Abstract: A mechanical connector configured to releasably engage a stud is disclosed. The mechanical connector includes a housing having a central opening configured to receive the stud, first and second clamps housed in the housing, first and second biasing members coupled to the first and second clamps, and first and second separators coupled to the housing. The first and second clamps each include a pair of arcuate arms. The first and second clamps are configured to move between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The first and second biasing members are configured to bias the first and second clamps into the engaged position. The first and second separators are configured to move between an extended position in which the first and second clamps are in the engaged position and a depressed position in which the first and second clamps are in the disengaged position.

Abstract: A helmet assembly includes a helmet having a stud, a chinstrap having a strap, and a connector attached to the strap. The connector includes a housing and an actuator. The housing has an underside with an opening sized to receive the stud through the opening into the housing. The actuator is movable within the housing between a first position in which the actuator engages the stud to retain the connector to the helmet and a second position in which the actuator disengages the stud to release the connector from the helmet. The actuator has a gripping portion extending outside the housing for operation by the user to move the actuator between the first and second positions.

Abstract: A mechanical connector configured to releasably engage a stud is disclosed. The mechanical connector includes a housing having a central opening configured to receive the stud, first and second clamps housed in the housing, first and second biasing members coupled to the first and second clamps, and first and second separators coupled to the housing. The first and second clamps each include a pair of arcuate arms. The first and second clamps are configured to move between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The first and second biasing members are configured to bias the first and second clamps into the engaged position. The first and second separators are configured to move between an extended position in which the first and second clamps are in the engaged position and a depressed position in which the first and second clamps are in the disengaged position.

Abstract: This invention pertains to connections between helmets and chinstraps, and more particularly a connector which is securable to an end of a chinstrap, and which is readily connected to a helmet via a stud carried by the helmet, and in which removal of the connector from the stud requires that an actuator be moved out of a mechanical latching relation to the stud. A helmet assembly includes a helmet having a stud, a chinstrap having a strap, and a connector attached to the strap. The connector includes a housing and an actuator. The housing has an underside with an opening sized to receive the stud through the opening into the housing. The actuator is movable within the housing between a first position in which the actuator engages the stud to retain the connector to the helmet and a second position in which the actuator disengages the stud to release the connector from the helmet.

Abstract: This invention pertains to connections between helmets and chinstraps, and more particularly a connector which is securable to an end of a chinstrap, and which is readily connected to a helmet via a stud carried by the helmet, and in which removal of the connector from the stud requires that an actuator be moved out of a mechanical latching relation to the stud. A helmet assembly includes a helmet having a stud, a chinstrap having a strap, and a connector attached to the strap. The connector includes a housing and an actuator. The housing has an underside with an opening sized to receive the stud through the opening into the housing. The actuator is movable within the housing between a first position in which the actuator engages the stud to retain the connector to the helmet and a second position in which the actuator disengages the stud to release the connector from the helmet.

Abstract: This invention pertains to connections between helmets and chinstraps, and more particularly a connector which is securable to an end of a chinstrap, and which is readily connected to a helmet via a stud carried by the helmet, and in which removal of the connector from the stud requires that an actuator be moved out of a mechanical latching relation to the stud. A helmet assembly includes a helmet having a stud, a chinstrap having a strap, and a connector attached to the strap. The connector includes a housing and an actuator. The housing has an underside with an opening sized to receive the stud through the opening into the housing. The actuator is movable within the housing between a first position in which the actuator engages the stud to retain the connector to the helmet and a second position in which the actuator disengages the stud to release the connector from the helmet.