# US 9,872,531 B2 · Helmet assembly

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- Number: US 9,872,531 B2
- Document ID: US9872531B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/868,066
- Filed: 2015-09-28
- Published: 2017-03-30
- Granted: 2018-01-23
- Earliest claimed: 2015-09-28
- Applicants: Alan Uke; Andrew Zoolakis; Dan Wert
- Inventors: Alan Uke; Andrew Zoolakis; Dan Wert
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9872531B2

## CPC

- A42B 3/04: Parts, details or accessories of helmets
- A45F 5/02: Fastening articles to the garment
- A42B: HATS; HEAD COVERINGS (headbands A41D20/00; head-scarves A41D23/00)
- A45F: TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY

## Abstract

Disclosed is an assembly which may attach to a helmet. In at least one example embodiment, the assembly may include a light, a clip, and a bracket. In the instant example the light may include at least one engaging member configured to engage at least one engaging member on the clip and the clip may be configured to attach to the bracket with at least one fastener.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An assembly comprising:
an electrical device;
a clip; and
a bracket, wherein the electrical device includes at least one engaging member configured to engage at least one engaging member on the clip, and the clip is configured to attach to the bracket with at least one fastener, wherein the bracket includes a plurality of slots forming a plurality of flanges and the plurality of flanges includes a plurality of slots to impart flexibility to the bracket.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one engaging member of the electrical device is one of a tab and a slotted member and the at least one engaging member of the clip is the other of the tab and the slotted member.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The assembly of claim 2, wherein the tab is configured to insert into a slot of the slotted member.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The assembly of claim 2, wherein the at least one engaging member of the electrical device is a pair of tabs and the at least one engaging member of the clip is a pair of slotted members configured to receive the pair of tabs.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The assembly of claim 1, wherein the clip further includes a flexible tongue with a capture member configured to engage a first surface of the electrical device.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The assembly of claim 5, wherein the clip includes a stop configured to engage a second surface of the electrical device.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The assembly of claim 6, wherein the stop, capture member, and pair of slotted members are configured to capture the electrical device.

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The assembly of claim 5, wherein the electrical device has a body with a curved back plate between the pair of tabs and the clip has a curved body having a substantially same curvature as the curvature of the back plate of the electrical device.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The assembly of claim 1, wherein the clip has at least one aperture through which the at least one fastener may be inserted to attach to the clip to the bracket.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The assembly of claim 9, wherein the at least one fastener is a threaded member.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The assembly of claim 1, wherein the electrical device includes a housing having a first curvature, the clip includes a body having a second curvature, and the bracket includes a body having a third curvature, wherein the first, second, and third curvatures are substantially the same.

### Claim 12

An assembly comprising:
a light having a curved back plate with a first tab at a first side of the curved plate and a second tab at a second side of the curved plate;
a clip having a first slotted member receiving the first tab and a second slotted member receiving the second tab, the clip further including a stop engaging a bottom surface of the curved plate and a flexible tongue between the first and second slotted members, the flexible tongue having at least one capture member engaging a top surface of the curved back plate to retain the curved back plate in the clip, a distance between a top surface of the stop and a bottom surface of the at least one capture member being about the same as a distance from the bottom surface of the curved back plate and the top surface of the curved back plate; and
a bracket comprised of a plurality of flanges each having a plurality of slots to impart flexibility to the bracket.