Locking device for a helmet
OwnerKerry R. Schaaninventor
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Abstract
A T-bar shaped portion that has a first flat bar with a second flat bar fixedly attached. The first flat bar has a generally rectangular shape. The second flat bar has a generally rectangular shape with a width equal to the width of the first bar. The length of the second flat bar is one third greater than the length of the first flat bar. The second flat bar is centrally positioned on a top surface of the first bar and integral thereto. An opening is positioned through a free end of the second flat bar. Lastly, the free end of the second flat bar is positioned through a ventilation hole of a helmet. The opening within the free end has a pad lock positioned therethrough for positioning around a bicycle frame.
Claims1
A new and improved locking device for a helmet for securing the helmet to a bicycle comprising in combination:
- a pair of L-shaped bar portions, each bar portion having a generally rigid first flat bar being bent to form an elongated second flat bar integral therewith, each first flat bar having a length of about 1.5 centimeters and a width of about 2.5 centimeters, each second flat bar being extended to having a first bend and a second bend opposite the first flat bar, the first bend of each second flat bar being angled inwardly about 60 degrees, the second bend of each second flat bar being angled outwardly about 60 degrees each second flat bar having a length of about 15 centimeters with a width equal to the width of the first flat bar;
- each second flat bar extending from a top surface of the first flat bar and integral thereto, each second flat bar extending outwardly from the first flat bar in a plane perpendicular to the first flat bar, each second flat bar having a free end near the second bend, each free end of each second flat bar having a second opening therethrough, the second opening,having a diameter of about 8 millimeters;
- each first flat bar having a free end, the free end of each first flat bar having a first opening therethrough, each first opening having a diameter of about 15 millimeters, each first opening receiving therein a link of a short link chain, each short link being formed of metal for strength, each link is positioned within each first opening and is welded closed for retention within each first flat bar respective first opening, each link being permanently coupled within the first free end of each first flat bar the short link chain permanently coupling together each first flat bar of the pair of L-shaped bar portions;
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- a helmet having a plurality of ventilation holes being disposed through a shell of the helmet, each free end of the second flat bar being positionable through one of the plurality of ventilation holes of a helmet, each second opening of each free end of each second flat bar being capable of receiving a pad lock when each second flat bar having been passed through one of the ventilation holes of the helmet, the short link chain giving the L-shaped bar portions some flexibility when the free ends of each are pulled together for coupling by the pad lock, whereby the helmet is capable of being secured to the bicycle frame when the pair of L-shaped bar portions being positioned through a respective hole of the helmet and lockingly secured around the bicycle frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.