Headset-accommodating, load-balancing, helmet strap system

Abstract

A self load-balancing, headset-wearing accommodating helmet strap system useable with a helmet shell having front, rear and opposite lateral sides, and including (a) a chin-strap cinching subsystem having (1) a pair of opposite-side, elongate, flexible, lateral strap elements intended for use on opposite lateral sides of such a helmet shell, and (2) an elongate chin-engaging component with opposite ends slideably mounted on and between the opposite ends of different ones of the lateral strap elements, and (b), for each of the lateral strap elements, a pair of attaching devices, with one such device being designed for attaching one end of a lateral strap element adjacent an associated front lateral side of a helmet shell, and the other attaching device being designed for attaching the other end of the same lateral strap element adjacent an associated rear lateral side of the helmet shell. The system of the invention accommodates other helmet-internal componentry (namely, a suspension and attached load-cushioning pads) in a manner easily enabling lateral self-load-balancing of an entire helmet system, and in a context which also accommodates the non-interfering wearing of an audio communication headset.

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