Radio equipped protective helmet
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1. The combination with a rigid protective helmet constructed and arranged to enclose the forehead, sides and adjacent supporting neck of a wearer'"'"'s head, one of the sides of the helmet having adjacent apertures for the projection of volume and tuning controls therethrough and the opposite side thereof being provided with an outwardly opening access door;
- of a thick unitary cushioning pad constructed and arranged to be detachably mounted on the inner peripheral edge surface of said helmet;
said unitary pad being substantially symmetrical and having a central portion adapted to engage the forehead and side portions adapted to engage the inner side portions of said helmet;
one of said side portions having a radio with tuning and volume controls mounted therein and positioned so that said controls project through said apertures; and
an ear phone and a battery positioned in the other of said side portions and being electrically connected with said radio and with each other;
said battery being positioned in the outer portion of said pad adjacent said access door for ready replacement thereof.
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A protective helmet having thick padding adhesively attached to its inner periphery so as to completely engage the wearers head -- forehead, temples, sides and back thereof including the neck -- and being thick enough to enclose and cushion a radio, battery and earphone and still provide adequate cushioning protection, and to the lining per se.
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1. The combination with a rigid protective helmet constructed and arranged to enclose the forehead, sides and adjacent supporting neck of a wearer'"'"'s head, one of the sides of the helmet having adjacent apertures for the projection of volume and tuning controls therethrough and the opposite side thereof being provided with an outwardly opening access door;
- of a thick unitary cushioning pad constructed and arranged to be detachably mounted on the inner peripheral edge surface of said helmet;
said unitary pad being substantially symmetrical and having a central portion adapted to engage the forehead and side portions adapted to engage the inner side portions of said helmet;
one of said side portions having a radio with tuning and volume controls mounted therein and positioned so that said controls project through said apertures; and
an ear phone and a battery positioned in the other of said side portions and being electrically connected with said radio and with each other;
said battery being positioned in the outer portion of said pad adjacent said access door for ready replacement thereof.
- of a thick unitary cushioning pad constructed and arranged to be detachably mounted on the inner peripheral edge surface of said helmet;
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