Chinstrap assembly
OwnerVincent R. Ferrarainventor
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Abstract
A chinstrap assembly for a helmet having opposite sides and a face opening includes a chin protector and first and second straps extending from the opposite sides of the helmet to opposite ends of the chin protector. A cinching device at each end of the chin protector receives an outgoing segment of the corresponding strap, grips the strap and redirects an incoming segment thereof so that by applying a lateral/rearward tensile force to that incoming segment, the length of the outgoing segment may be set to a selected value which is maintained when the tensile force is relieved.
Claims11
A chinstrap assembly for a helmet having opposite sides and a face opening between said sides, said assembly comprising
- first and second straps having corresponding first ends connected to opposite sides of the helmet and corresponding second ends;
- a chin protector having first and second ends, and
- a first cinching device at said first end of the chin protector which simultaneously receives and redirects the first strap so that an outgoing segment thereof extends between the first side of the helmet and the first cinching device and an incoming segment thereof extends between the first cinching device and said second end of the first strap while gripping the first strap so that when a sufficient tensile force is applied to said incoming segment, the length of said outgoing segment may be set to a selected value which is maintained when the tensile force is relieved.
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