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US 2017/0280810 A1Published application
Helmet
AssigneeKranium Sports, LLC
InventorAnirudha Surabhi
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Abstract
The present invention provides a head protection helmet comprising an impact resistant shell comprising: a cavity for accommodating a user's head and an array of crushable bodies having a hollow closed configuration, e.g. flutes in corrugated material 14,16, the crushable bodies each having an axis that extends outwardly from the cavity to absorb impact forces exerted along the direction of the axis.
Claims6
A head protection helmet
- comprising an impact resistant shell comprising:
- a cavity for accommodating a user's head;
- and
- an array of cells, each having four sides and an axis that extends outwardly from the cavity to absorb impact forces exerted along the direction of the axis;
- wherein the cells are formed by a plurality of intersecting arc-shaped ribs overlying the cavity, wherein each rib of the plurality of ribs extends outwards from the cavity and includes an array of crushable bodies, each crushable body having a hollow closed configuration.
2 more elements
A helmet as claimed in claim 2, wherein each rib of the plurality of ribs is formed of
- crushable sheet material including a plurality of sheets of crushable board, the plurality of
- sheets of crushable board including
- a first sheet extending outwards from the cavity and
- a second sheet extending outwards from the cavity adjacent the first sheet;
- and
- wherein each rib of the plurality of ribs also includes a first connector body connecting the first sheet to the second sheet;
- wherein the first sheet, the second sheet and the first connector body form the array of crushable bodies.
4 more elements
A helmet as claimed in claim 3, wherein the crushable sheet material includes a single layer of crushable bodies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.