Motorcycle helmet
First Claim
1. A protective helmet comprising a casing shaped to conform to the back, crown and sides of a human head and defining parallel arcuate tracks positioned to reside on opposite sides of the eye area of a human face, and a sliding visor having opposite edges entrapped in said tracks and reciprocally moveable in tandem therewithin, whereby said visor slides relative to said casing to selectively expose and shield the eye area of a human face therebehind.
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Abstract
A motorcycle helmet is provided which has a sliding visor that moves on tracks on opposite sides of the eye area of a wearer'"'"'s face. The visor slides relative to a casing which envelopes the back, side and crown of a wearer'"'"'s head to selectively expose and shield the wearer'"'"'s eyes. A chin guard is hinged to one side of the casing and a latch mechanism with a release actuator is located on the opposite side. An inflatable bladder, located within the chin guard, serves as a cushion and can be inflated by the user once the jaw guard is latched. Operation of the release actuator to unlatch the jaw guard causes the bladder to deflate.
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13 Claims
- 1. A protective helmet comprising a casing shaped to conform to the back, crown and sides of a human head and defining parallel arcuate tracks positioned to reside on opposite sides of the eye area of a human face, and a sliding visor having opposite edges entrapped in said tracks and reciprocally moveable in tandem therewithin, whereby said visor slides relative to said casing to selectively expose and shield the eye area of a human face therebehind.
- 11. In a protective cycle helmet having a hard casing which envelopes the back, crown and sides of a wearers head and which has resilient padding therewithin, the improvement comprising tracks defined within the structure of said casing, a sliding visor which is reciprocally moveable along said tracks to selectively expose and shield the eye area of a wearer, a chin guard hingedly attached to said casing on one side of the jaw area of a wearer, a latch mechanism for releasably securing said chin guard in position to extend across and protect the jaw of a wearer, and a manually actuable release actuator for disengaging said latch mechanism.
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