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US 11,304,471 B2Granted
Moisture controlling lattice liners for helmets and other wearable articles
AssigneeCarbon, Inc.
InventorsAllison Light, Ananda Day, Mohamed Imran Jameel, W. Ryan Powell
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Abstract
A helmet liner includes: (a) an open lattice body portion comprised of a polymer, the body portion having opposite face portions and a circumferential side portion; (b) a helmet contact surface portion formed on one of the face portions; and (c) a skin contact portion formed on the other of the face portions, the skin contact portion configured with the lattice body portion so air can circulate through both the body portion and the skin contact portion.
Claims28
A helmet liner, comprising:
- (a) an open lattice body portion comprised of a polymer, said body portion having opposite face portions and a circumferential side portion;
- (b) a helmet contact surface portion formed on one of said face portions;
- and
- (c) a skin contact portion formed on the other of said face portions, said skin contact portion configured with said lattice body portion so air can circulate through both said body portion and said skin contact portion,
- wherein said lattice body portion is comprised of a plurality of interconnected struts having an average diameter of 0.3 mm to 3 mm.
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A helmet comprising:
- (a) a rigid, shock-absorbing, protective shell having an interior surface and an exterior surface;
- and
- (b) a helmet liner comprising:
- (a′) an open lattice body portion comprised of a polymer, said body portion having opposite face portions and a circumferential side portion;
- (b′) a helmet contact surface portion formed on one of said face portions;
- and
- (c′) a skin contact portion formed on the other of said face portions, said skin contact portion configured with said lattice body portion so air can circulate through both said body portion and said skin contact portion,
- wherein said helmet contact surface portion is connected to said helmet interior surface,
- wherein:
- said body portion comprises a base portion and a plurality of fingers extending from said base portion, said fingers separated by gaps;
- said circumferential side portion comprises side openings configured to circulate air therethrough and into said lattice body portion;
- said protective shell has a plurality of vents formed therein, said vents subdividing said shell into a plurality of ribs, and said fingers of said body portion are connected or contacted to and aligned with said ribs, and at least some of said side portion openings of said liner are adjacent and/or open to said vents of said helmet;
- and/or
- said protective shell has a lower perimeter, and at least some of said side portion openings of said liner are adjacent and/or open to said lower perimeter of said helmet.
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A liner for a wearable article, comprising:
- (a) an open lattice body portion comprised of a polymer, said body portion having opposite face portions and a circumferential side portion;
- (b) a garment or wearable protector contact surface portion formed on one of said face portions;
- and
- (c) a skin or body contact portion formed on the other of said face portions, said skin or body contact portion configured with said lattice body portion so air can circulate through said body portion and through said skin or body contact portion to contact the skin of a wearer,
- wherein said circumferential side portion comprises side openings adjacent said garment or wearable protector contact surface portion and configured to circulate air therethrough and into said lattice body portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.