In-moulded helmet with pivotable shield
AssigneeStrategic Sports Limited
InventorsTien Hou Cheng, Michael Ming-Jae Lin
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Abstract
A helmet contains a convex, hard outer shell, a concave, impact-dissipating inner layer, a shield, and a shield cover. The concave, impact-dissipating inner layer is fitted to the convex, hard outer shell and contains a front portion having a shield indentation, a back portion, a top portion a right side portion, and a left side portion. The left side portion is opposite the right side portion. The shield is pivotably attached to the helmet via a fulcrum and pivots about the fulcrum. The shield also partially occludes the shield indentation. The shield cover is fixably attached to the helmet and at least partially occludes the front portion. The shield cover also at least partially occludes the shield.
Claims14
A helmet comprising:
- a convex, hard outer shell;
- a concave, polymeric impact-dissipating inner layer and wherein said concave polymeric impact dissipating inner layer is in-moulded with the convex, hard outer shell and a shield indentation formed in said impact-dissipating inner layer which is adapted to cover a forehead of a cycle user, the concave, polymeric impact-dissipating inner layer comprising:
- a front portion fixed to said shield indentation;
- a back portion opposite the front portion;
- a top portion joining the front portion and the back portion;
- a right side portion joining the front portion, the back portion and the top portion;
- and
- a left side portion joining the front portion, the back portion and the top portion,
- wherein the left side portion opposes the right side portion;
- a shield pivotably attached to the helmet by a fulcrum, wherein the shield at least partially occludes the shield indentation;
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- a shield cover, separate from said outer shell, fixably attached to the helmet, wherein the shield cover at least partially occludes the front portion, and wherein the shield cover at least partially occludes the shield,
- wherein the shield pivots about the fulcrum.
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