Quick release device for safety helmet
AssigneeNo Limit Safety, LLC
InventorsDarnell Tom, Nathan Sanko
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Abstract
A quick release device comprises an anchor to couple to a safety helmet and a latch to couple to a tether. The anchor may include a cylindrical wall with an indentation circumferentially located thereon. The latch is configured to be attached to and removed from the anchor and may include a barrel, a plurality of ball bearings, and a push-pull button. The barrel may include a sidewall in which the ball bearings are rigidly retained when the latch is in a locked state and the ball bearings are loosely retained when the latch is in a released state. The push-pull button may cover one end of the barrel and may be pushed to attached the latch to the anchor and pulled to remove the latch from the anchor.
Claims28
A quick release device comprising:
- an anchor including a cylindrical wall with a circumferential indentation;
- and
- a latch configured to be attached to and removed from the anchor, the latch including
- a barrel with a sidewall,
- at least one ball bearing retained in the sidewall, and
- a push-pull button covering one end of the barrel,
- wherein the push-pull button is pushed to attach the latch to the anchor and the push-pull button is pulled to remove the latch from the anchor.
A quick release device comprising:
- an anchor including a cylindrical wall with a circumferential indentation;
- and
- a latch configured to be attached to and removed from the anchor, the latch including
- a barrel with a sidewall,
- at least one ball bearing retained in the sidewall, and
- a push-pull button covering one end of the barrel,
- wherein the latch has a released state and a locked state and the latch is placed in the released state when the push-pull button is pushed and when the push-pull button is pulled, and
- the at least one ball bearing is rigidly retained in the sidewall when the latch is in a locked state and loosely retained when the latch is in the released state.
A safety helmet system for use with a HANS device, the system comprising:
- a helmet including a first anchor attached to a left rear side thereof and a second anchor attached to a right rear side thereof;
- and
- a tether operable to couple to the HANS device, the tether including a first latch coupled to one end thereof and a second latch coupled to the other end thereof,
- wherein the first latch is operable to attach to the first anchor and the second latch is operable to attach to the second anchor by pushing the latches onto the anchors with a force normal to the surface of the helmet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.