Modular helmet
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorsPierre Desarmaux, Hervé Favre-Felix
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Abstract
A helmet for protecting the head having a rigid shell that includes a body, made of an expanded polystyrene type of material, for example, molded over an outer skin, the shell further including a rigid arch device, the arch device includes a headband applied to the shell, each of the ends of the headband being equipped with an ear-covering part. The ear-covering parts can include a foam cushion covered by fabric. The arch device can have two wings which cover the ear-covering parts and which extend the headband and which can also be provided with a chin guard joining the two wings together. The arch device can be either glued or releasably attached to the shell.
Claims27
A helmet for protecting the head of a user, said helmet comprising:
- a shell comprising:
- a body;
- an outer skin affixed to the body;
- an outer surface comprising a groove;
- an arch device comprising:
- a headband portion positioned on the shell by being nested within the groove of the shell;
- the headband portion having two ends;
- ear-covering parts connected to respective ones of the two ends of the headband portion of the arch device.
A line of helmets for protecting the head of a user, said line of helmets comprising:
- a plurality of helmets, ones of said plurality of helmets being adapted to a different sporting activity;
- each of said plurality of helmets comprising a shell, the shell comprising a body and an outer skin affixed to the body, each shell of said plurality of helmets being identical and having an outer surface with a groove, said groove having lengthwise-extending opposed edges with respective contours;
- each of said plurality of helmets further comprising an arch device comprising a headband portion having lengthwise-extending opposite edges, said headband portion being nested within the groove of an outer surface of the shell by means of said opposite edges of the headband portion having said contours of the opposed edges of said groove, the headband portion having two ends, the arch device further comprising ear-covering parts connected to respective ones of the two ends of the headband portion;
- each of said ones of said plurality of helmets adapted to a different sporting activity within said line of helmets having a respective arch device having a different shape based upon said different sporting activities, respectively.
A helmet assembly for protecting the head of a user, said helmet assembly comprising:
- a single shell, said shell comprising a body and an outer skin affixed to the body;
- an outer surface comprising a groove having lengthwise-extending opposed edges with respective contours;
- a plurality of arch devices, ones of said plurality of arch devices having different shapes adapted for interchangeable use with said single shell during different sporting activities;
- each of said plurality of arch devices comprising a headband portion having lengthwise-extending opposite edges, said headband portion being nested within the groove of an outer surface of the single shell by means of said opposite edges of the headband portion having said contours of the opposed edges of said groove, said headband portion being adapted to be releasably positioned on the single shell for facilitating replacement of one of said plurality of arch devices with another of said plurality of arch devices, the headband portion of each of said arch devices having two ends, each of said arch devices further comprising ear-covering parts connected to respective ones of the two ends of the headband portion.
A helmet for protecting the head of a user, said helmet comprising:
- a rigid shell comprising:
- a body;
- an outer skin affixed to the body;
- an outer surface comprising a groove;
- a rigid arch device comprising;
- a rigid headband portion positioned on the rigid shell by being nested within the groove of the rigid shell;
- the rigid headband portion having two ends;
- ear-covering parts connected to respective ones of the two ends of the rigid headband portion of the rigid arch device.
A helmet for protecting the head of a user, said helmet comprising:
- a rigid shell comprising:
- a body;
- an outer skin affixed to the body;
- an outer surface comprising a groove having opposed edges extending along respective contours;
- an arch device comprising:
- a rigid headband portion having opposite edges, said rigid headband portion being nested within the groove of the rigid shell by said opposite edges of said rigid headband portion having the same contours as respective ones of said opposed edges of said groove;
- the headband portion having two ends;
- ear-covering parts connected to respective ones of the two ends of the rigid headband portion of the arch device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.