Modular helmet
AssigneeKBC America, Inc.
InventorStephane Dion
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Abstract
A helmet is disclosed that includes a hinged chin guard and a hinged visor. The chin guard and the visor can each be independently raised or they can be raised together. That is, they can be rotated up and from in front of the face of a wearer of the helmet. A one-button release mechanism is provided on the chin guard to release detents that secure the chin guard to the cap body. The chin guard can lock into place when raised or lowered. The chin guard is adapted to rotate in a substantially elliptical trajectory about the sides and top of the cap body. The visor can be rotated through a series of ratchet positions and be removed from the helmet without tools and without removing the chin guard.
Claims21
A helmet comprising:
- a hard outer cap body having a top, a left side, a right side, and a crushable inner liner;
- a chin guard having a left and right side, said left and right chin guard sides being pivotally connected respectively to the left and right sides of the cap body by a pair of chin guard hinges;
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- a recess on each of the left and right sides of the cap body, one each of said pair of hinges being disposed in one of the recesses, and each said hinge including a pair of rotational joints, one of which has a fixed axis and one of which has a floating axis, and a swivel arm coupling the rotational joint of the fixed axis and the rotational joint of the floating axis.
A helmet comprising:
- a hard outer cap body having a top, a left side, a right side, and a crushable inner liner;
- a chin guard having a left and right side, said left and right side of the chin guard being pivotally connected to the cap body by a pair of chin guard hinges;
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- a visor, a visor hinge disposed on each side of the visor and chin guard connecting said visor to a corresponding left and right side of the chin guard, said visor hinge including a release mechanism to allow for the removal of the visor from the chin guard.
A helmet comprising:
- a hard outer cap body having a top, a left side, a right side, and a crushable inner liner;
- a chin guard having a left and right side, said left and right side of the chin guard being pivotally connected to the cap body by a pair of chin guard hinges;
- a pair of visor hinges disposed on each side of the visor for connecting left and right sides of the visor to respective left and right sides of the chin guard;
- a chin guard lock disposed on each side of the chin guard for mechanically engaging the cap body and through locking the chin guard in a lowered position relative to the top of the cap body.
A helmet comprising:
- a cap body having a left side, a right side, a top and a back;
- a chin guard having a left side and a right side;
- a first pair of hinges for pivotally attaching the chin guard to the left side and right side of the cap body;
- a visor;
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- a second pair of hinges for pivotally attaching the visor to the right side and left side of the chin guard, whereby said chin guard and said visor are selectively locked and are operable to rotate independently of each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.