Connectable helmet
AssigneeBombardier Recreational Products Inc.
InventorMichael Roy
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Abstract
A helmet including a helmet shell for receiving a head of a wearer, the helmet shell defining therein: a connector chamber, and a connector aperture opening into the connector chamber; the connector chamber being shaped and configured to receive therein an anchor portion of at least one accessory, the at least one accessory being chosen from: a power connector for selectively powering the helmet; a garment for selectively powering the helmet; and a storage fixation for selectively receiving the helmet for storage, the helmet being configured to selectively secure the at least one accessory thereto by receiving the anchor portion of the at least one accessory in the connector chamber.
Claims12
A helmet comprising:
- a helmet shell for receiving a head of a wearer, the helmet shell defining therein:
- a connector chamber, and
- a connector aperture opening into the connector chamber;
- at least one electrical device attached to the helmet shell;
- at least one electrical contact disposed in the connector chamber, the at least one electrical contact being electrically connected to the at least one electrical device,
- the at least one electrical contact being adapted for electrically coupling to a helmet power connector, the helmet power connector being configured for electrically connecting to a power source,
- the connector chamber being shaped and configured to receive therein an anchor portion of the helmet power connector;
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- at least one magnet disposed on the helmet shell in a vicinity of the connector aperture, the at least one magnet being configured to selectively magnetically connect at least one connector magnet of the helmet power connector,
- the helmet being configured to selectively secure the helmet power connector thereto by aligning the at least one magnet of the helmet shell with the at least one connector magnet of the helmet power connector and receiving the anchor portion of the helmet power connector in the connector chamber,
- when in use with the helmet shell receiving the anchor portion of the helmet power connector in the connector chamber, the at least one electrical contact being electrically coupled to at least one power electrical contactor disposed on the anchor portion, an electrical connection location between the helmet and the helmet power connector being disposed within the connector chamber and at least partially surrounded by the helmet shell,
- wherein:
- the helmet is further adapted for selectively connecting to a storage fixation comprising an anchor lock;
- the connector chamber is further configured to receive the anchor lock therein;
- the connector aperture is further configured to selectively permit passage of the anchor lock therethrough;
- when the helmet is positioned such that the anchor lock is received in the connector chamber, the helmet is rotatable relative to the storage fixation between an unlocked position and a locked position,
- in the unlocked position, the connector aperture being free to pass over the anchor lock, the helmet being selectively removeable from the storage fixation in the unlocked position,
- in the locked position, the anchor lock being disposed in the connector chamber and being prevented by the helmet shell from passing through the connector aperture;
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- the helmet is rotated to move the connector aperture relative to the anchor lock between the unlocked position and the locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.