Neck brace
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1. A neck brace, comprising:
- a ring adapted to encircle a wearer'"'"'s neck and provide a clearance between the ring and a front lower rim of a full face helmet when the helmet is worn by the wearer, the clearance allowing a range of freedom of movement of the helmet above the ring, the ring comprising;
a front section constructed and arranged to limit forward tilt of the helmet through contact of the front lower rim of the helmet with the front section of the ring, anda rear section constructed and arranged to limit rearward tilt of the helmet through contact of a rear lower rim of the helmet with the rear section of the ring;
a lower forward extension coupled to the ring and having sufficient rigidity to transfer to the wearer'"'"'s chest at least some of a force applied to the front section of the ring by the front lower rim of the helmet;
a lower rearward extension coupled to the ring and having sufficient rigidity to transfer to the wearer'"'"'s back at least some of a force applied to the rear section of the ring by the rear lower rim of the helmet; and
a rigid wall that couples the ring and the lower forward extension.
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Abstract
A neck brace (10) is disclosed which comprises two sections (12, 14) which are releasably connected to one another along a split line (18). The ring has upwardly facing surfaces (30, 76.1, 20.2) which limit tilting movement of a helmeted head in all directions. The brace further has a column (68, 70) which extends downwardly from the ring for transferring loads to the wearer'"'"'s back on each side of the spine.
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51 Claims
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1. A neck brace, comprising:
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a ring adapted to encircle a wearer'"'"'s neck and provide a clearance between the ring and a front lower rim of a full face helmet when the helmet is worn by the wearer, the clearance allowing a range of freedom of movement of the helmet above the ring, the ring comprising; a front section constructed and arranged to limit forward tilt of the helmet through contact of the front lower rim of the helmet with the front section of the ring, and a rear section constructed and arranged to limit rearward tilt of the helmet through contact of a rear lower rim of the helmet with the rear section of the ring; a lower forward extension coupled to the ring and having sufficient rigidity to transfer to the wearer'"'"'s chest at least some of a force applied to the front section of the ring by the front lower rim of the helmet; a lower rearward extension coupled to the ring and having sufficient rigidity to transfer to the wearer'"'"'s back at least some of a force applied to the rear section of the ring by the rear lower rim of the helmet; and a rigid wall that couples the ring and the lower forward extension. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A neck brace, comprising:
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a front section having a first upwardly facing surface; a rear section having a second upwardly facing surface and constructed and arranged to releasably couple to the front section, such that the neck of a wearer is encircled and such that a helmet having a full face and worn by the user has lateral rotation above the front and rear sections; a front downward extension coupled to the front section and having sufficient rigidity to transfer to the wearer'"'"'s front at least some of a force applied to the first upwardly facing surface by the front lower rim of the helmet; and a rear downward extension coupled to the rear section and having sufficient rigidity to transfer to the wearer'"'"'s back at least some of a force applied to the second upwardly facing surface by a rear lower rim of the helmet. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A neck brace comprising:
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a ring constructed and arranged to encircle a wearer'"'"'s neck and provide a clearance between the ring and a front lower rim of a helmet having a full face when the helmet is worn by the wearer, the clearance allowing a range of freedom of movement of the helmet above the ring, the ring including, a front generally upwardly facing impact surface constructed and arranged to limit forward tilt of a helmet through contact of the front lower rim of the full face of the helmet with the front generally upwardly facing impact surface of the ring; and a rear generally upwardly facing impact surface constructed and arranged to limit rearward tilt of the helmet through contact of the rear lower rim of the helmet with the rear generally upwardly facing impact surface of the ring; a lower forward extension coupled to the ring and having sufficient rigidity to transfer to the wearer'"'"'s front at least some of a force applied to the front generally upwardly facing impact surface by the front lower rim of the full face of the helmet; a lower rearward extension coupled to the ring and having sufficient rigidity to transfer to the wearer'"'"'s back at least some of a force applied to the rear generally upwardly facing impact surface by the rear lower rim of the helmet; and a rigid wall that extends between the ring and the lower forward extension. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A neck brace, comprising:
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a ring adapted to encircle a wearer'"'"'s neck and provide a clearance between the ring and a front lower rim of a full face helmet when the helmet is worn by the wearer, the clearance allowing a range of freedom of movement of the helmet above the ring, the ring comprising; a front section constructed and arranged to limit forward tilt of the helmet through contact of the front lower rim of the helmet with the front section of the ring, and a rear section constructed and arranged to limit rearward tilt of the helmet through contact of a rear lower rim of the helmet with the rear section of the ring; a lower forward extension coupled to the ring and having sufficient rigidity to transfer to the wearer'"'"'s chest at least some of a force applied to the front section of the ring by the front lower rim of the helmet; a lower rearward extension coupled to the ring and having sufficient rigidity to transfer to the wearer'"'"'s back at least some of a force applied to the rear section of the ring by the rear lower rim of the helmet; and wherein the ring further has a side surface constructed and arranged to limit sideward tilt of the helmet through contact of a side lower rim of the helmet and the side surface of the ring. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A neck brace, comprising:
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a ring adapted to encircle a wearer'"'"'s neck and provide a clearance between the ring and a front lower rim of a full face helmet when the helmet is worn by the wearer, the clearance allowing a range of freedom of movement of the helmet above the ring, the ring comprising; a front section constructed and arranged to limit forward tilt of the helmet through contact of the front lower rim of the helmet with the front section of the ring, and a rear section constructed and arranged to limit rearward tilt of the helmet through contact of a rear lower rim of the helmet with the rear section of the ring; a lower forward extension coupled to the ring and having sufficient rigidity to transfer to the wearer'"'"'s chest at least some of a force applied to the front section of the ring by the front lower rim of the helmet; a lower rearward extension coupled to the ring and having sufficient rigidity to transfer to the wearer'"'"'s back at least some of a force applied to the rear section of the ring by the rear lower rim of the helmet, wherein the lower rearward extension includes a column extending from the ring down the wearer'"'"'s back. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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