Truncated helmet
AssigneeBell Sports, Inc.
InventorAlexander J. Szela
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Abstract
A helmet with an outer shell, an inner liner, a plurality of vents, and an occipital cliff is disclosed. The outer shell includes an outer surface made up of a first and second surface, the first and second surfaces joined by a drop-off running across the outer surface from a left side of the helmet to a right side of the helmet. A majority of the drop-off is closer to a coronal plane bisecting the helmet than it is to the rear of the helmet. The drop-off is contained within a posterior section of the helmet defined by the coronal plane. The first surface defines a top of the drop-off and the second surface defines a bottom of the drop-off, such that the drop-off has a height. The occipital cliff is located at the rear end of the helmet and is approximately perpendicular to the second surface proximate the drop-off.
Claims14
A helmet, comprising:
- an outer shell comprising an outer surface, an inner surface, and a drop-off extending across the outer surface from a bottom edge of the helmet to an opposite bottom edge of the helmet;
- an occipital cliff forming a truncated rear end of the helmet, wherein the drop-off is positioned between a front end of the helmet opposite the truncated rear end of the helmet and the truncated rear end of the helmet;
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- a plurality of vents comprising one or more intake vents in the front end of the helmet and one or more output vents in the truncated rear end of the helmet, the plurality of vents providing fluid communication between outside the helmet and inside the helmet.
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