Custom fitting assembly for helmet
AssigneeGentex Corporation
InventorsWilliam Lewis Epperson, Francis J. Kuna, Robert Henry Nattress
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Abstract
A fitting assembly for a helmet having an interiorly located forehead dome and side sections. A crown pad provided with adjusting straps engages retention clips on the side sections to set the vertical position of the helmet. A nape panel provided with adjusting straps engages additional retention clips on the side sections to set the fore and aft position of the helmet. A pouch is fitted into the gap created between the dome and the forehead. A liquid foam is introduced into the pouch which expands and solidifies thereby creating a mold of the wearer's forehead. The pouch, nape panel and chip strap or breathing mask serve to lock the helmet in position on the wearer's head.
Claims32
A fitting assembly for a helmet comprising:
- an inner helmet positionable in a fore and aft direction and including interiorly a front forehead dome and side sections;
- a rear panel adapted to contact the wearer's nape and means coupling said rear panel to said side sections for adjustably positioning said inner helmet in the fore and aft direction;
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- a contoured pad having a contour-retaining primary layer adapted to support the dome on the wearer's forehead.
A fitting assembly for a helmet comprising:
- an inner helmet positionable in a fore and aft direction and including interiorly a front forehead dome and side sections;
- a rear panel adapted to contact the wearer's nape and means coupling said rear panel to said side sections for adjustably positioning said inner helmet in the fore and aft direction;
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- a contoured pad adapted to support the dome on the wearer's forehead, wherein said contoured pad includes a primary layer comprising an expanding foam compound having an initial liquid state and a final, cured solid state molded to the contours of the wearer's forehead.
A fitting assembly for a helmet comprising:
- an inner helmet positionable in a fore and aft direction and including interiorly a front forehead dome and side sections;
- a rear panel adapted to contact the wearer's nape and means coupling said rear panel to said side sections for adjustably positioning said inner helmet in the fore and aft direction;
- a contoured pad adapted to support the dome on the wearer's forehead, wherein said contoured pad comprises a primary layer molded to the contours of the wearer's forehead;
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- an inner layer of compressible material disposed between said primary layer and the wearer's forehead and an outer impact absorbing layer disposed between said primary layer and said dome, wherein said inner and outer layers cooperatively form a receptacle for containing said primary layer.
A fitting assembly for a helmet comprising:
- an inner helmet positionable in a fore and aft direction and including interiorly a front forehead dome and side sections;
- a rear panel adapted to contact the wearer's nape and means coupling said rear panel to said side sections for adjustably positioning said inner helmet in the fore and aft direction;
- a contoured pad adapted to support the dome on the wearer's forehead, wherein said contoured pad comprises a primary layer molded to the contours of the wearer's forehead;
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- an inner layer of compressible material disposed between said primary layer and the wearer's forehead and an outer impact absorbing layer disposed between said primary layer and said dome;
- wherein said contoured pad further comprises a pouch encasing said primary layer, said inner layer and said outer layer.
A fitting assembly for a helmet comprising:
- an inner helmet positionable in a fore and aft direction and including (i) interiorly a front forehead dome and (ii) side sections having retention clips;
- a rear panel adapted to contact the wearer's nape and straps coupling said rear panel to said retention clips for adjustably positioning said inner helmet in the fore and aft direction;
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- a contoured pad adapted to support the dome on the wearer's forehead.
A fitting assembly for a helmet comprising:
- an inner helmet positionable in a fore and aft direction and including interiorly a front forehead dome and side sections;
- a rear panel adapted to contact the wearer's nape and means coupling said rear panel to said side sections for adjustably positioning said inner helmet in the fore and aft direction;
- a contoured pad adapted to support the dome on the wearer's forehead;
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- a crown pad adapted to contact the wearer's crown, wherein said inner helmet in additionally positionable in a vertical direction, and means coupling said crown pad to said side sections for adjustably positioning said inner helmet in the vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.