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US 5,259,070 AGranted
Protective helmet kit apparatus
OwnerKort J. De Rozainventor
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Abstract
A helmet kit includes a pneumatically inflatable flexible helmet having a visor mounted thereto in a pivotal relationship. The kit is arranged to include a torso, pants, and arm protective padding in use to afford protection to motorcycle riders. The helmet structure is arranged to include an inflation canister selectively operative to direct compressed gas into a pneumatic chamber within the helmet and is coextensive with the helmet to afford protection to a user of the helmet structure.
Claims4
A protective helmet kit apparatus, comprising,
- a flexible helmet member, and
- a padded torso jacket, wherein the helmet member includes a pneumatic chamber coextensive with the helmet member, and
- pneumatic means mounted within the helmet member in pneumatic communication with the pneumatic chamber for effecting selective inflation of the pneumatic chamber, and
- a compartment chamber is mounted within the helmet member adjacent the pneumatic chamber, the compartment chamber includes a compressed gas canister chamber, and a compressed gas canister complementarily received within the compressed gas canister chamber, and a pneumatic conduit directed to the compressed gas canister, with the pneumatic conduit including a piercing tip coaxially aligned within the pneumatic conduit positioned adjacent a forward distal end of the compressed gas canister, and an angulated lever plate mounted in contiguous communication with a lower distal end of the compressed gas canister, with the angulated lever plate including a lever plate axle pivotally mounting the lever plate, and a forward distal end of the lever plate positioned in contiguous communication with the gas canister, and a rear end portion of the lever plate having a flexible pull cord mounted thereto, the pull cord including a pull ring mounted to a free distal end of the pull cord spaced from the lever plate, and a spring member mounted in communication with the rear end portion of the lever plate to bias the lever plate in contiguous communication with the compressed gas canister.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.