Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
002425000 | Sport headgear | 47 |
20080196149 | GOGGLES - Goggles include a lens frame and connection arms for a wearing belt. The connection arms are provided respectively at right and left parts on a side of a front surface of the lens frame. Each of the connection arms is selectively kept in a state that the arm overlaps and rests on the front surface of the lens frame, or in a state that the arm stays at a position with a space from the front surface of the lens frame after having moved rotationally on its inner end from the front surface of the lens frame outwardly. The goggles provide a preferable fitted comfortability to a wearer's face regardless of whether he uses a helmet or not and regardless of the thickness of the inner liner of the helmet. | 08-21-2008 |
20080216216 | MOTORCYCLE HELMET WITH INTEGRATED ACOUSTIC VOICE AMPLIFIED CHAMBERS - A helmet having an outer shell formed to substantially enclose the head of a wearer and an inner liner disposed within the outer shell and conforming in shape substantially to the outer shell. An aperture is disposed at a front portion of the inner liner. A first exit port is disposed at a first rear portion of the outer shell, with the first exit port being substantially larger than the aperture. A first acoustic chamber is disposed between the inner liner and the outer shell and extends in a curved fashion from the aperture to the first exit port along a first side of the helmet. As a result, a wearer of the helmet is able to speak into the aperture of the helmet and have his voice carried through the first acoustic chamber and exit via the exit port to be heard by a person behind the wearer. Optionally, a second acoustic chamber is similarly disposed on the opposite side of the first acoustic chamber. | 09-11-2008 |
20080250549 | HELMET - A helmet for use by an operator or rider of a motorized vehicle, such as a motorcycle or snowmobile, includes a ventilation system with an air intake subsystem, an air diffusion subsystem, and an air exhaust subsystem. The air intake subsystem includes a plurality of air intake vents located in the outer shell of the helmet, as well as a plurality of air intake holes located within the foam liner of the helmet. The air diffusion subsystem includes a plenum located between an upper portion and a lower portion of the foam liner, which can act as a pressure chamber to forcefully direct air onto the user's head. The air exhaust subsystem includes one or more exhaust ports that create a vacuum near the back of the helmet to draw large volumes of airflow through the helmet as it travels forward. | 10-16-2008 |
20080250550 | Sports helmet with quick-release faceguard connector and adjustable internal pad element - The present invention is directed to an improved sports helmet including a quick release connector assembly for the faceguard that allows for rapid disconnection of the faceguard from the helmet shell. The connector includes a bracket, and a coupler mechanism featuring an elongated pin, a head component, a spring, a retractable engaging element and a washer. The connector assembly is moveable between a use position wherein the faceguard is secured to the shell by the bracket and the coupler mechanism, and a released position wherein the bracket and the faceguard are disconnected from the shell. An inwardly directed actuation force that lacks a rotational component is applied to the elongated pin to move from the use position to the released position. In addition, the sports helmet includes an adjustable pad assembly comprised of an inflatable bladder and a pad member, wherein the bladder displaces the pad member towards the center of the shell. Once sufficiently displaced, the pad member, which includes a molded pad element, cradles a portion of the helmet wearer's skull. | 10-16-2008 |
20080256687 | HELMET - A helmet includes a shell configured to be worn on a head of a user and a sensor coupled to the shell. The sensor is configured to detect deceleration of the shell below a predetermined threshold rate of deceleration and to generate a signal. The helmet further includes a communication module coupled to the shell and the sensor. The communication module is configured to receive the signal from the sensor when the sensor detects a deceleration of the shell below a predetermined threshold rate of deceleration and to generate a signal to a rescue assistance center after a predetermined time period. Other embodiments and methods are disclosed. | 10-23-2008 |
20080313791 | PROTECTIVE HELMET WITH CERVICAL SPINE PROTECTION AND ADDITIONAL BRAIN PROTECTION - A protective helmet, which includes a motion restrictor device, is disclosed which has at least one strut member associated with the helmet and a harness assembly, and the at least one strut member includes a locking assembly associated with the strut member, which upon a predetermined force being sensed by a force sensor or a predetermined amount of or rate of acceleration being sensed by an acceleration sensor, stops substantially all relative motion between the ends of the strut member and the predetermined force is substantially transferred from the helmet to the harness assembly. | 12-25-2008 |
20090007318 | Helmet Earmuffs/Covers - Earmuffs for use with protective headgear, primarily helmets for use in outside sports such as bicycling, skiing and the like, wherein the earmuffs are in the form a sleeves with flaps that overlap the edges of the sleeves, include a base element that spans a wearer's head and couples left and right sleeves, and include a chin cover that receives the portion of a chin strap that extends beyond the sleeve. | 01-08-2009 |
20090044318 | Lens inserts for cage masks - Disclosed are lens assemblies for insertion into cage masks and cage helmets. The lens assembly has a lens mounted into at least one compression member, said compression member substantially conforming to the inner contour of the facepiece or helmet edges and sized and dimensioned to provide sufficient circumferential and arcuate compression with the facepiece or helmet so as to effectively hold the lens assembly in place behind the cage. | 02-19-2009 |
20090089918 | Helmet - To obtain a function of separating traveling wind while enhancing the reliability of angle maintenance of a rectifying body in a rectifying structure and can secure the ease of angle change operation of the rectifying body, regardless of a difference in unique driving posture of a helmet wearer or speed of a transportation means. | 04-09-2009 |
20090199327 | NOVELTY BANDANNA - A bandanna for use at sporting events, for example is disclosed. One or more graphics are located on a piece of material such that when the piece of material is properly formed into a bandanna and worn on the head of a wearer, the graphics are properly oriented. In one embodiment of the invention, the graphics and the location of the graphics are selected so that when the bandanna is properly worn on the head of the wearer, the bandanna emulates a football helmet of a sports team with the graphics orientated the same as on the sports team's football helmet. In addition to football events, the novelty bandanna can be adapted to virtually any sport as well as non-sporting events as well and may include various corporate logos as well as other graphics. | 08-13-2009 |
20090288242 | OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE AND HELMET HAVING THE SAME - An opening/closing device for openably/closably supports an opening/closing part with regard to an opened/closed part, and the opening/closing device is characterized in that it comprises an attaching part attached to the opened/closed part so as to rotate around a rotation axis together with the opening/closing part, a rotation part rotatably attached to an attaching portion extending from a rotation center of the attaching part and engaged with the opened/closed part, and a friction torque generation means provided between the attaching portion of the attaching part and the rotation part, as well as in that the opening/closing device is so configured that it can bring the opening/closing part to stop using free-stop function, when the opening/closing part is opened and closed with regard to the opened/closed part. | 11-26-2009 |
20090307827 | Sensor Device and Helmet Incorporating Same - An impact sensor comprises a support | 12-17-2009 |
20100005574 | Protective Eyewear With Metal Lenses - Protective eyewear for protecting a wearer's eyes during a sporting event. The protective eyewear comprises a frame and a metal protective section. The frame includes a top support, a pair of armatures, and a grooved opening traversing the top support and each armature. The metal protective section includes a perimeter and an extension attached to the perimeter and shape to be removably engaged to the grooved opening in the frame. Additionally, the metal protective section includes a plurality of substantially aligned elongated bars horizontally segmenting the metal protective section. A plurality of cross members is vertically positioned to connect the elongated bars of the metal protective section and protect the eyes of the wearer. | 01-14-2010 |
20100043127 | Infusion in-mould helmet - A infusion in-mould helmet is disclosed. One side of a plastic sheet that is not resistant to high temperatures is attached with a protective tape that can withstand high temperatures, followed by printing, plastic removal, edge cutting, and hole drilling, to form an outer helmet. The outer helmet and a pre-formed inner helmet are disposed together in a molding machine to render an integrally formed sports helmet at lower pressure, lower temperature, and shorter time. | 02-25-2010 |
20100077536 | Game apparatus, system and method for improving in-game communications during a game - The present invention is directed to a game apparatus, system and method for improving in-game communications, more specifically a game apparatus, system and method for allowing players to dynamically transmit and receive communications in real-time from their coaches and/or other players on or off the field concerning game play instructions to be effected on the field or court. The system and method of the invention includes a headgear being provided to at least one player, where the headgear includes a game apparatus equipped with a circuit board, electrical wiring, battery, antennae, microprocessor, communications means and displaying means all enclosed within a housing that is affixed to the headgear. The communication means receives in real-time an encrypted signal containing a game play instruction intended for execution on the field during a game. The game apparatus' microprocessor decrypts the received encrypted signal containing the game play instruction intended for execution on the field during the game, which is converted to a viewable game play instruction that is displayed via displaying means on a visor, which is in mating engagement with said headgear. The visor may be permanently affixed to the headgear or detachable and may be color treated with a tint to enhance a player's ability to view the converted viewable game play instruction displayed thereon. | 04-01-2010 |
20100132096 | STRUCTURE FOR SAFETY HELMET - A structure for a safety helmet comprising an extendable/retractable visor. The visor is connected on each side by a connective part to a slotted moveable seat having a saw-tooth shaped position-limiting slot engaging a protrusion to control the position of the visor. The moveable seat is connected to a connective portion having a shaft with one or more protrusions engaging a connective hole with one or more indentations on the moveable seat. A seating unit having one or more engagement elements for affixation to the helmet is connected via a slot to a protrusion on the inside of a push seat. The protrusion has a threaded hole which engages the connective hole of the connective portion and is fastened thereto, e.g. by a screw. Upon assembly and fixation to the helmet, the visor may be extended or retracted by pushing on the push seat. | 06-03-2010 |
20100132097 | STRUCTURE FOR SAFETY HELMET - The safety helmet structure comprises a main body, an outer visor, an inner visor assembly including an inner visor and two moveable seats, a connective portion, a seating unit and a push seat. A connective part is disposed on both sides of the inner visor. The two moveable seats are connected with the connective parts through slots. A position-limiting slot is provided on the outer side of the moveable seat. A hole is provided on the rear part of the moveable seat. The moveable seat may be connected with the helmet through the hole. The moveable seat is connected with the connective portion through the connective hole. The inner visor may be retracted into the helmet or extended out by merely pushing the push seat. | 06-03-2010 |
20100229289 | WAKE STABILIZER FOR HELMET AND HELMET - To facilitate driving and prevent a fatigue in a neck by avoiding fluctuations of a helmet to left and right even in a wind (air flow) of a high relative speed thereby stabilizing the helmet. A wake stabilizer for the helmet has a right stabilizer ( | 09-16-2010 |
20100229290 | ADAPTIVE HEAD AND NECK RESTRAINT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE OCCUPANT - Head and neck restraint apparatus for an occupant of a vehicle comprises a stiff yoke shaped to engage the upper torso and shoulders of the occupant. The yoke is generally U-shaped, with a base and upwardly extending limbs, and has a frontal portion shaped to extend over the chest of the occupant which corresponds to the base of the U. An intermediate portion of the yoke is shaped to fit over the shoulders of the occupant, and an upper portion of the yoke, corresponding to the upper ends of the limbs, extends beyond the intermediate portion to constrain movement of a helmet worn by the occupant. A set of first guides on the yoke are arranged to engage harness members of a safety harness worn by the occupant. Each guide is shaped to engage a respective harness strap or buckle and responds to longitudinal movement of the harness strap or buckle. Tensioning members connected between the respective guides and the helmet apply a tensioning force to the helmet when movement of the occupant causes displacement of the harness relative to the yoke. A set of second guides that respond to lateral movement of the harness is also provided. | 09-16-2010 |
20110138520 | ADJUSTABLE FACIAL PROTECTOR - A method of adjusting an ocular gap size that includes donning a head gear assembly that further includes a rigid shell, and a facial protector connectively attached to the rigid shell further. The facial protector also includes an ocular gap having a gap size, such that the gap size is adjustable between a range of gap sizes. There is a plane defined by user's line of sight, wherein the line of sight remains unchanged when the gap size is adjusted, and adjusting the gap size to optimize the head gear performance. | 06-16-2011 |
20110209274 | Form And Function Helmet - To be manufactured, formed and operated in much different and diverse fashion as compared to conventional motorsport helmets is a strong yet flexible and lightweight safety “helmet.” Comprising a “shell,” and several manually operated “components”. To be incorporated onto said shell are numerous actuating and/or fixed mechanisms with inherent safety aspects meant to increase the comfort, peripheral vision and facilitate the overall safety of the wearer. This multiplicity of independent components is also designed to protect the user's head and cranium and to reduce the violent sudden rotational forces encountered after impact. One aspect consists of a solid, continuous and unbroken “Shell.” The shell comprises a number of curves and concave segments with several other significant distinguishable design details meant to improve the overall aerodynamics of the shell. Other components include a “main external visor” and a secondary “inner visor” that actuate in multi-step processes. Aerodynamic rear and side “spoilers/elevations”, a rear “stabilizing/grab bar” for rotational force attenuation and two air “centrally mounted intake ducts”/“exhaust vents” for wearer ventilation are components that would normally be attached to this shell via commercially available adhesives and or fittings. A flush convergence of parts and components designed to work in balanced form. Presented is a much more low-profile product with a much smaller cross section in comparison to the given norm. The end result is a revolutionary product in both function and form. | 09-01-2011 |
20110214225 | Lateral vision football helmet - The present invention is transparent, high-impact window panels fused within sidewalls of a football helmet. The transparent portion on each sidewall maintains as one piece with the helmet. The transparent sidewalls increase lateral vision for the wearer, thus enhancing performance and safety for the wearer as well. | 09-08-2011 |
20110225708 | Method and device of a plate for providing a surface for attachment of a chin pad on a baseball or softball fielders face mask. - A method and device of a plate for providing a surface for attachment of a chin pad on a baseball or softball fielders face. | 09-22-2011 |
20110252547 | COVER FOR USE WITH HELMETS AND METHOD - A helmet cover is disclosed. The covering includes a knitted fabric formed into a dome shape. The fabric may include two or more holes configured to allow a goggle retention strap to pass through in order to enable the goggle retention strap to form a closed loop. | 10-20-2011 |
20110271430 | HELMET FOR BASEBALL PITCHERS AND FIELDERS - A helmet for baseball pitchers and fielders includes features to protect a player's head and face from being struck by a batted ball. The helmet optionally includes side protection, which may include cheek, jaw, temple, or chin protection. The helmet also may optionally include a face mask. | 11-10-2011 |
20120005810 | Sports Safety Helmet - A safety helmet having an outer shell formed from a polycarbonate crown and an acrylonitrile butadiene styrene skirt, and an inner shell formed from expanded polystyrene. The inner shell is co-moulded with the outer shell. | 01-12-2012 |
20120079646 | HOCKEY HELMET WITH READILY REMOVABLE EARPIECES - A hockey helmet includes earpieces that are readily removable from the helmet without the need for tools or other objects, and without the need to remove screws or other components. The earpieces may be slidably attached to rails on a retention mechanism embedded in the foam helmet liner or to rails on the helmet shell itself. The helmet optionally includes an internal region of EPP foam fused or bonded between two thin polycarbonate layers, with the retention mechanism embedded within the EPP foam. | 04-05-2012 |
20120124721 | Strap attachment for a sports helmet - A strap attachment for a helmet with a chin strap, a male quarter turn fastening member, a female quarter turn fastening member, a female fastening member cover plate and a polyfoam padding block. The chin strap has a plurality of apertures. The male fastening member has a dome shaped top portion and a centrally located post attached to its underside. The dome shape is trimmed inwardly creating a secure finger gripping location. The post terminates in an arrow shape. The female fastening member is attached to the inside wall of the sports helmet. The helmet wall has an aperture aligning with the the male and female fastening member location. The cover plate placed over the female fastening member. The padding block covers the female fastening member cover. The male fastening member inserted into the female member and turned ninety degrees to lock the two fasteners together. | 05-24-2012 |
20120186004 | HELMET APPARATUS - A helmet or headgear apparatus particularly useful to mixed martial arts (MMA), hand to hand combat training and boxing is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention offers improved features providing greater protection than previous solutions such as material covering the top and back of a user's head. A faceguard design is additionally provided. Further, adjustments in design provide for improved comfort to a user as well as a solution that will last longer and fit more varied sizes of heads. Different amounts of layered shock absorbent padding are further provided as desired for the particular training situation. | 07-26-2012 |
20130104298 | Skydiving Helmet with Anti-Fog System | 05-02-2013 |
20130117914 | Sport Headgear with Audio Player - The current invention discloses a sport headgear with audio player. The sport headgear has an audio player attachment assembly that fastens an audio player to the sport headgear. The audio player attachment assembly is positioned to minimize the chance of direct impact as a result of the user's participation in a sport. The audio player attachment assembly is affixed to the sport headgear, securing the audio player and preventing it from being detached due to the movements in the sport. The current invention also includes a multiplicity of earphones affixed to the sport headgear, the earphones being connected to the audio player and positioned close to the user's ears to provide for enjoyment of music or other audio programs. | 05-16-2013 |
20130167290 | SENSOR ACTIVATED BALL AND SPORT ACCESSORY WITH COMPUTER FUNCTIONALITIES - A ball or sport accessory allows players to interact using a variety of computing functions; combines one or more sensors, displays, cameras, projectors, memory, hardware, processors or other components capable of providing computer functionality; allows users to record and share images and video, to receive live directions from coaches or other players, to understand or correct mistakes by replaying videos instantaneously, or to undertake other computing activity without the need of additional devices; allows users to listen to music or to watch two or three dimensional movie or television files; and/or functions as a cell phone. The ball or sport accessory may allow users to play video games, view holograms, project images or videos, and download websites and/or third party applications. The sport accessory may determine whether the user has sustained an impact that may cause a concussion, or whether the user may suffer a sunstroke. | 07-04-2013 |
20130205480 | ENERGY DISSIPATING BREAKAWAY ASSEMBLY FOR PROTECTIVE HELMET - A protective helmet, which includes a motion restrictor device, is disclosed. The device includes a strut having a pair of relatively moveable strut members. One of the strut members is associated with the helmet, and the other strut member is associated a harness assembly. The device also includes a brake assembly, with the assembly providing a plurality of arrest rates. Each of the arrests rates corresponds with a rate of relative motion (or acceleration) and a corresponding force experienced between the pair of strut members. | 08-15-2013 |
20130318691 | VISOR SYSTEM FOR A PROTECTIVE SPORT HELMET - A visor system for a protective sport helmet wearable on a head of a user is provided. The visor system comprises a visor for protecting at least part of a face of the user. The visor is transparent and comprises left and right connectors. The visor system also comprises left and right visor supports for supporting the visor on left and right sides of the protective sport helmet. The left and right connectors of the visor are toollessly connectable to and toollessly disconnectable from the left and right visor supports to allow the user to toollessly connect the visor to the left and right visor supports and toollessly disconnect the visor from the left and right visor supports. The visor system may be configured to define an open gap from a top edge of the visor to the outer shell. | 12-05-2013 |
20130333100 | FOOTBALL HELMET - A football helmet with shell, faceguard, padding and comfort liner system, has replaceable nose bumpers for connecting a top center of the faceguard to the shell, button and keyhole connectors connecting the liner to an inner surface of the padding and T-nut connectors for connecting the padding to an inner surface of the shell. Front portions of the comfort liner have harder foam cushions than other portions of the liner to improve impact absorption. Selected areas of the padding system contain pads with inner and outer molded thermoplastic urethane parts of different durometer, each including a sheet with plural alternating hollow protrusions. The faceguard has an upper bar with raised ends above a lower edge of the front portion of the shell that form a face opening and on either side of the nose bumper. | 12-19-2013 |
20130340150 | SAFETY HELMET - The present invention is for a safety helmet having a hard outer shell having a plurality of protective flexible air bags for protecting a person's head against blows to the helmet outer shell and having a shock absorbing face guard. Each air bag may have a plurality of cushioning air bags enclosure layers mounted to a thin foamed polymer shell lining. Each enclosure layer of each air bag has an interior filled with a resilient multi-cellular sponge like material, such as a shaped foamed polyurethane sponge, and has a plurality of air escapement openings sized to meter the release of air under impact to the helmet hard shell under predetermined pressure with a different air release pressure for each enclosure layer. | 12-26-2013 |
20130340151 | BICYCLE HELMET WITH VENT - A bicycle helmet can include at least one ventilation opening and an exhaust port such that airflow enters the helmet through the ventilation opening and exits through the exhaust port, providing ventilation for a user. The orientation and location of the ventilation openings can reduce the aerodynamic drag of the helmet by delaying flow separation from the surface of the helmet and prevent airflow stagnation around the user's shoulders and neck. | 12-26-2013 |
20140041104 | Leisure Sports Helmet - Disclosed herein is a leisure sports helmet. The leisure sports helmet includes: a helmet body ( | 02-13-2014 |
20140053324 | APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING NECK INJURY, SPINAL CORD INJURY AND CONCUSSION - An apparatus for preventing neck injury, spinal cord injury and concussion is disclosed. The apparatus includes a helmet, a body harness and a plurality of anchor assemblies connecting the helmet to the body harness. The anchor assemblies are adjustable to limit the cervical rotation, lateral bending, flexion and extension ranges of motion of a wearer to a predetermined set point, each anchor assembly including a plurality of guide cords extending from the helmet to an anchor of the anchor assembly, the plurality of guide cords being attached to, but individually adjustable with respect to, the anchor. | 02-27-2014 |
20150121609 | HELMET | 05-07-2015 |
20150313307 | HELMET ADAPTED TO ITS USAGE CONSTRAINTS - A helmet for sporting activities. The helmet includes an outer shell and a lower portion, the outer shell designed to be positioned on a skull, the outer shell including an upper portion to cover at least the crown portion of the skull, the material forming the upper portion having mechanical properties suitable for the upper portion to satisfy a certification standard defined for the intended use of the helmet. The lower portion is affixed to the upper portion so as to form a single unitary element, the lower portion extending continuously so as to at least partially cover the lateral portions and rear portion of the skull, the lower portion being made of a material having a different modulus of elasticity than that of the material forming the upper portion. | 11-05-2015 |
20150335092 | Helmet - A football helmet with shell, faceguard, padding and comfort liner system, has replaceable nose bumpers for connecting a top center of the faceguard to the shell, button and keyhole connectors connecting the liner to an inner surface of the padding and T-nut connectors for connecting the padding to an inner surface of the shell. Front portions of the comfort liner have harder foam cushions than other portions of the liner to improve impact absorption. Selected areas of the padding system contain pads with inner and outer molded thermoplastic urethane parts of different durometer, each including a sheet with plural alternating hollow protrusions. The faceguard has an upper bar with raised ends above a lower edge of the front portion of the shell that form a face opening and on either side of the nose bumper. | 11-26-2015 |
20160066642 | MASK - A shock absorber, for use with headgear having a faceguard, has a sliding member that does not extend beyond the support structure of the shock absorber in a way that would leave it vulnerable to damage. A headgear having a faceguard provides a protected mounting location for mounting a shock absorber for the faceguard. | 03-10-2016 |
20160106176 | SELECTIVE VENTILATION HELMET FOR CYCLING USE - The present invention concerns a selective ventilation helmet of the type having a cap structure provided with a plurality of splits which make ventilation channels passing from the inside to the outside of the helmet, A selector is also provided, which is arranged at the splits and moveable with respect to the cap structure between a closing position of the ventilation channels and a position for at least partly opening the ventilation channels, wherein the selector is moveable on a guide integrated in the said cap at the splits. | 04-21-2016 |
20160144263 | DECORATIVE FOOTBALL HELMET - A decorative headgear simulating the appearance of an American-football helmet is disclosed. It is in the form of a sheet of thin flexible material. The sheet is shaped and configured with a back panel (BP), a right panel (RP), a left panel (LP), a top panel (TP), a front panel (FP), and a facemask (FM), all of which are adapted for inter-connection to form the helmet. | 05-26-2016 |
20160157548 | PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR - A protective headgear for equestrian use provides a traditional style cowboy hat with protective features to allow it to comply with prevailing equestrian helmet standards. The hat includes interior protective padding in the top of the dome, exterior protective padding below the crown of the dome, and exterior protective padding on the rear of the hat below the brim. The protective padding may be secured to the hat by adhesive, stitching, or mechanical fasteners. A chin strap securement system comprising mutually connectable strap-and-buckle assemblies is optionally provided. | 06-09-2016 |
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