Abstract: The protective headgear, such as a catcher's/umpire's headgear, is defined by a forward substantially concave rigid shell and a rear substantially concave rigid shell articulately interconnected together adjacent upper portions thereof. Resilient straps snap-secure opposite lower side portions of the forward shell to opposite lower edge portions of the rear shell. A rigid framework having a relatively large view opening is fastened to a view opening of the forward shell to afford maximum visibility to the user.

Abstract: A protective device comprising a shell and a liner. The shell includes an interior surface. The liner is associated with the interior surface of the shell. The liner includes a member for enabling control displacement of the preselected regions of the liner upon various degrees of impact of the protective device. The control displacement member comprises a first member and a second member. Each of the first and second members having a top surface, a bottom surface and a different impact absorbing characteristic. The top surface of at least one of the first and second members is associated with the interior surface of the shell. At least a portion of the bottom surface of the first member extends further from the interior surface of the shell and the bottom surface of the second member.

Abstract: Protective helmet (10), in particular for motorcyclists or the like, with an outer casing formed in particular as an outer shell (11) and a lining (12) which is accommodated in the outer casing and lines the latter at least in areas. At least in partial regions, the lining (12) comprises a cushion which can be evacuated of air, is divided into individual segments (13, 14, 15, 16) and is filled with resilient packing (38).

Abstract: An earcup assembly is disclosed for use in a headset. The earcup assembly includes an earseal ring that includes an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface that provides an opening an annular base surface for securing the earseal to the headset, and an annular exposed surface opposite the base surface. The inner surface includes a first portion adjacent the exposed surface that provides a first peripheral distance around the opening and the inner surface further includes a second portion adjacent the base surface that provides a second peripheral distance around the opening. The second distance is larger than the first distance.

Abstract: A head protector comprising an outer hard shell and an absorbing liner inside of the outer shell wherein the liner comprises a main liner member and an inner subsidiary liner member whose density is lower than that of the main liner member and with an inner recess in the inner surface of the main liner member and wherein the inner subsidiary liner member is fitted into the inner recess.

Abstract: A batter's protective helmet includes a relatively rigid helmet or shell defined by a crown, front, rear and opposite side portions; and padding within the helmet for protecting the head of a user. The padding includes crown, front, opposite side and rear protective pad portions. A strap is provided for adjusting the overall size of the padding. The strap had end portions which project through openings in the rear portion of the helmet with each end portion carrying fasteners for fastening to a fastener carried by the helmet between the openings.

Abstract: A high performance sport safety helmet. The helmet is formed by an outer shell adapted for fitting upon a wearer's head, with a frontal periphery defining a centrally arched portion forming a front opening exposing the face and a major portion of the forehead of the wearer. The shell further has a base periphery defining an arcuate base opening for receiving the wearer's neck. A flexible resilient expandable front band is secured to and extends across the front opening of the shell with a substantial portion of the band lying below the centrally arched portion. The band snugly engages and substantially completely covers the forehead of the wearer. An articulated shell liner is secured to and covers the inner surface of the shell. The liner is partially separable and non-detachable from the shell. A visor is pivotally secured to the shell and nestable between the shell and the shell liner for selectively shielding the front opening of the shell.

Abstract: A protective pad to be placed to protect a part of a person's body from injury due to impacts includes two layers of foamed polyethylene spaced a distance apart from each other and a layer of foamed polystyrene granules interposed between the two polyethylene layers. Also included is a garment for securing the protective pad in a position adjacent the part of the person's body subject to injury from impact. The securing apparatus may be a hip garment to protect the hips of a wearer that includes a piece of fabric to fit around the hips of the wearer and pockets attached to the fabric, the pockets holding the protective pad. The protective pad may also be used in a chest garment to protect the chest of a wearer.

Abstract: Embodiments of a safety enhanced motorcycle helmet provide enhanced cushioning to protect sensitive areas of the user's head. In each embodiment, a high density foam material is provided just under the thick outer shell of the helmet. The various embodiments contemplate embedding of various designs of low density foam materials within the high density foam layer. Embodiments include strips of low density foam, low density cylindrical foam plugs, channels formed within the high density foam layer and containing low density foam balls, and low density foam wedge plugs.

Abstract: A helmet shell, particularly a face mask for ice-hockey goal tenders, has an impact-absorbing padding adapted to the individual shape of the wearer's head. A padding blank is first cut from a sheet of thermoplastic material of suitable hardness and the blank is heated to a temperature at which it softens so as to become easily shaped. The blank is then placed in the helmet shell and the shell is placed on the head of the intended wearer and pressed down against the head with a force sufficient for the blank to be brought to the shape of the head and of the helmet shell. This force is maintained until the blank cools to a temperature at which the material retains its shape, whereafter the padding is affixed to the helmet shell with the aid of fasteners applied to the helmet shell and/or the padding.

Abstract: A collapsible helmet including a left arched member and a right arched member, each of the left and right arched members has a front portion and a rear portion, the front portions of the left and right arched members being hingedly attached at a front attachment point and the rear portions of the left and right arched members being hingedly attached at a rear attachment point, thereby forming a substantially elliptic headcover surrounding the left and the right head hemispheres of a wearer when the helmet being deployed in its operative position, and a middle arched member, the middle arched member has a front portion and a rear portion, the front portion of the middle arched member being hingedly attached at the front attachment point to the left and right arched members, the rear portion of the middle arched member being hingedly attached at the rear attachment point to the left and right arched members, the middle arched member extending longitudinally across the crown of a wearer when the helmet being dep

Abstract: A helmet that prevents catastrophic neck injuries; in the preferred embodiment, for hockey, a high-impact plastic casing is snugged on top of the player's head by cantilever supports from the inside sides of the casing; a flange at the bottom of the casing is formed so that a collision such as a head-on collision on top of the head will drive the helmet into contact with the torso, thus transmitting all collision force to the torso. The top of the helmet is high enough that the top of the head does not contact the underside of the top of the helmet under the peak collision force. Further, in the most dangerous high-incident-angle collisions, a tip projecting rearwards from the top of the helmet, in conjunction with rollers on the top surface, act to position the helmet for symmetrical transmission of force axially.

Abstract: An improved cooling apparatus for a protective helmet is disclosed. The cooling apparatus employs hook and loop fastener strips to secure the bladder to the helmet padding. The bladder is filled with a breakable pouch of encapsulated ammonium salt surrounded by water. An annular chamber in the bladder allows free communication of the cooling medium within the chamber to allow for differnet heat loads at different areas of the bladder.

Abstract: A protective headgear assembly for use by personnel required to use sighting devices in which a close-fitting helmet carries impact-resistant, energy-absorbing material over that portion covering the wearer's nape, crown and side head portions over the ears but which is free of such material in the frontal portion which covers the wearer's forehead to permit the wearer to bring his eye into close proximity with a sighting device. A separable body of impact-resisant, energy-absorbing material is removably positioned over the helmet frontal portion by detachable fasteners which secure the body to a soft cover on the helmet where the wearer desires only bump protection or by a separable part of a two-part ballistic shell attached to the helmet where the wearer desires both bump and ballistic protection. The helmet can be adapted for use by non-sighter personnel by using either a unitary soft cover or a unitary ballistic shell to position the separable body on the helmet.

Abstract: An impact attenuation liner assembly is provided for use in an outer shell of a protective helmet. The liner assembly includes an impact cap formed from a resilient, heat-resistant material, such as expanded polypropylene. The impact cap defines a head receiving cavity and includes a plurality of passageways extending therethrough. A suspension system is also provided and comprises a plurality of straps disposed within the head receiving cavity. The straps have end portions, each of which extends through a different one of the passageways in the impact cap. Ribs are located on the exterior surface of the impact cap for securing the end portions to the impact cap. Tape extending about a peripheral portion of the exterior surface of the cap is also provided for securing the ribs in recesses formed in the exterior surface of the cap.

Abstract: An adjustable protective helmet having a substantially rigid outer bowl-shaped shell sized larger that the user's head, and having inner padding inside of the shell sized to fit on the user's head but with a looser fit than desired. The adjustment structure includes a flexible strap extended through circumferentially spaced slots in the shell to extend both inside of and outside of the shell, to its ends outside of the shell sized to overlap one another. A rivet secures the underlying strap end to the shell. The padding between the shell slots is free from connection with the shell, and the strap in this region overlies the padding between the padding and shell and is secured to the padding. Quick release fastening pads on the overlapping strap ends allow them to be releasibly secured together. The strap can thus be tightened via the overlying strap end from outside of the shell and connected to the underlying strap end to establish the helmet fit desired.

Abstract: A high performance sport safety helmet. The helmet is formed by an outer shell adapted for fitting upon a wearer's head, with a frontal periphery defining a centrally arched portion forming a front opening exposing the face and a major portion of the forehead of the wearer. The shell further has a base periphery defining an arcuate base opening for receiving the wearer's neck. A flexible resilient expandable front band is secured to and extends across the front opening of the shell with a substantial portion of the band lying below the centrally arched portion. The band snugly engages and substantially completely covers the forehead of the wearer. An articulated shell liner is secured to and covers the inner surface of the shell. The liner is partially separable and non-detachable from the shell. A visor is pivotally secured to the shell and nestable between the shell and the shell liner for selectively shielding the front opening of the shell.

Abstract: A new and improved protective cap apparatus includes a first padding assembly which is adapted to fit onto a person's head, especially a child's. The first padding assembly includes a circular padding band adapted to fit circumferentially around a person's head in a horizontal orientation. The first padding assembly includes a plurality of semi-circular padding bands. Each respective semi-circular padding band includes a respective end portion which is connected to the circular padding band, such that each semi-circular padding band extends diametrically across the circular padding band forming a vertically oriented semi-circular arch. The respective semi-circular padding bands arc oriented with respect to each other such that the semi-circular padding bands overlap each other at a ninety degree angle. The circular padding band includes a stretchable portion which is capable of stretching to accommodate the first padding assembly to a variety of sizes of persons heads.

Abstract: A safety helmet comprises hard internal and external shells and a shock-absorbent insert. The internal shell forms at its lower edge and on the outside thereof an upwardly-opening trough in which the insert is inserted. The free edge of the trough joins with the lower edge of the external shell above the bottom of the trough. The two shells, together with the insert, form ventilation openings which are lined by portions of the two shells. The main portion of the internal shell is embedded into the soft-bodied insert, so that it is mainly the insert that contacts the wearer's head, but for the rim portion thereof where the internal shell still surrounds the bottom edge of the insert.

Abstract: A method forms a helmet liner which during its formation is fitted to the head of the user, by forming an inflatable liner element of extensible sheet material approximately conforming to the shape of the interior surface of a helmet shell, providing the element with respective foam filling and vent passages, the vent passages serving to expel air from the liner as foam filling proceeds, mounting the liner element in the helmet on the head of the user, supplying foam to the foam filling passages to inflate the liner element, expel air therefrom and conform the element at an outer surface to the shape of the interior surface of the helmet shell and at an inner surface to the shape of the head of the user, allowing time for curing of the foam admitted to the liner element, and severing parts of the vent and foam filling passages projecting from the liner. The liner element can embrace a forehead portion only of the head of the user or a further element which embraces a rear part of the head can be added.

Abstract: A cranial remodeling orthosis is shaped to extend across the top of the head with depending regions closely confining the temporal bone regions and the mastoid process regions of the cranium. The orthosis is self-suspending and preferably includes an elastic band for imparting ear-to-ear rigidity to the device.

Abstract: A hat of the type having an adjustable headband is provided with a safety liner which includes a lower edge received in the headband. The safety liner has adjustment means for allowing the length of the lower edge to be reduced in response to a circumferentially applied force of the headband. The safety liner includes cut-out sections and is designed to only partially encircle the head of a wearer. A large cutout is provided for location at the rear of the head of a wearer.

Abstract: A safety helmet comprises hard internal and external shells and a shock-absorbent insert. The internal shell forms at its lower edge and on the outside thereof an upwardly-opening trough in which the insert is inserted. The free edge of the trough joins with the lower edge of the external shell above the bottom of the trough. The two shells, together with the insert, form ventilation openings which are lined by portions of the two shells. In one embodiment, the internal shell lines all of the interior face of the helmet. In another embodiment, the main portion of the internal shell is embedded into the soft-bodied insert, so that it is mainly the insert that contacts the wearer's head, but for the rim portion thereof where the internal shell still surrounds the bottom edge of the insert.

Abstract: A cushioned helmet includes an outer shell formed of a generally rigid body construction defining a full-face construction to include a facial opening directed therethrough. The shell includes a cushion outer liner coextensive with an interior surface of the shell, with an inner lining spaced therefrom to define a pneumatic chamber therebetween coextensively directed throughout the interior surface of the shell. A pump bladder is arranged to permit selective pneumatic filling of the pneumatic chamber, with a pressure relief valve arranged to permit selective release of pressurized air relative to the pneumatic chamber and the helmet construction. A modification of the invention includes "U" shaped cushion inserts arranged for positioning within the shell in contiguous communcation with the inner lining to provide for enhanced protection and accommodate various sized configurations of individuals wearing the helmet.

Abstract: There is described herein an integral motorcyclist helmet which is provided with means adapted to prevent fogging of the visor thereof.The above means include substantially an air passage (6) provided inside the helmet, at the top edge of the opening thereof, and substantially defined by the opposed edges of a rigid material outer cap (A) and of a shock absorbing material inner cap (B). Passage (6), which is supplied with air entering through an air intake (8) located on the helmet chinpiece, is in communication with channels (5) provided on inner cap (B), which are terminated inside a vacuum collection chamber (2) from which air and humidity are drawn out of the helmet through openings (15) provided in outer cap (A).

Abstract: An improved fireman's helmet is disclosed which includes an outer shell, a compressible, non-resilient foam liner, and an inner shell of hemispherical shape conforming to the foam liner. An annularly extending channel of generally U-shaped cross-section is integrally formed on and around an outer edge portion of the inner liner into which an edge portion of the foam liner is disposed. A series of flexible, stretchable, resilient crossing one another at an apex, extend radially outwardly and downwardly from the apex and extend under and across the channel, thence upwardly between the liner and the outer shell to connections on distal end portions thereof with rigid, non-resilient, incompressible anchors resting on a floor of the channel. The anchors are disposed within open slots formed in and around outer surface portions of the liner.

Abstract: A protective hat comprises a shell having a visor in which the underside of the visor is molded with a textured surface that diffuses reflected light.

Abstract: As improved protective helmet assembly including an outer shell and an inner impact attenuation liner assembly wherein a chinstrap assembly is mounted to the inner impact attenuation liner assembly and the inner impact attenuation liner assembly is mounted within the outer impact shell to detach under predetermined load conditions from the outer impact shell.

Abstract: A protective helmet and liner therefor includes a sheet of sound deadening material which fits between impact force absorbing pad structures disposed on the interior of the protective helmet.

Abstract: A single piece, high impact resistant plastic foam helmet having a truncated teardrop shape for aerodynamic efficiency is provided. The helmet design incorporates three ridges centered across the upper front portion of the helmet causing airflow over the helmet to separate from the rear surface of the helmet prior to the onset of turbulence resulting in minimized buffeting of the helmet and reduced drag. A combination of buffeting and a unique retention strap adjustment clip result in greater stability of the helmet on a user's head.

Abstract: A protective helmet employs an inflatable bladder on the interior of the helmet. The inflatable bladder has cells that extend to the lower rear octants of the wearers head and also to either the crown or upper front octants of the wearers head. The cells are inflatable through a single valve and properly secure the helmet to the wearers head during use. In the preferred embodiment, the helmet is fully lined with resilient material interposed between the bladder and the wearer's head.

Abstract: A safety helmet comprises a main body, an overbody spaced from the main body to form an air space between the two, an inner body within the main body, primary air vent apertures extending upwardly and outwardly through the inner and main bodies to the air space, and secondary air vent apertures extending upwardly and outwardly through the overbody, so that both the air within the main body, and within the air space between the main and over bodies, will vent by convection when heated.

Abstract: A cushioned helmet structure comprising a helmet shell and liner; and a multiplicity of flexible fins carried by the helmet and projecting generally inwardly relative to the liner to resiliently deflect in bending when receiving loading imposed by the user's head received within the helmet.

Abstract: A helmet with an interior element which fits around the head. The interior element has space therein adjacent the front of the head in order to ensure that there is less pressure on the front hair by the interior element and good air circulation inside the helmet, so that the hair is less disheveled and has less of a steamed look when the helmet is worn.

Abstract: Safety helmet for motor-cyclists and the like, provided at the top of its cap with at least one air intake, above which an aerodynamic, shaped guide fin is installed, which determines a suction of air from the interior of the helmet, between said aerodynamic guide fin and the external surface of the cap an adjustable slider element being provided, which is suitably shaped and positioned, and acts both as a baffle plate, and as a shutter for controlling the air flow.

Abstract: In a fireman's helmet of the type having an outer shell and an impact resistant inner shell and a liner which has an upper band portion and an apron portion extending a substantial distance below the upper portion, the improvement wherein the upper band portion of the liner is arranged to extend around a lower marginal portion of the inner shell and is clamped between the lower marginal edge portion and an opposing face of the outer shell to be retained therebetween. A suspension anchor is provided for securing the head mounting harness to the impact resistant inner shell which comprises a short strap of a substantially rigid material having a sufficient length to extend through a mounting loop formed at the end of a web of the mounting harness. The short strap has a pair of anchoring legs projecting therefrom at opposite ends thereof which have sufficient length to project into the body of the inner shell to anchor the harness which is supported by the short strap in use.

Abstract: A full face type helmet having a shock absorbing liner disposed throughout the entire inner surface of a cap and an inner pad mounted inside the shock absorbing liner. Right and left cheek pad portions each comprising integral portions of the shock absorbing liner and the inner pad are removable through elastic members.

Abstract: A safety cap is provided to be worn on the head of a diver such as a scuba diver or snorkelor, for protection against contusions, abrasions, incisions, lacerations and the like. The safety cap comprises an exterior, unitary shell of part-spherical configuration made of flexible plastic, to provide a smooth outer surface. The flexible plastic is of sufficient strength to resist small impact loads. A continuous interior liner of open cell foam is secured within the exterior shell to act as padding and to provide a thermally protective layer for the diver's head. A pair of straps are provided, each one being secured to a side of the shell. Each strap is of a length and provided with securing means respectively for looping and securing about a proximal portion of a head strap of diver's face mask or goggles when worn by the diver. The cap is easy to wear and provides significantly improved protection for divers against minor, low impact head injuries.

Abstract: A padding element suitable for use in a crash helmet having a plurality of padding elements including a plurality of first deformable blisters interconnected together in sets, and containing a fluid which is in a saturated vapor state when the helmet has been worn for a sufficient time to raise its fluid temperature to a temperature approaching normal body temperature. It is contemplated that the fluid contained in the first deformable blisters preferably includes a mixture of Freon MF and Freon TF with the proportion of Freon MF being in the range of 20% to 50% by volume liquid.

Abstract: A flexible helmet for armored vehicle crewmen which has a plurality of adjustable straps which position ear shells and ear seals and a unitary impact-absorbing pad which forms a virtually continuous layer of protection while conforming to the head of the wearer.

Abstract: The jaw pad is formed of resilient material having a uniform thickness and formed in a curved shape corresponding to the curvature of the earflaps of the headgear. Four female snap members are secured to its back face, capable of engaging the three male snap members formed on both the left hand and right hand earflaps such that the jaw pad can be used on both the left and right sides of the headgear.

Abstract: In a fireman's helmet of the type having an outer shell and an impact resistent inner shell and a liner which has an upper band portion and an apron portion extending a substantial distance below the upper portion, the improvement wherein the upper band portion of the liner is arranged to extend around a lower marginal portion of the inner shell and is clamped between the lower marginal edge portion and an opposing face of the outer shell to be retained therebetween. A suspension anchor is provided for securing the head mounting harness to the impact resistant inner shell which comprises a short strasp of a substantially rigid material having a sufficient length to extend through a mounting loop formed at the end of a web of the mounting harness. The short strap has a pair of anchoring legs projecting therefrom at opposite ends thereof which have sufficient length to project into the body of the inner shell to anchor the harness which is supported by the short strap in use.

Abstract: A helmet has a cap body is constituted by a shell. A buffer liner is mounted on an inner surface of the shell. A flexible top pad is disposed on a ceiling portion of an inner peripheral surface of the buffer liner, while a flexible fitted pad is disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the buffer liner excluding the ceiling portion. An air intake hole is made in a front wall of the cap body to penetrate the front wall. A through hole, which is connected to the air intake hole, is provided in the fitted pad. An inner opening of the through hole is covered with an air-permeable lining adhered to an inner surface of the fitted pad. A vertically extending elongated hole is provided in the fitted pad as the through hole, and a ventilation groove is provided in the top pad along an extension of the elongated hole.

Abstract: The helmet may be secured to the wearer's head by an armor the two ends (14-15) of the pair of "V" shaped branches of which are anchored to two opposite points on the rear lateral part of the helmet to form, substantially an arched element apt to engage with the user's nape, while the free end of the third branch is anchored substantially to a mid point (30) of the helmet's rear edge.Said armor can be obtained with a pair of straps (12-13) made of flexible deformable material located above or within the usual nape protecting pad (10). Alternatively, the armor may consist of a frame (40) made of plastic material secured to the edge of the helmet's opening and incorporated in the nape protecting pad itself.

Abstract: A safety helmet for motorcycle drivers or the like includes a helmet shell which is open at the chin of the user and has a shock-absorbing inner lining, and a folding portion which is swivelably and removably connected to the helmet shell. The folding portion forms a chin protector composed of outer shell and inner lining and includes a visor. The chin protector rests at least in its lower portion against corresponding end faces of the helmet shell. The folding portion is held so as to be in contact with the helmet shell through holding means which are displaceable against a spring load. The folding portion extends at least essentially over the forward half of the helmet and is hinged to the helmet shell so as to be releaseable only in a predetermined swivel position. The visor is hinged to the inside of the folding portion which extends over the front half of the helmet.

Abstract: An emergency safety helmet is provided in which the entire electrical circuitry is carried within the safety helmet for powering and controlling a strobe light thereon which projects light beams therefrom while freeing hands of a wearer of the safety helmet for doing other types of work.

Abstract: A headgear cushion (18) having a closed-cell foam core coated with a non-allergenic vinyl/nitrile composition. A powdered carbon is mixed with the vinyl/nitrile composition to provide a dark color. Pressure responsive material (28, 30) is adhered to the coated foam core (20, 26) and made removably attachable to a headgear (10).

Abstract: A lightweight protective headgear having ventilating qualities and having an outer shell, an elastomeric liner with a plurality of elastomeric members arranged with airspace therebetween and a porous material to keep the wearer's hair from filling the airspace between said elastomeric members. The elastomeric members have a base and a surface tapering towards a truncated apex and are arranged in a loosely fitted side by side pattern with their small ends directed axially inward for engaging the head of a wearer and with their large ends engaging the inside of the outer shell. The elastomeric members vary in height to conform the liner to the wearer's head and are arranged along the inside of the outer shell in front to back rows having greater spacing between the rows than between the elastomeric members in the rows.

Abstract: This perspiration band provides for more comfortable wearing and non-allergic reaction for its user, when attached to the existing band of a safety hat or other headgear. Primarily, it consists of a washable terrycloth strip, which includes snap fasteners for attachment to the existing hat band.

Abstract: A protective helmet adapted for distributing cooled air to the head of a son comprising an outer shell and an inner lining of open cell foam. A cool air inlet conducts cooled air into the capillary system of the open cell foam where it is distributed throughout the volume of the foam. The cool air exits a multiplicity of pores in the surface of the foam in a randomly oriented fashion, providing cooled air substantially evenly distributed over the head.