Enhanced recoil attenuating safety helmet
OwnerBrian C. Gilesinventor
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Abstract
A reinforced and impact attenuating helmet comprising a shell configured to receive a head of a wearer of the helmet, the shell comprising an outer surface and an inner surface; a series of linked coils; filler material; wherein the series of linked coils are entirely encased within the filler material to form a reinforcement layer, the reinforcement layer having a first surface and an opposing surface, the first surface of the reinforcement layer generally facing toward the inner surface of the shell, the reinforcement layer being located proximate the inner surface of the shell, forming a basic helmet assembly.
Claims37
A helmet assembly comprising:
- a shell configured to receive a head of a wearer of the helmet, the shell comprising a reinforcing layer that includes an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the reinforcing layer comprises a series of linked coils that are entirely encased within a solid filler material, and wherein the series of linked coils are positioned between the outer surface and the inner surface of the reinforcing layer
- wherein the series of linked coils includes at least first, second and third linked coils that each define an axis, and wherein the axes of the first, second and third linked coils are not co-axial;
- wherein the inner surface of the reinforcing layer generally forms a curved plane, and wherein the series of linked coils are arranged in overlapping rows to form a curved plane that is generally parallel to the curved plane of the inner surface of the reinforcing layer.
A helmet assembly comprising:
- a shell configured to receive a head of a wearer of the helmet, the shell comprising an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface of the shell generally forming a curved plane;
- a face guard having an upper side and a lower side;
- wherein the face guard has at least one flexible connecting rod affixed proximate the upper side of the face guard;
- wherein the shell comprises at least one curved receiving channel defined therein that extends generally parallel to the curved plane of the inner surface of the shell, wherein the curved receiving channel is designed to allow the at least one flexible connecting rod to be removably inserted into the curved receiving channel so as to fasten the face guard to the shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.