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US 11,297,890 B2Granted
Football helmet
AssigneeImpact Solutions AS
InventorCatalin Tutunaru
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Abstract
The present invention is a football helmet designed to reduce the occurrence of concussions and subconcussive impacts to the brain through use of a novel exterior shape and sandwich of materials. The present invention also reduces the occurrence of neck injuries through the use of a flexible neck support that provides protection against frontal impacts without restricting a player's range of motion.
Claims19
A helmet comprising:
- a rigid layer capable of being worn over a user's head;
- an inner layer fixed to an inside surface of the rigid layer and capable of absorbing impact energy;
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- an outer layer fixed to an outside surface of the rigid layer and capable of absorbing impact energy, and
- wherein each of said inner and outer layers comprises a plurality of grooves for allowing flexure of the helmet in a vicinity of a neck of the user, and wherein said rigid layer ends at a point above said plurality of grooves and said inner and outer layers extend below said point.
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