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US 8,505,113 B2Granted
Ballistic helmet with nape protector
AssigneeLineWeight LLC
InventorsCaleb C. Crye, Eric Owen Fehlberg, Gregg M. Thompson
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AssigneeLineWeight LLC
InventorsCaleb C. Crye, Eric Owen Fehlberg, Gregg M. Thompson
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A ballistic armored component attaches to the existing retention straps of common combat helmets and provides protection to the otherwise exposed lower skull and upper neck region. A fabric covering contains a soft armor or hard armor insert, and is mounted by straps or other fasteners to existing straps found in conventional helmets. The armored component adds additional protection from ground-level or subterranean munitions, by placing a ballistic shape on the lower skull region (occipital region), providing significant additional ballistic coverage with minimal weight and bulk. The fabric shell may also be connected directly to the helmet shell, to allow the component to withdraw within the helmet when the wearer's neck is flexed rearwardly.
A ballistic armor assembly for protecting portions of the lower skull and upper neck region of a wearer against ballistic projectiles and shrapnel, the assembly being mountable to a protective helmet having an upper ballistic shell, and a helmet retention assembly having a plurality of retention straps which extend downwardly from the shell, the assembly comprising:
A ballistic armor assembly for protecting portions of the lower skull and upper neck region of a wearer against ballistic projectiles and shrapnel, the assembly being mountable to a protective helmet having an upper ballistic shell, and a helmet retention assembly having a plurality of retention straps which extend downwardly from the shell, the assembly comprising:
The assembly of 8 further comprising a second strap fastened to the fabric covering, wherein each of the first strap and the second strap extend frontwardly of the armor element to pass frontwardly of a horizontally extending nape strap of the helmet retention assembly and then loops back to attach to a rear surface of the fabric covering.
A ballistic armor assembly for protecting portions of the lower skull and upper neck region of a wearer, the assembly designed to provide protection against ballistic projectiles and shrapnel, and being mountable to a protective helmet having an upper ballistic shell, and a helmet retention assembly having a plurality of retention straps which extend downwardly from the shell, the assembly comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.