Protective helmet
AssigneeLazer Sport NV
InventorsAngelo Fabrizio Morello, Alfio Perregrini, Roberto Fortunato Tordi
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Abstract
A protective helmet has an outer shell and one or more absorption elements of impact shock energy operatively coupled with the outer shell. The absorption elements include a working portion interposed between the end portions. The section of the working portion along a surface transverse to the development axis has an area smaller than the areas of the corresponding sections of the end portions. The absorption elements have a breaking load lower than the breaking load of the outer shell, so that in the event of an impact the working portion is subject to breaking before the outer shell and before the end portions to allow the absorption of the impact shock energy.
Claims14
A protective helmet comprising:
- an outer shell;
- one or more absorption elements of impact shock energy operatively coupled with said outer shell,
- wherein said one or more absorption elements are shaped with a geometric configuration which extends along a development axis such as to define a pair of end portions opposite to each other;
- said protective helmet wherein said one or more absorption elements comprise a working portion interposed between said end portions,
- wherein a section of said working portion along a surface transverse to said development axis has an area smaller than areas of corresponding sections of said end portions, and
- wherein said one or more absorption elements have a breaking load lower than the breaking load of said outer shell, so that in the event of an impact said working portion is subject to breaking before said outer shell and before said end portions to allow the absorption of the impact shock energy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.