Headborne attachment platform including system, devices and methods

A headborne attachment platform to be worn on, and protect, a skull of a wearer, the headborne attachment platform comprising:

• multiple rigid plates respectively contoured to sit adjacent to frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital bone regions of the skull of the wearer;
• straps of connecting material connecting the multiple rigid plates in an assembly, and having a thickness that is less than a width;
• a tightening mechanism associated with the assembly of multiple rigid plates;
• the assembly of multiple rigid plates being shaped and connected by the straps of connecting material to sit adjacent to, and surround, the portions of the frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital bone regions of the skull of the wearer, and defining an overall headgear shape and contour, and defining a headband region around the skull;
• the straps of connecting material being more flexible than the rigid plates in directions perpendicular to the thickness of the straps;
• the straps of connecting material being inelastic in a direction of a length thereof;
• the tightening mechanism configured to adjust a circumference of the headband region of the assembly of multiple rigid plates;
• the rigid plates having mounting features configured to mount at least one of an outer helmet shell and a headborne device;
• the rigid plates being independently and sufficiently rigid to support and maintain their three-dimensional shape when subjected to forces exerted upon them by the outer helmet shell or headborne device;
• the rigid plates including attachment features configured to provide for the attachment and detachment of the straps of connecting material so that the rigid plates are coupled together in the assembly and can be independently adjusted and set to selectable distances apart from each other using the straps of connecting material;
• one of the multiple rigid plates being a frontal rigid plate with a central portion to sit adjacent to the frontal bone region of the skull and opposing side portions to sit adjacent the temporal bone regions of the skull, with the central portion being relatively less flexible in directions toward and away from the skull than the side portions;
• one of the multiple rigid plates being a rear rigid plate to sit adjacent the parietal and occipital bone regions of the skull;
• the tightening mechanism including an actuation mechanism carried by the rear rigid plate and configured to selectively cause the frontal rigid plate to move closer to the rear rigid plate in an area surrounding the headband region of the assembly, thereby adjusting the circumference, tension, and pressure exerted upon the skull by the headband region of the assembly for fitting purposes;
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• the actuation mechanism comprising a dial actuation mechanism and associated lace arranged through lace coupling features on the rear rigid plate that extend to the frontal rigid plate and surround the portions of the frontal, temporal, and parietal bone regions of the skull of the wearer;
• wherein the dial mechanism is configured to selectively shorten and lengthen the lace such that actuating the dial actuation mechanism adjusts regions of the rigid plates around the headband region to move closer to, and farther away from the skull thereby adjusting the circumference of the assembly of multiple rigid plates as well as an interior volume of space where the skull sits adjacent to the assembly of multiple rigid plates.

A headborne attachment platform to be worn on, and protect, a skull of a wearer, the headborne attachment platform comprising:

• multiple rigid plates respectively contoured to sit adjacent to bone regions of the skull of the wearer;
• straps of connecting material connecting the multiple rigid plates in an assembly at independently selectable and pre-set distances apart from each other, the straps having a thickness that is less than a width;
• a tightening mechanism associated with the assembly of multiple rigid plates;
• the assembly of multiple rigid plates being shaped and connected by the straps of connecting material to sit adjacent to, and surround, the bone regions of the skull of the wearer, and defining an overall headgear shape and contour, and defining a headband region around the skull;
• the straps of connecting material being more flexible than the rigid plates in directions perpendicular to the thickness of the straps;
• the straps of connecting material being inelastic in a direction of a length thereof;
• the tightening mechanism configured to adjust a circumference of the headband region of the assembly of multiple rigid plates;
• the rigid plates having mounting features configured to mount at least one of an outer helmet shell and a headborne device;
• the rigid plates being independently and sufficiently rigid to support and maintain their three-dimensional shape when subjected to forces exerted upon them by the outer helmet shell or headborne device.