Detachable V-shaped visor wiper apparatus for protective helmet
A helmet includes a windscreen with a housing for holding a windscreen wiper device being positioned in a chin portion of the helmet. A motive power fitting is provided for a windscreen wiper head and a windscreen wiper rod. The motive power fitting is fixed inside a casing. The windscreen wiper rod coordinates with a fixing axle with one side of the windscreen wiper rod being connected to the conveying portion of the motive power and the other side of the windscreen wiper rod being connected to the windscreen wiper head. The windscreen wiper device on the windscreen wiper head is tightly fixed on the protection windscreen on the protection helmet. The windscreen wiper device includes a power supply with the output being connected to the motive power device. The helmet may be used by a driver on a rainy or foggy day for increasing safety during such weather.
The present application claims priority under 35 USC 119 to Chinese Patent Application No. 2007-20118473.7 filed on Feb. 6, 2007 the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is directed to a helmet, especially a helmet with a replaceable windscreen wiper.
2. Description of Background Art
At the present, a motorcycle is commonly used by the public as a tool for transportation. A driver normally wears a protective helmet when driving a motorcycle due to regulations of various transportation departments. A helmet will also increase the safety with respect to the driver. In addition, in the recent years, power assisted bicycles have been developed which have a tendency to replace traditional bicycles. Wearing a protection helmet is also normally necessary for driving a power assisted bicycle.
Protection helmets currently on the market are mostly available with a rotatable windscreen. However, on a rainy day, the windscreen on the helmet can only function to prevent the rain drops from hitting the face, not the helmet. When the rain drops form on the windscreen of the helmet, they reduce the vision of the driver. This adversely affect the driving of the motorcycle and also may cause danger.
SUMMARY AND OBJECTS OF THE INVENTIONTo solve the problem relating to the above inconvenience of the protection helmets during rainy days, an embodiment of the present invention provides a new helmet on which a windscreen wiper is fix for the convenience of a driver to use during a rainy or foggy day.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a helmet with a protective windscreen is provided with a removable windscreen wiper fixed to a front portion of the helmet that is provided to protect the chin of the driver. A housing for a removable windscreen wiper device includes an outer casing, a motive power device, a windscreen wiper head and a windscreen wiper rod. The motive power device is fixed inside the casing of the windscreen wiper device, while the windscreen wiper rod works with the fixing axle. One side of the windscreen wiper rod is connected to the conveying portion of the motive power device and the other side of the fixing axle is fixed with a windscreen wiper head. The windscreen wiper on the windscreen wiper head is tightly fixed to the protection helmet windscreen, the windscreen wiper device includes a power supply with the end of the output being connected to the power of the motive power device.
The technical method adopted to solve the technical problem also includes the above-mentioned protection windscreen that is in the shape of a “V.”
The above-mentioned windscreen wiper scraping device has a connecting rod and a conveying rod. The windscreen wiper rod is connected to the one side of the moving connecting rod. The other end of the connecting rod is connected to the one end of the conveying rod. The other end of the conveying rod is connected to the conveying portion of the motive power device.
The above-mentioned power supply is a pluggable battery, or a power supply outlet, or a combination of a power supply outlet and a pluggable battery.
There is a switch between the above-mentioned power supply and the motive power device.
Between the above-mentioned connector of the windscreen wiper and the protection helmet, there can be a buckle connector, or through a thumb nail connector, or a pluggable connector.
The removable windscreen wiper positioned on the helmet ensures the convenience to the driver during a rainy or foggy day. It also increases the safety during driving on a rainy or foggy day.
Further scope of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. However, it should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.
The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given hereinbelow and the accompanying drawings which are given by way of illustration only, and thus are not limitative of the present invention, and wherein:
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The present mode is the best mode according to an embodiment of the present invention. Any design with the same basic structure or the same concept belongs to the protection scope of the present invention.
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When using the helmet, the connecting outlet 8 of the windscreen wiper device is inserted into the housing 9 of the windscreen wiper device. The outlet of the windscreen wiper device 8 is connected with the housing 9 of the windscreen wiper device by a buckle with windscreen wiper being fixed to the windscreen wiper device. The windscreen wiper head 5 is positioned in the area of a “V” shape on the protection windscreen 2. The scraper on the windscreen wiper head is tightly fixed on the protection windscreen 2. The battery 6 or the power supply is connected to the outer casing 3 of the windscreen wiper device. By turning on the switch 14, the motor inside the motive power device 10 turns, which makes the turning axle 15 turn. The conveying rod 11 moves with the turning axle 15. When the conveying rod 11 turns, it moves the conveying rod 12 and the connecting rod 12 moves the windscreen wiper rod 4 to make the windscreen wiper rod 4 move to the left and to the right. The windscreen wiper head 5 on the windscreen wiper rod moves to the left and to the right. The scraper on the windscreen wiper device 5 scraps the rain or fog off the protection windscreen 2 to permit a clear vision for the driver. When the weather is clear, the driver can take off the windscreen wiper device to lessen the weight of the protection helmet.
The present design can be broadly applied to helmets for riding a motorcycle, a power assisted bicycle as well as used as a helmet for a racing car and for other purposes where wearing a helmet is necessary.
The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.
Claims
1. A helmet with a removable windscreen wiper, comprising:
- a protection windscreen positioned on a protection helmet;
- a housing for a windscreen wiper device positioned at a chin portion of the protection helmet;
- a removable windscreen wiper device for operatively positioning in the housing of the windscreen wiper device, said removable windscreen wiper device including an outer casing, a motive power device, a windscreen wiper head and a windscreen wiper rod, said motive power device being fixed inside of the outer casing of the windscreen wiper device, the windscreen wiper rod being operatively connected to a fixing axle, one end of the windscreen wiper rod being connected to a conveying portion of the motive power device, the other end of the windscreen wiper rod includes a fixed windscreen wiper head with a wiper on the wiper head being tightly fixed to the protection windscreen of the helmet; and
- a power supply on the windscreen wiper device with an outputting end being connected to the power supply end of the motive power device.
2. The helmet with a removable windscreen wiper set forth in claim 1, wherein a front portion of the protection windscreen is in the shape of a flat “V.”
3. The helmet with a removable windscreen wiper set forth in claim 1, and further including a connecting rod and a conveying rod in the windscreen wiper device, the windscreen wiper rod being connected with the moving one end of the conveying rod, the other end of the connecting rod being connected with an end of the conveying rod, and the other end of the conveying rod is connected with the conveying portion of the motive power device.
4. The helmet with a removable windscreen wiper set forth in claim 1, wherein the power source can be a pluggable battery, or a power supply outlet, or a combination outlet for both a power supply outlet and a pluggable battery.
5. The helmet with a removable windscreen wiper set forth in claim 2, wherein the power source can be a pluggable battery, or a power supply outlet, or a combination outlet for both a power supply outlet and a pluggable battery.
6. The helmet with a removable windscreen wiper set forth in claim 3, wherein the power source can be a pluggable battery, or a power supply outlet, or a combination outlet for both a power supply outlet and a pluggable battery.
7. The helmet with a removable windscreen wiper set forth in claim 1, and further including a switch operatively positioned between the power supply and the motive power device.
8. The helmet with a removable windscreen wiper set forth in claim 1, wherein the connector of the windscreen wiper device and the protection helmet can be connected by a buckle.
9. The helmet with a removable windscreen wiper set forth in claim 1, wherein the connector of the windscreen wiper device and the protection helmet can be connected by a screw nail.
10. The helmet with a removable windscreen wiper set forth in claim 1, wherein the connector of the windscreen wiper device and the protection helmet can be connected by a plug.
Type: Application
Filed: Feb 5, 2008
Publication Date: Aug 7, 2008
Inventor: Ka Wai Chen (Hong Kong)
Application Number: 12/068,319
International Classification: A42B 3/26 (20060101);