Bicycle helmet with chin guard and easy-adjust strap system

In combination, a helmet and chin guard for protecting the head and chin of a person wearing the helmet in the event of a fall, wherein:

• the helmet and chin guard are secured in place during use by a strap system that includes a first strap that is attached at its opposite ends to opposite sides of the helmet and is adapted to extend downwardly therefrom to beneath the jaw of a person wearing the helmet, and a second strap that is attached at its opposite ends to a rear portion of the helmet and includes a front portion that is adapted to extend across the front of the chin of a person wearing the helmet, said first and second straps intersecting one another at positions adapted to lie alongside opposite sides of the face of a person wearing the helmet;
• said chin guard is mounted on the front portion of the second strap and is adjustable along said strap;
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• said first and second straps are adjustable in length, and coupling means connects them together where they intersect one another, said coupling means enabling the point of intersection of the first strap with the second strap to be adjusted along the length of the second strap.

A strap system for securing protective headgear to the head of a person using the headgear, comprising:

• a first strap having opposite ends adapted to be secured to opposite sides of headgear, and a midportion adapted to extend beneath the jaw of a person wearing the headgear;
• a second strap having opposite ends adapted to be secured to opposite sides of a rear portion of headgear, and a midportion adapted to extend in front of the chin of a person wearing the headgear;
• a chin guard adjustably mounted on the midportion of said second strap for adjustable positioning along the length of said second strap;
• said first strap including first, second and third strap sections with said first and second strap sections each having one end adapted to be secured to respective opposite sides of a headgear and a second end secured to respective first and second coupling members, and the third strap section having one end fixed to one of the coupling members and a second end connected to a fitting that is releasably connected to the other coupling member, said third strap section being adapted to extend beneath the jaw of a person when the strap system is in use;
• said coupling members being slidably mounted on said second strap for adjustable positioning along the length of the second strap;
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• said second strap including first and second strap sections, each having one end adapted to be fixed to a respective opposite rear side portion of headgear, and opposite adjoining ends adjustably interconnected to one another so that the length of the second strap may be adjusted.