Removable optical assembly for a helmet
AssigneeGentex Corporation
InventorsBrad Sutter, Michael Fenton
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Abstract
There is provided a removable optical assembly for a helmet. The removable optical assembly includes an optical device retention system and an optical device attachment assembly. The optical device retention system is adapted to couple to the helmet and has an optical device receiving portion. The optical device attachment assembly has a latching mechanism. The latching mechanism is adapted to releasably latch the optical device attachment assembly to the optical device receiving portion. The optical device retention system further has a deflection flange adjacent the optical device receiving portion for deflecting extraneous elements over the optical device receiving portion and the latching mechanism.
Claims59
A removable dual visor kit for a helmet, comprising:
- two retaining assemblies, each adapted to couple to the helmet and having a latch-receiving portion;
- and
- a visor assembly having two visors and two latches, each of the two latches adapted to couple to and release from the latch-receiving portion of one of the two retaining assemblies, each of the two latches having (i) an intermediate portion that includes a tab and a locking pawl in communication with and being actuated by said tab, said locking pawl having a locked position and an unlocked position;
- and (ii) and outer portion coupled to a respective visor for one-handed raising and lowering of a respective one of the two visors.
A removable optical assembly for a helmet, comprising:
- an optical device retention system adapted to couple to the helmet and having an optical device receiving portion comprising a latch-receiving portion including a slot;
- and
- an optical device attachment assembly having a latching mechanism comprising an inner portion, adapted to releasably latch into the slot,
- wherein the optical device retention system further has a tapered deflection flange adjacent the optical device receiving portion for providing a non-snagging profile and thereby deflecting extraneous elements over the optical device receiving portion and the latching mechanism.
A removable optical assembly for a helmet, comprising:
- an optical device mounting system adapted to couple to the helmet and to provide at least one mounting base for an optical device on an exterior of the helmet having a slot;
- and
- a tool-less latching system comprising an inner portion adapted to couple and release the optical device to and from the slot of the at least one mounting base of the optical device mounting system manually without tools,
- wherein the optical device mounting system further has a tapered deflection flange adjacent the at least one mounting base for providing a non-snagging profile and thereby deflecting extraneous elements over the at least one mounting base and the tool-less latching system.
A removable optical assembly mounting kit for retrofitting to an existing non-optically enhanced helmet, comprising:
- an optical device mounting system adapted to couple to the helmet and to provide at least one mounting base having a slot for an optical device on an exterior of the helmet;
- and
- a tool-less latching system having an inner portion adapted to couple and release the optical device to and from the slot of the at least one mounting base of the optical device mounting system manually without tools,
- wherein the optical device mounting system further has a tapered deflection flange for providing a non-snagging profile and thereby deflecting extraneous elements over the optical device mounting system and the tool-less latching system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.