Swivelling neckband for a protection helmet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9635896-B2
Application number	US-201514686284-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2015
Priority date	May 16, 2014
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

A protection helmet includes a crown provided with a frontal part and an occipital part including an inner occipital part, a neckband having an inner surface designed to be in contact with a user's head, and articulation system configured to allow passage of the neckband from a use position to a storage position of the protection helmet. In the storage position, the neckband is folded into the occipital part of the crown so that the inner surface is facing the inner occipital part of the crown.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A protection helmet comprising a crown provided with a frontal part and an occipital part comprising an inner occipital part, a neckband having an inner surface designed to be in contact with a user's head, and articulation means configured to allow passage of the neckband from a use position to a storage position of the protection helmet, wherein in the storage position, the neckband is folded into the occipital part of the crown so that the inner surface of the neckband is facing the inner occipital part of the crown.

2. The protection helmet according to claim 1 , wherein the neckband is deformable while at the same time being able to revert to its initial shape.

3. The protection helmet according to claim 1 , wherein the use position and the storage position are both stable positions of the neckband, and wherein the force to be applied to make the neckband move from one stable position to the other passes via a maximum.

4. The protection helmet according to claim 1 , comprising blocking means configured to keep the neckband in the storage position.

5. The protection helmet according to claim 1 , wherein the articulation means are able to force the neckband to position itself in stable manner only in the use position or in the storage position.

6. The protection helmet according to claim 1 , wherein the articulation means comprise at least one hinge a first part of which is connected to the neckband.

7. The protection helmet according to claim 6 , wherein at least one of the hinges comprises a second part fixed onto the crown or onto a headband, the second part being fitted in the form of a pivot-link with the first part.

8. The protection helmet according to claim 6 , wherein the articulation means comprise two hinges provided with second parts forming pivot-links with the first parts, the axes of the two pivot-links being concurrent.

9. The protection helmet according to claim 1 , comprising adjustment means of the height of the neckband salient on the outside of the crown.

10. The protection helmet according to claim 1 , comprising adjustment means of the neckband salient on the outside of the crown so as to adjust it to the user's head size.

11. The protection helmet according to claim 10 , wherein the adjustment means comprise at least one flexible strap.

12. The protection helmet according to claim 10 , wherein the adjustment means comprise at least one strap and a device for performing lengthwise adjustment of said strap.

13. A method for storing at least two protection helmets according to claim 1 , comprising the following steps:
placing the neckband of at least one of the protection helmets in the storage position,
stacking at least one of the protection helmets on at least one of the other protection helmets.

Assignees

• Zedel

Inventors

• Gaudillere Antonin

Classifications

• A42B3/085 Primary

  Occipital retention systems · CPC title

• A42B3/006

  Means for transporting or storing helmets · CPC title

• A42B3/06

  Impact-absorbing shells, e.g. of crash helmets · CPC title