Safety helmet with a sheathed bearing element, process for removing the sheathing from the safety helmet and process for manufacturing such a safety helmet

An arrangement comprising:

• a safety helmet comprising:
• an arched helmet shell;
• a bearing element;
• at least one holding element permanently connected to the helmet shell;
• and a tubular-shaped textile sheathing, wherein:
• the safety helmet is configured such that when the safety helmet is located on the head of a user of the safety helmet, a distance is present between the at least one holding element and the head, the bearing element is adjacent to the head, and an area of the textile sheathing is located between the bearing element and the head;
• the textile sheathing encloses the bearing element and has at least one connection opening;
• and the combination of the bearing element and the textile sheathing is detachably connectable to the at least one holding element through the at least one connection opening such that the bearing element in the textile sheathing is removably attached to the at least one holding element and is removable from the helmet shell, the tubular textile sheathing having two ends, each of the two ends being closed, the at least one connection opening being spaced a distance to each of the two ends;
• an additional tubular-shaped textile sheathing;
• an additional bearing element, which is enclosed by the additional tubular-shaped textile sheathing, wherein:
• the additional textile sheathing has at least one additional connection opening;
• the safety helmet is selectively useable in a first configuration or in a second configuration;
• in the first configuration the bearing element in the textile sheathing is detachably connected to the at least one holding element through the at least one connection opening;
• and
• in the second configuration the additional bearing element in the additional textile sheathing is detachably connected to the at least one holding element through the at least one additional connection opening.

A process of using a safety helmet, the process comprising:

• providing a safety helmet comprising:
• an arched helmet shell;
• a bearing element;
• at least one holding element permanently connected to the helmet shell;
• and a tubular-shaped textile sheathing, wherein:
• the safety helmet is configured such that when the safety helmet is located on the head of a user of the safety helmet, a distance is present between the at least one holding element and the head, the bearing element is adjacent to the head, and an area of the textile sheathing is located between the bearing element and the head;
• the textile sheathing encloses the bearing element and has at least one connection opening;
• and the combination of the bearing element and the textile sheathing is detachably connectable to the at least one holding element through the at least one connection opening such that the bearing element in the textile sheathing is removably attached to the at least one holding element and is removable from the helmet shell, the textile sheathing having two ends, each of the two ends being closed, the at least one connection opening being spaced a distance to each of the two ends;
• and
• removing the textile sheathing from the safety helmet comprising the steps of:
• detaching the connection of the bearing element, enclosed by the textile sheathing, from the at least one holding element;
• and
• removing the bearing element together with the textile sheathing from the safety helmet.

A process for manufacturing a safety helmet comprising:

• an arched helmet shell;
• a bearing element;
• at least one holding element permanently connected to the helmet shell;
• and a tubular-shaped textile sheathing, wherein:
• the safety helmet is configured such that when the safety helmet is located on the head of a user of the safety helmet, a distance is present between the at least one holding element and the head, the bearing element is adjacent to the head, and an area of the textile sheathing is located between the bearing element and the head;
• the textile sheathing encloses the bearing element and has at least one connection opening;
• and the combination of the bearing element and the textile sheathing is detachably connectable to the at least one holding element through the at least one connection opening such that the bearing element in the textile sheathing is removably attached to the at least one holding element and is removable from the helmet shell, the textile sheathing having two ends, each of the two ends being closed, the at least one connection opening being spaced a distance to each of the two ends, the process comprising the steps of:
• providing the helmet shell, the bearing element, the at least one holding element and a flat object comprising a textile material;
• connecting the bearing element to the flat object such that the tubular-shaped textile sheathing enclosing the bearing element is formed from the flat object by the connection and the two ends of the textile sheathing are closed;
• permanently connecting the at least one holding element to the helmet shell;
• and
• detachably connecting the bearing element in the textile sheathing to the at least one holding element through the at least one connection opening.