Personally portable helmet rest
OwnerDale L. Rigginventor
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Abstract
A pocket-size rest for use with motorcycle helmets and the like is a flexible annulus of trapezoidal cross-section, with slits diametrically located in the inner and outer bottom edges of the trapezoid to promote deformation of the rest to conform to irregularly shaped support surfaces. Treads in the base of the rest are advantageously made to run in one direction in certain regions and in a perpendicular direction in other regions, coacting with the slits to promote good stability particularly on support surfaces which have compound curves. The rest is dimensioned to support a helmet well out of contact with planar support surfaces.
Claims3
A portable stabilizing rest for retaining and supporting on a surface a rigid safety helmet or the like having a convex outer shell, said rest comprising:
- a flexible, resilient, normally annular body of generally trapezoidal cross-section, having a top, a bottom, and upwardly converging outer and inner walls;
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- a first pair of diametrically opposed radial slits formed in said outer wall, extending from the top to the bottom of said body, whereby said body is readily deformed by the weight of such helmet for conforming contact between the outer shell of the helmet and the top of said body, and between the bottom of said body and the supporting surface.
In combination with a rigid safety helmet or the like having a convex outer shell, a portable stabilizing rest for retaining and supporting said helmet on a surface, comprising:
- a flexible, resilient, normally annular body of generally trapezoidal cross-section, having a top, a bottom, and upwardly converging outer and inner walls;
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- opposed pairs of orthogonal treads diametrically opposed regions in said bottom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.