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US 2019/0239591 A1Published application
Helmet goggle strap holder
AssigneeBell Sports, Inc.
InventorMichael J. Musal
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Abstract
A helmet and goggle strap clip combination includes a helmet body with an outer shell having an opening in a surface. The goggle strap clip includes a clip body, a resilient leg extending in a first direction with a foot at an end of the leg. The foot includes a foot body, an outer side facing away from the helmet body and an inner side facing the helmet body, a cover extends from the foot body in the first direction, a support fin extending from the foot body in a second direction, opposite the first direction. The cover overlaps the outer shell by a side edge, the support fin is positioned inside of and engaging the outer shell by a second side edge, and the clip body is in direct contact with the outer shell separate from the leg and its foot.
Claims20
A helmet comprising:
- a helmet body comprising an outer shell and a fit system coupled to the helmet body, the outer shell comprising at least one aperture through a rear surface of the outer shell, the at least one aperture comprising at least two side edges;
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- a helmet goggle strap retention clip comprising:
- a clip body;
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- at least one resilient leg extending from the clip body in a first direction in relation to a center of the clip body and a foot at an end of each of the at least one resilient leg, each foot extending from its resilient leg in relation to the center of the clip body and comprising:
- a foot body, a first side facing away from the helmet body and a second side facing the helmet body, a cover portion extending from the foot body in the first direction, a support fin extending from the foot body in a second direction, opposite the first direction;
- wherein each cover portion is positioned overlapping the outer shell adjacent to a first one of the at least two side edges, each respective support fin is positioned inside of and engaging the outer shell adjacent to a second one of the at least two side edges, different from the first one, and the clip body is in direct contact with the outer shell separate from the at least one resilient leg and its foot.
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A helmet goggle strap retention clip comprising:
- a clip body;
- and
- at least one resilient leg extending from the clip body in a first direction and symmetrical about a center of the clip body, each of the at least one resilient leg comprising a foot at an end of each of the at least one resilient leg, each foot comprising:
- a foot body, a first side and a second side facing opposite the first side, a cover portion extending from the foot body in a cover portion extension direction, the cover portion extension direction comprising at least one of the first direction and a second direction adjacent to the first direction, the foot extending from its resilient leg in relation to the center of the clip body and further comprising a support fin extending from the foot body in a direction opposite from the first direction;
- wherein the clip body comprises a goggle strap anchor extending in the opposite direction from the first direction and forming an arch together with the clip body and the at least one resilient leg, the arch extending from the anchor, through the at least one resilient leg and to the foot at the end of each of the at least one resilient leg;
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- wherein the foot at the end of each of the at least one resilient leg is configured to engage at least one opening in an outer shell of a helmet with the cover portion positioned to overlap a portion of the outer shell of the helmet adjacent to a first side edge of the at least one opening and with each support fin positioned inside of and engaging the outer shell adjacent to a second side edge of the at least one opening, opposite the first side edge.
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A helmet comprising:
- a helmet body comprising an outer shell and a fit system coupled to the helmet body, the outer shell comprising at least one opening in an outer surface of the outer shell, the at least one opening comprising at least two side edges;
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- a helmet goggle strap retention clip comprising:
- a clip body comprising an anchor in direct contact with the outer shell;
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- at least one resilient leg extending from the clip body in a first direction, each of the at least one resilient leg comprising a foot at an end of the at least one resilient leg, each foot extending from its resilient leg in relation to a center of the clip body and comprising:
- a foot body, a first side facing away from the helmet body and a second side facing the helmet body, a cover portion extending from the foot body in the first direction, a support fin extending from the foot body in a second direction, different from the first direction;
- wherein each cover portion is positioned overlapping the outer shell adjacent to a first one of the at least two side edges, each respective support fin is positioned inside of and engaging the outer shell adjacent to a second one of the at least two side edges, different from the first one, and the helmet goggle retention clip is in a state of tension between the anchor contacting the outer shell and the support fin engaging the at least one opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.