Helmet
AssigneeGrand Slam Cards
InventorDarko D. Popovich
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Abstract
A helmet assembly (20) for protecting a head and neck by laterally displacing impact forces (28). The helmet assembly (20) has a helmet (22) and a face guard (26). The helmet (22) has a rigid inner shell (96), a resilient spacing layer (94) outside of and in contact with the inner shell (96), an articulated shell (76) having a plurality of discrete rigid segments (78) disposed outside of and in contact with the resilient spacing layer (94), and a resilient outer shell (24) made of foam covered by an flexible protective layer (112). The face guard (26) has a plurality of transverse bars (36) with a longitudinal bar (38) down the center. The face guard (26) has shock absorbers (46) integrated on the lowermost transverse bar (36).
Claims18
A helmet for protecting a head by laterally displacing impact forces, said helmet comprising:
- a rigid inner shell formed as a single unit;
- a resilient spacing layer disposed outside of and in contact with said inner shell;
- and
- an articulated shell having a plurality of discrete rigid segments disposed outside of and in contact with said resilient spacing layer and a plurality of resilient members which couple adjacent ones of said rigid segments to one another.
A helmet as claimed in claimed 1 wherein:
- each of said discrete rigid segments is formed substantially in the shape of a hexagon.
A helmet for protecting a head and neck from face guard-applied push and pull forces, said helmet comprising:
- a shell;
- and
- a face guard coupled to said shell, said face guard having at least one integral shock absorber, said shock absorber comprising a housing coupled to a first spring, a rod coupled to a flange, and a second spring wherein said flange is disposed between said first and second springs.
A helmet for protecting a head by laterally displacing impact forces, said helmet comprising:
- a rigid inner shell formed as a single unit;
- a resilient spacing layer having of a plurality of resilient pegs disposed outside of and in contact with said inner shell;
- an articulated shell having a plurality of discrete rigid segments formed substantially in the shape of hexagons disposed outside of and in contact with said resilient spacing layer, said articulated shell further having elastic fabric bands coupling adjacent ones of said segments to one another;
- a resilient outer shell made of foam with a vinyl overlay, said resilient outer shell being outside of said articulated shell;
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- a face guard having an integral shock absorber, said face guard being coupled to said resilient outer shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.