Helmet mounting assembly with break away connection
AssigneeNorotos, Inc.
InventorsJonathon Prendergast, Ronald Soto
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Abstract
An assembly for mounting a night vision device to a helmet is provided that includes a helmet with a mounting device attached to the helmet, and a mounting assembly carrying a night vision device and having a helmet mounting surface for connection to the mounting device, wherein a break away connector is connected between the mounting device and the helmet mounting surface of the mounting assembly for establishing a break away connection between the helmet mounting surface of the mounting assembly and the mounting device.
Claims20
An assembly for mounting a night vision device to a helmet comprising:
- a mounting device attached to the helmet;
- a mounting assembly carrying a night vision device and having a helmet mounting surface for connection to the mounting device;
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- a break away connector connected between the mounting device and the helmet mounting surface of the mounting assembly for establishing a break away connection between the helmet mounting surface of the mounting assembly and the mounting device.
An assembly for mounting a night vision device to a helmet comprising:
- a shroud plate mounted to the helmet;
- a locking plate releasably received by the shroud plate;
- a mounting assembly carrying a night vision device;
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- a break away connector mounted to the mounting assembly and forming a break away connection with the locking plate.
An assembly for mounting a night vision device to a helmet comprising:
- a shroud plate mounted to the helmet;
- a locking plate releasably received by the shroud plate;
- a mounting assembly carrying a night vision device;
- a latch plate mounted to the mounting assembly;
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- a break away connector mounted to the locking plate and forming a break away connection with the latch plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.