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US 12,582,190 B2Granted
Pivot mechanism for a shield for a helmet
AssigneeBell Sports, Inc.
InventorsScott S. Whitesell, Lawrence Broers
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Abstract
Disclosed is a pivot mechanism for a shield for a helmet, the pivot mechanism comprising a curved track having a first end and a second end; and a clamp slidingly engaged to the curved track, wherein the clamp is configured to attach to an end of the shield and slide along the track between a first position proximate to the first end of the curved track and a second position proximate to the second end of the curved track.
Claims20
A pivot mechanism for a shield for a helmet, the pivot mechanism comprising
- a curved track having a first end and a second end, having a radius of curvature centered on a pivot point with a locus at the shield's axis of rotation;
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- a clamp slidingly engaged to the curved track, wherein the clamp is configured to receive an end of the shield and slide along the curved track between a first position proximate to the first end of the curved track and a second position proximate to the second end of the curved track;
- wherein no part of the pivot mechanism occupies the locus of the pivot point.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.