Cycling helmet with an energy diverting layer
AssigneeTrek Bicycle Corporation
InventorAlan Baryudin
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Abstract
A helmet includes an energy absorbing layer. The energy absorbing layer includes a secondary magnetic material that is at least partially embedded in the energy absorbing layer. The helmet also includes a slidable energy diverting layer that acts as an external shell of the helmet. A pocket is mounted to an interior surface of the slidable energy diverting layer, where the pocket includes a primary magnetic material. An attraction between the primary magnetic material and the secondary magnetic material secures the slidable energy diverting layer to the energy absorbing layer during normal use of the helmet.
Claims20
A helmet comprising:
- an energy absorbing layer, wherein the energy absorbing layer includes a secondary magnetic material that is at least partially embedded in the energy absorbing layer;
- a slidable energy diverting layer that acts as an external shell of the helmet;
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- a pocket mounted to an interior surface of the slidable energy diverting layer such that the pocket is positioned in between the external shell of the helmet and the energy absorbing layer, wherein the pocket includes a primary magnetic material, wherein an attraction between the primary magnetic material and the secondary magnetic material secures the slidable energy diverting layer to the energy absorbing layer during normal use of the helmet.
A helmet comprising:
- an energy absorbing layer that includes a ledge or a channel around at least a portion of a perimeter of an exterior surface of the energy absorbing layer;
- a slidable energy diverting layer that forms an external shell of the helmet and that mounts to the exterior surface of the energy absorbing layer, wherein the slidable energy diverting layer includes a primary surface and a flange that extends from the primary surface such that the flange extends toward and contacts the ledge or the channel to secure the slidable energy diverting layer to the energy absorbing layer during normal use of the helmet;
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- a tether assembly that retains the slidable energy diverting layer to the energy absorbing layer during an impact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.