Abstract: In a helmet, a helmet body 1 has ventilation holes 3 formed therein, and a guard portion 2a is arranged outside the helmet body 1 so as to cover the portion thereof where the ventilation holes 3 are formed. The guard portion 2a has a gap 5 for ventilation secured toward the outer surface of the helmet body 1 and the ventilation holes 3.

Abstract: A support collar having a bladder and a shell. The bladder is adapted to be inflated by a fluid. The shell is adapted to be attached to a harness. When inflated, the bladder is shaped by the shell to form an air chamber. The air chamber is characterized by a cross-section having a center of gravity and a dimension through the center of gravity. The dimension is larger at an open end than at the close end.

Abstract: The invention provides a protective collar for use with a full-face crash helmet, particularly for use in motor sports. The collar is at least partially formed from a resilient material that in use extends peripherally entirely around a user's neck. The collar has a recess in which a lower part of the crash helmets is received and secured, and helmet retaining means (e.g loop-pile fastening strips) are provided for retaining the helmet within the recess. The recess has an upwardly facing bottom surface which abuts the lower part of the helmet and a peripherally extending, inwardly facing wall surface which extends upwardly from the bottom surface. The wall surface closely fits against the lower part of the helmet around the periphery of the helmet. The collar is shaped to limit movement, both laterally and in a fore-and-aft direction, of the wearer's head in the event of a violent acceleration or deceleration, such as may occur in an accident.

Abstract: Protective headgear configured for protection of a portion of a wearer's head, including a resilient outer shell, a layered composite liner including a multiplicity of deformable layers, each layer having a different stiffness than adjacent layers, and wherein a layer has a higher stiffness than that of adjacent layers on either side, and a retention system configured to resist upward/rearward rotation of the headgear with respect to the wearer's head to expose the forehead, due to hydrodynamic or aerodynamic forces.

Abstract: A facial skin protective assembly for reducing and/or eliminating pulling and pushing forces on the facial skin surfaces that occur while sleeping. The facial skin protective assembly includes a face shield cage structure, a number of securing straps attached to the face shield cage structure and being extendable about the sides and back of the user's head in a manner to comfortably but firmly hold the face shield cage structure in place while the user is sleeping, and, as an option, a number of heat/cool insert cushion cells.

Abstract: Mechanism to removably anchor a side area (3) of a visor (20) to the cap (2) of a helmet so that the visor rotates in relation to the eyeport opening (12) of the helmet, of the type comprising: a base structure (1), anchored to the cap, and provided with at least one circular guide groove (4a) substantially orthogonal to the axis of rotation (A—A) of the visor and which has at least one widened portion defining an opening (5a); at least one hooking element (22a) integral with said side area of the visor and suitable to engage slidingly inside the circular groove, the hooking element being held in place by the circular guide groove except when corresponding to the opening defined by the widened portion; The mechanism also comprises at least one locking tab (6) substantially positioned corresponding to the widened portion and made to translate, along an axis coinciding with or substantially parallel to the axis of rotation (A—A) of the visor, between a position in which said locking tab intercepts the wi

Abstract: A device for supporting and stabilizing a clothing hanger so that a user employing only one extremity can position a hanger thereon for hanging or removing an article of clothing without other assistance, comprising a base and a hanger receptacle that is configured and adapted to receive and stabilize a clothing hanger.

Abstract: The supporting plate (1) of a harness for breathing tanks and the like is flexibly connected to a waist plate (2) using an elastic formed piece (3) meant to keep said waist plate (2) on the user's back and resiliently respond to impacts, contortion, and tilting, and the link of the supporting plate and waist plate provided using the formed piece is positive-locking around a connecting pin (5a) in the direction of rotation of the plates against each other.

Abstract: A decorative removable helmet cover adapted for receipt over the top of a hard plastic exterior surface of a ski helmet, a snowboard helmet, a skateboard helmet, a bicycle helmet or hardhat for providing a unique appearance to the helmet or the hardhat. The removable helmet cover includes a flexible dome-shaped soft cloth exterior surface disposed on top of a flexible dome-shaped soft cloth interior liner. The interior liner is adapted for receipt over and conform to an exterior surface of the helmet. A lower circumference of the exterior surface is attached to a hollow elastic band. Also, a lower circumference of the interior liner is attached to the hollow elastic band. Disposed inside the hollow elastic band is an elastic tie. Opposite ends of the tie extend outwardly from an opening in a rear portion of the elastic band. The opposite ends of the tie are received through a tie lock and are attached to a tie pull.

Abstract: A protective face shield comprising a mask portion and a handle portion, the mask portion having an exterior surface and an interior surface. The mask portion is readily operatively attachable to and removable from the handle portion, and the interior surface definines a cavity adapted to accept a substantial portion of a users face.

Abstract: The present invention 10 discloses a convex shaped helmet 20 for encompassing the back of the head 14 of a user 18 having adjustable retaining straps 22, 24 extending across the front and the top of the head 14. The helmet 20 is positioned engaging the back 12 of the head 14 with an adjustable strap extending across the forehead 22 along with an additional adjustable strap 24 extending medially from the first strap engaging the helmet at its distal end. The straps 22, 24 prevent shifting of the helmet 20 during use. The helmet 20 is comprised of an external shell manufactured from an impact resistant material and has an interior layer of a compressible material 30 to engage the wearer's head 14. Means for adjusting 28 the straps 22, 24 are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shield mounting device used when a shield adapted to protect a front side of a helmet user is assembled to a body of a helmet. A shield mounting device of a helmet comprises a base plate having a guide with a circular rim wall and fixed to a body of a helmet; a connection member forming in an inner surface of the shield and engaged to an inner surface of the guide; a locker assembled to an outer surface of the rim wall of the guide and locking and unlocking the connection member engaged to the guide; an insertion groove formed in an inner side of the rim wall of the guide; a protrusion piece formed on an outer surface of the rim wall; and an engaging piece formed in an outer surface of the connection member and inserted into the insertion groove.

Abstract: A head-worn shading visor includes a visor blade stitching with an annular strap. The visor blade has longitudinal grooves and transverse grooves. The visor blade has the peripheral edge stitching with the annular strap and extending upwards to form a fabric section, and extending outwards to form another annular strap to couple with an adjusting fastener which divides the another annular strap into an inner loop and an outer loop. The inner loop is abutting the visor blade and may be braced on an user's forehead for shading use. The visor blade may be folded about the longitudinal grooves and transverse grooves to become a smaller size and be coupled by the outer loop for positioning and storing.

Abstract: A storage and display device for baseball-type caps having a domed cap section and a brim mounted thereon includes a base and at least one generally concave brim shaping and receiving arcuate wall section mounted on and extending outwards from the base, the arcuate wall section having an inner curved wall surface and outer edges. The arcuate wall section is operative to receive a brim of a baseball-type cap therein and force the brim to retain a curved shape along a longitudinal axis thereof when the brim is in at least partial adjacent contact with the inner curved wall surface. A brim retaining wall structure mounted adjacent the outer edges of the arcuate wall section frictionally contacts a section of the brim when the brim is within the arcuate wall section thereby releasably retaining the brim on the storage and display device.

Abstract: With reference to FIG. (2), a helmet (2) for an aircraft crew member (1) is provided with a device (10) for forming an eye-shielding curtain (11) of air in front of the crew members eyes. The air exhausts to the ambient atmosphere (9) by way of an escape path (12) beneath the lower edge of the visor (4), as indicated by arrow (13).

Abstract: A helmet, sized and shaped to receive the head of a wearer, includes a ballistic shield that is pivotally movable between a raised position for spanning and protecting the frontal area of the face of the wearer and a lowered position for spanning and protecting the mandibular area of the face of the wearer. Detent means interacting between the helmet and the shield releasably retain the ballistic shield in the lowered position and in the raised position.

Abstract: The present invention provides a size restoring device for restoring the original size of collars, front plackets, and shirt cuffs using a relatively simple structure to achieve an effective and exact restoration. Also, the present invention provides a size restoring device having holders on a baseboard. The holders hold both ends of the fabric of a shirt's collar. The holders comprise a stretcher, which stretches the fabric by moving at least one of the holders in the stretching direction, and a stretch adjuster for adjusting the distance that the holder has moved to obtain the required measurements. The present invention restores the original size of collars, front plackets, and shirt cuffs which have shrunk after being washed or the like by stretching the fabric to the original size.

Abstract: A needle threader is provided with a needle holder for holding a needle, and a pusher for inserting a thread into the eye of the needle. The pusher is horizontally movable in forward and backward directions relative to the needle holder. By the forward move, the pusher comes into contact with the needle accommodated in the needle holder. The pusher is movable longitudinally of the needle as held in sliding contact with the needle.

Abstract: A chemical/biological protection helmet is provided with a filter system. In order to provide for improved balance control and visibility, the filter system is positioned in the rear of the helmet. By rotating the visors, provided in the front of the helmet, the filter system can be actuated as the helmet is sealed.

Abstract: A method for producing a multi layer protective textile fabric having a base fabric layer with pre-selected areas fibers of a heavier denier or different material inserted pursuant to a computer program and the articles produced thereby. There is also provided a glove prepared by the method comprising different denier fibers and kind of fibers at pre-selected locations having a base unilayer and at least one other layer.