Helmet
AssigneesDainese S.p.A., Universita' Degli Studi Di Firenze
InventorsMarco Pierini, Niccolò Baldanzini, Antonio Scippa, Francesco Lorenzi, Roberto Parissenti
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Abstract
A helmet (1, 100, 200) for protecting a user's head (90), comprising a cap (2) for protecting the user's cranium (92) and a chin guard (3) for protecting the user's chin (93), wherein the chin guard (3) is adapted to move between a first protecting position (31) and a second protecting position (32) under the action of a force (50) acting in the direction of the chin (93) of a user wearing on said helmet (1), the chin guard (3) in said second protecting position (32) being nearer to the user's chin (93) with respect to the chin guard (3) in said first protecting position (31).
Claims18
A helmet for protecting a user's head, comprising
- a cap for protecting the user's cranium and
- a chin guard for protecting the user's chin,
- wherein the cap comprises at least one bottom portion positioned, in operation, at the rear of the user's cranium and/or user's nape, and substantially opposite to the chin guard,
- wherein the chin guard is adapted to move with respect to the cap between a first protecting position and a second protecting position under action of a force acting on the chin guard and having at least one component directed toward said bottom portion of the cap, and
- wherein the chin guard in said second protecting position is at least partially displaced, nearing said bottom portion of the cap with respect to said first protecting position so as to be nearer to the user's chin during operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.