Helmet chin cover and helmet attached with chin cover
AssigneeShoei Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshiyuki Ikeda
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Abstract
A helmet chin cover includes a shape retaining member having an attached portion which can be attached to a helmet, and a wind shield portion capable of preventing a driving wind from abutting against a portion near a chin of a helmet wearer when the attached portion is attached to the helmet. The said wind shield portion has at least one ventilation hole. This helmet chin cover is capable of performing ventilation near the chin of the helmet wearer well. Also, this helmet chin cover is capable of preventing a wind generated by driving, which abuts against the chest of the helmet wearer and is directed toward the chin, from being dragged between the lower end of chin cover portion of the helmet and the chin of the helmet wearer to produce a whistling sound.
Claims27
A helmet chin cover comprising a shape retaining member having an attached portion which can be attached to a helmet, and a wind shield portion capable of preventing a driving wind from abutting against a chin of a helmet wearer when said attached portion is attached to said helmet, said wind shield portion having at least one ventilation hole;
- a flexible cover member spreading backward in a substantially horizontal direction is attached to near a lower end of said wind shield portion;
- wherein said shape retaining member is elastic, has a central portion projecting forward, extends in a substantially horizontal direction to be bent in a substantially arcuate manner, and is upright in a substantially vertical direction, and
- said shape retaining member is monolithically molded from an elastic material.
A chin cover comprising a shape retaining member having an attached portion which can be attached to a helmet and a wind shield portion capable of preventing a driving wind from abutting against a chin of a helmet wearer when said attached portion is attached to said helmet,
- wherein said wind shield portion has at least one ventilation hole serving as an exhaust hole,
- said shape retaining member is elastic, has a central portion projecting forward, extends in a substantially horizontal direction to be bent in a substantially arcuate manner, and is upright in a substantially vertical direction,
- said attached portion is formed at an upper portion of said shape retaining member along a substantially longitudinal direction thereof,
- said wind shield portion is continuously formed below said attached portion,
- said ventilation hole has a tubular projecting portion projecting backward from said wind shield portion to substantially form a frustum of cone,
- said tubular projecting portion has forward and backward openings,
- said shape retaining member is monolithically molded from an elastic material, and
- a flexible cover member spreading backward in a substantially horizontal direction is attached to near a lower end of said wind shield portion.
A helmet comprising a head protecting body attached to a chin cover, said chin cover including:
- (1) a shape retaining member having an attached portion structured and dimensioned to enable said chin cover to be attached to said head protecting body,
- (2) a wind shield portion capable of preventing a driving wind from abutting against a region near a chin of a helmet wearer when said attached portion of said chin cover is attached to said head protecting body of said helmet, said wind shield portion having at least one ventilation hole formed therein,
- (3) a flexible cover member spreading backward in a substantially horizontal direction is attached to near a lower end of said wind shield portion,
- (4) wherein said shape retaining member is elastic, has a central portion projecting forward, extends in a substantially horizontal direction to be bent in a substantially arcuate manner, and is upright in a substantially vertical direction, and
- (5) said shape retaining member is monolithically molded from an elastic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.