Safety helmet

A high performance sport safety helmet comprising, in combination, a shell adapted for fitting upon a wearer's head and having a frontal periphery defining a centrally arched portion forming an open front exposing the face and a major portion of the forehead of the wearer, a flexible resilient hood for covering the wearer's head, means for releasably securing said hood within said shell, said hood including a flexible resilient front band extending across said centrally arched portion of said shell and substantially all of said band lying below said centrally arched portion and adapted for engaging and covering the forehead of the wearer independently of said shell, said front band having an upper convex outline coextensive with the periphery of the centrally arched portion of said shell, and means releasably securing said band to said hood, whereby the head and forehead of the wearer are covered and protected against direct impact by a foreign object.

A high performance sport safety helmet comprising, in combination, a shell adapted for fitting upon a wearer's head and having a frontal periphery defining a centrally arched portion forming an open front exposing the face and a major portion of the forehead of the wearer, a flexible resilient expandable front band extending across the front of said shell with substantially all of said band lying below said centrally arched portion and adapted for snugly engaging and substantially completely covering the forehead of the wearer independently of said shell, said front band having an upper convex outline coextensive with the periphery of the centrally arched portion of said shell, and means securing said band to said shell, whereby the head and forehead of the wearer are covered and protected against direct impact by a foreign object.

A high performance sport safety helmet comprising, in combination, a shell adapted for fitting upon a wearer's head and having a frontal periphery defining a centrally arched portion forming an open front exposing the face and a major portion of the forehead of the wearer, a flexible resilient hood for covering the wearer's head, means for releasably securing said hood within said shell, said hood including a flexible resilient front band extending across said centrally arched portion of said shell and substantially all of said band lying below said centrally arched portion and adapted for engaging and covering the forehead of the wearer independently of said shell, said front band having an upper convex outline coextensive with the periphery of the centrally arched portion of said shell, and means releasably securing said band to said shell, whereby the head and forehead of the wearer are covered and protected against direct impact by a foreign object.

A high performance sport safety helmet comprising, in combination, a shell adapted for fitting upon a wearer's hand and having a frontal periphery defining a centrally arched portion forming a front opening exposing the face and a major portion of the forehead of the wearer and a base periphery defining an arcuate base opening for receiving the wearer's neck, a flexible resilient expandable front band secured to and extending across the front opening of said shell with substantially all of said band lying below said centrally arched portion and adapted for snugly engaging and substantially completely covering the exposed forehead of the wearer independently of said shell, and an articulated shell liner secured to and covering the inner surface of said shell in partially separable non-detachable relation therewith.

A high performance sport safety helmet comprising, in combination, a shell adapted for fitting upon a wearer's head and having a frontal periphery defining a centrally arched portion forming a front opening exposing the face and a major portion of the forehead of the wearer and a base periphery defining an arcuate base opening for receiving the wearer's neck, a flexible resilient expandable front band secured to and extending across the front opening of said shell with substantially all of said band lying below said centrally arched portion and adapted for snugly engaging and substantially completely covering the forehead of the wearer, an articulated shell liner secured to and covering the inner surface of said shell in partially separable non-detachable relation therewith, and a visor pivotally secured to said shell by a pair of pivot pins located in opposed apertures at a lower base portion of said shell and said visor and nestable between said shell and said shell liner for selectively shielding the front opening of said shell.

A high performance sport safety helmet comprising, in combination, a shell adapted for fitting upon a wearer's head and having a frontal periphery defining a centrally arched portion forming a front opening exposing the face and a major portion of the forehead of the wearer and a base periphery defining an arcuate base opening for receiving the wearer's neck, a flexible resilient expandable front band secured to and extending across the front opening of said shell with substantially all of said band lying below said centrally arched portion and adapted for snugly engaging and substantially completely covering the forehead of the wearer, an articulated shell liner secured to and covering the inner surface of said shell in partially separable non-detachable relation therewith, a lune-shaped bracket secured within said shell in spaced relation therewith and defining a lune-shaped channel between said shell and said shell liner opening adjacent the frontal periphery of said shell, and a lune-shaped visor slidably received in said channel and pivotally secured to said shell by a pair of pivot pins located in opposed apertures at a lower base portion of said shell and the narrow end of said lune-shaped visor for extension from said shell to shield the face of a wearer and nestable into said channel for exposing the face of the wearer.