Cycling helmet with detachable components
AssigneeTrek Bicycle Corporation
InventorAlan Baryudin
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Abstract
A helmet includes a helmet anchor mounted to the helmet, and the helmet anchor includes a cavity. The helmet also includes a first magnetic element, where at least a portion of the first magnetic element is mounted within the cavity. The helmet also includes a visor. An interior surface of the visor includes a receptacle that extends therefrom. A second magnetic element is mounted within the receptacle, and the receptacle on the visor mates with the cavity of the helmet anchor to secure the visor to the helmet. The first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are attracted to one another such that the visor is detachable in response to an impact that exceeds an attractive force between the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element.
Claims20
A helmet comprising:
- a helmet anchor mounted to the helmet, wherein the helmet anchor includes a cavity;
- a first magnetic element, wherein at least a portion of the first magnetic element is mounted within the cavity;
- a visor, wherein an interior surface of the visor includes a receptacle that extends therefrom;
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- a second magnetic element mounted within the receptacle, wherein the receptacle on the visor mates with the cavity of the helmet anchor to secure the visor to the helmet, and wherein the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are attracted to one another such that the visor is detachable in response to an impact that exceeds an attractive force between the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.