Protective helmet with liner assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018271202-A1
Application number	US-201715464947-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 21, 2017
Priority date	Mar 21, 2017
Publication date	Sep 27, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A protective helmet having a liner assembly received in an outer shell and connected to the outer shell, with front, rear, side and top portions each including at least one zone where the liner assembly includes a plurality of overlapping layers, each of the layers being made from one of first, second, third and fourth materials, where the first material has a greater density and/or hardness than that of the second, third and fourth materials, the second material has a greater density and/or hardness than that of the third and fourth materials, and the third material has a greater density and/or hardness than that of the fourth material, and wherein the liner assembly includes one or more particular zones set forth in Table 3 or 4.

First claim

1 . A protective helmet comprising:
an outer shell; a liner assembly received in the outer shell and connected to the outer shell, the liner assembly defining a front portion configured to overlay a front of a head of a wearer, a rear portion configured to overlay a rear of the head of the wearer, a top portion configured to overlay a top of the head of the wearer, and two opposed side portions each configured to overlay a respective side of the head of the wearer; wherein each of the front, rear, side and top portions includes at least one zone where the liner assembly includes a plurality of overlapping layers, each of the layers being made from one of first, second, third and fourth materials, where the first material has a greater density than that of the second, third and fourth materials, the second material has a greater density than that of the third and fourth materials, and the third material has a greater density than that of the fourth material, and:
the at least one zone of the front portion includes at least one of the zones F 1 , F 2 and F 3 where the layers are made of the material set forth in Table 4 and have a respective thickness of at least the thickness set forth in Table 4 ;
the at least one zone of the rear portion includes at least one of the zones R 1 and R 2 where the layers are made of the material and have a respective thickness of at least the thickness set forth in Table 4;
the at least one zone of the side portions include at least one of the zones S 1 and S 2 where the layers are made of the material and have a respective thickness of at least the thickness set forth in Table 4; and
the at least one zone of the top portion includes at least one of the zones T 1 and T 2 where the layers are made of the material and have a respective thickness of at least the thickness set forth in Table 4 .

2 . The protective helmet as defined in claim 1 , wherein the front portion includes all of the zones F 1 , F 2 and F 3 set forth in Table 4.

3 . The protective helmet as defined in claim 1 , wherein the rear portion includes the zones R 1 and R 2 set forth in Table 4.

4 . The protective helmet as defined in claim 1 , wherein the side portions include the zones S 1 and S 2 set forth in Table 4.

5 . The protective helmet as defined in claim 1 , wherein the top portion includes the zones T 1 and T 2 set forth in Table 4.

6 . The protective helmet as defined in claim 1 , wherein the respective thickness of each of the layers of the at least one of the zones F 1 , F 2 and F 3 , of the at least one of the zones R 1 and R 2 , of the at least one of the zones S 1 and S 2 and of the at least one of the zones T 1 and T 2 corresponds to at least the thickness forth in Table 3.

7 . The protective helmet as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first material has a greater hardness than that of the second, third and fourth materials, the second material has a greater hardness than that of the third and fourth materials, and the third material has a greater hardness than that of the fourth material.

8 . The protective helmet as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first, second, third and fourth materials correspond to the type of material set forth in Table 2.

9 . The protective helmet as defined in claim 1 , wherein, the density of each of the first, second, third and fourth materials is within the respective density range set forth in Table 2.

10 . The protective helmet as defined in claim 1 , wherein the hardness of each of the first, second, third and fourth materials is within the respective hardness range set forth in Table 2.

11 . A protective helmet comprising:
an outer shell; a liner assembly received in the outer shell and connected to the outer shell, the liner assembly having at least one zone where the liner assembly includes a plurality of overlapping layers, each of the layers being made from one of first, second, third and fourth materials, where the first material has a greater density than that of the second, third and fourth materials, the second material has a greater density than that of the third and fourth materials, and the third material has a greater density than that of the fourth material, and wherein the at least one zone includes at least one of the zones F 1 , F 2 , F 3 , R 1 , R 2 , S 1 , S 2 , T 1 and T 2 where the layers are made of the material and have a respective thickness of at least the thickness set forth in Table 4.

12 . The protective helmet as defined in claim 11 , wherein the liner assembly includes all of the zones F 1 , F 2 , F 3 , R 1 , R 2 , S 1 , S 2 , T 1 and T 2 set forth in Table 4.

13 . The protective helmet as defined in claim 11 , wherein the respective thickness of the layers of the at least one of the zones F 1 , F 2 , F 3 , R 1 , R 2 , S 1 , S 2 , T 1 and T 2 is at least the thickness set forth in Table 3.

14 . The protective helmet as defined in claim 11 , wherein the first material has a greater hardness than that of the second, third and fourth materials, the second material has a greater hardness than that of the third and fourth materials, and the third material has a greater hardness than that of the fourth material.

15 . The protective helmet as defined in claim 11 , wherein the first, second, third and fourth materials correspond to the type of material set forth in Table 2.

16 . The protective helmet as defined in claim 11 , wherein, the density of each of the first, second, third and fourth materials is within the respective density range set forth in Table 2.

17 . The protective helmet as defined in claim 11 , wherein the hardness of each of the first, second, third and fourth materials is within the respective hardness range set forth in Table 2.

18 . A protective helmet comprising:
an outer shell; a liner assembly received in the outer shell and connected to the outer shell, the liner assembly defining a front portion configured to overlay a front of a head of a wearer, a rear portion configured to overlay a rear of the head of the wearer, a top portion configured to overlay a top of the head of the wearer, and two opposed side portions each configured to overlay a respective side of the head of the wearer; wherein each of the front, rear, side and top portions includes at least one zone where the liner assembly includes a plurality of overlapping layers, each of the layers being made from one of first, second, third and fourth materials, where the first material has a greater hardness than that of the second, third and fourth materials, the second material has a greater hardness than that of the third and fourth materials, and the third material has a greater hardness than that of the fourth material, and:
the at least one zone of the front portion includes at least one of the zones F 1 , F 2 and F 3 where the layers are made of the material and have a respective thickness of at least the thickness set forth in Table 4;
the at least one zone of the rear portion includes at least one of the zones R 1 and R 2 where the layers are made of the material and have a respective thickness of at least the thickness set forth in Table 4;
the at least one zone of the side portions include at least one of the zones S 1 and S 2 where the layers are made of the material and have a respective thickness of at least the thickness set forth in Table 4; and
the at least one zone of the top portion includes at least one of the zones T 1 and T 2 where the layers are made of the material and have a respective thickness of at least the thickness set fo

Assignees

• Sport Maska Inc

Inventors

• Wiart Nicole Jacqueline
• Chartrand Daniel
• Dykmans Maurice
• Martin Philippe
• Germain Simon-Pierre
• Steenbrink Brian William
• Beauchamp Pierre-Luc
• Langlois Simon
• Spyrou Evangelos

Classifications

• A42B3/127

  with removable or adjustable pads · CPC title

• A42B3/128 Primary

  with zones of different density · CPC title

• A63B71/10

  for the head ({A63B71/081 takes precedence } ; in the form of caps or hats A42B1/08; helmets A42B3/00) · CPC title