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US 2017/0318890 A1Published application
Soft althletic helmet and rear closure mechanism
AssigneeHummingbird Sports, LLC
InventorRobert H. Stolker
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Abstract
A protective headgear having a protective outer layer, an inner impact dispersing layer, an opening in the posterior of the helmet to allow hair to exit the protective helmet, and juxtaposed to the posterior opening, a flap that covers a portion of the opening and is selectively attachable to the inner impact attenuating layer.
Claims20
A protective headgear comprising:
- a protective outer layer;
- an inner impact dispersing layer;
- a plurality of impact attenuating pads attached to the inner impact dispersing layer;
- a posterior opening in the outer protective later and in the inner impact dispersing layer;
- and
- wherein the posterior opening has a flap that covers a portion of the opening;
- wherein said flap has one side hingeably attached to the protective outer layer and an attachment means on the end of the flap to attach to the inner impact dispersing layer on the other side of the opening.
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A protective headgear comprising:
- a compressible protective outer layer having a front, two sides, a crown, a rear, a rear flap, a top and a bottom, said rear comprising a rear opening extending from the bottom to an intermediate position between the crown and the bottom;
- a non-compressible inner polymer shell having an outer face secured to the compressible protective outer layer, and an inner face having a front, sides and rear;
- an opening corresponding to the rear opening in the compressible protective outer layer;
- and comprising a left and right support positioned within said opening;
- at least one compressible pad attached to the inner polymer shell;
- the flap hingeably attached to one side of the rear of the compressible protective outer layer, having attached thereto, a flap core having a length sufficient to extend beyond the left and right supports of the inner core;
- and an attachment means suitable to connect said flap to an inner support of said inner core;
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- a rear securing strap having opposing ends connected to a portion of the inner support, and extending towards the rear and below the bottom of the helmet, and comprising a closure means to selectively tighten said rear strap.
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A helmet comprising:
- a compressible outer impact attenuating material having a rear flap;
- an inner non-compressible impact dispersing core, having a top a bottom, a crown, a rear, two sides, an inner surface, and, an outer surface that is in substantial contact with the compressible outer impact attenuating material;
- wherein a rear opening is provided in both the inner impact attenuating core and in the corresponding same space in the outer impact attenuating material, said opening extending from the bottom to a position between the crown and the bottom;
- means to secure the helmet under the chin of a user and around the occipital bone at the rear;
- wherein, disposed of on the interior surface of the inner impact dispersing core are compressible pads for attenuating forces;
- and
- the rear flap covering the opening at the rear of the helmet, the flap being hingeably attached to the outer impact attenuating material on one end, and having an attachment means at an opposing end of the rear flap to attach the rear flap to the inner core.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.