Display carrying and protective helmet

• US 4,156,292 A
• Filed: 05/23/1978
• Issued: 05/29/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army
• Original Assignee: The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army
• Inventors: Helm, David P., Flogaus, William S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rimrodt, Louis
• Application Number:
  US05/908,872
• Time in Patent Office: 371 Days
• Field of Search: 2/6, 2/422, 2/426, 2/438, 2/441, 350/98, 350/145, 350/248, 350/298, 351/155, 351/156
• US Class Current: 2/422
• CPC Class Codes: A42B 3/042 Optical devices night vision goggles G02B23/12
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0143 the two eyes not being equipped with identical nor symmetrical optical devices
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0159 with mechanical means other than scaning means for positioning the whole image
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0196 having transparent supporting structure for display mounting, e.g. to a window or a windshield
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0176 characterised by mechanical features

Abstract

A helmet capable of providing head protection and of carrying various accories. The helmet includes a form-fit inner liner combined with a transparent mask, and an outer shell. The outer shell has a mount by which a display device may be carried. The display device has a flanged ocular end which snaps into a groove formed in the mask. The display device is carried on the mounts by a swivel-mount quick-disconnector. The outer shell may also carry such things as a visor and a radio microphone. The inner liner may carry earphones and may be adapted to connect to a gas mask.

Claims

1. A helmet system for carrying helmet mounted display means having a support end and an ocular end, said system including:

a form-fit helmet liner having a face mask integral therewith, wherein said mask has a connector for said ocular end of said display means; and

a helmet outer shell having an engagable mount for said support end of said display means.

2. The system as defined in claim 1 wherein said mount includes a pivotable portion between said shell and said display means.

3. The system as defined in claim 2 wherein said mount includes a portion for providing adjustment of said display means with respect to said shell.

4. The system as defined in claim 3 wherein said ocular end of said display means ends in a flange, and wherein said mask has a groove therein into which said flange may be inserted.

5. The system as defined in claim 4 wherein said pivotable portion includes a mortise and tenon connection.

6. The system as defined in claim 5 wherein said means for providing adjustment includes means for moving said mortise longitudinally in said tenon and further includes means for adjusting said pivotable portion with respect to said shell.

7. The system as defined in claim 6 further including means for locking together said mortise and said tenon.