US 12,557,868 B2Granted

Protective helmet

AssigneeSchuberth GmbH

InventorSebastian Reitebuch

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Abstract

A motorcycle helmet, having a helmet shell, a chin part for covering a chin portion of a wearer, and a visor, uses a coupling mechanism by means of which the chin part is fastened to the helmet shell and pivotable between a lower position and an upper position. With the chin part in the lower position, by means of the coupling mechanism, the visor can assume a respective pivoting position between a closed position and an open position. The coupling mechanism is further designed, upon pivoting of the chin part from the upper position into the lower position after the chin part has previously been pivoted from the lower position into the upper position, to cause the visor to occupy a pre-pivoting position differing from the closed position, which pre-pivoting position the visor occupied before the pivoting of the chin part from the lower position into the upper position.

Claims22

Dependent claims

Protective helmet having

a helmet shell,
a chin part configured to cover a chin portion of a protective helmet wearer,
a coupling mechanism, by which the chin part is pivotably mounted to the helmet shell and is movable between a lower position and an upper position, and
a visor, which, when the chin part is in the lower position, is pivotably mounted by the coupling mechanism and is movable to a respective pivoting position between a closed position, in which the visor at least partially covers a field of view of the protective helmet wearer, and an open position, in which the visor exposes the field of view,
wherein the coupling mechanism is configured such that, when the chin part is pivoted from the lower position to the upper position and subsequently returned to the lower position, the visor is returned to a pre-pivoting position, which pre-pivoting position is different from the closed position and corresponds to the respective pivoting position occupied by the visor prior to pivoting the chin part from the lower position to the upper position.

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Facts

Application: 18/572,820Filed 29 Jun 2022
Priority: DE 10 2021 116 755.829 Jun 2021
Published: US 2024/0285019 A129 Aug 2024
Granted: 24 Feb 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A42B 3/326
Collapsible helmets; Helmets made of separable parts ; Helmets with movable parts, e.g. adjustable: helmets with movable or separable chin or jaw…
A42B 3/223
In an articulated manner, e.g. hinge devices: with means for locking the visor in a fully open, intermediate or closed position
A61F 9/029
Goggles: additional functions or features, e.g. protection for other parts of the face such as ears, nose or mouth; Screen wipers or cleaning devices
A42B
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