MOUNTING A DEVICE TO AN ITEM OF HEADWEAR
First Claim
1. A bracket that mounts a device beneath the brim of a helmet, the bracket defining a passageway that is sized to receivingly engage the device, the bracket further defining an aperture pattern arranged to align with a preexisting threaded fastener pattern on the helmet to operably position the bracket beneath the brim not extending substantially beyond an outer edge of the brim, and the bracket further defining a flexible portion that is selectively engageable with a fastener that transmits a force, created by advancing the fastener, to the flexible portion of the bracket to operably reduce the size of the passageway and thereby frictionally affix the bracket to the device.
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Abstract
An apparatus and associated method for mounting a device beneath the brim of a helmet. The apparatus defines a passageway that is sized to receivingly engage the device, and further defines an aperture pattern arranged to align with a preexisting threaded fastener pattern on the helmet to operably position the bracket beneath the brim not extending substantially beyond an outer edge of the brim. A flexible portion of the apparatus is selectively engageable to transmit a force to the flexible portion of the bracket to operably reduce the size of the passageway and thereby frictionally affix the bracket to the device.
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- 1. A bracket that mounts a device beneath the brim of a helmet, the bracket defining a passageway that is sized to receivingly engage the device, the bracket further defining an aperture pattern arranged to align with a preexisting threaded fastener pattern on the helmet to operably position the bracket beneath the brim not extending substantially beyond an outer edge of the brim, and the bracket further defining a flexible portion that is selectively engageable with a fastener that transmits a force, created by advancing the fastener, to the flexible portion of the bracket to operably reduce the size of the passageway and thereby frictionally affix the bracket to the device.
- 14. A bracket for mounting a device beneath the brim of a helmet, the bracket defining a passageway that is sized to receivingly engage the device, the bracket further defining a first attachment feature configured to attach the bracket to a preexisting attachment feature of the helmet so that the bracket is operably positioned entirely beneath the brim not extending substantially beyond an outer edge of the brim, and the bracket further defining a second attachment feature configured to selectively reduce the size of the passageway and thereby frictionally affix the bracket to the device.
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19. A method for attaching a device beneath the brim of a helmet, comprising:
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removing a plurality of fasteners from the helmet that are operably arranged in a fastener pattern; obtaining a bracket that defines a passageway for receivingly engaging the device and defines an aperture pattern configured to operably align with the fastener pattern where the bracket is disposed entirely beneath the brim not extending substantially beyond an outer edge of the brim; aligning the aperture pattern with the fastener pattern; and affixing the bracket to the helmet by replacing fasteners to the fastener pattern; and affixing the device to the bracket. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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