Helmet

• US 5,272,773 A
• Filed: 06/26/1991
• Issued: 12/28/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Showa Denko KK
• Original Assignee: Showa Denko KK
• Inventors: Kamata, Eitaro
• Primary Examiner(s): Crowder, Clifford D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Neas, Michael A.
• Application Number:
  US07/721,801
• Time in Patent Office: 916 Days
• Field of Search: 2/410, 2/411, 2/414, 2/421, 2/422, 2/424, 2/425
• US Class Current: 2/421
• CPC Class Codes: A42B 3/066 specially adapted for cycling helmets, e.g. for soft shelled helmets
• CPC Class Codes: A42B 3/08 Chin straps or similar retention devices
• CPC Class Codes: A42B 3/12 Cushioning devices

Abstract

Support portions are integrally molded on an inner surface of a helmet shell made of synthetic resin for supporting folded-back portions of a chin belt, and belt holes, through which the chin belt is passed, are provided in a shock-absorbing liner in correspondence to the support portions. Thus, the chin belt can be simply attached to a cap body without use of any separate support plate and rivet, thereby providing a cost reduction and a better external appearance.

Claims

1. A helmet comprising a cap body including a shock-absorbing liner fitted inside a shell made of synthetic resin and a chin belt attached to the cap body, wherein a support portion is integrally formed on an inner surface of said shell for supporting a folded-back portion of said chin belt,

wherein said shock-absorbing liner has a belt hole through which said chin belt is passed, in correspondence to said support portion of said shell to assist in fitting said liner to said shell,

wherein a peripheral edge of a lower end of said shell is formed into a wave shape, while a wave-shaped upwardly-directed step with which the peripheral edge of said lower end of said shell is to be engaged is formed on an outer surface of said shock-absorbing liner,

wherein said chin belt comprises a pair of left and right front belt elements, and a single rear belt element folded back at a central portion thereof, and said support portion is provided on an inner surface of said shell at each of three points:

left and right side points and a rear point, folded-back portions at upper ends of said left and right front belt elements being supported by said support portions and said central portion of said rear belt element being supported by said support portion at said rear point, and

wherein each of said left and right front belt elements has an adjusting plate attached to an intermediate portion thereof, each of left and right opposite ends of said rear belt element being connected to corresponding one of said adjusting plates for adjustment of the length of said rear belt element.

2. A helmet according to claim 1, wherein each of said support portions comprises a pair of stays projecting from said inner surface of said shell and opposed to each other, and a support bar interconnecting tip ends of said stays.

3. A helmet comprising a cap body including a shock-absorbing liner fitted inside a shell made of synthetic resin and a chin belt attached to the cap body, wherein a support portion is integrally formed on an inner surface of said shell for supporting a folded-back portion of said chin belt, and wherein said shock-absorbing liner has a belt hole through which said chin belt is passed, in correspondence to said support portion of said shell to assist in fitting said liner to said shell,

wherein said chin belt comprises a pair of left and right front belt elements, and a single rear belt element folded back at a central portion thereof, and said support portion is provided on an inner surface of said shell at each of three points:

left and right side points and a rear point, folded-back portions at upper ends of said left and right front belt elements being supported by said support portions and said central portion of said rear belt element being supported by said support portion at said rear point; and

wherein each of said left and right front belt elements has an adjusting plate attached to an intermediate portion thereof, each of left and right opposite ends of said rear belt element being connected to corresponding one of said adjusting plates for adjustment of the length of said rear belt element.