Protective helmet
AssigneeSO Services AG
InventorsWalter Huber, Andreas Hassler
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Abstract
Protective helmet (10), in particular for motorcyclists or the like, with an outer casing formed in particular as an outer shell (11) and a lining (12) which is accommodated in the outer casing and lines the latter at least in areas. At least in partial regions, the lining (12) comprises a cushion which can be evacuated of air, is divided into individual segments (13, 14, 15, 16) and is filled with resilient packing (38).
Claims18
A protective helmet with an outer casing formed as an outer shell and a lining which is accommodated in the outer casing and lines the latter at least in areas, said lining, in at least one region, comprises a cushion which is divided into individual cushion segments, said cushion segments being filled with resilient shiftable packing bodies, said cushion segments being evacuatable of air by evacuation means to transfer said cushion segments from an aerated state to a deaerated state;
- and wherein in said deaerated state, said resilient packing bodies being in close-fit connection to one another, the close-fit connection being maintained by said evacuation means maintaining a deaerated state.
A protective helmet with an outer casing formed as an outer shell and a lining which is accommodated in the outer casing and lines the latter at least in areas, said lining, in at least one region, comprises a cushion which is divided into individual cushion segments, said cushion segments being filled with shiftable resilient packing bodies, said cushion segments being evacuatable of air by an evacuation device to transfer said cushion segments from an aerated state to a deaerated state;
- wherein in said deaerated state, said resilient packing bodies being in close-fit connection to one another;
- and wherein the evacuation device has a reflux valve that is connectable to a vacuum pump that is attached externally to the outer shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.