Helmet provided with an adjustable device for the helmet comfort liner
AssigneeAlpinestars Research SRL
InventorsGiovanni Mazzarolo, David Rogers, Duco Noordzij
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Abstract
A helmet which includes an impact absorbing liner and a comfort liner. The comfort liner in turn includes at least one adjustable device which during the normal use of the helmet is positioned on the top of the head of the user. The adjustable device is suitable for being fastened to the impact absorbing liner of the helmet by coupling suitable for being removably engaged on the impact absorbing liner of the helmet via a plurality of anchor points. By changing the anchor point where the adjustable device is engaged, the user is allowed to adjust the conformation and slope of the adjustable device of the helmet according to his own needs.
Claims23
A helmet comprising:
- an impact absorbing liner and a comfort liner, the comfort liner comprising at least one adjustable device which comprises a central body that, during use of the helmet, is positioned at a top of a user's head, the adjustable device being adjustably fastened to the impact absorbing liner of the helmet by coupling means provided at ends of the adjustable device;
- wherein the coupling means are removably engaged inside corresponding anchor means, the anchor means provided at a front and at a rear of the impact absorbing liner of the helmet, each of the anchor means having a plurality of different anchor points one of which the coupling means is selectively engaged with;
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- wherein, by changing the anchor points with which the coupling means of the adjustable device are engaged by moving the coupling means at one or more of the front and the rear of the impact absorbing liner, conformation and slope of the adjustable device are correspondingly adjusted relative to the impact absorbing liner.
A helmet comprising:
- an impact absorbing liner and a comfort liner, the comfort liner comprising at least one adjustable device which comprises a cushioning pad that, during use of the helmet, is positioned at a top of a user's head, the adjustable device being adjustably fastened to the impact absorbing liner of the helmet by coupling means provided at ends of the adjustable device;
- wherein the coupling means are removably engaged inside corresponding anchor means, the anchor means provided at a front and at a rear of the impact absorbing liner of the helmet, each of the anchor means having a plurality of different anchor points one of which the coupling means is selectively engaged with;
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- wherein, by changing the anchor points with which the coupling means of the adjustable device are engaged by moving the coupling means at one or more of the front and the rear of the impact absorbing liner, the cushioning pad is correspondingly adjusted in position relative to the impact absorbing liner, thereby providing different orientation of the helmet relative to the user's head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.