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US 2013/0239302 A1Published application
Head Suspension Headband
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsLars-Olov Ahlgren, Oskar E. Juhlin
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Abstract
A head suspension headband includes an elongated headband having a band length and configured to be disposed across a forehead of a user, and a plurality of suspension elements disposed along the band length and configured to contact the forehead of a user.
Claims16
A head suspension headband comprising:
- an elongated headband having a band length and configured to be disposed across a forehead of a user;
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- a plurality of suspension elements disposed along the band length and configured to contact the forehead of a user;
- wherein at least selected suspension elements each comprise a forehead contact pad,
- wherein each selected suspension element and the forehead contact pad thereof is integrally formed with the elongated headband and is joined to an adjacent portion thereof by a strut element,
- wherein at least selected forehead contact pads are each covered with a cover material that is softer than the selected forehead contact pads;
- wherein each strut element of a selected suspension element is curved inwardly toward the forehead of a user so that the forehead contact pad of the selected suspension element does not lie in the same plane as the adjacent portion of the elongated headband to which it is joined by a strut element,
- and wherein the head suspension headband comprises a head protection attachment element that is configured to pivotably couple a head protection element to the head suspension headband.
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A head suspension headband comprising:
- an elongated headband having a band length and comprising a front portion configured to be disposed across a forehead of a user;
- and
- a plurality of suspension elements disposed along the front portion of the elongated headband and configured to contact the forehead of a user;
- wherein at least selected suspension elements each comprise a forehead contact pad,
- wherein each selected suspension element and the forehead contact pad thereof is integrally formed with the front portion of the elongated headband and is joined to an adjacent portion thereof by a strut element,
- wherein at least selected forehead contact pads are each covered with a cover material that is softer than the selected forehead contact pads;
- wherein the head suspension headband comprises first and second head protection attachment elements that are configured to pivotably couple a head protection element to the head suspension headband,
- wherein the front portion of the elongated headband is an integrally formed, single piece that is elongated with first and second terminal ends, and
- wherein at least the first terminal end of the front portion of the elongated headband is positioned rearwardly of at least a part of the first head protection attachment element, and wherein at least the second terminal end of the front portion of the elongated headband is positioned rearwardly of at least a part of the second head protection attachment element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.