# US 7,607,179 B2 · Shock-absorbing helmet

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- Number: US 7,607,179 B2
- Document ID: US7607179B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/325,452
- Filed: 2006-01-05
- Published: 2007-07-05
- Granted: 2009-10-27
- Earliest claimed: 2006-01-05
- Assignees: Yu Hsun Enterprise Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Jung-Tso Shih
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7607179B2

## CPC

- A42B 3/20: Face guards, e.g. for ice hockey (A42B3/22 takes precedence)
- A42B: HATS; HEAD COVERINGS (headbands A41D20/00; head-scarves A41D23/00)

## Abstract

A shock-absorbing helmet is disclosed to include a helmet body, which has a receiving space for receiving the user's head and a front open side, a facemask provided at the front open side of the helmet body, and a plurality shock absorbers affixed to the helmet body and respectively coupled to the facemask to absorb shocks upon an impact at the facemask.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A shock-absorbing helmet comprising:
a helmet body, said helmet body having a receiving space for receiving the user's head and a front open side;
a facemask provided at the front open side of said helmet body; and
a plurality of shock absorbers affixed to said helmet body and respectively coupled to said facemask to absorb shocks upon an impact at said facemask, said shock absorbers being spring type shock absorbers that use spring means to absorb shocks,
wherein said facemask has a plurality of locating devices adapted to receive said shock absorbers and each of said shock absorbers comprises a hollow holder frame respectively affixed to said helmet body and a sleeve inserted through the respective hollow holder frame, said sleeve having a front outer thread threaded into an inner thread at each of said locating devices, an adjustment cap threaded onto an outer thread at a rear side of the associating hollow holder frame, a rod member inserted through said adjustment cap and said sleeve, said rod member having a head disposed outside said adjustment cap, and a spring member sleeved onto said rod member inside said adjustment cap and affixed to said rod member and stopped between one end of said sleeve and a part of said adjustment cap.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The shock-absorbing helmet as claimed in claim 1, wherein said locating devices are U-clamps respectively clamped on said facemask, each having coupling means for receiving said shock absorbers.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The shock-absorbing helmet as claimed in claim 1, wherein said locating devices each comprise a top clamp and a bottom clamp, said top clamp having a clamping groove, said bottom clamp having a clamping groove and a fastening means.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The shock-absorbing helmet as claimed in claim 3, wherein the fastening means of each of said locating devices is an inner thread; said shock absorbers each have a front outer thread respectively threaded into the inner thread in each of said locating devices.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The shock-absorbing helmet as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of swivel fasteners respectively coupled to said facemask and affixed to said helmet body.