Abstract: Protective glasses include a curved lens panel for protecting the eyes. Two side pieces have an inner end articulated on a helmet and an outer end articulated on the lens panel. The glasses are pivotable from a protective position to a stowed position. Each side piece includes a glasses arm and a glasses-carrying arm. The glasses arms are curved in the direction of the lens panel and adjoin the lens panel tangentially. The glasses arms have axes of articulation that are not aligned with one another. In the stowed position, the protective glasses are in a helmet and can be moved into, and out of, the stowed position using one hand, without length of the side pieces or tilt of the lens panel in relation to the side pieces being changed. One-handed actuation of the glasses is very advantageous in forestry work, in the industrial sector or for climbing purposes.

Abstract: A forehead band attaches to a head band of an interior fitting assembly of a protective helmet is described. The forehead band includes a strip-shaped support which is provided with a holder for removably fixing the forehead band to the head band. The support is covered with a sweat-absorbing overlay. The holder has tubular supporting connection pieces integrally formed on the support and designed to engage into openings of the head band. The overlay has complementary longitudinal edges and is provided with openings for releasably receiving the supporting connection pieces. The overlay is washable with or without the support. The entire forehead band is designed so that the overlay or its support or both can be readily replaced.

Abstract: A belt fastener for detachably connecting two belt ends has a housing and a plug, which can be clipped into the housing. The belt fastener can be a safety fastener opening if a predetermined tensile load acts on the belt ends. A separate finger flap is hinged to a front end of the plug for clipping it into the housing. The finger flap preloaded outwards in direction away from the plug by a separate spring. The finger flap can be brought in abutment with a stop surface of the housing by means of a stop surface opposite of the attachment point. Both stop surfaces are tilted forward by an angle of inclination (?) of >0°, particularly of 20°. In addition, two stop surfaces can be convexly or concavely curved.

Abstract: An interior fitting subassembly is described at least consisting of a supporting cage, a head band and a neck band for a protective helmet. Three support arms serve to fasten the subassembly on a helmet shell with a spacing. Although the support arms conduct a force acting on the helmet into the supporting cage said support arms endeavour to deform the helmet shell. The helmet therefore has an improved shock absorption capability. In addition, the support arms create a clearance between the interior fitting subassembly and the helmet shell or receiving ear protection capsules and supporting brackets of an ear protection and other helmet accessories.

Abstract: A tightening unit is described for a supporting band which is attached to the lower edge of interior fittings of a protective helmet for fastening the helmet on the head of a user. The supporting band comprises a head band which continues in a neck band which has two free ends connected to each other by a basic body of the tightening unit. The tightening unit has a neck shell and a basic body which are connected to each other in an articulated manner by a transmission lever. The basic body can be pivoted relative to the neck shell by a tightening lever linked thereto which is supported on the transmission lever by a cam.

Abstract: Protective glasses include a curved lens panel for protecting the eyes. Two side pieces have an inner end articulated on a helmet and an outer end articulated on the lens panel. The glasses are pivotable from a protective position to a stowed position. Each side piece includes a glasses arm and a glasses-carrying arm. The glasses arms are curved in the direction of the lens panel and adjoin the lens panel tangentially. The glasses arms have axes of articulation that are not aligned with one another. In the stowed position, the protective glasses are in a helmet and can be moved into, and out of, the stowed position using one hand, without length of the side pieces or tilt of the lens panel in relation to the side pieces being changed. One-handed actuation of the glasses is very advantageous in forestry work, in the industrial sector or for climbing purposes.

Abstract: A protective helmet includes a helmet shell, a support cage, and a securing device for securing the support cage to the helmet shell. An impact absorption device is arranged between the support cage and the helmet shell.

Abstract: A protective helmet has a helmet shell and with an interior fitting subassembly having at least one supporting cage, a head band and a neck band. Three supporting arms can serve to fasten the subassembly to the helmet shell with a spacing. A clearance can thus be provided between the interior fitting subassembly and the helmet shell for receiving ear protection capsules and supporting brackets of an ear protection and of other helmet accessories. When not in use, the ear protection can be pivoted under the helmet shell. The protective helmet therefore does not provide any engagement possibilities for obstacles such as branches and the like. The supporting arms can partially transmit a force acting on the helmet from above back into the helmet shell in order to elastically deform the latter. The helmet therefore has an improved shock absorption capability.

Abstract: A protective screen to protect the face and, above all, the eyes of a person against flying particles and sharp objects has a mesh with a mesh structure which is formed from a plurality of adjacent rows of hexagonal openings, which rows are bounded by mesh webs common to the openings. The openings in the mesh are each osubstantially the same area. The mesh is enclosed by an edge with no mesh structure which has a width which is at least equal to the height of a row of openings in the mesh structure. The mesh webs of at least two rows of openings adjacent to the edge can be made thicker than the mesh webs for the other openings, wherein, however, all the openings in the mesh are nevertheless substantially identical in area. The mesh is produced by etching spring steel sheet. A visor for a safety helmet, especially a forestry worker's helmet is produced from the protective screen by injection moulding a supporting frame around its edge.

Abstract: A protective helmet composed of a helmet shell in which interior fittings are fixed having an assembly contacting the user's head having a supporting cage, a head band and a neck strap. The interior fitting subassembly having three support arms protruding laterally downwards from the supporting cage in the temple areas or backwards and downwards in the area of the back of the head and formed as spacers as a way to affix to the helmet shell. The interior fitting subassembly is continuously held in a distance from the helmet shell along its entire outer circumference. A clearance which is therefore present around the interior fitting subassembly on all sides renders a relative dislocation of the helmet shell relative to the interior fitting subassembly possible. The free ends of the support arms are releasably attached to the helmet shell, respectively.

Abstract: The invention relates to a forehead band (20) for attaching to a head band of an interior fitting assembly of a helmet. The forehead band comprises a strip-shaped support (30) which is provided with a holder (50) for removably fixing the forehead band (20) to the head band. The support (30) is covered with an overlay (40) on all sides, said overlay comprising a textile blank. The overlay (40) consists of a textile material which absorbs sweat. The holder (50) comprises tubular supporting connection pieces (51a-51e) which are molded on the support on a support (30) rear face (34) which can be brought into contact with the head band. The supporting connection pieces (51a-51e) are designed to engage into openings of the head band in a force-fitting or form-fitting manner.

Abstract: A protective helmet comprising a helmet shell in which interior fittings are fixed which comprise an assembly contacting the head comprised of a supporting cage, a head band and a neck strap. The interior fitting subassembly comprises three support arms protruding laterally downwards from the supporting cage in the temple areas or backwards and downwards in the area of the back of the head and formed as spacers as a means for a fixation on the helmet shell. The interior fitting subassembly is continuously held in a distance from the helmet shell along its entire outer circumference. A clearance which is therefore present around the interior fitting subassembly on all sides renders a relative dislocation of the helmet shell relative to the interior fitting subassembly possible. The free ends of the support arms are releasably attached to the helmet shell, respectively.

Abstract: A belt fastener for detachably connecting two belt ends comprises a housing and a plug, which can be clipped into in the housing. The belt fastener is a safety fastener opening if a predetermined tensile load acts on the belt ends. A separate finger flap is hinged to a front end of the plug for clipping it into the housing. The finger flap preloaded outwards in direction away from the plug by a separate spring. The finger flap can be brought in abutment with a stop surface of the housing by means of a stop surface opposite of the attachment point. Both stop surfaces are tilted forward by an angle of inclination (?) of >0°, particularly of 20°. In addition, two stop surfaces are convexly or concavely curved, wherein the stop surface the finger flap has a smaller radius of curvature than the stop surface of the finger opening.

Abstract: A face protection to be fastened to a protective helmet, particularly for forestry workers, is described. A visor has two retaining arms and two bearing devices which can be fastened on the inside of a helmet shell for the retaining arms for pivoting the visor between an operating position in which the visor is swung downwards and protects the face, and a parking position in which the visor is swung upwards. Each retaining arm extends towards the free end thereof which can be connected to the bearing device from the visor substantially parallel to and at such a distance from the visor that a slot is formed between the retaining arm and the visor through which slot the helmet shell extends in the parking position, and that, in the parking position, the visor is arranged close-fitting on the outer surface of the helmet shell.

Abstract: An ear protection to be fastened to a protective helmet, particularly for forestry workers, is described. The ear protection comprises two ear protectors each of which comprises a fork-like supporting bracket comprising ear protection capsule pivotably supported thereon and a rotary plate connected to the supporting bracket by a tilting joint in relation to which the supporting bracket can be bistably tilted into an extended and into a retracted position. The rotary plate is rotatably supported in a receiving part attached to the helmet. A yoke spring disposed between the rotary plate and the supporting bracket pre-stresses the supporting bracket to abut on stoppers defining the extended and the retracted position of the supporting bracket. The receiving part is attached to the inside of the helmet. The ear protectors are therefore rotatable into a parking position within the helmet.

Abstract: A face protection to be fastened to a protective helmet, particularly for forestry workers, is described. A visor has two retaining arms and two bearing devices which can be fastened on the inside of a helmet shell for the retaining arms for pivoting the visor between an operating position in which the visor is swung downwards and protects the face, and a parking position in which the visor is swung upwards. Each retaining arm extends towards the free end thereof which can be connected to the bearing device from the visor substantially parallel to and at such a distance from the visor that a slot is formed between the retaining arm and the visor through which slot the helmet shell extends in the parking position, and that, in the parking position, the visor is arranged close-fitting on the outer surface of the helmet shell.

Abstract: A tightening unit is described for a supporting band which is attached to the lower edge of interior fittings of a protective helmet for fastening the helmet on the head of a user. The supporting band comprises a head band which continues in a neck band which has two free ends connected to each other by a basic body of the tightening unit. The tightening unit has a neck shell and a basic body which are connected to each other in an articulated manner by a transmission lever. The basic body can be pivoted relative to the neck shell by a tightening lever linked thereto which is supported on the transmission lever by a cam.