Heat Resistant Patents (Class 2/7)
  • Patent number: 10694801
    Abstract: An electronic motorcycle helmet. The electronic motorcycle helmet includes a helmet having an aperture therein that can receive a head therethrough. A visor is disposed on a front side of the helmet and a display is disposed on an interior surface of the visor. A microprocessor, including a logic that receives a command input directed to one of a plurality of subsystems, toggles the subsystem between an activated state and a deactivated state, and displays a status window on the display corresponding to the subsystem. The plurality of subsystems includes a plurality of cameras disposed about the helmet, wherein each of the cameras is operably connected to the display and can apply a low-light filter for low-light conditions. Other subsystems include a wireless transmitter to wirelessly communicate with an external device, a GPS system, and a battery disposed at a lower edge of the rear side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Inventor: Bruce Cooke
  • Patent number: 10386799
    Abstract: Provided is a method and system which uses a 3D additive manufacturing system having more than a single 3D additive manufacturing subsystem. The operation employs a set of control files including a first control file with part names and method names which correspond to particular ones of the part names. Additional files in the set of control files include a plurality of method control files, describing the methods named in the first control file. The method control files are configured to include (i) control parameter names, and (ii) values associated with the parameter names.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Steven E. Ready
  • Patent number: 10299525
    Abstract: Air from a heating or cooling unit stored in a backpack is blown by a fan into an extendable tube and through a delivery tube to deliver heated or cooled air to wearer. The delivery tube can be run into a hat, helmet, or cap to heat or cool the head of the wearer. Alternatively, the delivery tube can bifurcate to create a yoke from which two perforated delivery tubes extend that run over the shoulders of the wearer beneath their clothes to deliver heated or cooled air. The extendable tube allows the wearer to move freely, turning their head side to side or nodding up and down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Buckman
  • Patent number: 10285465
    Abstract: A cap for accommodating objects in an imperceptible manner, having elements in common with the sport-type caps, namely a visor, a body formed by a front panel and one or more rear and lateral panels, and a hatband. The cap has a pocket inside, formed by one or more internal panels, having a pocket opening, and a flap is positioned on top of the internal panels, in order to cover the pocket opening. In addition, the flap has a small sub-pocket sewn into the internal side. The space inside the pocket is delimited by the visor, the front panel, the internal panels and the hatband. In this way, the pocket can store, inter alia, spectacles, keys, cigarettes and lighters, while the sub-pocket can store, inter alia, coins, notes and cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Inventor: Roberto Diez De Sollano Díaz
  • Patent number: 9468249
    Abstract: A helmet including a shell and a support system is provided. The shell includes an outer surface and an inner surface. The support system includes a base and a plurality of hollow cells extending outward from the base. The support system substantially conforms to the shell inner surface. The cells are segmented into a plurality of regions wherein the cells within each of the regions are coupled together in flow communication via a plurality of channels extending therebetween. At least one cell within a first region is coupled in flow communication to at least one cell within a second region to enable fluid to be selectively transferred from at least some of the cells in the first region to at least some of the cells in the second region to facilitate reducing an amount of energy induced to a wearer of the helmet following an impact to the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Inventors: Janice Geraldine Fraser, Robert B. Reeser, III
  • Patent number: 9414633
    Abstract: Systems and methods for attaching an accessory to a helmet. A helmet accessory mounting interface may be attached to a receptacle. The receptacle may be removably or permanently received by a carrier. The carrier may be attached to a helmet having a particular shape and size. The carrier also may be configured to receive any selected type of a plurality of receptacle types which, in turn, corresponds to a particular mounting interface for a helmet accessory. The receptacle may be receivable, in some embodiments removably, by any one of a number of different types of carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Revision Military S.a.r.L.
    Inventors: Dominic Giroux Bernier, Stéphane Lebel, Marie-Pierre Gendron
  • Patent number: 9179724
    Abstract: A wearable sombrero-style hat with a refillable reservoir is disclosed. The sombrero-style, or type, hat has a generally conical crown with an opening at the top of the conical crown. The opening allows the use of a reservoir that is adapted for insertion through the opening in the conical crown. The reservoir also includes an upper end with a fill neck that has a cantilevered collar or protrusion that extend from the fill neck in a generally radial manner. The collar or protrusions engages the edge of the edge of the opening at the top of the generally conical crown to support the fill neck at or near the top of the conical crown, while the lower end and outlet of the reservoir are positioned below the fill neck, and thus allow the connection of a dispensing tube to the outlet of the reservoir, and thus allow the user to drink from the reservoir through the dispensing tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Inventors: Troy Schultz, Neil James Rooney
  • Patent number: 8898821
    Abstract: Flame resistant fabrics are formed by warp and fill yarns having different fiber contents. The fabrics are constructed, for example, by selection of a suitable weaving pattern, such that the body side of the fabric and the face side of the fabric have different properties. The fabrics described herein can be printable and dyeable on both sides of the fabric and are suitable for use in military and industrial garments. Methods of forming flame resistant fabrics, and methods for forming garments from the fabrics, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Southern Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. Stanhope, Charles S. Dunn, Matthew Lucius Colatruglio
  • Patent number: 8522418
    Abstract: A protective helmet includes an outer shell having a generally dome-shaped section and a brim extending outwardly from the dome-shaped section. The dome-shaped section and the brim are formed from a thermoplastic material. The helmet further includes a brim support in operative connection with at least a portion of the brim. The brim support is formed from a material that is more heat resistant than the thermoplastic material. The brim support is sufficiently rigid to limit deformation of the brim upon exposure to high temperature. The brim support material can, for example, have a melting point above 500° F. A method of limiting high-temperature deformation in a helmet includes molding an outer shell of the helmet to consist essentially of thermoplastic material, the outer shell comprising a generally dome-shaped portion and a brim extending outwardly from the dome-shaped section by at least 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Mine Safety Appliances Company
    Inventor: F. Joseph Hersick
  • Publication number: 20130205462
    Abstract: The clothing having a frontal land and a rear land includes: a thermal storage unit provided on at least one portion of the frontal land of the clothing; and a planar thermoconductive sheet located in a planar between the frontal land and the rear land, the planar thermoconductive sheet having a thermal conduction path to the thermal storage unit, and the planar thermoconductive sheet being higher in thermoconductivity than the frontal land and the rear land. The planar thermoconductive sheet includes a resin component and graphite particles. Basal plane of each graphite particle is parallel to the direction of the plane of the planar thermoconductive sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Panasonic Corporation
  • Patent number: 8464362
    Abstract: A protective helmet includes an outer shell having a generally dome-shaped section and a brim extending outwardly from the dome-shaped section. The dome-shaped section and the brim are formed from a thermoplastic material. The helmet further includes a brim support in operative connection with at least a portion of the brim. The brim support is formed from a material that is more heat resistant than the thermoplastic material. The brim support is sufficiently rigid to limit deformation of the brim upon exposure to high temperature. The brim support material can, for example, have a melting point above 500° F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Mine Safety Appliances Company
    Inventor: F. Joseph Hersick
  • Patent number: 8387162
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hinge coupling structure usable with a welding mask, a face shield or a safety helmet, which serves to connect either side of a protective mask, configured to cover a welder's face along with a viewing window, to a corresponding end of a head band used to assist a welder in wearing the protective mask. The hinge coupling structure includes a rail longitudinally provided at the head band, a slider coupled to the rail so as to be moved forward or rearward in a longitudinal direction of the rail, and a hinge unit coupled to the protective mask while being coupled to the slider interposed therebetween. The hinge coupling structures enables distance adjustment between the protective mask and the welder's face in a state in which the head band is worn on the head, which provides more convenient wearing of the protective mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Otos Wing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Moon Young Huh
  • Patent number: 8336113
    Abstract: An improved welding helmet encloses a welders head and a portion of the neck. The helmet contains a fan, filter and thermoelectric cooling module to provide clean, cool air that reduces welding fume levels below suggested maximums and provides cool air to the welders head and neck area making their body feel cooler. Air exhausted from the helmet is captured and further utilized to significantly improve system efficiency by causing it to be in contact with the hot side heat sink that is a part of the thermoelectric cooling module assembly. The use of an external power source, including readily available welding power, is suggested as one option for supplying system power. An optional configuration is presented where an external container strapped to the welders body is employed containing the fan, air filter and thermoelectric cooling module and is connected to the helmet by cool air intake and exhaust air hoses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Inventor: Gerald Daniel Uttrachi
  • Patent number: 8225420
    Abstract: A helmet heat shield affixed over the top of a helmet of the type worn by riders of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, bicycles, and other similar open-air vehicles. The inner surface of the heat shield conforms to the contour and shape of the upper portion of the helmet and further, provides an air gap between the helmet and the heat shield. A radiant barrier attached to the inner surface of the heat shield assists in dissipating heat away from the helmet surface. The air gap also permits air to circulate through freely, thereby significantly reducing the heat transfer to the exterior surface and interior of the helmet. The heat shield may be manufactured as an integral part of the helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Inventor: Howard R. Keillor
  • Patent number: 8225428
    Abstract: A protective hood for use by a firefighter or other emergency worker. The hood includes a crown portion to cover the top of a wearer's head, the crown portion being made from a material having a primary stretch direction oriented to extend in a transverse, ear-to-ear, direction across the top of a wearer's head; and a lower portion that extends downward from the crown portion, the lower portion being made from a material having a primary stretch direction oriented to extend in a circumferential direction around a wearer's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: William L. Grilliot, Mary I. Grilliot, William L. Grilliot, Jr., Patricia K. Waters
  • Patent number: 8156570
    Abstract: The lack of air flow under body armor, helmets, and thick garments can lead to excessive moisture build up and discomfort on the wearers body due to lack of heat removal and effective evaporation of sweat. By incorporating wick covered heat pipes or thermal conductors with air flow channels in the apparel contact area between the garments, helmets, and body armor the effectiveness air flow cooling and evaporation of sweat can be restored. Humidity or temperature auto-actuated bi-material valves are used to control this air-moisture-heat flow to achieve a controlled comfortable humidity-temperature environment and avoid excessive cooling. Supplementary air pumps, filters, dehydrators, fluid pumps, heating fluids, and cooling fluids may be incorporated to enhance the effectiveness. Biocides and hydrophilic materials are also incorporated on the wick coverings to avoid biological growth and maintain performance to achieve a healthy environment for the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Inventor: Robert G. Hockaday
  • Patent number: 8104094
    Abstract: This invention defines a welding helmet that encloses a welders head on five sides and with an optional skirt covers their neck. The helmet contains a fan, filter and cooling module to provide clean cool air that reduces welding fume levels in the breathing zone below suggested maximums. By providing cool air to the welders head and neck area their whole body will feel cooler. It suggests the use of an external power source to provide the energy required to have a fan of sufficient capacity to draw air thorough a quality filter so potentially hazardous constituents of welding fumes are captured. This externally supplied power allows the required cooling capacity thermal electric cooling modules to be used to significantly lower the ambient air temperature. This helmet allows the welding operator to have sufficient cooling to improve their overall work environment for one of the most objectionable welding issues, excess heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Inventor: Gerald Daniel Uttrachi
  • Publication number: 20110231977
    Abstract: A helmet air conditioning unit configured for operation with a helmet having air flow spaces within an interior space thereof, the helmet air conditioning unit including an electrical ventilating fan with a housing portion having one or more exhaust ports positionable in fluid communication with the air flow spaces within the interior space of the helmet; a battery power supply connected to energize the fan; a solar power supply coupled to recharge the power battery supply; and a fan controller coupled for actuating the fan for generating a pressurized air flow at the one or more exhaust ports of the housing portion of the fan, whereby the pressurized air flow is directed through the one or more exhaust ports of the housing portion of the fan when the fan is actuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Charles J. Rupnick, Daniel Bacon, Jesse Harrison
  • Publication number: 20110214213
    Abstract: A protective headgear assembly for preventing burns to the skin that may include an outer layer of a burn-proof material that has a top end, a bottom end, and a pair of enlarged regions. The assembly may include an inner layer that has a thermal insulating material barrier that has an inner top end, an inner bottom end, and a pair of inner enlarged regions. The inner layer may be connected to the outer layer along the corresponding top end, the bottom end, and the pair of enlarged regions. There may be a void space configured between the outer layer and the inner layer, the void space having an elastomer disposed therein. The pair of enlarged regions may be configured for protecting the entirety of a user's ears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Nikki Alexis Foreman, Pamela R. Nelson, Kayley Marie Hoag, Karen St. Denis
  • Patent number: 7921473
    Abstract: The head cooling apparatus is housed in a case removably fitted within an existing hat crown of a hat, without structural modification to the hat. The case has a plurality of air vents including an intake and a trio of vents which direct air across a hat wearer's head. The fan within the case is adjacent to the intake. The non-evaporative refreezable cooling cartridge is removably fitted within the case. The switched power source within the case is in communication with the fan and a power source. The fan forces air into the intake, across the cooling cartridge and out the vents toward a wearer's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Inventor: Tyler D. Winters
  • Publication number: 20100288273
    Abstract: A firefighter's fire resistant hood designed for attachment to a firefighter's fire resistant mask using a fastening means to form a seal between the firefighter's fire resistant hood and firefighter's fire resistant mask thereby preventing injury to the firefighter's head, face, neck, shoulders and back. The firefighter's fire resistant hood comprises a head portion and a shoulder portion. The head portion has a face opening. The inner periphery of the face opening contains a securing means to interface with another securing means on the mask element thus removably attaching the two elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventor: Jacob Sandlin
  • Patent number: 7802318
    Abstract: A helmet includes a helmet body, and a cooling fan device mounted in the helmet body to introduce an ambient air into the helmet body. The cooling fan device includes a support base, a cooling fan, a battery, and a control switch. Thus, the cooling fan is operated to introduce the ambient air through the vent hole of the helmet body into the helmet body to provide ventilating and radiating effects to a user wearing the helmet body so as to provide a comfortable sensation to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Inventor: Chun-Nan Chen
  • Publication number: 20100186135
    Abstract: A helmet heat shield affixed over the top of a helmet of the type worn by riders of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, bicycles, and other similar open-air vehicles. The inner surface of the heat shield conforms to the contour and shape of the upper portion of the helmet and further, provides an air gap between the helmet and the heat shield. A radiant barrier attached to the inner surface of the heat shield assists in dissipating heat away from the helmet surface. The air gap also permits air to circulate through freely, thereby significantly reducing the heat transfer to the exterior surface and interior of the helmet. The heat shield may be manufactured as an integral part of the helmet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventor: Howard R. Keillor
  • Patent number: 7721349
    Abstract: A system for cooling the skin of a human or animal user includes thermally conductive elements (120) with fluid-wicking surfaces (124), ways to flexibly interconnect the elements, methods for storing a cooling fluid and distributing it to elements (120), and ways to maintain elements (120) in contact with a user's skin. When at least portions of the elements (120) are in contact with a user's skin and at least portions of the element surfaces are wet with fluid, the evaporation of fluid from the surfaces transports heat from the user's skin into the surrounding air, thereby cooling the user. More powerful embodiments further include an air space (165) parallel and adjacent to the user's skin into which elements (120) penetrate, and a fan for moving air through the air space (165), thereby speeding the evaporation of fluid from the surfaces of the elements (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Inventor: Ted Nathan Strauss
  • Patent number: 7658464
    Abstract: A system for creating a three dimensional, printed structure comprising a plurality of layers. The system comprises: a plurality of printheads arranged in groups, the printheads in each group being configured to print voxels of material to define a respective layer of the structure, wherein a first portion of the printheads print a structure material forming the structure and wherein a second portion of the printheads print a sacrificial material to thereby form a void in the structure; and a substrate configured to be operatively displaced with respect to each group so that printed voxels from each successive group can form successive layers of the structure upon the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Kia Silverbrook
  • Publication number: 20090260122
    Abstract: A layer structure for insulating thermal source includes a gel layer having two opposite faces each sequentially having an absorbent layer and a non woven material layer applied thereon. The layer structure is crisscross stitched such that multiple stitch lines are crisscross formed on the outer periphery of the layer structure for enhancing the layer structure. The absorbent layer is made of super absorbent polymer (SAP). The SAP is white or primrose neutral particle without toxicity and smell. The absorbent principle of the SAP is different from that of the foam rubber, the absorbent cotton or the like. The absorbent ability of the SAP is related to a chemical reaction such that the SAP is hard to be dehydrated due to an external force when the SAP absorbs water and forms an expanded gel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Chin-Chu Chang, Nai-Sung Wen, Chin-Shu Wen
  • Publication number: 20090255025
    Abstract: A safety helmet including a crown sized for receiving a head of a wearer, a lid projecting from the crown and a fan pivotably movable relative to the lid for movement in fore, aft, left and right directions relative to said lid. Clockwise movement in an aft direction can result in the fan directing air to an area at or near the face of the wearer. Counterclockwise movement in a fore direction can result in the fan directing air away from the body of the wearer to remove unwanted dust particles, smoke and/or debris opening a path enabling the wearer to see without aid of safety eyewear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventor: Robert Ochoa
  • Patent number: 7565705
    Abstract: A garment is provided which is worn by a wearer and which actively cools the wearer. A heat transfer fluid pathway is provided which feeds the heat transfer fluid through a vest and cap or other heat transfer garment, where the heat transfer fluid draws heat away from the body of the wearer. The pathway is established between an inner layer proximate to the body of the wearer and an outer layer. Dots are provided which connect the inner layer and the outer layer together within the pathway. Fences are provided and borders to channel the heat transfer fluid along the pathway within the garment. A supply of elevated pressure air is optionally provided to maintain optimal contact for efficient heat transfer between the heat exchange fluid within the garment and the body of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: bioCOOL technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William Elkins, Kenneth L. Blanchard, Maurice Jordan
  • Patent number: 7509692
    Abstract: A heat transfer fluid pathway is provided driven by a pump which feeds the heat transfer fluid through a vest and cap or other heat transfer garment, where the heat transfer fluid draws heat away from the body of the wearer. A drinkable heat sink material is located within a removable cartridge located within a heat exchange pouch. The heat transfer fluid passes from the heat transfer garment to the heat exchange pouch where heat drawn from the wearer is transferred to the heat sink material within the cartridge. A temperature control valve is provided along with a bypass line so that an adjustable amount of the heat transfer fluid is routed to the heat exchange pouch for temperature control. A supply of elevated pressure air is optionally provided to maintain optimal contact for efficient heat transfer within the heat exchange garment and the heat exchange pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: bioCOOL technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William Elkins, Kenneth L. Blanchard, Maurice Jordan
  • Publication number: 20090025112
    Abstract: A protective hood, such as a firefighter's hood, has a scalp section, nape section, left, right and throat section, through which portions of a wearer's face are exposed. The scalp section and nape section are made from a heavier insulated fire resistant material, whereas the left, right and throat section are made from a lighter insulated fire resistant material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventor: Ralph Corsini
  • Patent number: 7464075
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for efficiently computing personalized rankings of web pages or other interconnected objects. The personalized rankings are produced by efficiently computing an approximation matrix to an ideal personalized page ranking matrix. The methods and systems provided herein can be used to produce search results with particular relevance to an individual searcher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Frank David McSherry, Demetrios Achlioptas
  • Publication number: 20080201813
    Abstract: A ventilating hood and a helmet with the ventilating hood consist of a helmet, a ventilating hood fixed on the top of the helmet and a warning light. The helmet has an air vent and an air exit on its top. The air guiding hood has an air entrance and an air exit respectively opened at its front side and rear side, and an accommodating chamber formed in its bottom to guide air current, able to keep a user free from closeness and discomfort. Also, the warning light installed behind the air-guiding hood can not only attract more attention, but also keep the helmet remained intact without damaging its structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventor: Po-Chou Yang
  • Patent number: 7219371
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat dissipating safety helmet comprising a shell, a liner and a strap. The shell comprises a top portion, a rim, and a visor outwardly extending from the rim, a plurality of spaced longitudinal strips connecting the top portion and the rim. The top portion, longitudinal strip and visor are integrally molded. There are transverse strips between the longitudinal strips, which are transversely interlaced with longitudinal strip. The helmet is weatherable, safe, air-permeable, heat dissipating, durable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Multi Polar Enterprises (Shen Zhen) Limited
    Inventor: Ying Liu
  • Patent number: 7161135
    Abstract: A multi-stage control for an auto-darkening lens includes a first detector to detect initiation of welding and a second detector to detect continuation of welding after welding has been initiated. The first detector has relatively low sensitivity and fast response time; and the second detector has relatively high sensitivity that can be altered as may be necessary, relatively slow response time to allow opportunity to determine whether welding is continuing as inputs indicative of welding, and adaptive filtering to filter ambient effects and the like from such inputs to avoid false detection of welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Lightswitch Safety Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: John D. Fergason
  • Patent number: 7111329
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, a system for head protection is provided. The system includes a helmet body defining at least one hole. The system also includes at least one reinforcement member coupled to the helmet body. The reinforcement member defines an aperture that at least partially aligns with the hole of the helmet body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Bell Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Stroud, David T. Debus
  • Patent number: 7107629
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is apparel that includes: (a) a heat exchanger adapted to be worn in close proximity to a portion of a body; (b) a garment adapted to cover the heat exchanger; and (c) a multiplicity of anchors that couple the heat exchanger and the garment at a multiplicity of anchor locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Coolsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. J. Miros, Tamara L. Schirrmacher
  • Patent number: 7043761
    Abstract: The present invention features a removable liner for headgear. The inventive liner is specifically configured for placement within a cap member, hat, or any sort of headwear for enhanced thermal comfort. The liner is comprised of two shell layers that are made from choice performance materials. The two constituent shells are formed together to provide localized climate control for the head of the wearer. A first inner shell, adapted for contact with the wearer, is an ultrathin, thermally reflective, synthetic, microfibrous fabric. This inner shell removes moisture and allows airflow (for heat and perspiration removal. The second, outer shell is a multi-membrane fabric, forms an insulative, breathable, windproof, waterproof layer that lies between the headgear and the first inner shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Inventor: Stephen L. Epling
  • Patent number: 7028344
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing an article associated with headgear that keeps the wearer's head both cool and cushioned from the interior harness of the headgear. The article is a system, liner or pad that is inserted into the headgear or coupled to the headgear harness for cooling and comfort, and includes a water absorbent polymer or other material contained within non-impervious pocket partitions attached to a concave disk of mesh fabric. The mesh fabric provides ventilation portions, which allow for the free flow of air and breathing of the wearer's scalp to facilitate the natural evaporation of perspiration. The article provides a cushion to the wearer's scalp from the abrasive effect of the webbing of the headgear harness. As the pocket partitions swell due to absorption of water by the polymer material, the pockets function as gel-like cushions or pads that protect the wearer's scalp. The article is held in place with small straps, Velcro® tabs, or other retention devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Inventor: Gregory T. Toth
  • Patent number: 6961963
    Abstract: A modular helmet system having a helmet base to protect from impacts the crown of a wearer's head and terminating basally in a rear rim and side rims; a C-shaped extension detachably connected to said rims to protect from impacts, when fitted to the helmet base, the base of a wearer's skull; and a crown comb detachably connected centrally over the crown of the helmet base. The helmet base is provided with ventilation windows centrally located over its crown. The comb covers and seals said ventilation windows. The comb is also employed to secure the extension in place, when fitted on the helmet base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Modular Helmet Systems Limited
    Inventor: Andrew MacPherson Rosie
  • Patent number: 6932150
    Abstract: A heat-dissipation device adopted for a safety helmet which includes a heat-transfer unit that functions as a heat pipe, a heat-dissipation unit connecting to the heat-transfer unit, a vent formed in a front of the heat-dissipation unit that can be closed and opened alternatively by a shutter unit in order to adjust the capacity of heat-dissipation thereof, and a covering unit made of insulative materials and spreading over the heat-dissipation unit. Whereby the heat-transfer unit provides a kind of two-phase flow that is capable of conducting heat rapidly, so as to remove heat gathered in the helmet and improve the comfort level for the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Lan-Kai Yeh, Ming-Jye Tsai, Che-Wei Lin, Shao-Wen Chen, Jin-Cherng Shyu
  • Patent number: 6867154
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to patterned, flame resistant fabrics and methods of making them. Generally speaking, the fabrics comprise a plurality of high tenacity, flame resistant fibers, and a plurality of cellulosic fibers containing a flame retardant compound, and at least one color which is printed on the fabric to form the pattern. In a preferred embodiment, the flame resistant fibers are para-aramid fibers and the cellulosic fibers are rayon fibers to yield a strong, flame resistant fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Southern Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Clyde C. Lunsford, Phillip H. Riggins, Michael T. Stanhope
  • Patent number: 6829784
    Abstract: A firefighting hood for protecting an individual from elements associated with a firefighting site. The firefighting hood includes a head portion, an inner bib portion, and an outer bib portion. The head portion is shaped to cover the individual's head, the inner bib portion extends downwardly from the head portion and is shaped to cover the individual's neck and a portion of the individual's torso, and the outer bib portion extends downwardly from the head portion and overlaps the inner bib portion such that the inner bib portion is positionable on an interior side of a protective garment while the outer bib portion is positionable over an exterior side of the protective garment to prevent objects from entering the protective garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Tayco
    Inventor: Rick A. Austin
  • Publication number: 20040187195
    Abstract: A safety helmet includes a hat having an arcuate, elongated recessed area defined in an inner face of the hat and a through hole defined through a periphery of the hat. A lining is detachably connected to the inner face of the hat so as to define an air duct inside the safety helmet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventor: Anthony Wang Lee
  • Patent number: 6772166
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for performing data mining applications in a relational database management system. An analytic algorithm for clustering is performed by the computer. The analytic algorithm for clustering includes SQL statements performed by the relational database management system for reducing data retrieved from the relational database in bulk, and programmatic iteration for operating on the reduced data to find clusters therein. The analytic algorithm for clustering creates at least one analytic model within the analytic logical data model from data residing in the relational database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: James Dean Hildreth
  • Patent number: 6760925
    Abstract: Air-conditioned hardhats cool the wearer's head. A motor and fan are attached to the top of the interior of a hardhat to blow air over a coolant reservoir onto the wearer's head. The coolant reservoir can be filled with coolant. The bottom of the coolant reservoir comprises an atomizer, which allows the coolant to evaporatively cool the wearer's head. The motor is powered by a solar cell and/or a rechargeable battery. The rechargeable battery may be charged by a battery charger that is connected to the solar cell and can be optionally connected to an electrical outlet by a charging cord. A switch allows the user to control whether the motor is powered or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Inventor: Milton L. Maxwell
  • Patent number: 6526585
    Abstract: A wet smoke mask for preventing the inhalation of smoke includes a first mask including a plate. The plate has size and shape for covering the face of user. The plate has an opening therein. The opening is positionable over the nose and mouth of a user. The plate has a pair of eye windows therein for seeing through the plate. A plurality of straps is attached to the first mask for removably securing the first plate to the head of a user of the device. A second mask includes an air permeable panel. The panel has a size adapted for covering the opening. A band is attached to opposite edges of the panel. The band comprises an elastic material. The second mask is positioned around the first mask such that the panel covers the opening. The panel is saturated with water before being positioned on the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Inventor: Elton E. Hill
  • Patent number: 6463589
    Abstract: A smoke-proof headgear has a headgear body. The headgear body is made of aluminumized oxide fiber cloth. A window is seamed to a predetermined position through a connecting fire-proof wire. The lower side of the window has a filtering piece of a gauze mask and a neck tighter is placed at the inner side of the headgear body. All the components are made of heat-tolerable materials. In use, the user wears the headgear at first; and the filtering piece is used to mask the mouth and nose. A press-able switch adjusts the spanner band to a correct position for preventing smoke from entering into the body so as to protect the head, eyes. and breathing system of the user from being harmed. Moreover, the user breaths through the breathing tube so as not to feel hot and the user may clearly see the situation of the scene of a fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Inventor: Chung-Ying Wang
  • Publication number: 20020053101
    Abstract: A helmet comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventor: Gordon Slack
  • Hat
    Patent number: 6343382
    Abstract: A hat constructed of woven fabric capable of reflecting radiant energy from the exterior thereof and of releasing thermal energy from the interior thereof, the hat comprising a side band having a top panel and a double ply outer brim attached to the upper and lower peripheral portions thereof to shield the head, neck and face of the wearer from the elements and to allow heat to escape from the interior thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Inventor: Kevin Sciglia
  • Patent number: RE42209
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to patterned, flame resistant fabrics and methods of making them. Generally speaking, the fabrics comprise a plurality of high tenacity, flame resistant fibers, and a plurality of cellulosic fibers containing a flame retardant compound, and at least one color which is printed on the fabric to form the pattern. In a preferred embodiment, the flame resistant fibers are para-aramid fibers and the cellulosic fibers are rayon fibers to yield a strong, flame resistant fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Southern Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Clyde C. Lunsford, Phillip H. Riggins, Michael T. Stanhope