Helmet with chin cup
AssigneesSport Maska Inc., Les Equipements De Gardien De But Michel Lefebvre Inc.
InventorsPierre-Luc BEAUCHAMP, Sebastien MORIN, Michel LEFEBVRE, Patrick LEFEBVRE
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Abstract
A protective helmet including a chin cup with a body and two opposed connecting arms, each connecting arm being connected to the helmet body through a connection allowing relative movement between the connecting arm and the helmet body. A fastening system is selectively movable between a first position where the fastening system restrains the relative movement between the connecting arm and the helmet body and a second position where the fastening system frees the relative movement between the connecting arm and the helmet body along the connection. A method of adjusting a position of a chin cup in a protective helmet is also disclosed.
Claims20
A protective helmet comprising:
- a helmet body adapted to cover at least part of a head of a wearer, the helmet body including a shell;
- and
- a chin cup for receiving a chin of the wearer, the chin cup having:
- a chin cup body defining an inner surface shaped to receive the chin and an opposed outer surface,
- two connecting arms engaged to the chin cup body with a respective one of the connecting arms extending from the chin cup body adjacent each one of two opposed sides thereof, each connecting arm being connected to the helmet body through a connection allowing relative movement between the connecting arm and the helmet body, the connection between each connecting arm and the helmet body being defined by a pin member connected to the shell and slidingly received in a slot formed through the connecting arm to define the relative movement;
- a fastening system for each of the connecting arms, each fastening system including complementary first and second members, the first member being attached to the helmet body and the second member being attached to the connecting arm, at least the first member being selectively movable between a first position where the first and second members are detachably interconnected and the fastening system restrains the relative movement of the pin member in the slot, and a second position where the first and second members are detached and the fastening system frees the relative movement of the pin member in the slot.
A protective helmet comprising:
- a helmet body adapted to cover at least part of a head of a wearer;
- and
- a chin cup for receiving a chin of the wearer, the chin cup having:
- a chin cup body defining an inner surface shaped to receive the chin and an opposed outer surface, and
- two connecting arms engaged to the chin cup body with a respective one of the connecting arms extending from the chin cup body adjacent each one of two opposed sides thereof, each connecting arm having a slot in which a pin member connected to the helmet body is slidingly engaged so as to allow relative movement between the connecting arm and the helmet body along a longitudinal direction of the connecting arm;
- the helmet body further including a respective fastening member extending adjacent each connecting arm, each fastening member being movable between a first position where the fastening member is engaged to the connecting arm and restrains sliding thereof relative to the helmet body and a second position where the fastening member is free of the connecting arm to allow sliding thereof relative to the helmet body.
A method of adjusting a position of a chin cup in a protective helmet, the method comprising:
- moving a respective padding portion of the helmet to disengage the respective padding portion from a connecting arm extending from a side of the chin cup;
- moving the connecting arm along a connection between the connecting arm and the body of the helmet;
- and
- moving the respective padding portion back in engagement with the connecting arm to restrain relative movement between the connecting arm and the body of the helmet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.