Abstract: A protective helmet is provided which preferably has a hard outer shell and an energy-absorbing liner. The liner is made of low resilience or slow-recovery viscoelastic foam which is compression rate sensitive.
Abstract: A protective helmet made from a resilient shell. The shell has a plurality of slits. Each slit has a first end located at a lower edge of the shell and has an adjustable width effective for adjusting the size of the shell. The helmet also has an energy absorbing liner disposed inside the shell. The shell is very stiff to effectively distribute an impact force.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 19, 1999
Date of Patent:
December 5, 2000
Assignee:
Team Wendy, LLC
Inventors:
Dan T. Moore, III, Charles B. Langston, Timothy M. Seese, Paul A. Tamulewicz, Heather B. Moore, Halley T. Moore