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US 2016/0021968 A1Published application
Face Guard Retaining Device
AssigneeKranos IP Corporation
InventorsCortney WARMOUTH, Louis Anthony VANHOUTIN, Vincent R. LONG, Jeff MUSEC
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Abstract
A quick-release retaining device for securing a faceguard to a helmet shell. A selectively engageable latch structure maintains the retaining device in a closed condition. When the retaining device is urged to the open condition, the faceguard may be moved away from a wearer's face. The device is biased in the closed condition by a C-shaped clip, and has a sliding-bar feature for additional securement. The sliding bar is further secured by a locking pin.
Claims17
A quick-release face guard retaining device, comprising:
- a base, the base defining a shock stabilizer-receiving groove, a grommet-receiving opening, and a sliding bar-receiving groove;
- a latch, the latch hingedly-connected to the base, the latch further comprising a hooked part at a distal end thereof and defining a sliding bar-receiving groove;
- clip having a first end and a second end, the clip being secured within a clip-receiving part of the base at the first end and within a clip-receiving part of the latch at the second end;
- a sliding bar located in the sliding bar-receiving groove of the base;
- a shock stabilizer located in a shock stabilizer-receiving groove of the base;
- a grommet located in the opening of the base, the grommet defining a grommet opening,
- wherein the base, the shock stabilizer and the latch are adapted to cooperatively define a receiving aperture in a closed condition for securing a faceguard wire in the device, and
- wherein the clip is adapted to exert closing forces on the latch and the base, so that the retaining device is biased to the closed condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.