Helmet Goggle Designed for On-Road and Off-Road Use
Assignee6D Helmets, LLC
InventorRobert S. Weber
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Abstract
A protective helmet for use with motorsports and cycling activities has a head receiving helmet body that includes a head receiving interior, and an exterior having a front surface, a rear surface, and a perimetral lip for defining a forward-facing aperture. A transparent shield member is engageable with the helmet body and is configured to be placeable adjacent to the forward-facing aperture of the helmet body. The shield member includes a perimetral edge that is sized and configured for engaging the perimetral lip of the helmet body. A nose interface member defining a nose receiving interior space is configured and sized for receiving a nostril portion of a user's nose. The nose interface member is coupled to the elastomeric member of the shield member.
Claims21
A protective helmet comprising,
- a head receiving interior and an exterior, the exterior having a crown portion, a brow portion extending downwardly from the crown portion, a rear portion, two opposing side portions, and a chin bar, wherein the crown portion, the brow portion, the rear portion, the chin bar and the opposing side portions are a unitary assembly to provide impact protection for motorsports and cycling.
- a perimetral lip defining a forward-facing aperture in the front surface of the head receiving helmet body, wherein the perimetral lip extends along the brow portion, the opposing side portions and the chin bar, wherein the perimetral lip includes a shield member engaging surfaces.
- a transparent shield member engageable with the head receiving helmet body and configured to be placeable adjacent to the forward facing aperture in the front surface of the head receiving helmet body, the transparent shield member including a front surface, a rear surface and a perimetral edge being sized and configured for engaging the perimetral lip of the head receiving helmet body at the brow portion, the opposing side portions and a portion of the chin bar.
- an elastomeric sealing member extending about the perimetral edge of the transparent shield member and configured to provide sealing engagement between the perimetral edge of the transparent shield member and the shield member engaging surface of the perimetral lip of the helmet body;
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- a nose interface member defining a nose receiving interior space for receiving a nostril portion of a user's nose, the nose interface member being coupled to the elastomeric member of the shield member.
The protective helmet of claim 3 wherein the nose interface coupling member comprising a plurality of members disposed on the nose interface sealing engaging portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.