US 2015/0089723 A1Published application

Sport helmet comprising an occipital inner pad mounted to a movable rear support

AssigneeBauer Hockey, LLC

InventorsPhilippe JEAN, Jacques DUROCHER, Marie-Claude GENEREUX, Denis COTE

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Abstract

A sport helmet comprising an outer shell, an inner padding for covering at least partially the wearer's head, an occipital inner pad for facing the occipital region of the wearer's head, a rear support comprising an upper part hingedly mounted to the helmet and a lower part mounted to the occipital inner pad, and a biasing member having a portion abutting the rear inner surface of the outer shell such that the rear support and occipital inner pad are movable between a first position wherein the rear support is biased to extend inwardly from the rear inner surface, and a second position when the wearer puts on the sport helmet, wherein the rear support and occipital inner pad are deflected towards the rear inner surface while the rear support and occipital inner pad maintain pressure on the occipital region of the wearer's head.

Claims26

Dependent claims

A sport helmet for receiving a head of a wearer, the wearer's head having a crown region, a top region, left and right side regions, a back region and an occipital region, the sport helmet extending along a longitudinal axis residing within an imaginary longitudinal plan that bisects the helmet in two generally identical halves, the sport helmet comprising:

(a) an outer shell comprising a front shell portion and a rear shell portion, the rear shell portion comprising an outer surface and an inner surface;
(b) an inner padding in the outer shell, the inner padding comprising a front portion for covering at least part of the crown region and top and left and right side regions of the wearer's head and a back portion for covering at least part of the back region and top and left and right side regions of the wearer's head;
(c) an occipital inner pad located below the back portion of the inner padding for facing the occipital region of the wearer's head;
(e) a rear support comprising an upper part hingedly mounted to the back portion of the inner padding or the rear shell portion and a lower part mounted to the occipital inner pad;
and
(d) a biasing member between the inner surface of the rear shell portion and the rear support, the biasing member having a portion abutting the inner surface of the rear shell portion such that the rear support and occipital inner pad are movable between a first position wherein the rear support is biased to extend inwardly from the inner surface of the rear shell portion, and a second position when the wearer puts on the sport helmet, wherein the rear support and occipital inner pad are deflected towards the inner surface of the rear shell portion while the rear support and occipital inner pad maintain pressure on the occipital region of the wearer's head.

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(a) an outer shell comprising a front shell portion and a rear shell portion, the rear shell portion comprising an outer surface and an inner surface;
(b) an inner padding mounted in the outer shell, the inner padding comprising a front portion for covering at least part of the crown region and top and left and right side regions of the wearer's head and a back portion for covering at least part of the back region and top and left and right side regions of the wearer's head;
(c) an occipital inner pad located below the back portion of the inner padding for facing the occipital region of the wearer's head;
and
(e) a rear support comprising an upper part hingedly mounted to the back portion of the inner padding or the rear shell portion and a lower part mounted to the occipital inner pad, the rear support comprising a biasing member extending towards the inner surface of the rear shell and having a portion abutting the inner surface of the rear shell portion such that the rear support and occipital inner pad are movable between a first position wherein the rear support is biased to extend inwardly from the inner surface of the rear shell portion, and a second position when the wearer puts on the sport helmet, wherein the rear support and occipital inner pad are deflected towards the inner surface of the rear shell portion while the rear support and occipital inner pad maintain pressure on the occipital region of the wearer's head.

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(a) an outer shell comprising a front shell portion and a rear shell portion, the rear shell portion comprising an outer surface and an inner surface;
(b) an inner padding mounted in the outer shell, the inner padding comprising a front portion for covering at least part of the crown region and top and left and right side regions of the wearer's head and a back portion for covering at least part of the back region and top and left and right side regions of the wearer's head;
(c) an occipital inner pad located below the back portion of the inner padding for facing the occipital region of the wearer's head;
and
(e) a rear support comprising an upper part hingedly mounted to the back portion of the inner padding or the rear shell portion and a lower part mounted to the occipital inner pad, the rear support comprising a biasing member made of a resilient material and having a proximal end portion integrally joined with the rear support and a distal end portion, the biasing member extending towards the inner surface of the rear shell such that the distal end portion abuts the inner surface of the rear shell portion, the rear support and occipital inner pad being movable between a first position wherein the rear support is biased to extend inwardly from the inner surface of the rear shell portion, and a second position when the wearer puts on the sport helmet, wherein the rear support and occipital inner pad are deflected towards the inner surface of the rear shell portion while the rear support and occipital inner pad maintain pressure on the occipital region of the wearer's head.

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