Headwear-mountable attachment device for supporting a lighting device or other tool or accessory, or kit including same
AssigneeStreamlight, Inc.
InventorsRaymond L. Sharrah, Jonathan R. Sharrah, Matthew B. Dalton, Daemon Heckman
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Abstract
Embodiments of an attachment device for supporting a lighting device or other tool or accessory from a hat or helmet, or a kit including same, are shown and described.
Claims20
A helmet attachment device adapted to be mounted to a helmet, the helmet having a first attachment portion located on a first lateral side of the helmet and a second attachment portion located on a second lateral side of the helmet, the helmet further comprising an apex, the helmet attachment device comprising:
- a strap system, the strap system having a first end and a second end;
- a mounting base configured to be secured to the helmet via the strap system;
- a first clip attached to the first end of the strap system, the first clip being specially adapted to attach to the first attachment portion;
- and
- a second clip attached to the second end of the strap system, the second clip being specially adapted to attach to the second attachment portion,
- wherein when the first clip is attached to the first attachment portion and the second clip is attached to the second attachment portion, the strap system is routed over or near the apex of the helmet, wherein the mounting base is adapted for aiming by rotation with respect to the strap system without repositioning the strap system and without removing the mounting base from the strap system.
A helmet attachment device for a helmet, the helmet defining a first lateral side, a second lateral side, and an apex, the helmet attachment device comprising:
- a lighting device;
- a mounting base configured to support the lighting device relative to the helmet;
- and
- a strap system configured to secure the mounting base relative to the helmet, the strap system comprising:
- a first lateral attachment portion configured to be secured to the helmet at the first lateral side of the helmet;
- a second lateral attachment portion configured to be secured to the helmet at the second lateral side of the helmet;
- and
- a strap body configured to extend over the apex of the helmet between the first lateral attachment portion and the second lateral attachment portion, wherein the mounting base is adapted for aiming by rotation with respect to the strap system without repositioning the strap system and without removing the mounting base from the strap system.
A method of rotating a lighting device relative to a helmet, the method comprising:
- disconnecting the lighting device from the helmet by:
- engaging a release lever of a mounting base so that the release lever of the mounting base moves a retention arm of the mounting base out of a locking position;
- with the release lever engaged, sliding the lighting device relative to the mounting base until the lighting device is disengaged from base tracks of the mounting base;
- and
- releasing the release lever so that the retention arm is returned to the locking position;
- rotating the entirety of the lighting device so that a lens of the lighting device faces a different direction;
- and
- connecting the lighting device to the helmet by:
- sliding the lighting device along the base track until a stop portion of the retention arm is positioned within a notch in the lighting device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.