Helmet
AssigneeRed Corporation
InventorsElizabeth Dallas, Roger M. Ball
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Abstract
A helmet including a selected combination or all of an outer shell, a liner and a comfort ring, the helmet being designed for use in winter sports and including climate control features to regulate the temperature, air flow and moisture within the helmet is disclosed. The helmet may include front and rear adjustable vents for selective circulation of air through the helmet to vary the temperature inside the helmet for comfort, as desired, by the user. The helmet may additionally include a comfort ring for providing abrasion resistance over exposed areas of the user, for example the ears. The comfort ring may additionally, actively contribute to controlling the interior climate of the helmet by aiding in removing and preventing moisture from contacting the skin of the user.
Claims82
A helmet for providing protection to an alpine sport user, the helmet comprising:
- a hard, puncture resistant outer shell constructed and arranged for use in the sport of snowboarding;
- and
- a comfort ring supported by the helmet and constructed and arranged to overlie a portion of the user's head, the comfort ring having at least one layer for actively controlling the interior climate of the helmet, wherein the at least one layer is a wicking layer to draw moisture away from the user, the wicking layer allows moisture to travel through the wicking layer in a first direction, while preventing moisture from traveling through the wicking layer in a second direction.
A helmet for providing protection to an alpine sport user, the helmet comprising:
- a hard, puncture resistant outer shell constructed and arranged for use in the sport of snowboarding;
- and
- a comfort ring supported by the helmet and constructed and arranged to overlie a portion of the user's head, the comfort ring having at least one layer for actively controlling the interior climate of the helmet, the at least one layer being a weather-resistant layer.
A helmet for providing protection to an alpine sport user, the helmet comprising:
- a hard, puncture resistant outer shell constructed and arranged for use in the sport of snowboarding;
- and
- a comfort ring supported by the helmet and constructed and arranged to overlie a portion of the user's head, the comfort ring having at least one layer for actively controlling the interior climate of the helmet, the at least one layer including a wicking layer to draw moisture away from contact with the user and a weather-resistant layer to provide a barrier against wind and moisture.
A helmet for providing protection to an alpine sport user, the helmet comprising:
- a hard, puncture resistant outer shell constructed and arranged for use in the sport of snowboarding;
- and
- a comfort ring supported by the helmet and constructed and arranged to overlie a portion of the user's head, the comfort ring having at least one layer for actively controlling the interior climate of the helmet, the comfort ring including an abrasion resistant outer surface, a portion of which extends beyond the outer shell of the helmet to protect underlying portions of the user's head from abrasions.
A helmet for providing protection to an alpine sport user, the helmet comprising:
- a hard, puncture resistant outer shell constructed and arranged for use in the sport of snowboarding;
- and
- a comfort ring supported by the helmet and constructed and arranged to overlie a portion of the user's head, the comfort ring having at least one layer for actively controlling the interior climate of the helmet, the comfort ring including an ear portion constructed and arranged to cover the ears of the user.
The helmet according to claim 12, wherein the inner liner includes a recess to receive the ear portion of the comfort ring so that the user can tuck the ear portion into the liner to expose the user's ears.
A helmet for providing protection to an alpine sport user, the helmet comprising:
- a hard, puncture resistant outer shell constructed and arranged for use in the sport of snowboarding;
- and
- a comfort ring supported by the helmet and constructed and arranged to overlie a portion of the user's head, the comfort ring having at least one layer for actively controlling the interior climate of the helmet, the comfort ring being continuous.
A helmet for providing protection to an alpine sport user, the helmet comprising:
- a hard, puncture resistant outer shell constructed and arranged for use in the sport of snowboarding;
- a comfort ring supported by the helmet and constructed and arranged to overlie a portion of the user's head, the comfort ring having at least one layer for actively controlling the interior climate of the helmet;
- a first vent disposed through the helmet at a first location;
- and
- a second vent disposed through the helmet at a second location, the first and second vents being aligned so that air flows into the helmet through the first vent and out of the helmet through the second vent to regulate the temperature inside the helmet, the first and second vents each including an opening disposed through the helmet and a control element to selectively cover the opening to control the amount of airflow into and out of the helmet.
A helmet for providing protection to an alpine sport user, the helmet comprising:
- a hard, puncture resistant outer shell constructed and arranged for use in the sport of snowboarding;
- a comfort ring supported by the helmet and constructed and arranged to overlie a portion of the user's head, the comfort ring having at least one layer for actively controlling the interior climate of the helmet;
- a first vent disposed through the helmet at a first location;
- a second vent disposed through the helmet at a second location, the first and second vents being aligned so that air flows into the helmet through the first vent and out of the helmet through the second vent to regulate the temperature inside the helmet;
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- an inner liner constructed and arranged to fit within the outer shell of the helmet, the inner liner including a first opening aligned with the first vent and a second opening aligned with the second vent to allow the air to pass through the inner liner, at least a portion of the inner liner being received within the comfort ring.
A helmet for providing protection to an alpine sport user, the helmet comprising:
- a hard, puncture resistant outer shell constructed and arranged for use in the sport of snowboarding;
- a comfort ring supported by the helmet and constructed and arranged to overlie a portion of the user's head, the comfort ring having at least one layer for actively controlling the interior climate of the helmet;
- and
- a vent disposed through the helmet at a first location, at least one opening in a frontal portion of the helmet adjacent the eyes of the user, and at least one channel constructed and arranged to direct airflow from the vent to the at least one opening so that the airflow exits the front of the helmet adjacent the eyes of the user.
A helmet for providing protection to an alpine sport user, the helmet comprising:
- a hard, puncture resistant outer shell constructed and arranged for use in the sport of snowboarding;
- and
- a comfort ring supported by the helmet and constructed and arranged to overlie a portion of the user's head, the comfort ring having at least one layer for actively controlling the interior climate of the helmet, the outer shell including a lip constructed and arranged to channel water away from a front portion of the helmet.
A helmet for providing protection to an alpine sport user the helmet comprising:
- a hard, puncture resistant outer shell constructed and arranged for use in the sport of snowboarding;
- and
- a comfort ring supported by the helmet and constructed and arranged to overlie a portion of the user's head, the comfort ring having at least one layer for actively controlling the interior climate of the helmet, the outer shell including a back shelf constructed and arranged to receive a goggle strap.
A helmet for providing protection to an alpine sport user, the helmet comprising:
- a hard, puncture resistant outer shell constructed and arranged for use in the sport of snowboarding;
- and
- a comfort ring supported by the helmet and constructed and arranged to overlie a portion of the user's head, the comfort ring having at least one layer for actively controlling the interior climate of the helmet, the outer shell including a goggle clip.
A helmet for providing protection to an alpine sport user, the helmet including:
- a hard, puncture resistant outer shell constructed and arranged for use in the sport of snowboarding;
- and
- a comfort ring supported by the helmet and constructed and arranged to overlie a portion of the user's head, a portion of the comfort ring extending beyond the outer shell and including an abrasion resistant outer surface to protect underlying portions of the user's head from abrasions.
A comfort ring for actively controlling the interior climate of an alpine sport helmet, comprising:
- a body portion constructed and arranged in a shape to attach to the alpine sport helmet and to overlie a portion of a user's head, the body portion including:
- an inner wicking layer constructed and arranged to contact a portion of the user's head so as to draw moisture away from the interior of the helmet;
- and
- a weather-resistant layer to provide a barrier to wind and moisture.
A helmet for providing protection to an alpine sport user, the helmet comprising:
- a hard, puncture resistant outer shell contoured to fit around and not overlie the ears of the user;
- an impact resistant inner liner constructed and arranged to fit within the outer shell and including an outer surface contacting at least a portion of the outer shell and an inner surface constructed and arranged fit over the head of the user, the outer shell completely covering the outer surface of the liner;
- a first vent including an opening disposed through the helmet at a first location and a first control element to selectively cover the opening of the first vent and a second vent including an opening disposed through the helmet at a second location and a second control element to selectively cover the opening of the second vent, the first and second vents being aligned so that air flows into the helmet through the first vent and out of the helmet through the second vent wherein selectively covering the opening varies the airflow through the helmet to selectively regulate temperature inside the helmet.
A method for defogging goggles utilized with an alpine sport helmet, comprising:
- providing a first vent including an opening disposed through the alpine sport helmet at a first location for receiving air therein;
- providing an opening in a frontal portion of the alpine sport helmet adjacent the eyes of the user;
- directing the air from the first vent to the opening in the frontal portion so that the air exits the alpine sport helmet adjacent the eyes of the user and enters the goggles to defog the goggles.
A helmet for providing protection to an alpine sport user, comprising:
- a hard, puncture resistant outer shell contoured to fit around and not overlie the ears of the user;
- an impact resistant inner liner constructed and arranged to fit within the outer shell and including an outer surface contacting at least a portion of the outer shell and an inner surface constructed and arranged fit over the head of the user;
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- means for actively controlling the climate within the helmet.
A helmet for providing protection to an alpine sport user, comprising:
- a hard, puncture resistant outer shell contoured to fit around and not overlie the ears of the user;
- an impact resistant inner liner constructed and arranged to fit within the outer shell and including an outer surface contacting at least a portion of the outer shell and an inner surface constructed and arranged fit over the head of the user;
- and
- means for selectively controlling airflow through the helmet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.