Ballistic and impact protective system for military helmet assembly
AssigneeGalvion Ltd.
InventorStéphane Lebel
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Abstract
A helmet assembly includes a face shield and a single, center top mounting arrangement that operatively connects a center top location of the face shield to a center front mount on the helmet. The face shield can be raised and lowered about a pivot axis provided in the mounting arrangement between a tilted up, non-use position and a lowered, deployed position. The mounting arrangement can include a detent and two recesses, wherein the detent engages a first recess at a slightly forwardly displaced position to allow ventilation between the helmet and mandible and the face shield and a second recess at the tilted up, non-use position. The recess and detent engagement can be overcome by easy manual force acting on the face shield to reposition the face shield.
Claims16
A helmet comprising:
- a rail mounted to a portion of the helmet and having a channel enclosed therein, the rail having a dovetail slot extending along a portion of the rail for attaching a component to the rail;
- and
- a cord positioned in the channel and being moveable between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein:
- the cord includes at one end a hook attached to an accessory when the cord is in the extended position and detached from the accessory when the cord is in the retracted position;
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- the channel includes an outlet that widens beyond a width of the channel and receives a portion of the hook when the cord is in the retracted position.
A helmet comprising:
- a support for connecting an accessory to a front portion of the helmet;
- a first rail mounted to a first side of the helmet and having a first channel enclosed therein, the first rail having a dovetail slot extending along a portion of the first rail for attaching a component to the first rail;
- a first cord positioned in the first channel and being moveable between a retracted position and an extended position;
- a second rail mounted to a second side of the helmet and having a second channel enclosed therein, the second rail having a dovetail slot extending along a portion of the second rail for attaching a component to the second rail;
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- a second cord positioned in the second channel and being moveable between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein:
- the first cord includes at one end a first hook attached to the accessory when the first cord is in the extended position and detached from the accessory when the first cord is in the retracted position;
- the first channel includes a first outlet that widens beyond a width of the first channel and receives a portion of the first hook when the first cord is in the retracted position;
- the second cord includes at one end a second hook attached to the accessory when the second cord is in the extended position and detached from the accessory when the second cord is in the retracted position;
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- the second channel includes a second outlet that widens beyond a width of the second channel and receives a portion of the second hook when the second cord is in the retracted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.