, when a force strikes the helmet, the at least one expandable bladder is operatively arranged to displace radially outward in the at least one aperture and protrude beyond an outer surface of the outer shell.
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A protective helmet, comprising:
- an outer shell including at least one aperture;
- an inner shell slidingly connected to the outer shell;
- and,
- at least one expandable bladder positioned between the outer shell and the inner shell, the at least one expandable bladder arranged in sliding contact with an outer surface of the inner shell;
- wherein, when a force strikes the helmet, the at least one expandable bladder is operatively arranged to displace radially outward in the at least one aperture and protrude beyond an outer surface of the outer shell.
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A protective helmet, comprising:
- an outer shell including at least one aperture;
- an elastomeric diaphragm connected to an inner surface of the outer shell and covering the at least one aperture;
- an inner shell slidingly connected to the outer shell;
- and,
- at least one expandable bladder positioned between the outer shell and the inner shell, the at least one expandable bladder in sliding contact with an outer surface of the inner shell and operatively arranged to displace the elastomeric diaphragm in the at least one aperture of the outer shell.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.