Helmet impact liner system
AssigneeIntellectual Property Holdings, LLC
InventorsRon Szalkowski, Shawn Thomas
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Abstract
The present application discloses an impact liner system for a helmet. In one embodiment, the impact liner system comprises an impact liner configured to be installed in the interior of a helmet shell to at least partially line the front, rear, and middle portions of the helmet shell. The impact liner comprises a plurality of impact pads and forms a plurality of air channels between the impact pads when the impact liner is installed in the helmet shell. In certain embodiments, at least one insert is disposed within one or more of the plurality of air channels. The insert generally comprises a body portion having a top and vertical side walls configured to prohibit at least a portion of the air channel from collapsing when the helmet shell is installed on a user's head.
Claims27
An impact liner system for a helmet shell, comprising:
- an impact liner configured to be installed in the interior of a helmet shell to at least partially line the front, rear, and middle portions of the helmet shell, the impact liner comprising a front impact pad array, a middle impact pad array, and a rear impact pad array, wherein each impact pad array comprises a plurality of impact pads;
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- wherein the impact liner forms a plurality of air channels between the impact pads of the impact pad arrays when the impact liner is installed in the helmet shell;
- wherein at least one air channel is disposed between a user's head, edges of the impact pads of the front impact pad array, and the helmet shell when the helmet shell is installed on the user's head, the at least one air channel comprises an opening located between the helmet shell and the user's head and proximate the front of the helmet shell;
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- at least one insert disposed within the at least one air channel and comprising at least one vertical wall positioned adjacent an edge of an impact pad of the front impact pad array and configured to prohibit at least a portion of the impact pad from collapsing into the at least one air channel when the helmet shell is installed on a user's head, wherein the at least one vertical wall forms at least a portion of a longitudinal passageway that provides air flow through the insert disposed within the at least one air channel.
An impact liner system for a helmet shell, comprising:
- an impact liner configured to be installed in the interior of a helmet shell to at least partially line the front, rear, and middle portions of the helmet shell, the impact liner comprising a plurality of impact pads, wherein the impact liner forms a plurality of air channels between the impact pads when the impact liner is installed in the helmet shell;
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- at least one insert configured to be installed within one or more of the plurality of air channels, the insert comprising:
- a body portion having vertical side walls and extending from a first end to a second end;
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- at least one longitudinal passageway formed at least in part by the vertical side walls and extending from the first end to the second end between the vertical side walls to provide air flow through the air channel:
- wherein the insert is configured to prohibit at least a portion of the air channel from collapsing when the helmet shell is installed on a user's head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.