Bicycle helmet retention device

- Trek Bicycle Corporation
Description

FIG. 1 is a side view of a bicycle helmet retention device showing our new design (the broken lines illustrate the helmet itself and a user's head and forms no part of the claimed design);

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view thereof, of the opposite side of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The crosshatch shading shown in all views is understood to repeat throughout the indicated area.

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Patent History
Patent number: D407860
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 7, 1997
Date of Patent: Apr 6, 1999
Assignee: Trek Bicycle Corporation (Waterloo, WI)
Inventors: Christopher M. Cox (Lake Mills, WI), John Larkin (Moscow, ID)
Primary Examiner: Ruth McInroy
Law Firm: Nilles & Nilles, S.C.
Application Number: 0/73,336
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Element Or Attachment (D29/122)
International Classification: 2902;